******Motors Chat - Round 6******

pred racer wrote: »

All messing aside, and I know you love your car, but when thinking about a journey and one of your thoughts is "wonder if the car will make it" then it's time to get something else

In other news who would have thought an Alfa could get this far


Edit: sorry Stheno if it looks like I'm taking the piss, I'm really not

My gtv got to 144k miles aka 230k kilometres so nothing to be worried about in terms of taking the piss. Hopefully it will live on, just not with me as I can't justify the expense, and to be perfectly honest, I was (as per previous posts) genuinely thinking of moving on (just not right now when I am broke )

It was also my freedom car, I bought it after a relationship split, and it was great fun, I remember you driving it and having fun

And I've always wanted a Saab, so I might be going from having a car I always wanted, bought for feck all and minded but had some bad luck with at the end, to having another car I've always wanted. It might be a temp car right now, but may become another gtv!

I genuinely cannot thank everyone who offered help and advice since yesterday enough, I am overwhelmed at the kindness on here.

Thanks to you all.

toastedpickles wrote: »

I've just gathered that its how to do basic things, check oil/coolant/ steering fluid, that kinda thing, nothing compared to some of the stuff you'd see here

Sure I do that every week/fortnight lol

Bpmull wrote: »

I'd start by getting hillers fundamentals of motor and vehicle technology 1. Great book it literally explains every component on a car what it does how it works. Can be got on amazon fairly cheap I think the book is actually used on some car mechanics courses.

That's what I am after, I really want to understand better when I am talking to my mechanic (who already thinks I am the ideal woman to deal with lol) I get stuck though with issues like today, I thought an engine replacement would cover everything, then he was on about valves and pistons and I'd no idea.