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| Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561   
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Already had one new heated front screen due to stone chip and looks like I need another. Thanks NYCC. |
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14th Jun 2016 11:49 am |
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| Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109
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No more or no less than any other car I would think. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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14th Jun 2016 2:15 pm |
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| dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 
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A few years ago I was sitting outside a bar in a small town in the south of France, it was very hot and the road surface was coming up so that there was a fair bit of loose chippings. I noticed that nearly every car that went past the driver had his right thumb pressed against the inside centre of his windscreen. Presumably some sort of anti cracking strategy. Has anyone ever come across this? ( |
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14th Jun 2016 10:34 pm |
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)| Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561
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Pre laminate screen tactic to stop complete shatter.
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14th Jun 2016 10:44 pm |
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| LR NUT Member Since: 12 May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 4350  
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I have barefoot marks on my windscreen but that's another story |
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14th Jun 2016 10:48 pm |
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| Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561
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Guy who showed me that trick went onto to win the new rekindled RAC rally as navigator a few times. John Millington. Worked on the Ford Rally team for years and may still be there in Cumbria.
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15th Jun 2016 9:26 am |
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). His next car after the imp was more serious being a Mini Cooper that was very uprated. 
and yes I am quite mad, still going caving as a pensioner | Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4923 
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I removed the windscreen in my 504, bare feet to push it out, a bit nerve wracking as I was reusing it after cutting out rust. Worked out ok. It was a precarious position, I had to watch out for the gear stick! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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15th Jun 2016 10:06 am |
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| Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561
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The danger I had was the gear stick!
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15th Jun 2016 10:10 am |
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| Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4923
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Over the decades, 2 toughened screen gone. 1 laminated, then a week later 1 stone chip, then another, but the screen lasted for a decade. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!
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15th Jun 2016 10:16 am |
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| Jimboland Member Since: 06 Dec 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 746  
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Hmm. Reminds me of a chapter in the book I am writing which currently has the working title of “Courting days”. It’s about that time in life when your interests are divided between cars and girls. The first part of the book is about the car you would die for and for me (this was in the 1960s) was the Austin Healy 3000. What I really liked about it was when you put your foot down and the back end snaked about looking for grip which was quite different from what your end was looking for in the second part of the book. The second part is about what you do in a car once you have discovered girls. You have to remember that this was in the 1960s when the back row of the cinema was giving way to the back seat of a car as the preferred courting place. This part discussed the merits of various cars and like the first part gives a favourite which for me was the Triumph Herald. Reasons for this are given in the chapter (which is a work in progress) “Love in a Triumph Herald”, and if you would like to see part of it PM me as it is "too much" to post here. J |
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16th Jun 2016 8:55 am |
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| Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109
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Ah, the memories of my first car - a two door Austin 1100 in beige. Tilt the front seats forward, a shoe under each of them to keep them forward and bags of room in the back. |
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16th Jun 2016 9:37 am |
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. Well, if you're an 8 stone 17 year old there is! 
| Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561
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Wont find any of those anymore due to Mr McDonald.   FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current |
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16th Jun 2016 11:23 am |
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| MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1782 
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Then stuck there forever because your activity broke the rear subframe no doubt .. 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership 2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned ! 2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto . |
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16th Jun 2016 12:19 pm |
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