Yes, I’ve got a bit of old pipe that came off some sort of agricultural equipment who knows when. With a decent breaker bar and in extreme cases some heat it’s loosened everything I’ve needed.

If you’re in the UK Amazon often have good deals on the Bahco socket sets. They are more expensive than the elcheapo ones but will last and seem less likely to round off stubborn fittings.

You can sometimes find the factory service manuals floating around the internet. Obviously I can’t condone this, but my hypothetical friend found the Suzuki manuals very well laid out and easy to follow...

OOH- I’m currently in Sweden. Will have to take a trip up to Motala and take a look. I’d already planned on going to the SAAB and Volvo museums!

Land Rover offered Alcantara in the first generation Freelander- we had one when our Defender was in the process of being bought back/replaced.

I think you need to apologise to the fine nation of Sweden for confusing them with the Shithole that is Swindon.

Exactly, although the current EU economy testing does need some reform. Either the test is so unrealistic or the manufacturers have got very good at setting the car up to perform well in the tests (or outright cheating as VW appears to have done). The difference between the test figures and the actual real world…

Road legal in the UK at least. I think that means you can use it throughout the EU with no issues.

The original Leominster only has two syllables- Lem-Ster. Gloucester and Worcester are much the same as the US versions.

There are places that don’t have that?

You aren’t missing out on much. Just go and get a Focus. Or a Fiesta.

The Austin Pininfarina Aerodynamica concepts. Imagine these from the 60s British car industry!

Ferrari got pissy about it so they couldn’t build any more.

Yes, I (Non USian) don’t see the Focus/Fiesta as ‘American’. They are very european cars.

The F-pace does at least look halfway decent. This suffers from something that lots of current cars suffer from, which is that they didn’t know when to stop designing.

Good call on the Suzuki- The related Swift & Ignis are easy to DIY too.

Touring Superleggera Berlinetta Lusso.

Touring Superleggera Berlinetta Lusso.

It’s the Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso by Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. F12 underneath. http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor…

I know someone who had one. It was an auto too and I can only imagine it was catastrophically slow.