Lewis Garner

Truly abysmal wasn't it? I had to laugh!

I've only just passed my test and looking around the cheapest quote I can find for a 1988 Micra is 3300 odd quid. That's about 16 times the value of the car. I checked to see what it'd be on my Landy for a laugh and every single company wanted £4500 and upwards. It's a truly ridiculous situation, hardly surprising that so many people chance it.

Saturday afternoon, large Reo type truck on the back of a transporter, on the M3 if I remember correctly

We were up there today Chris, most of them are still there but it looks as if a few must've been moved to a different location on site

Is this powered by the two big Bedford engines?

Hi Peter, same here! I see 00 CA 71 is listed as a runner on the register, does it belong to anyone on here?

The Ferret in the background of the first picture looks like 01CA79

I look forward to seeing you work miracles on this beast there's nothing that's beyond the realms of possibility

Just to add, 00EC18 is alive and well, it lives a couple of miles up the road from us and belongs to a good friend of ours.

00DC12 in service, more to come

Some of our Ferret, 33BA64. I see it's on the register but there's no picture. I also have some more in service Ferret pictures to upload so I'll put them on soon.

Very nice! :shocked:

That's a good point another problem I've been having is dust and dirt getting past the slave boots and seizing the pistons inside, one of them was rusted in solid and TWO other wheel stations were also jammed or sticky from dust. I wish the damned thing would just work, realistically it all needs stripping down and doing again from scratch. There's yet another job for a rainy day!

I always go for the higher quality parts but I am not impressed with the slave cylinders I bought for my Series 3, they were the proper Lockheed ones and are about a year old, the vehicle has done less than 1000 miles in that time and already the seals leak like mad!

We made exactly the same mistake, you're not the only one

Welcome to the forum :-)

Our MK1 rims are aluminium, and to add to today's useless information, an inflated ferret tyre on a rim is 75 kilograms. That's a definite hernia to get spare back on its mount single handed!

Regards, Lewis

I thought the same, a bit 'ticky', especially when going up the hill!

terry brooks trains you in his scorpion, observations are easy and it has big mirrors for the rear view. I'd suggest a days training and you will feel confidant with the vehicle. Terry has been doing this for a long time and inspires you with confidence, he knows exactly what is required of you for the test and the examiners are well known from the local DSA office. They are dedicated to getting you through the test safely. I think terry charges about £500

best regards

Hi Loggy,

I fly microlights and all I can say is, go and have a good look at paramotors first! Watching them take off is a real eye-opener! :nut:. I don't think you need a licence so there's an advantage, probably better off buying a good second-hand wing, a chap I know who used to do paramotoring said he's often known people to buy cheap, brand new wings and they're rubbish. Even then it's still fairly expensive :-)

We've put a reply elsewhere on the forum about this subject, dad took his test at Terry Brooks' place.It's ideal for the test because its a mix of a bit of private road, quiet industrial estate and a 400m of public road. Terry is a top bloke and the local examiners are helpful and dedicated to you passing. Because of the distance from home, dad travelled down the day before and stayed at the Holiday Inn just 300m from Terry's place. Let me allay anyones fears, the test is easy, you would have to be extremely incompetent and lose control to fail.

Best regards to everyone and good luck to you doing the test

Hi Retriever, both of your trucks were really nice. Can't wait to take the Spartan again next year :-D

its a good move if you have a ferret to leave in gear when parked for lengthy periods, if you leave in neutral, a spring is compressed in the gearbox and gets tired

That'd be great! All of us seemed to think it was a shame we were placed so far away from the heart of the show, despite the fact we were all right up on top of the hill we still attracted plenty of attenton :-). Are you attending Haynes working festival next weekend?