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I thought I'd started a thread on this chap but can't find it.

He's a motoring journalist with a liking for older cars. His take on the 'green car' is not to buy a new small turboed hatch but to fettle something destined for the scrap yard and keep it going. He has a small fleet of old bangers.

His other interests include 4x4s, electric vehicles and facial hair.

 
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He's all of my schoolteachers rolled into one, Jono - except for our PE teacher who was a sadistic git
 
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Testing an unbranded jump pack.

Not seen one of these devices before but it looks like a scaled up version of one of those external batteries for mobile 'phones.

Does anyone here have or use one of these type of packs and do they work ? I lug a spare full size battery and jump leads around when necessary.
 
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Must admit I've always been a bit cynical about stuff like this, Nick but it seems to work ok on the petrol engines.

As an aside - if they signed him up for Top Gear, I'd watch it :)
 
#8 ·
I was bought a set that plugs into the "cigarette lighter" sockets in late December.
Not had the opportunity to use it as yet.

I sure as hell ain't flattening my battery to find if works or not though :nah:
 
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I was bought a set that plugs into the "cigarette lighter" sockets in late December.
Not had the opportunity to use it as yet.

I sure as hell ain't flattening my battery to find if works or not though :nah:
I would be terrified of incinerating the wiring loom feeding starting power through the lighter socket. I used to use the lighter sockets for charging the battery before I fitted CeTek connectors to make it easy to connect a charger/conditioner . Unfortunately I keep one car in a remote lock-up with no power so occasionally I have to deal with a flat battery there.
 
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Excellent! I'd really like to go out for a few drinks with this fella, I bet he's a right laugh when he's had a few :giggle:
 
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#23 ·
Quite....

He almost improved the look of his Perodua..... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
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Ha!....Reminded me of my 'caravan trips!' when the kids were younger!

Oddly, I quite liked towing the 'van'.

His car ought to be fine towing, but it's an old van (heavy) so will try 'bully' the car especially when it's packed with kit.....I had that when towing with my old 2.0 Granada.

Ended up with the Ghia 2.9 4X4 that was really the 'Mutts'......And would 'romp-up' windy hill fully kitted at 90 mph plus!..... :frantic:

Great times!.... :smug:
 
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I must admit that I used to love towing our 'van, We were like gypos during the school holidays, in summer we'd disappear somewhere for the whole 6 weeks, a week or so in each different place, the kids and the dog loved it. A 4x4 helps though, makes towing a breeze

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