I nervously started the old girl up today. its been exactly a month since I last drove her and she started first time! (albeit she'd been on charge the whole time). took her out for a nice long drive and apart from the occasional creak or groan the only things i noticed were a light tapping from the engine (which went after a few minutes), and the steering column vibrated slightly as i turned the wheel at rest, but that went after a few minutes too.

i'm chuffed to bits that she survived the weather we've been having - i 'treated' her to a quick wash with warm water and hope to use her again as a daily driver :gunsmilie:

 

...the only problem is I'd promised myself not to spend any more on her if there had been any problems getting her going today... now where's the Items for Sale section :wacko:

Glad to hear your zed is still purring after a big sleep. I started mine up yesterday and went for a drive after almost 4 weeks in the garage and boy it feels good to be driving a proper car again sunny hear this morning so might go for another drive:biggrin:

Nice one Dave - see, the ZX is a reliable car really!!

 

I haven't used mine since 4 January; although that was the return drive from Cornwall were it performed faultlessly for 1000 miles or so!!

 

My SLK has been standing since before Christmas as I didn't want to use it in the snow. I hope that works OK when I take it our for a spin later this afternoon:blink:

 

Richard:thumbup1:

Did the same with mine the other day and it had been sitting for 4 months, just proves that they are tough old gals really :tank:

Hi Dave,

 

I could not get into mine for 3 weeks, frozen solid,need new door seals, yesterday hooray door opened, turned the key and fired up first time after sitting for all this time and the brakes were not locked up either, not bad for a 20 yr old beast eh lol, so its out with polish, then im offfffffffffff , catch up soon i hope

 

Cheerz

 

Chris

hi Chris great to hear from you - nice to hear the beast is still keeping up with you :)

my doors were frozen too so i decided to leave them be and warm up by themselves!