My shiney BX

[Kitch]

No, not shiney.....grimey! Thats the one, I knew it kinda sounded the same.

Not much has changed on the old bone recently, except the gearknob has been modified to AX GT spec! (basically same as a normal 16v one with a red band instead of black)



It's also lovely and clean:




And is just recovering after shitting it's guts over the garage floor (I think it's going round at the moment)



Overall still the same old. It's coming off the road for a while soon though, due to the MOT expiring shortly....petrol prices being ridiculous....numerous things still being wrong after long and stressful attempts to fix them and a TVR which is commanding more money (oddly enough!)
It's being retired to a garage for the year, so there will be no valver at the CCC shows this year, possibly a loud and anti-social TVR though. Although it's no louder than Doc after a few ....120db recorded at Goodwood on Saturday.

[toddao]

Kitch wrote

petrol prices being ridiculous....

surely the TVR can't be less thirsty - must make the 16v seem economical!

[Kitch]

Not as different as you'd think! The BX will do say, 90-110 miles on £20 on normal (yes, I am ashamed!) unleaded. The Tiv will do around 80.

BX only averages about 25mpg and the TVR around 20-23mpg if my maths are correct. Although the TVR could burn a tenner in about 15miles if I tired hard enough.

Main difference is that the valver was being used daily, which eqautes to crippling fuel costs each week (around £30-40!). The TVR only comes out on some weekends, allbeit dry ones, as it leaks!

The BX has now been replaced by a Ford, which costs less to fill up than the BX used in a week, yet lasts longer. It also handles better and has aircon! The downside is that its a Ford

So the BX is now residing in it's own private damp garage.

[bexxy]

I just watched this bx H14 BAH on a clip of an episode of used car roadshow on you tube, thought i'd seen that number plate before..