Originally Posted By PaulJ
Mike, what a nice time you have coming to you, rain or shine, it won't matter too much, be aware how easy it is to get the back end out in the wet, just be careful with your right foot. I would also advise getting a motorcycle rain suit to wear in the worst weather and a small towel to go around your neck. I got mine from Lidl when they were doing a motorcycle special some months ago, you might also like to keep your eyes open for a cheap motorcycle helmet too, more for weather protection than to save your head.

You can check the rear tyre from underneath, but it is difficult to get the valve just in the right place at the bottom of the wheel, unless you are lucky, much easier to take all the woodscrews out of the plastic cover, and just use two at the back to hold it in, after all it's not going anywhere, being clipped in behind the fuel pipe at the front, then it's easy to take out the two screws and lift the cover to get to the back wheel, also easier to clean as well, as that area will get absolutely filthy, I've made an aluminium wheel cover for mine, but a fair bit of muck still gets everywhere.

The fuel guage will go down quite quickly to start with and then show around 6% for, maybe as much as 100 miles. You might want to carry a spare can of fuel in the back until you get a handle on how inacurate the fuel guage is.

Enjoy your new car and let us all know how you get on with it.


Thanks for this ( and to the other comments from everyone else!). I'm really looking forward to the car. I'm not expecting the car to be 'perfect' but thats part of the attraction to me!

So running out of fuel, things dropping off, back stepping out all part of the fun as long as no one ever gets hurt!

Can't wait!


Last edited by MikeMTW; 02/10/12 07:47 PM. Reason: My post sounded big headed!