Recent content by GaryB

Yours is 7.2m including the A-frame. The legal cut-off refers to the body length excluding A-frame. I think there’s an exemption for glider trailers?

Very true. I have restored various classics over the years but usually sell them not long after. Not to make a profit but the driving enjoyment is short lived. Resurrecting a classic is very rewarding but none match the driving experience of my current Audi on a journey of more than 5 miles or so.

This is the interior of my (American) 1957 Ford. My 2024 Audi interior would look at home in a hearse.

They left yesterday. No number plate on show and there was a fair bit of clutch slip used to get it off the pitch!

The biggest problem with Audi was the sales personnel. You deal with so many different people using various Audi portals for the whole process that it’s easy to miss things. I think I can extend the warranty (it expires in October) for £129.

The next purchase will be after I retire and will be done with a focus on sensibility so warranty will be high on the agenda. I think Audi are more geared to fleet buyers where warranty longevity perhaps isn’t the main focus.

It’s only 2 years amazingly. I had so much going on when I bought it that I managed to overlook the warranty side. Enquiring after I bought it left no leverage for something better.

Audi servicing for mine is every 2 years so I purchased a service plan covering the first two services. However I messed up on the warranty side as it wasn’t until after taking delivery I realised Audi only give 12 months warranty on their approved cars. As it was a 3 month old demonstrator...

As soon as my warranty’s run out I go to an independent place. Main dealers are eye watering and experience with Volvo dealers (previous cars) didn’t instil confidence.

Before the 40 year MoT exemption came in I had a major row with a high street operation who failed one of my American cars on having red rear indicators (legal for pre-64), an inch of play in the steering wheel (up to 3” allowed for steering box systems) and no seat belts. The tester was younger...

Yes I think you’re correct. I won’t bother crawling underneath to check though! 😂

Effectively ringing. It’s so prolific it’s almost “accepted”. Attended any hot rod show and you’ll see plenty of replicas wearing Ford Model Y and the like registrations.

It’s on an old caravan chassis and has no obvious weight plate. It’s creative but made entirely from 68 x 45mm timber and permanently bolted to the chassis. IVA is largely ignored by amateur car and trailer builders alike.

This is on the same CAMHC site as us at the minute. Clearly home made and unlikely to have gone through the trailer IVA process hence won’t have any weight plate. Unladen weight guesses on a postcard! I bet it’s not far off 2000kgs…..

I have one of the hand-held electric shavers for my head (the ones that sit in the palm of your hand and have 8 or 9 rotating cutting heads) but always wet shaved my face. I started using the Aldi multi-blade razors a few years back and they're very good and a lot cheaper than some of the...