advice to new owners/buyers oracle

[mad cyclist]

if each time you have a piece of info for a new owner/member you put it here, all they have to do is search the word 'oracle' and all our helpful new owner tips will come up on one thread.

[mad cyclist]

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mad cyclist wrote:

if each time you have a piece of info for a new owner/member you put it here, all they have to do is search the word 'oracle' and all our helpful new owner tips will come up on one thread.

this is why i started this thread

[coolsid]

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mad cyclist wrote:

mad cyclist wrote:

if each time you have a piece of info for a new owner/member you put it here, all they have to do is search the word 'oracle' and all our helpful new owner tips will come up on one thread.

this is why i started this thread

This is a good idea if the info is put in and updated.

[mad cyclist]

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it really needs to be a tab that we can add to and not have to search for a thread, that aside hello and welcome, the forum is a bit of a laugh and a great source of info but with your previous we will probably be seeking your advice.

kryten(russ) comes with a similar background but part of his apprentiship was unfurling the red flag

[coolsid]

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mad cyclist wrote:

it really needs to be a tab that we can add to and not have to search for a thread, that aside hello and welcome, the forum is a bit of a laugh and a great source of info but with your previous we will probably be seeking your advice.

kryten(russ) comes with a similar background but part of his apprentiship was unfurling the red flag

We were working on cars that were only 3 or 4 years old,now im trying to buy a same car that could be 35, 36, or 37 years old now.:shock:

[GDPR]

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mad cyclist wrote:

kryten(russ) comes with a similar background but part of his apprentiship was unfurling the red flag

Not sure what you mean Nick..... dyed in the wool tory, me.......... always have been....

So on thatbasis,what do you make of the green car then?Surely I should have been ripping your arm off for your old Carmine one.....

Russ:dude:

[polly]

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mad cyclist wrote:

if each time you have a piece of info for a new owner/member you put it here, all they have to do is search the word 'oracle' and all our helpful new owner tips will come up on one thread.

hi all, info wanted am thinking of bidding for a TR7 convertible on ebay to use as my everyday car.would it be reliable? i presume service spares etc are readily available orcan anyone talk me out of it??

cheers steve

[Stagdad]

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OK

I'll start of with the tips .

Check the profiles of the top of thewheel arches .Took me a year to notice but one of my rears is different to the others.I've also seen others like this.

Bad rust places are out riggers to the inner sills,boot corners,A posts (open the doors and look behind the rain channels),bottom of rear side panels just behind doors.

Cheers Steve

[polly]

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Stagdad wrote:

OK

I'll start of with the tips .

Check the profiles of the top of thewheel arches .Took me a year to notice but one of my rears is different to the others.I've also seen others like this.

Bad rust places are out riggers to the inner sills,boot corners,A posts (open the doors and look behind the rain channels),bottom of rear side panels just behind doors.

Cheers Steve

hi steve,do you use yours daily this ones close to me on ebay 180250643065 what d'ya think

[Stagdad]

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polly wrote:

Stagdad wrote:

OK

I'll start of with the tips .

Check the profiles of the top of thewheel arches .Took me a year to notice but one of my rears is different to the others.I've also seen others like this.

Bad rust places are out riggers to the inner sills,boot corners,A posts (open the doors and look behind the rain channels),bottom of rear side panels just behind doors.

Cheers Steve

hi steve,do you use yours daily this ones close to me on ebay 180250643065 what d'ya think

Hi Polly

My tips were general tips about Stags not TR7 sorry.don't know much about TR7's except my mate had one many years ago and the headlights didn't go up and down very well also if it was left ticking over on a cold day the carbs iced up solid .

Steve

[Kevin Garrod]

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Stagdad wrote:

the headlights didn't go up and down very well
Steve

Reminds me of my Scouting days, one of the leaders bought a brand new TR7 and after we had all played in it for half an hour or so, one of the headlamps was stuck in the up position. It only had delivery miles too!

[mad cyclist]

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kryten wrote:

mad cyclist wrote:

kryten(russ) comes with a similar background but part of his apprentiship was unfurling the red flag

Not sure what you mean Nick..... dyed in the wool tory, me.......... always have been....

So on thatbasis,what do you make of the green car then?Surely I should have been ripping your arm off for your old Carmine one.....

Russ:dude:

as in walking in front of car with red flag, personally i like your green car but as my old headmaster would so often point out I am so very easily led

[GDPR]

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Ha ha - get what you mean now...... thought you had me down as a Communist..... if I was, then all property being theft, your Stag would be mine too.........

And I'd have another one to play with