It's that time of year again... Here are our July 2016 numbers: 2005 Roadsport SV / 1.8K / 140bhp / 7,000 road miles / fully comp / self+MrsH / garaged / suburbia / licences since 1989 and 1995 / no points / no convictions / one DVLA-aware medical condition / legal fee cover / no track / Caterham owners since 2012. Excesses are total / windscreen replacement / windscreen repair, wherever we got that far on the call. COMPANY PRICE EXCESSES NOTES Adrian Flux £181.59 (£100 / £
Insurance prices and companies is something that always comes up on Blatchat, and it's always a bit of a struggle to find which thread has which information, so I figured I'd put my numbers in a blog post so as to be able to find them rapidly in future. So, here's the July 2015 numbers: 2005 Roadsport SV / 1.8K / 140bhp / 7,000 road miles / fully comp / self+MrsH / garaged / suburbia / licences since 1989 and 1995 / no points / no convictions / one DVLA-aware medical condition / legal fee cover
Augmented version of the article "When is a door not a door?", published in Lowflying, April 2015. For those who read it, I'll spare you the terrible joke again, please skip the next line. For those who missed the terrible joke, the answer is, "When it's a jar!". It wasn't that funny when I was a toddler. Anyway... I have a problem with standard sidescreens: The soft plastic is prone to scratching and damage if you stow them in the boot (when you find yourself miles from home on an unexpectedly
**DISCLAIMER** - I have no automotive qualifications. This blog is a record of my actions, not a list of instructions. You cut into your wiring looms and mess with safety-critical components entirely at your own risk. Well... my Better Rear Lights Project now completed, attention turns to the front end. Why? Mostly because they need some TLC and the weather's awful. The list of "issues" at the front end includes but is probably not limited to: Nearside headlight cowling cracked where the retaini
**DISCLAIMER** - I have no automotive qualifications. This blog is a record of my actions, not a list of instructions. You cut into your wiring looms and mess with safety-critical components entirely at your own risk. As ARs, we find ourselves leading more blats than many people. As such, various members have on occasion mentioned that our rear lights (the standard Caterham caravan lights) can be difficult to see clearly in certain conditions and at some specific times of day. Unfortunately thos
Insurance prices and companies is something that always comes up on Blatchat, and it's always a bit of a struggle to find which thread has which information, so I figured I'd put my numbers in a blog post so as to be able to find them rapidly in future. So, here's the July 2014 numbers: 2005 Roadsport SV / 1.8K / 140bhp / 5,000 road miles / fully comp / self+MrsH / garaged / suburbia / licences since 1989 and 1995 / no points / no convictions / one DVLA-aware medical condition / legal fee cover
