sorry Gary, I didn't mean I like the £300 bit, the way things are going, I might try and renovate one of my classic pandas as it makes life so simple apart from chasing the corrosion at times.
No worries, these things happen. I've stopped buying expensive cars and I'm happy to keep running what I have, even if I have to cough up every now and then to keep it going. Since retirement I pedal considerably more than I drive. Last year I cycled 3000 miles and drove 800...
exactly this, despite being a bit more limited now I am the same as you, and last time I had to use the car the battery was totally dead as it had been over a month.
Remembered last minute, we had no honey for the cheese. We do now and I was forced to sit down in the farm shop cafe and eat american style buttermilk pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, it’s a hard life Andy
I use a little PV panel that plugs into the OBC socket, works a treat. https://www.care4car.com/12-volt-electrical/aa-car-battery-solar-charger-maintainer-conditioner.html Pretty sure Halfords do them or the usual on-line chaps.
Thank you Im at high risk of infection because of my ongoing treatment and lack of immunity so im monitoring my temp and sputum as I will need antibiotics if they change. Thankfully it's not covid
Through the winter i clean the z every week or so, exhaust off, bottom of the bike/front of the engine, wheels calipers, scrub the chain with a wire brush and parafin finished with chain wax. All good their. 400/4 hasnt been fired up for a good 4 or 5 months....that didnt blip into life - not by a long chalk....15 mins to get it going so i think ill take it out tomorrow round the block....looks like im gonna have to do that once a month just to keep the engine turned over...
