Recent content by Roberltd2

Hi bz4kev, My mechanic renewed the downpipe gaskets on my 2007 2.5si in September of last year. Not the easiest of jobs to do it seems, but it had got to the stage where driving on any water soaked roads made it sound as if the exhaust pipes had fallen off. I had bought 40mm length stainless...

Fitted another Chinese made stop / brake light in the boot. The last one I bought (also made in China) has lasted seven years until a work colleague pointed out to me yesterday morning that not all the LEDs were lighting up. That one cost £26 in 2019. This new one cost me £15 from UK based...

I use Millers C3 5w40 on my 2.5si. Opie Oils often do good deals.

I always wave i.e. slightly raise my hand off the steering wheel if I pass another Zed - either 3 or 4. Sometimes people reciprocate, sometimes not. I did pass a Z8 quite recently. I don't think I waved because maybe I was in a state of disbelief. But the Z8 driver didn't wave at me either 🙂

Some of the places where they've imposed these 20 mph limits are just plain stupid. (IMHO)

Fitted new brake disc splash guards to both rear wheels. The old ones had become corroded to the point where the stud holding one of the handbrake shoes had broken off. The new splash guards are made by Apec, made of aluminium and are painted so it should be at least another 20 years before the...

Welcome aboard Gez :thumbsup:

Hi x-driver, I have a Creator 310+ which I use when the car starts to misbehave. For the most part this gives me the info which I can then pass over to my mechanic. When I bring the car to him, he runs a diagnostic with his professional OBD2 reader and it pretty much replicates what the Creator...

Hi Laurence, I went from a '94 four cyl. Eunos to a 2007 year 6 cylinder 2.5L E85 in 2016. It has been my daily driver since then - over a 100K miles covered in that time. Absolutely no regrets. I love the i6 engine. Best of luck with your search :thumbsup: .

I keep my car pretty clean and tidy in the cabin and it's pretty tidy on the outside most of the time as well. My house is an absolute tip though :ROFLMAO:

I always have my oil changed once a year as part of my pre - MoT check routine. That is to say at just over 10,000 miles every year. But, I do have to add a litre of oil roughly every 1,500 miles of driving so I think that's not a bad deal for the engine. The engine in question is a 2007 N52B25...

Renewed the oil filter housing and oil cooler gaskets / seals today (that is to say my mechanic did). The old seals were shot to bits it seems, probably the originals on a 2007 car, and were rock hard and flush with the mating surfaces. The whole set up was leaking oil badly and my mechanic...

Hi all, This evening I went for an overtake on a slow moving MX-5 :). And it was slow moving for an MX-5, about 40mph, on a slight upward incline on a not too long straight piece of road. So I dropped down into 3rd gear and was about a quarter of the way into the overtake, still behind the MX-5...

Bit of a long shot, but have you tried turning the wheel fully to the left, fully to the right and then fully to the left again?

Hi Neil, Welcome aboard :thumbsup: