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Was that an Open Manta or R17? Either way a sad end. I saw a Manta near Faro and got a couple of pics, think it was an 'A', it certainly had old plates on it, the ones when Portugal had white on black raised plastic numerals which looked a bit like the old UK ones. I'll have to find the pics...

I do like numerical thingamibobs, patterns, whatever the proper word is.

I should have said 'our' rather than 'my', like you we do both have vinyl from years ago and a few duplicates appear such as two copies of Queen Sheer Heart Attack, David Bowie Ziggy Stardust & Spiders, Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road... Also a big box of cassettes in the loft but haven't...

Impressive stuff. We're getting close to grape harvest time

I think I'll say boasting. I still have all my vinyl and its a bit eclectic with everything from Abba to ZZTop and a penchant for novelty tracks e.g. Napoleon XIV -They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa! The B-side is the same as the A-side but in reverse, even the label is printed...

I've got that on 7"

Just filled up with diesel at a very hot petrol station in Seville.... 37°. Its always hot there.

Not seen a R17 in a long time. I think the last time was while driving through France in fact, in about 2010.

A friend of mine was with, and has recently got back together with, a German lady, who was of course inevitably known as The Führer.

Sorry! Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz agglomeration. I think nearby places such as Hendaye and St. Jean de Luz are included in the LEZ there. Should be OK with a 2 in most places, minimum in Rouen is 3. We have a decent atlas which always goes with us although we've done it so many times we can...

Yes I've seen on various forums that avoiding Rouen north-south or vice versa is a PITA. Someone listed a detour route which sounded long winded and frankly, long. I thought get a sticker and drive right through as normal, its only €4.something to get it. Last time I did it I was driving a...

Might prove if the coil is OK. I just suggested the same, should have read forward first... and not be posting in the middle of the night...

Ouch. In the cheap places here petrol is about €1.33, mostly E5, and diesel €1.28. I put E10 in my car by mistake in France once and it leaks now.

Not a bad idea, you could prob take the battery out of one car and connect in series with the other without removing it from the second car so as not to disable them both. Shouldn't be an issue for a small test like this, at least you might prove/disprove the relay operation. I've got a...

Oh for Maplins still being around. Are RS still trading? The relay will likely either have the operating coil or the contacts rated at 24VDC and 250VAC respectively or vice versa. I would guess that with 16A being mentioned that will be the current carrying capacity of the contacts so 250v...

Have to admit I did love The Sweeney though I haven't watched one in ages. Was part of a Sweeney fanclub at work! I've got all the Sweeneys on VHS and never got round to changing to DVD. The pilot 'Regan' was v. good too. I had a habit of looking up all the cars on the DVLA look-up...

I have to say I had read that the scheme might be being cancelled but by the time that happens it will be too late for our journey and its so cheap and easy to get that it was a no brainer. It is not possible to get through Rouen without a sticker and the detour to avoid it is complicated and...

We have driven it many times but recently not for a few years. I hanker after those heady days when I could fill my van with diesel for €35 and get from Malaga to Bilbao on one tank... I think in 2001 we did the return journey to the UK 4 times! The usual route takes us through Pas de Calais...

There's another coal mine fire in Pennsylvania that's been burning since 1962. It's reckoned that it could burn for 250 years before all the fuel is exhausted.

Its regularly on NOW70s....