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Using Your Triumph

Posted By : David Rumens, 03-Aug-2003, 08:59am

Having just come back from holiday I was very suprised to have seen only one Triumph, Spitfire in North Walsham, on our travels. Each year we seem to see less and less Triumphs on the road. I can fully understand this during the winter months but on a nice warm Summer day.

I will add that there were a number of MGB,s on the road, so lets get out there and use them.

Dave

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Posted By : Don Cook, 03-Aug-2003, 08:32pm

North Walsham - where's that??
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  Posted By : James Carruthers, 03-Aug-2003, 09:08pm
  
  Don,
  
  May I introduce you to the wonders of the internet:
  
  http://www.multimap.co.uk
  
  Incredible eh! Like an A to Z or something... but like... interactive! Just type in "North Walsham" and up it comes...
  
  Still, you can do lots of things on the internet, can't make a decent cup of tea though.... ;o)
  
  James
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    Posted By : Adrian Lee, 04-Aug-2003, 08:40am
    
    Or just ask as Don did.....................North West of Norwich.
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      Posted By : Graham Reeks, 04-Aug-2003, 10:32am
      
      Or get yourself a decent GIS system and make your own maps! It takes the whole home mechanic concept that little bit further ... service and repair the car yourself, and then make your own maps ... You can't trust the internet - it just tries to sell you stuff all the time.
      
      ... now to rig up my garden refinery, and i'll be a fully self-sufficient motorist. Ah, the Good Life!
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    Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 04-Aug-2003, 09:33am
    
    I perfer http://www.streetmap.co.uk - less clutter.
    
    And you can locate someone by their Post Code or even Telephone Number. (plus other stuff)
    
    Also, the RAC has a pretty decent route planner on their site - http://www.rac.co.uk
    
    NiG
    http://www.niginthecar.net
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    Posted By : Craig Gingell, 04-Aug-2003, 10:47am
    
    Sorry James, too many key strokes - what you need is this -
    
    http://www.gingell.com/iesearch
    
    once installed, all you have to do is select the text with the mouse, right mouse click and hit "multimap"
    
    Enjoy
    
    Craig
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      Posted By : Graham Reeks, 04-Aug-2003, 11:10am
      
      Absolute genius Craig!
      
      ... can you fix up one of these to bolt on to my car, too, so it searches for all possible problems. Second thoughts, I'm not sure if I want to see that list!
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        Posted By : Craig Gingell, 04-Aug-2003, 11:15am
        
        It might not fix your car, but you can search the Canley Classics catalogue for part numbers and the like -
        
        http://www.canleyclassics.com/news.asp?topic=iesea...
        
        Rgds
        
        Craig
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      Posted By : James Carruthers, 04-Aug-2003, 12:21pm
      
      Thanks Craig.
      
      I do believe that be a good programmer - you have to be a lazy sod... I know I am ;o) - or else you'd never come up with these ideas...
      
      James
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        Posted By : Craig Gingell, 04-Aug-2003, 02:59pm
        
        James, quite true.
        
        one of my favourite quotes : "The reasonable man adapts to the world, the unreasonable man makes the world adapt to him, therefore all progress is made by the unreasonable man."
        
        Craig
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      Posted By : John Davies, 06-Aug-2003, 08:16pm
      
      Craig,
      I emailed you privately about this, but your "email quota has been exceeded" - I hope you're not being flamed!
      
      Your iesearch patch didn't work, and did nasty things to my Internet Explorer. Like clicking on the 'Google'option in the drop down freezes IE. All I got was a 'bong' with every key or mouse stroke. I had to close IE with 'CTRL-Alt-Del'.
      
      The patch has apparently uninstalled, so no harm done, and I have no idea what the problem is. I have M/S Windows 98m and IE 6.0.8 if that helps.
      
      Best wishes
      John
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        Posted By : Craig Gingell, 08-Aug-2003, 07:26pm
        
        John,
        
        I am running IE 6.0.2800.1106IS, and have experienced no problems with the IE search facilities. The utilities I have written work as per Microsoft's own examples.
        
        I am surprised you have experienced problems. However, I am glad you managed to uninstall it without any problems.
        
        I am sorry the utility didn't work for you.
        
        Regards
        
        Craig
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    Posted By : Don Cook, 04-Aug-2003, 02:53pm
    
    Or hand you a screw driver!
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      Posted By : James Carruthers, 04-Aug-2003, 03:04pm
      
      :oP
      
      Just you wait - Im going to have the best toolbox in the world... with multiple screwdrivers...
      
      James
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        Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 04-Aug-2003, 03:13pm
        
        Oooo - two screwdrivers, one flat blade and one with more Vodka!
        
        NiG
        http://www.niginthecar.net
        
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        Posted By : James Carruthers, 04-Aug-2003, 08:59pm
        
        Nige... now you're just giving Don ideas...
        
        James
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Posted By : Philip Benbow, 04-Aug-2003, 08:48am

Dave,

Having spent a glorious weeks holiday at Bacton (not far from North Walsham) in my 13/60 convertible, with roof down all week, covered about 400miles.

I was surprsied by the number of modern convertibles with their roofs stuck in the up position!!!! is this a trait of Norfolk?

Off to Dorset in a few weeks in the Herald again, come rain or shine.

Phil
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Posted By : Graham Stolady, 04-Aug-2003, 06:35pm

Hi Dave,
I can assure you that there are plenty of us in Norfolk using Triumphs as everyday cars including one of our members who parks her car in the Lotus car park every working day!
You are right about the modern convertibles having their hoods up all the time, I even saw a M***A yesterday with the hood up even though the temperature was 30 degrees centigrade. I think the reason is that the MX5 was introduced about 12 years before the hood instructions were issued!, and the stage coach hasn't reached Norfolk as yet.
Graham Stolady.
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  Posted By : David Rumens, 09-Aug-2003, 06:07pm
  
  Thanks Graham for your feedback and I am glad to hear there are a number of cars still in use in Norfolk.
  
  As interest we sent the last week in Somerset and saw eight Triumphs on our travels. Also lots of MGs old and modern.
  
  Being a long term Triumph enthusiast (38 years) I have notice a general reduction of Triumphs on the roads since year 2000. This includes the holiday period. Hence my comments which still stand. - We need to use them
  
  Regards
  
  Dave