mpbarrett

Oh that's not good news... 😞 THe downside is that the companies will be loaded with debt...

very nice looking car...

I missed the email until saw this thread then found it! Hotels booked, all with free cancelation in case I change my mind! Just need to sort ferry, tunnel etc... And too look into the ULEZ zones. BTW we just upgraded our camper van to a low emission one (2011->2021 van) to get round this problem in the EU and the UK as its becoming more and more restrictive. Mike

My 70'th birthday cake made by my daughter Libby, our Herald going down Stelvio! And the cake was excellent. Great birthday!

good to see it out and about. mike

one more chance.... I once had an GT6 that did not like me, 2diffs, 3 gearboxes and finally broke down in France with a seized diff at the top of a French mountain. Sold it as soon as it got it home.. we just did not get on! mike

should add that thanks to the guys designing and maintaining the web site it is very useable on a phone. mike

Start chrome and get to the CT forum, press the 3 dots at the top of the right hand side of the screen and then select "add to home screen" and you should have a link on the home screen direct to the forum.

I have an android phone and have a link direct to the CT site on my home page. You can save a favourite from Chrome to the desktop so can be done. Cant run thru how to do it as I am doing this on a PC! Will have a look later and post some instructions. It Does make accessing CT so much easier on a phone. mike

I have had the lower part of the door skins replaced on my Herald. I now want to rust proof the inside of the door before I put the door cards back on again. What do people recommend for this, good old Waxoyl or is there something better out there? Happy to spend money on protecting it. cheers mike

2018! Gosh doesnt time fly! Interesting cars, always liked the Tiger. I still have my Herald (not original now 1500 EFI) had a Dolly, STAG, GT6, TR6, Jag XK8 all have come and gone but still have the Herald! Just had some body work done on her to keep her looking nice. Is your original Vitesse still around? mike

good luck with the car hunt, OD does make a big difference to a Triumph. BTW I thought you had a TR5 why do you want to change? Mike

mintylamb.co.uk/gearspeed/ is great for looking at speeds and gear ratios. Might be worth having a chat with Tony LIndsey re gearboxes as he is scaling down and selling lots of his core stuff. He is on FB or I can give you his phone number. Ok I understand people have very different views about him but he has built a great gearbox and diff for me in the last couple of years. Mike

Rob, really great to see you back on the forum! mike

interesting discussion. My Golf GTE it has intelligent LED matrix headlights (IQ.Light) which mean it can shape and bend and modify the light pattern. It uses the forward camera to detect a car in front and then modifies the beam pattern so that the car in front is not illuminated but either side of the car is. And it will bend the beam around corners. Quite remarkable and works very well, makes driving at night almost a pleasure and one of the best bits of technology on the car! Not sure it could be retro fitted to a Triumph 😉 Mike