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Jeez, I'd be bloody ropeable if the dealer did that. What else did they give zero f's about?

I don't know about that. We wrinklies (and younger ones) mostly learnt to drive manuals, and I've done quite a few licence tests in manuals, I've not seen a gearbox or clutch fail. The handbrake cable on my Dads car snapped while doing a hill start on my test. Luckily I had learned to heel and...

Hamfisted Tech? Or, are the Ford plugs not great quality?

Sorry, I don't know US tool makers other than Snap On.

I bet she will. How cool is a dad with a convertible that lends it to her. :like:

What do the kids think about a convertible?

Can you beg, borrow or steal from anyone with tools? Otherwise go name brand.

Then there's heat in a convertible that doesn't have air con. We got stuck in a holiday traffic jam in 34C temps and had to put the roof up to keep from cooking.

Carbs are OK as a rule. But I wouldn't sell my soul to satan in order to learn how to set up Webers.

Almost certainly affecting wet weather performance

Yes, but we've moved on to the existential angst of easy outs.

Yeah, same here. But things do get a bit more difficult. And you bleed more. The number of times I've done some fettling and discovered blood running from a finger or arm that I didn't know I'd scraped. Literally thin skinned.

Yep, they said that about an old Mitsubishi Mirage I had. I never thought it was normal.

OK, that's not excessive, but it is more than mine uses. Type of driving conditions could account for that. Having said that, it does sound like a valve guide seal issue, which isn't usually a head off matter.

I guess it depends on the quality of the easy outs too. I wouldn't trust Temu express

OK, twat cam.

You have really short legs too?

I normally know what a tripod is, been called it several times :wink: But what does it mean here?

Is it using oil?

I never locked my only convertible, and never left anything of value in it. it did have an alpine perimeter alarm system, for whatever that was worth. It was never attacked, but that was 23 years ago and people are much shittier now.