Well unlike your van. I'm happy with it chappy or not!Far better than a crappy step some bloke from Corby has.
Lenny's Looking for Some Sunshine (4 Viewers)
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Lenny HB
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The vans OK it's just the Fiat crap under the bonnet.
i rekon.
.. your laying it on Lenny, to get around the " no we don't need a new van "!"Look at the trouble were having, wont have that with a new van dear"! onest!
youd need a few more pennies in the wallet for a merc version i would hazard a guess..
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I really don't understand woman the last van she was quite happy to change at under 3 years old. This one is now 5 years old and I'm having a real battle with her.i rekon.
"Look at the trouble were having, wont have that with a new van dear"! onest!
I think I'll have to do what I did with the OLED TV went and bought it told her afterwards.
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A lot easier to get forgiveness than permissionI really don't understand woman the last van she was quite happy to change at under 3 years old. This one is now 5 years old and I'm having a real battle with her.
I think I'll have to do what I did with the OLED TV went and bought it told her afterwards.
I really don't understand woman the last van she was quite happy to change at under 3 years old. This one is now 5 years old and I'm having a real battle with her.
I think I'll have to do what I did with the OLED TV went and bought it told her afterwards.
brave man!!
slight difference in price...
and i would guess the shop aint anywhere near the TV sales outlet.... Subscribers do not see these advertisements
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Probably be in Germany or Belgium, can't afford UK prices.brave man!!
slight difference in price...
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It will be the perfect place to recover from the broken legI really don't understand woman the last van she was quite happy to change at under 3 years old. This one is now 5 years old and I'm having a real battle with her.
I think I'll have to do what I did with the OLED TV went and bought it told her afterwards.
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That said, this old fiat of ours has been far more reliable than any of our Flashy Mercedes. Including my Sprinter Vans and Minibuses
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I thought he had a pole-dancing pole with a compressed spring on the bottom, so he can slide down to get out and boing back up, hence his secret nickname Zebedee!
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Yesterday started out OK with a walk up to the village didn't bother with the castle has we did it a couple of years ago and it's very small.
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Was looking good started up no errors gearbox working fine.
And then it all went downhill, there is a very steep slope out of the car park about 150 to 200 yds back comes the Traction control problem we have had before. Standing on the spot engine fighting the traction control burning rubber getting nowhere.
After a few restarts managed to scrabble up the hill juddering and burning rubber engine screaming with my foot to the floor. Once it's on the flat it's fine. But not my nerves.
Since the brake fluid was changed a year ago it has been faultless until yesterday.
This is my original thread about the problem.
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Someone on that thread said they had problems with traction control when the tread depth wasn't equal on both wheels on the same axle.
Now before I left I did put the new spare on the front but the fronts had only done 7000 and both sides were acting the same so I don't think that's the reason.
When it originally did it the van had done 21k and I changed the tyres round at 10k & 20k so the wear would have been even.
Last time I took it to a well recommended Fiat Professional dealer shortcut to the result.
https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...mformatic-problems.205323/page-2#post-3631105
And then it all went downhill, there is a very steep slope out of the car park about 150 to 200 yds back comes the Traction control problem we have had before. Standing on the spot engine fighting the traction control burning rubber getting nowhere.
After a few restarts managed to scrabble up the hill juddering and burning rubber engine screaming with my foot to the floor. Once it's on the flat it's fine. But not my nerves.
Since the brake fluid was changed a year ago it has been faultless until yesterday.
This is my original thread about the problem.
Fiat X290 ABS/Comformatic problems
In Spain at the moment and the van through a bit of a wobbly today. A bit of background first, a few ago months at 14000 miles ago I swapped the spare onto RHS front, the other side had about 4mm tread depth. On a few a occasions I have had the LHS front wheel tramping and the traction control...
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Now before I left I did put the new spare on the front but the fronts had only done 7000 and both sides were acting the same so I don't think that's the reason.
When it originally did it the van had done 21k and I changed the tyres round at 10k & 20k so the wear would have been even.
Last time I took it to a well recommended Fiat Professional dealer shortcut to the result.
https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...mformatic-problems.205323/page-2#post-3631105
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Bearing in mind we are on mountain roads with lots of steep hills so I'm not in the best state of mind..
2 miles down the road the road is barricaded and closed with no prior warning.
It's a single carriageway road with armco on one side a bank on the other, and we are on hill.
How the feck are we supposed to turn round. Luckily there is a track on our right but its very steep, I put the suspension on high and did a twenty point turn. Except Mijhan is watching the back but while she is watching one side the other side grounds out. Not too bad scraped a garage floor support (not the first time) it's GRP so easy repair and skuffed the bottom of the rear light housing.
Managed to turn round but complete bag of nerves now.
2 miles down the road the road is barricaded and closed with no prior warning.
It's a single carriageway road with armco on one side a bank on the other, and we are on hill.
How the feck are we supposed to turn round. Luckily there is a track on our right but its very steep, I put the suspension on high and did a twenty point turn. Except Mijhan is watching the back but while she is watching one side the other side grounds out. Not too bad scraped a garage floor support (not the first time) it's GRP so easy repair and skuffed the bottom of the rear light housing.
Managed to turn round but complete bag of nerves now.
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We went to go to that place last year, I turned in off the main road and then bottled it, and went off to Oliva instead
glad it actually exists
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Made it to the coast with shot nerves writing this is giving me the jitters again.
Much to our discust we are on a site and quite enjoying it. A bit different from the last one nearly all the pitches are fairly large and nice wide roads to get around on.
We are at Altea, right by the beach.
Got the Paddleboard out today but only had a brief paddle as it was getting choppy and not been on the board for 6 months, should have gone out yesterday afternoon but nerves were too shot.
Much to our discust we are on a site and quite enjoying it. A bit different from the last one nearly all the pitches are fairly large and nice wide roads to get around on.
We are at Altea, right by the beach.
Got the Paddleboard out today but only had a brief paddle as it was getting choppy and not been on the board for 6 months, should have gone out yesterday afternoon but nerves were too shot.
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Comfort food this afternoon.
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Your not a good salesman Lenny, I’ll have to review my offer….
Your at cap blanch, my stomping ground…
Your at cap blanch, my stomping ground…
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It's a unique vehicle so that puts the price up.Your not a good salesman Lenny, I’ll have to review my offer….
Your at cap blanch, my stomping ground…
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He’s not selling you the hymer, he’s selling Mijhan the CarthagoYour not a good salesman Lenny, I’ll have to review my offer….
Your at cap blanch, my stomping ground…
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Concur, great little museum.Just for anyone else stopping at Guadalest ( or Benidorm actually) cracking little motorcycle museum just down the road some real rareties and should be Ok to park mh
Museo Vehículos Antiguos Guadalest | Automoción, aviación y navegación en Guadalest
www.museovehiculosguadalest.com
Note, closed Saturdays
Careful in MH where you park as lot's of low tree branches.
Given the stress levels (sounds horrendous) I'm gonna say you had two bottles of pink stuff and that the bill was €37.20
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Perfect, it appears to like campsites.
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Ah yes, but of course!! Any news on the carthago order yet?of course not!
it wont be behaving until the replacement is on order..
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ill give you 75 k on ian the builders pay planOff.
If you up your offer by 60k I might be interested.
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