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8 hours ago
A chap visited a large toy store.
I'm looking for a Barbie doll for my granddaughter, he asked the assistant.
Certainly sir, this is the basic doll, she costs £ 10.
This is air hostess Barbie, she costs £ 15, with her uniform.
This is golfer Barbie, she costs £ 20, with her golf cart.
Finally, this is divorced Barbie, she costs £ 250.
£ 250 ! The chap is shattered. Why ?
That's because divorced Barbie comes with Ken's car, Ken's boat and Ken's house.
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Yesterday at 19:51
Hello Theresa
Give a wave to the aircrew !!
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Yesterday at 19:45
That's great news.
Mine was more, but included a little welding.
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Yesterday at 19:44
School run this morning.
Visibility affected by frosty, steamed up, oily windscreen and low sun.
Stopped twice to re-clear it.
Carpets wet. So a leak to find.
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Yesterday at 19:10
The rain doesn't bother me, it's better than snow and ice and trying to get around in that or defrosting the car at 2am, after work! I don't really like the heat or sun, so this cloud and darkness/dullness, etc is great  Today was a dry day with a slight amount of sun and I must admit, it was very nice actually driving on dry roads, without the glare of daylight bouncing back of a wet road, but other than that, this weather suits me just fine Going to the Mach Loop tomorrow, dropping a couple of the grandsons off to climb the mountain to see the planes, while the middle grandson and I head off to Barmouth for a few hours. Rather do stuff in low temperatures than 20+ heat  Basically, I love the rain and gloominess
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Yesterday at 14:54
My Italian money pit has just gone through it's MOT and annual service for £240. It was a third of the VW's, less than half of the citreons and even cheaper than the ancient Micra's. Given there was only indicator bulbs in the MOT and they hadn't gone only not orange enough, it was only the service. Next year it'll probably be a lot more but happy for now.
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Yesterday at 12:41
It's good to see green shoots of spring-weather intentions.
Here we have in the pipeline a restoration of a red 20vt which hasn't been running for many years, its owner recently retired and keen to get it running again hopefully with assistance from our modest local team!
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Yesterday at 12:40
There are quite a few coupe's in Bulgaria but most are 1.8 versions and some 16v n/a. Very few 16v turbos and only a handful 20vt's
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Yesterday at 12:36
I guess there are not many Coupés in Bulgaria? - not many here in France.
Did you see the 'spot' in Coupé Spotting recently?
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Yesterday at 12:24
yes, I am in the LOT in France - nothing but rain.. Luckilly ? my car is in the garage having the head gasket replaced.
I guess there are not many Coupés in Bulgaria? - not many here in France.
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Yesterday at 08:52
As mine is pretty much my daily it's seen it's fair shair of the bad weather we have been having. Trying to keep on top of maintenance between the down pours has been... well.... interesting. I'm currently in the middle of changing the heater matrix and am awaiting on another set of seals. On my list to sort out this year are as follows, Heater matrix Sort bonnet cable out 6k oil/filter change cambelt Repair some corosion on the rear offside where a prevous repair has failed. The Matrix, bonnet cable and oil change I can do myself. But I'll leave the rest to the professionals  Once I have the matrix in and not leaking I think im going to remove the front seats and wet vac the carpet. It would be nice to get to some meets or car shows this year, but I have a few other things happening so I doubt the coupe will get to one,
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Yesterday at 05:47
This winter has been very wet here in Bulgaria. Normally it's sunny most days but cold.
This winter has been rain most days and very few sunny days. Very depressing too.
I have 2 coupe's so if I have to go out it's in a coupe. I try to pick the better days and don't go out in the snow.
Fortunately the cars are garaged so they are dry most of the time. Both are pretty dirty at the moment though.
The forecast is the same for the foreseeable but I'm sure March will be much better.
Still cheers me up going out in the cars and spending time in the garage working on them. Very enjoyable.
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Yesterday at 00:18
Ciao Gianluca, mentre scrivo questo risposto senza controllarlo ti lo ho tradotto ancora tuo post utilizzando 'google translate'; spero che qualcuno possa aiutarti
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Yesterday at 00:06
Buonasera Robski, grazie di questa tua risposta. Ormai non contavo più che qualcuno mi avrebbe risposto. Purtroppo non ho ancora risolto il problema. Oggi stesso con la diagnosi, il parametro FRA è magicamente sceso a -16% rispetto il -22% dell' ultima volta. Abbiamo provato a testare ulteriormente il debimetro con un tester per vedere i valori dei volts con auto in movimento (funziona da circa 1 a 4,7 volt con pedale tutto giù!) pertanto sembra che funzioni decentemente. Continuiamo ad avere sospetto possa essere il sensore IAT2 posto sul collettore aspirazione che magari segna una temperatura aria sbagliata, oppure la lambda ormai datata o sporca di olio. Riguardo la presenza di una perdita tra debimetro e turbo, effettivamente dovrei sigillare meglio un tubo del manicotto nel quale arrivano i vapori dell' olio (ho installato un catch can). Chissà che non ci sia una microperdita lì!! Ti aggiornerò a riguardo. Se hai ulteriori informazioni o esiti saranno decisamente graditi
Good evening, Robski, thanks for your reply. I no longer expected anyone to reply. Unfortunately, I haven't solved the problem yet. Today, with the diagnosis, the FRA parameter magically dropped to -16% compared to -22% the last time. We tried further testing the flow meter with a tester to check the volts with the car moving (it works from about 1 to 4.7 volts with the pedal fully depressed!), so it seems to be working decently. We continue to suspect that the IAT2 sensor on the intake manifold may be indicating the wrong air temperature, or the lambda sensor may be outdated or dirty with oil. Regarding the leak between the flow meter and the turbo, I actually need to better seal a hose where the oil vapors enter (I installed a catch can). Who knows, maybe there's a tiny leak there! I'll keep you updated. Any further information or results would be greatly appreciated.
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16/02/2026 15:36
Even here in France it's much the same - can't remember having as bad a winter as this for the 10 years we have been here!
The furthest the Coupé has travelled since last November is a couple of trips (about 20 metres!) across the barn and then back, just to position the tyres in a different place on the tread. At least it's dry and warm and there's very little dust accumulated. Even if we have a sunny day, everywhere is so wet that there's no point in going out just to get the underside filthy!
Fingers crossed March is better. In fact last year I think I was already outside at this time, up a tower and doing some repointing of said barn ..... no chance now.
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16/02/2026 12:30
Very nice indeed,
Great to learn about your car!
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15/02/2026 13:44
Well well C2D it took bad weather to bring you back out Retired eh, well if you've still got any film left in that camera take some ace shots of that smart coop of yours and post them in the Calendar 2027 thread, you might end up with one included! Ooh thats a good idea I'm on it (when it stops raining)  "It's bea - - -ding in -the -rain" la-la...
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15/02/2026 12:37
You have a pm.
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14/02/2026 08:22
eBay, Autotrader and Facebook marketplace have their fair share of scammers so you need to be alert . When we were selling our 500x last year on local Facebook we had 2 x scam calls persuading us to do some sort of phony car check prior to securing a deal. Eventually it went to a trader from London via Autotrader - was quite interesting how he sourced stock from around the UK. Obviously there's the forum as discussed above but there's also AutoItalia mag, Practical Classics, Classic Car Weekly paper etc. There's also the Fiat Owners Club (?) for sale section but there may be Forum rules that apply. Good luck when you get around to selling
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13/02/2026 19:57
Hopefully a walk in the sunshine tomorrow, if these damn rickets don't cause me too much problems....
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13/02/2026 19:31
It’s grim isn’t it! I can see why people SORN them over winter but I’d be annoyed if a nice day appeared and I wasn’t able to take mine out for a run.
I’ve had mine out of the garage a couple of times because I needed the space to sort stuff out in there and took it for a short drive around the block to get it up to temp but didn’t go too far as I wanted to avoid getting the bottom caked in muck; definitely need to get some Lanoguard on there this year! Had to charge the battery beforehand because that had gone flat.
It’s back outside this week, currently getting soaked, hopefully it won’t snow and there’ll be a dry day soon so I can put it away again. It’s insurance renewal time coming up too so I need to give it a wash and take photos for the agreed value again. Fingers crossed the weather improves before the end of the month and we can get out there and give them a shine and a proper run…
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13/02/2026 16:44
Well well C2D it took bad weather to bring you back out Retired eh, well if you've still got any film left in that camera take some ace shots of that smart coop of yours and post them in the Calendar 2027 thread, you might end up with one included! Ooh thats a good idea I'm on it (when it stops raining) "It's bea - - -ding in -the -rain" la-la...
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13/02/2026 15:27
Well well C2D it took bad weather to bring you back out Retired eh, well if you've still got any film left in that camera take some ace shots of that smart coop of yours and post them in the Calendar 2027 thread, you might end up with one included! Ooh thats a good idea I'm on it (when it stops raining)
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13/02/2026 13:28
This one is from not long after I bought my 20VT brand new back in the late 90's, I think it's the original, but my digital camera wasn't very good back then! Nice photo Robski1337 however this version is only 84kb so won't enlarge well....
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