Content by john1000uk in December, 2025

Happy days eh.

A Christmas Story. Around 1974 me and my mate Nick set off to go to the pictures in Birmingham in his red Austin A40. Whizzing along listening to the Rolling stones I think, we could hear the sound of sleigh bells jingling. I rolled my window down and said it's coming from the front wheel but we...

Interesting, from feel alone I'd say my dealer had correctly done up the locking wheel nuts. Moving on I've never had a nut or bolt come loose on its own after fitting when its had a smear of copper slip. However it wasn't standard practice to smear wheel nuts. (Even though I thought about it...

Yes there's a lot of pros and cons but I figured if I removed them to perhaps add a touch of copper slip then I may as well change them for the full headed bolts. There's so many ham fisted guys out there I really don't want a conversation entailing my wheel bolt supposedly being seized and the...

Yes, I've had worse knocks, thanks.

Mmm does that reflect on the sales outlet? No you're not, I'm just a bit suspicious of how much torque a locking wheel nutt can take if its seized in place by salt and rust

Call me daft but I've removed the locking wheel bolts and put the original bolts back. Being new and before the winter corrosion set in I figured they'd come off ok. Reason is I don't want a corroded bolt on a black, wet cold night (puncture) and being told the head has stripped as the bolt was...

Hi ho merry christmas. Well walking up to the car the other night tripped on the curb. Fell face first and shoulder onto the front panel with a right wack. So once I'd wiped the blood away etc I hobbled back out of the house to inspect the S5. Joy of joy not a mark or dent. Three cheers for MG...