Breakfast at a lovely transport cafe!
Didn't take us long to stumble upon Campbell!
After a nice cup of tea and a chat, we swapped money for keys, and I kangaroo'd my first auto down the road! It was great, it doesn't feel massive when you drive it, the cloth seats are lovely, the power is lovely and it's a nice driving position!
100 miles wafted past, with only a few minor niggles noticed:
When flooring it (really flooring it), the box seems to struggle changing up to 4th from 3rd. It bangs every few seconds. This can be avoided by easing off until it slips into a higher gear then flooring it in that gear, it's fine. Any ideas what the cause of that could be?
Wheel wobble that makes it wobble more than a fat person at a jelly party at 70-85mph (I found a private road on the way home...). Gonna swing past my favourite tyre shop on Monday and sort that.
It was a bit filthy, and since I made good time getting home, I washed her!
Little bit of oil. Looks old though, so prob nothing to worry about. Will clean it all off and see if it re-appears
Coolant looks a little peaky...
Why are there two washer reservoirs? The washer jets don't work either, but not investigated it too much. Which fuse should I be looking at first?
Anyway, bonnet closed it was time for snowfoam!
Wheels sprayed with Autosmart Smart Wheels
Front wheels had a fair bit of iron contamination
Went round with some all purpose cleaner and a variety of brushes and cleaned the trim lines, gaps, plastics and seals. She was the rinsed and washed using the two bucket method and a heavy-duty shampoo. It was raining heavily by now
Wheels just rinsed. Need going over again with brushes and normal wheel cleaner but not bad!
She needs a damn good clay and polish, but the paintwork is immaculate! I need to take the dash out one day to fix a few bulbs, the radio needs changing, the fluids need changing and the cleaning needs to continue but I am smitten!
Anyone got a Lexia near High Wycombe?
If you're ever up this way though I'd be happy to Lexia it for you and natter about all things XM over a cuppa and a piece of cake...
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