Horace is just brilliant. Couldn't think where else to post this since there isn't a dedicated "Car *Squee*" thread. so Here it is
We picked him up Friday after a quick drink at the [s]pub[/s] counsellors, got a receipt, did all the paperwork stuff and then away we went. I figured out the radio, although it's a bit rubbish and the front plate just falls off whenever it feels like it's worked hard enough. Still, good sound when it works, the speakers have a sort of slave system going, sometimes they both work, but they take it in turns to have a rest, which is funny.
We got outside earlier while my Mister was taking a break from his studying and started having a bit of a play. The inside was pretty grubby so I took a bottle of "multi-surface cleaner" and some kitchen towel and gave him a good clean down. The air freshener is already working and makes him smell apple-y which is quite nice because it's not over-powering. My Mister helped me with a lights check at which point we discovered that I had no reversing lights
that's not good, but being a car genius, my fella figured it was a switch or something and started fiddling.
I carried on cleaning, while he fiddled under the bonnet, turning on and off the ignition, testing the cigar lighter (that's what the book calls it anyway
) and various things, he found some "interesting" wiring in the fuse box, the place where the reversing lights should have been plugged in, was buddied to the fuel pump, so it was a case of being able to have either the reversing lights or the fuel pump, not both. Mr Red did a bit of fusebox jiggery-pokery and now I have both
I tried out the key for the Phillips alarm that I found under the bonnet, turned the key and was confidently expecting the alarm to just go off. It didn't but the Central Locking suddenly started working, but only on the drivers side, and the red flashy light on the inside started flashing. Funny thing is, that if you get in the car with the alarm still 'activated' it goes clicking mad as though it wants to alarm, but no actual noise comes out, wierd huh?
So, once we'd done that and I checked all his levels (I'm taking him to work with me Monday to see how he likes it) I took him to Tesco to buy custard, and then to check his tyre pressures. On the way to Tesco I passed some traffic lights and there was an older couple walking arm-in-arm out for the evening. The lady saw me, pointed me out to her husband and they both smiled and waved to me
Then, when I was leaving Tesco a man walked past and complimeted me on Horace
it was really nice.
When I went to do his tyres, all of them needed air, the passenger front tyre was the one that actually looked like it needed air so I was very surprised to connect the airline to it and find it was already at 30psi
but now I'm wondering if there's a problem with the valve, because it looks like it needs inflating, and when I put the airline to it, air was escaping out of the valve, rather than being stopped by the valve on the airline which was wierd. The only tyre that did that is the only one that didn't seem to need inflating, but the only one that really looks like it should need it.
I shall report on fuel economy once I have taken him to work on Monday, but so far he's just brilliant and Ihope I'm able to sell Lady P sooner rather than later.
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