In article <11EEFA4B6844D511A0E70008C71E9F01383437@ABDEXH01>, Richard
Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com> writes
>
> Mike wrote:
>
> >> I must confess
> >>that I have bought my sisters Fiat Uno off her, so Daffy will be
> relieved
> >>from her daily driving duties when the really fierce weather
> turns up, and
> >>if she's really lucky she will even get a garage to rest in!
> >
> >That seems rather defeatist. I doubt that there are any road
> >conditions that a Fiat Uno can cope with that Daffy cannot.
>
>
> Based on a couple previous scary moments, I find a
> front-wheel-drive car a little more secure when the surface gets
> really slippery. Also, if the snow gets deep the skinnier tyres
> (to cut through the snow) and the increased ground clearance of the
> Uno may help.
That's true, I guess.
> Primarily, though, I'm thinking of Daffy's
> well-being - the damp weather is bound to accelerate the rust as it
> is, without driving her around when the roads have been salted, to
> make it even worse!
Lucky you didn't move to Wales, then...
>
> Glad to hear the weather is as bad down your way as it is up here,
> at least I'm not missing out on anything! BTW, did you ever find
> that chrome strip for the back of the hard-top?
Amazingly enough, yes. I rang Six Spares for a Brake Calliper, and
just happened to mention that I was looking for the chrome trim for the
hardtop - they charged me a fortune for it (GBP20), but where else am I
likely to find one? All I need to do now is get hold of the special
rivets. Actually, there's something else I need as well - I notice
from close inspection of sales literature that the rear windscreen seal
is also supposed to have chrome trim. <Sigh> It really does never
end!
Have you worked out how on earth you are going to replace the windscreen
surround on Daffy yet? From what little I know (and saw), I can't
think of a suitably solid place to weld the new surround to the car.
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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