Sprucing Up!

[Porka944s]

As some of you may know ive put a few posts up lately about bits and bobs I've done to the car recently, hope its not boring, but I guess its what forums are for!
I've had it for a year and a half and not done anything to it myself, now I've caught the bug I'm fixing stuff thats been wrong for ages. After fixing my headlights last week, I thought I'd try fix my alarm, its a scorpion which works but makes no noise, good huh? while rummaging I found a whole other alarm in situe just cut out, so today I removed all of it taking out a whole carrier bag of redundant wiring. I also decided to rewire the stereo as the 'professionals' that got paid for this did a right hash job.
I always assumed my boot pop didnt work, as the carpet around the button is damaged, turns out it all works! result! Now i just have to practice my sewing and fix the carpet.
As i was on a roll i also worked out (after guidance from you guys) how to remove the roof! and it works as well! what a sin i have never removed it until now!
Basically I'm loving ownership now, after the disappointment of the rolling road, i want to fix everything.
I even read all the history of the car and jesus the previous owner loved this car he spent a bomb, so thank you Phil Milner if he is still on here! his E436 DAN is still great even with the different reg it has now!

 

[barks944]

Its a good feeling to fix things yourself. Fixed my stereo today (broke it fitting wideband gauge), did an oil/filter change and the car is running sweet. Even washed it!

 

[andy watson]

Mark, you got me looking at my old tax discs to double check my original Reg, E439 DAN (before my own plate)

Andy

 

[Diver944]

Well done Mark, sounds like its coming along nicely and all the fixes have been cheap ones so far which is always a result []. I remember the name Phil Milner from a few years back in the Register, the pool of known cars gets smaller and smaller each year though []

I had a wierd number plate double take a few weeks ago. I was driving down the M1 from Sheffield in my black S2 when another black S2 came alongside and we exchanged waves. As he motored off I noticed his Registration was one number higher than mine but identical in every other way

 

[Porka944s]

whats the chances of that! weird! I think phil owned it up until 3 and a half years ago, really glad to see some jobs listed, like gearbox inspection 20k ago, and judging for the receipt they must of had a good look about! I ve still got his PCGB sticker, i will have my own soon, after the wedding ill have more money!

 

[zcacogp]

I'm told that when a dealer gets a number of cars in and registers them with the DVLA, they will often be issued with consequitive number plates. So two cars of the same model with very similar numberplates probably both came from the same original dealer at pretty much the same time, and are almost certainly still on their original number plates.

ORIGINAL: Porka944s
... after the wedding ill have more money!

Does one of the other married chaps on here want to disabuse the fellow of this notion, or shall I? []


Oli.

 

[DavidL]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

ORIGINAL: Porka944s
... after the wedding ill have more money!

Does one of the other married chaps on here want to disabuse the fellow of this notion, or shall I? []


Oli.

Errm, I think Oli may be right (now there's a turn up..)
Sadly just because the wedding is paid for and done doesn't actually free up more money. It should but it doesn't, other things seem to take priority when they really aren't that important. Not in comparison to a 944 []