williamtherebel

Yes, it IS a long time since you let me have the dash vents! Congrats on getting your car up and running. I know you have had your ups and downs with it but hopefully you will get a lot of enjoyment out of it now. Especially going into the summer. Ive been driving my Eclat around at the moment and still get lots of admiring glances and comments. Happy Motoring.

Nice Elise on the A500 this afternoon. Anyone on here?

Saw this in a restaurant car park last week!

I wish I had seen this when I was having problems with my federal S1 that I had imported into the UK. I couldn't understand why the ride height of my S1 rode so high. After lots of discussion on here I managed to source a 'correct' set of springs (i.e. that lowered the car) from another owner on here. @gvy He also sent me the following vid if you want to check it out.

@kkv444v. Well spotted! I was passing the same restaurant and saw it was in the car park. (It must belong to one of the staff.) You are absolutely correct. Took another couple of photos.

My 1977 federal Esprit S1 has the same stalks as my 1976 UK Eclat. They are from Triumphs from the same era.

@kkv444v Many thanks. Its great on here. You can get any motoring question answered! Thanks again.

Whilst I was away on holiday I saw this in Buenos Aires a few times, I didn't recognise the badge. Anyone any idea what it is?

The car has had a good rest for 3 weeks to bed everything in. whilst Ive been away on holiday. Been out a couple of time since I got back and (touch wood) everything seems fine. Still no leaks! We'll see how it goes. Ready for the spring/ summer.

A few comments on the cruise. We were def newbies and had been advised we needed a drinks package. At £100.00 per day for both of us we did hesitate (we are not huge drinkers) but were told the drinks were very expensive. We could have any drink up to the value of $10.00 each which we thought wold be more than ample. WRONG!! The $10.00 glasses of wine were the cheapest plonk they could find. Pretty crap If you wanted better quality you had to pay extra. Maire went onto Bacadi and coke and I stuck mainly to the bottled beer. We also had 'free' wi-fi. There seemed to be something wrong with it because we couldnt send any photos, so got a tech guy to check it out. He sais, Oh you on;ly have the basic package. If you want to send photos its extra. I asked how much and he told me it was an extra $40.00 PER DAY! I declined. Service was fantastic, the staff were very attentive and the food was great. Organisation was top class. There were nice touches. e.g. when queuing at the Falklands to get back onto the ship via tender they came round with cups of hot chocolate. In Montivideo where it was pretty hot they had iced water and cold towels. All in all we really enjoyed the holiday and had a fantastic time. The cruise was just a means to get to where we wanted to get to, so it fulfilled its purpose. However we wont be going cruising again.

After Antartica we visited The Falklands, Puerto Madryn, Motivideo then back to Buenos Aires to fly home.

So, as promised some feedback from our Antartica adventure. Spent 3 days in Buenos Aires before the cruise. Impressive architecture. But as in all cities lots of poverty as well. With inflation running at over 100% many people are on the streets. Many with their children. Very sad. Anyway, after Buenos Aires onto Ushuaia then onto Antartica. (Paradise Bay and Elephant island). Breathtaking scenery. Of course photos dont do it justice. We saw whales, dolphins, seals, and penguins. However by the time I got my camera out there were far away!

Went out for a meal with the family and this Lotus wannabe was in the car park!

AND NO SIGN OF LEAKS !! EVEN FROM THE CAM COVERS!! We will see!!