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Mr220Mike · January 20, 2024, 14:06

I've always loved TVR's. My brother has a Chimaera. I've always wanted a Cerbera but think I've probably missed that boat now.

Petrus · January 22, 2024, 09:47

The Peugeot 504 cabriolet is a properly built luxury car from a manufacturer with longstanding experience with fourseater cabrios. Pity they abandoned this niche. More so since the newer coupés are só nice.

Mr220Mike · January 27, 2024, 18:28

It's very rare that I get to drive my car purely for pleasure, however, today has been one of those occasions. Driving some of my favourite roads put a huge smile on my face and the car felt fantastic and performed beautifully.

Mr220Mike · March 3, 2024, 17:02

I thought I'd treat the car to a wash and polish today. It wasn't a really thorough job but enough to brighten her up a bit.

I really want to get some original wheels this year if I can. Getting married in just under 4 weeks so everything is focused on that at the moment. Maybe I should see where some are and base a honeymoon on that. Could be the quickest divorce ever

Carolyn · March 3, 2024, 17:51

J-Spec in Scotland??? Could be a nice place to honeymoon???

Mr220Mike · March 3, 2024, 18:08

That could be a good shout Carolyn.

Mr220Mike · June 19, 2024, 18:22

It's that time of year again and the dreaded handbrake has reared its head. I thought it might struggle to pass the MOT this year with it. Also failed on offside front service brake lagging in operation. Never heard of that one before. The garage said it could be the caliper on it's way out.

Apart from that, all good. The underside is still nice and solid and rust free. Love this car.

Carolyn · June 20, 2024, 08:54

The front sounds like sticky sliders. A clean and lube should sort it.

Mr220Mike · June 29, 2024, 18:08

Handbrake cables fitted today and it now has a full MOT for another year. Looking forward to another year of motoring.

puma2 · June 30, 2024, 09:20

Quote from: Mr220Mike on June 29, 2024, 18:08Handbrake cables fitted today and it now has a full MOT for another year. Looking forward to another year of motoring

what a good feeling that is

now for that honeymoon to J Spec because you can

Mr220Mike · March 9, 2025, 10:36

I haven't really updated this much, largely because the car continues to run brilliantly. Had a slight issue with an ABS sensor but that's sorted and apart from servicing that's it.

I am starting to come to a bit of a cross roads though. A new job means I'll now be doing circa 20k miles a year, the MR2 has been great in the first month but the commute is motorway and fast A road so wind noise is quite high. There is a part of me that wants to keep it and take it to 200k but we'll see how it goes.

Gave it a quick wash and wax this morning and it still scrubs up well

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steve807 · March 9, 2025, 12:31

I certainly found that adding a hard top cut out that wind noise you speak of and made the MR2 cabin feel more suited to all-weather driving in the autumn/winter months - ideal for a daily drive I would suggest. You do of course need storage space for when it is not fitted. And there is small matter of buying one too

Mr220Mike · March 9, 2025, 17:22

Yes I could get a hard top but kind of struggle with the cost when compared to the value of the car. I know I could always sell it separately at a later date. I do have somewhere to store it during summer months but it would take up the entire space.

Alex Knight · March 9, 2025, 17:34

I've just purchased a MK7 VW Golf GTD, and it's the perfect mile muncher. Two car garage perhaps?

Mr220Mike · March 9, 2025, 20:13

It's an option I'd consider but it'd be a three car garage with the wife's in there. I could store it at my mum's so that's an option to consider. Out of interest, what sort of MPG do you get from the Golf?

Alex Knight · March 9, 2025, 20:44

Quote from: Mr220Mike on March 9, 2025, 20:13It's an option I'd consider but it'd be a three car garage with the wife's in there. I could store it at my mum's so that's an option to consider. Out of interest, what sort of MPG do you get from the Golf?

It's early days yet, but averaging 57MPG.

Mr220Mike · March 9, 2025, 21:09

Quote from: Alex Knight on March 9, 2025, 20:44It's early days yet, but averaging 57MPG.

That's pretty good. What kind of roads are you commuting on and are you trying to get that figure or just driving however you feel?

Alex Knight · March 10, 2025, 21:57

Quote from: Mr220Mike on March 9, 2025, 21:09That's pretty good. What kind of roads are you commuting on and are you trying to get that figure or just driving however you feel?

Mixed really. My commute is 28 miles round trip on a mix of A and B roads.

I'm not exactly hypermiling, but I do tend to drive pretty gently (on the roads at least) these days.

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