Thought it was about time I stopped "lurking" and had a go at joining in! I'm an old codger (73) but still very active with all the family vehicles. Started life as a mechanic back in the '60's and have never lost the passion. Laterly got somewhat diverted into managing "stuff" & people but never lost the fascination of doing my own thing at home. The current "family Fleet" consists of my '16 Ibiza ST (1.0 litre, 3 cyl, 95 HP? petrol) - Wife's '10 Fiat Panda Dynamic Eco 1.2 - Older boy's '12 Punto 8 valve 1.4 - His wife's '17 Kia rio 1.4 diesel (still under Warranty so I don't get to touch it much yet) - Younger boy's '07 Astra estate 1.6 VVT - His wife's '08 Honda Jazz 1.4 (one of the last of the 8 plug engines).
I do all the servicing and most of the repairs on the Punto, Panda, Astra and Jazz. The Ibiza is just out of warranty so the next service will be done by me and the Kia is a "Kia Assured" car so still has most of it's 7 year warranty to run - I may be dead before the warranty expires!
I'm also very keen on old British motor cycles (although I'm just starting on a '50's NSU Quickly, just for something different!) I like old horticultural machinery too - just finished resurrecting a "Merry Tiller Major" cultivator I was given (in pieces in a box). Looking forward to tackling my younger boy's back garden with it!
I'll finish off by saying that I like "minority" motor sporting activities. Sprint/hillclimbing. Drag racing. The extreme offroad nutcases in Iceland. You get the idea? Man and machine on their own against the odds - can't be bothered with the likes of F1 and circuit racing in general (well maybe Australian V8 supercars, Moto GP and superbikes if there's nothing better)
I have a question about my Ibiza so i'm off to that section now to see if anyone can enlighten me.
I do all the servicing and most of the repairs on the Punto, Panda, Astra and Jazz. The Ibiza is just out of warranty so the next service will be done by me and the Kia is a "Kia Assured" car so still has most of it's 7 year warranty to run - I may be dead before the warranty expires!
I'm also very keen on old British motor cycles (although I'm just starting on a '50's NSU Quickly, just for something different!) I like old horticultural machinery too - just finished resurrecting a "Merry Tiller Major" cultivator I was given (in pieces in a box). Looking forward to tackling my younger boy's back garden with it!
I'll finish off by saying that I like "minority" motor sporting activities. Sprint/hillclimbing. Drag racing. The extreme offroad nutcases in Iceland. You get the idea? Man and machine on their own against the odds - can't be bothered with the likes of F1 and circuit racing in general (well maybe Australian V8 supercars, Moto GP and superbikes if there's nothing better)
I have a question about my Ibiza so i'm off to that section now to see if anyone can enlighten me.
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