New owner of VIN 254

[ianbstag]

Well, today has been a good day!

It started off with a taxi to the station, then a 2 hour train journey into deepest Lincolnshire, and ended up with a cracking drive home in my latest purchase, VIN 254.

Lots of paperwork with the car, it seems to have been well looked after. It's only done a couple of thousand miles over the last year.

First impressions?
Good:
feels very "tight", no rattles or clonks from the suspension.
revs freely to the red line, but pulls well from tickover
very clean oil and coolant
lovely condition leather seats
THAT SOUND........................

Not so good:
horrible Kenwood stereo (might have to steal the double din from the diesel)
Lexus style rear lights (I just don't like them, MG7 lights going on tomorrow)
no rear parking sensors (aftermarket ones on order)
the aircon, although cold, is not the freshest.
throttle is a little strange at the beginning of it's travel, almost feels "sticky"

A couple of other things, the gearbox is very "notchy" (is this normal?) and where should the bite point of the clutch be? (seems a tad high, but that may be just me, I've been an auto driver for years)

It's going to take a while to get used to though, at first I thought it wasn't as quick as I'd hoped, then I realised I'd been changing up at 3000rpm (too long with a diseasel). Once I'd sorted that out, I had some fun on the long straight roads between Boston and Newark

Day off tomorrow, so if the weather holds, the DA will be out with some Prima Amigo and some Nattys Blue, then time for a photoshoot.

One happy V8 owner (that sounds soooo good )

Quick edit to add: Is it possible to retrofit cruise control?

[Greeners]

Welcome to V8 ownership

Get across to two-sixties.com and join up there....a wealth of specfic V8 information is there.

The chance of the loom for cruise being fitted is Zero, but the actuator is Ford, it's the ECU that is the MGR part and expensive (ish).

I've accumulated most of the parts, just got to build a loom, fit it and get it coded

[stevestrat]

Good one Ian, well done. The gearbox is a wee bit "agricultural" and the stick throw is so long you'll probably find yourself missing gears until you get used to it. Re taking it to the red line, be careful with that, apparently the engines are vulnerable if over revved.

[ianbstag]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Re taking it to the red line, be careful with that, apparently the engines are vulnerable if over revved.

Duly noted! In my defence, I only did it once, when overtaking.

Cruise sounds a bit of a nightmare, but it will be something I'll keep in mind for the future.

I could do with the weather deciding what it's doing, I want to clean the damn thing!

[SteveTD]

Might I be able to take the lexus lights off your hands?

[LotusLC]

Bet you enjoyed the drive back home, now stop sitting in it and pressing the loud pedal , and clean the damn thing . Then post pics