The Alfa Went To Ireland

Zathras wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:43:24 GMT, Catman
> > wrote:
>
>> Zathras wrote:
>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:52:52 GMT, Catman
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Torroidal tank in the spare wheel well. I hardly ever carry much in the
>>>> boot of any use, anyway.
>>> + run-flats and pressure mon..job done!
>>>
>> <g>
>>
>> Gloop is what you need.
>
> LOL..don't some tyre companies refuse to repair punctures if you've
> glooped em (due to the mess IIRC)?
>

Oh, has it been glooped? Mus have been the PO, mate....

Seriously, yes they complain but WTF are they going to do?

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:58:19 GMT, Catman
> wrote:

>Oh, has it been glooped? Mus have been the PO, mate....

;-)

>Seriously, yes they complain but WTF are they going to do?

Tell you you need a new tyre (as usual!).

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Z
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Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
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Zathras wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:58:19 GMT, Catman
> > wrote:
>
>> Oh, has it been glooped? Mus have been the PO, mate....
>
> ;-)
>
>> Seriously, yes they complain but WTF are they going to do?
>
> Tell you you need a new tyre (as usual!).
>

Oh I see *repair*. No, the point about gloop is that you never need to
repair punctures. You throw the tyre away if the thing is so badly
damaged or the tread has gone.

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"Zathras" > wrote in message
...
> Just back from a 10 day overseas trip to Donegal in the Alfa - which
> is a rare breed there!
>
> Out on the western coast there were a few roads that were no-go for
> the Alfa due (in the main) to adverse camber though settlement was
> also an issue on the peat bogs. The Garmin satnav was absolutely
> amazing - it appears to have *every* road and track in Donegal mapped.
> It sometimes took us on *shortcuts* that a normal car would not have
> blinked at but, in the Alfa, things were often a lot more exciting
> and, frankly, tiring!

Interesting, I'm off to the Midlands next week.... which Garmin do you have?

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:48:47 +0100, " cupra"
> wrote:

>
>
>"Zathras" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Just back from a 10 day overseas trip to Donegal in the Alfa - which
>> is a rare breed there!
>>
>> Out on the western coast there were a few roads that were no-go for
>> the Alfa due (in the main) to adverse camber though settlement was
>> also an issue on the peat bogs. The Garmin satnav was absolutely
>> amazing - it appears to have *every* road and track in Donegal mapped.
>> It sometimes took us on *shortcuts* that a normal car would not have
>> blinked at but, in the Alfa, things were often a lot more exciting
>> and, frankly, tiring!
>
>Interesting, I'm off to the Midlands next week.... which Garmin do you have?

Nuvi 660 - the one with the ability to receive traffic information and
dynamically re-route (usually to the surprise of the driver!). Also
has a rather handy speed camera indication system. It's an excellent
device.

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email without 'Alfa' in subject will be auto-deleted..sorry!)

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:50:16 GMT, Catman
> wrote:

>Zathras wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:58:19 GMT, Catman
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, has it been glooped? Mus have been the PO, mate....
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>> Seriously, yes they complain but WTF are they going to do?
>>
>> Tell you you need a new tyre (as usual!).
>>
>
>Oh I see *repair*.

Doh! Glasses time? :-(

>No, the point about gloop is that you never need to
>repair punctures.

Is that what it says on the tin? A mate of mine smashed up the rear of
his car fairly spectacularly when, two weeks after glooping, his
nearside rear tyre completely let go while going round a roundabout.
It had been perfect until then!

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email without 'Alfa' in subject will be auto-deleted..sorry!)

Zathras wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:50:16 GMT, Catman
> > wrote:
>
>> Zathras wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:58:19 GMT, Catman
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh, has it been glooped? Mus have been the PO, mate....
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>> Seriously, yes they complain but WTF are they going to do?
>>> Tell you you need a new tyre (as usual!).
>>>
>> Oh I see *repair*.
>
> Doh! Glasses time? :-(

Almost certainly
>
>> No, the point about gloop is that you never need to
>> repair punctures.
>
> Is that what it says on the tin? A mate of mine smashed up the rear of
> his car fairly spectacularly when, two weeks after glooping, his
> nearside rear tyre completely let go while going round a roundabout.
> It had been perfect until then!
>

I had a major puncture in my old Speed Triple read after about 1500
miles. Held good until the tyre was utterly useless.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:15:24 GMT, Catman
> wrote:

>I had a major puncture in my old Speed Triple read after about 1500
>miles. Held good until the tyre was utterly useless.

A good test indeed. Maybe the formulation has been improved since my
mate smashed his car up a few years ago.

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email without 'Alfa' in subject will be auto-deleted..sorry!)

"Zathras" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:48:47 +0100, " cupra"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Zathras" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Just back from a 10 day overseas trip to Donegal in the Alfa - which
>>> is a rare breed there!
>>>
>>> Out on the western coast there were a few roads that were no-go for
>>> the Alfa due (in the main) to adverse camber though settlement was
>>> also an issue on the peat bogs. The Garmin satnav was absolutely
>>> amazing - it appears to have *every* road and track in Donegal mapped.
>>> It sometimes took us on *shortcuts* that a normal car would not have
>>> blinked at but, in the Alfa, things were often a lot more exciting
>>> and, frankly, tiring!
>>
>>Interesting, I'm off to the Midlands next week.... which Garmin do you
>>have?
>
> Nuvi 660 - the one with the ability to receive traffic information and
> dynamically re-route (usually to the surprise of the driver!). Also
> has a rather handy speed camera indication system. It's an excellent
> device.
>

Nice one - let's hope the roads are kind to the 147!