Yes, Howden is even more North.
Ah mate , it’s taken way too long.
Bought the car October 20 , cracked on with chassis etc rust removal/ protection etc, fitted coilovers.
Then life takes over, new job , less time off work etc etc. Then things change again…I wanted all new rear arms to polybush , then it led to buying something else etc etc even down to genuine bolts people won’t ever see but I’ll know their in there
hence the famous ‘too do list’ 
I need a week’s holiday when weathers better and crack on to fit all I’ve bought
Then there’s just the full respray to organise
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You definitely won’t be going to Spain this year then!
It’s something i would really like to get back into but alas…nowhere to do it. 
garage not big enough to work in.Same as mine, once the car is in there, nothing else will fit in. Plus it’s about 100 yards away from the house, no electric/toilet etc.
Ryobi battery tools (other brands also available ),and an empty beer can for the loo 
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‘Let the wife drive the 5’ 
[Phew……so glad my late husband never could pass his driving test….. I’d have been a nervous wreck letting him drive Bullit]
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I hate that phrase…”THE wife” 
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Ditto 
Kinda like calling the MX-5 a ‘hairdressers car’ ……that’s also
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Most of my colleagues continually mock me & refer to my MX-5 as a hairdresser’s car. In a fairly good natured way, I must add.
Heathens, They’re all just jealous.
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It’s probably better than ‘partner’ but I know what you mean, ‘my wife’ sounds so much better.
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I had a biker say that to me once, he was a friends brother and having a drink with us. Parking that in my memory bank, roll on a couple of years said guy turned up again with his brother for a few drinks chit chat. He mentioned he’d bought a Vauxhall Corsa as his biking days were over, couldn’t resist the dig, ah you’ve got an hairdressers car now then
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‘wor lass’ , ‘hinny’ ‘pet’ just a few Geordie terms of endearment the ‘better half’ may not be fond of.
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“Rev limiter”
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Washed the wife’s and step-sons cars. I then turned my attention to my Moxie. He’s looking better after getting a wash and a top up of Fusso Raindrop Tornado for some extra protection.
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That is superb, I want one of those stickers!
Fitted a new induction kit this weekend from Marino Engineering, reduces IAT down to 1⁰ above ambient
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OK if we are doing regional, a couple of cockney ones.
Treacle…..Treacle tart, sweetheart.
Trouble….Trouble and strife, wife.
There are one or two more but they have escaped me for the moment. 
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Ooh ta
Been looking for that.