Guess what, the illusive RenaultSport Megane 225 of mine has finally emerged from the garage. As one of my friends very kindly commented, 'It'll need sunglasses like those Chilean miners they pulled out of that hole!'.
Still nice and shiny after nearly 6 months under cover, still the detailing pays off. :thumb:
First job was fitting the new, almost legal number plates for the MOT.
Here she is keeping the Gordini company.
Now this was the fun part. I put the battery on charge the night before so it'd be good to start, warm up and take for it's MOT. How wrong was I. Battery is only 2 years old but is not holding charge. Guess that's the price you pay for not driving your car 'enough'. Anyway, in the end I jump started it off the Mrs Twingo.
All was well with the car, apart from by the time I'd got it started I only had 15 minutes to get to the MOT tester. On the way there, the tyre pressure sensor came on so I pulled into a side road to give them a quick visual check. Bad move, the car cut out and wouldn't start. F-ing battery!
So my Mrs, who I owe massively walked back to get her car and the jump leads. Whilst I waited with the car I took some pictures since the sun was out. :lol:
Then her mighty Twingo 133 arrived to save me! haha
She's now legal, taxed and almost road ready. Now for that cambelt, service and new battery!! :lol:
Still nice and shiny after nearly 6 months under cover, still the detailing pays off. :thumb:
First job was fitting the new, almost legal number plates for the MOT.
Here she is keeping the Gordini company.
Now this was the fun part. I put the battery on charge the night before so it'd be good to start, warm up and take for it's MOT. How wrong was I. Battery is only 2 years old but is not holding charge. Guess that's the price you pay for not driving your car 'enough'. Anyway, in the end I jump started it off the Mrs Twingo.
All was well with the car, apart from by the time I'd got it started I only had 15 minutes to get to the MOT tester. On the way there, the tyre pressure sensor came on so I pulled into a side road to give them a quick visual check. Bad move, the car cut out and wouldn't start. F-ing battery!
So my Mrs, who I owe massively walked back to get her car and the jump leads. Whilst I waited with the car I took some pictures since the sun was out. :lol:
Then her mighty Twingo 133 arrived to save me! haha
She's now legal, taxed and almost road ready. Now for that cambelt, service and new battery!! :lol: