Mike

Quite grumpy | Member of weird car Twitter | Same username over on bsky

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@hjwakerley Welcome to the club, you'll soon see what all the fuss is about, they're great cars.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@ListerLawrence @damdam55666 L322 is up there with the greatest dashboards of all time. When it launched @JeremyClarkson said "it's the best interior on any car, anywhere, ever. Easily."
And now that I own one, I agree.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@WithAC86 There were quite a few more there on Saturday

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@MattTakeThree About 620,000 between these 3. M57, M57, AJ6. Nuff said.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@Danforrister Ulcerative Colitis here, wouldn't wish a flare up on anyone but at the same time I just see it as more of an inconvenience than a disability. As a side note though the lack of public toilets nowadays is shocking, maybe allocate some funding to that instead.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@dresserman Screwfix is a bit of an odd choice, not the first place that comes to mind to buy T-cut. Halfords would be a better fit and it's dearer there.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@AutomotiveTales @hjwakerley @ListerLawrence P38 would've been either a 4.0 or 4.6 Rover V8, the 4.4 BMW lump was early L322s. Your dad has excellent taste by the way.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@hjwakerley @ListerLawrence I daily drive one, the engine itself is one of the most bulletproof lumps ever made. But the GM 5 speed autobox mated to it wasn't rated to handle the torque, so LR had to detune it to 175bhp to protect the gearbox. Didn't work as they all need rebuilding eventually anyway.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@AutoInfatuation Definitely get the refrigerant level checked, my L322 has started icing up the evaporator until there's no air out of the vents b/c its low. On my E39 the failed AUC sensor only caused the auto recirculation to not work, doubt that would cause your issues, they fail all the time.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@ListerLawrence @Matt_VickersMP Morrisons and Asda are in big trouble, their competitors are doing fine while they're being bled dry by their private equity overlords. I work in retail with people who've jumped ship and heard how bad it's getting. Morrisons still can't afford to pay staff above minimum wage

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@dresserman To traumatise kids? Plumbert is nightmare fuel. Look into those cold, dead eyes.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@shitbritishpics Jesus that's my local store, probably went to school with half of them.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@hjwakerley @GerryAndersonTV Definitely a Ford, they showed it at the 2004 Birmingham motor show to promote the film. My ex's dad worked for Ford at the time and was on the stand with the car, they were all given matching pink shirts to wear.
https://t.co/AkLrO3kBGh

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@MattTakeThree Debating getting one of those, but also knowing they do a cordless random orbital version makes me want to wait for that instead. But it seems to be quite illusive.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@Tankslider Amazing value for money these things, if they've been looked after. Haven't had to spend anything on mine yet other than little cosmetic bits.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@Col45398669 I'd live there in a heartbeat

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@BenDC_ @Beigerevenge Got to be one of, if not the longest running programmes to still use its original title sequence surely?

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@fartonhead @rorschachisgay Ladas were sold new in the UK in right hand drive from the late 70s right through to the 90s, they were one of the cheapest cars you could buy. Not massively popular but they did sell quite a few.

[Mike @FlefasaurusRex]

@dresserman Goes up to 75% off on the 22nd