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Post by MJB on Aug 9, 2024 7:46:50 GMT
For some reason I have two of them. So that is where they go, they gather together for company ans warmth. I thought that they hung around with the 10mm sockets. |
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Post by andy on Aug 9, 2024 8:05:38 GMT
The wheels on my commuting bike are quick release so I don't need tools to get them off and I certainly don't need a towing point. Could go a new "gearbox" because the previous owner, I strongly suspect, didn't shift down when slowing down and lugged it in top gear but that's maybe £80 and half an hour of work with no risk of getting crushed to death if the bike falls on me. £25 of that £80 is making the gear ratios more appropriate for me and £30 of it I don't need to spend because I salvaged shiny parts off bikes that got very little use before being left outside to rust. I was told a few years ago, back in my yeti days, by the local mobile wheels and tyres man, that fancy lock nuts were a waste of time because nobody steals car alloys these days - at least not in Edinburgh. I got rid of them on my last car because they were a PITA and I didn’t think the wheels would get stolen. Might think different if I had an Alpina with wheels BMW drivers want though. |
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Post by willien on Aug 9, 2024 11:16:21 GMT
I got rid of them from the Yeti. With the Beemer I checked there was an adapter present and left it at that.
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Post by geoffr on Aug 9, 2024 11:31:38 GMT
So that is where they go, they gather together for company ans warmth. I thought that they hung around with the 10mm sockets. I have 10mm sockets, ratchet wrenches and spanners to start a shop. I wonder if they congregate here to escape broken homes… |
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Post by willien on Aug 9, 2024 11:37:37 GMT
I thought that they hung around with the 10mm sockets. I have 10mm sockets, ratchet wrenches and spanners to start a shop. I wonder if they congregate here to escape broken homes… Spoken like a true kleptomaniac.  |
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Post by zx9 on Aug 9, 2024 12:17:21 GMT
I was told a few years ago, back in my yeti days, by the local mobile wheels and tyres man, that fancy lock nuts were a waste of time because nobody steals car alloys these days - at least not in Edinburgh. I got rid of them on my last car because they were a PITA and I didn’t think the wheels would get stolen. Might think different if I had an Alpina with wheels BMW drivers want though. You have a key to get the 'hub cap' off an Alpina which is needed to access the tyre valve as well as the wheel bolts.
Next door has a very low mileage manual Alpina B10 which he has owned from new.
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Post by andy on Aug 9, 2024 13:36:23 GMT
I got rid of them on my last car because they were a PITA and I didn’t think the wheels would get stolen. Might think different if I had an Alpina with wheels BMW drivers want though. You have a key to get the 'hub cap' off an Alpina which is needed to access the tyre valve as well as the wheel bolts.
Next door has a very low mileage manual Alpina B10 which he has owned from new.
Probably just as well they are hard to steal or some scrote would have them on a tatty old 520d to look flash. Never been much of a BMW fan but do like Alpina, particularly the touring models based on the 5 series. Turbos make everything better  |
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Post by zx9 on Aug 9, 2024 15:33:05 GMT
You have a key to get the 'hub cap' off an Alpina which is needed to access the tyre valve as well as the wheel bolts.
Next door has a very low mileage manual Alpina B10 which he has owned from new.
Probably just as well they are hard to steal or some scrote would have them on a tatty old 520d to look flash. Never been much of a BMW fan but do like Alpina, particularly the touring models based on the 5 series. Turbos make everything better
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Post by willien on Aug 9, 2024 15:51:19 GMT
You have a key to get the 'hub cap' off an Alpina which is needed to access the tyre valve as well as the wheel bolts.
Next door has a very low mileage manual Alpina B10 which he has owned from new.
Probably just as well they are hard to steal or some scrote would have them on a tatty old 520d to look flash. Never been much of a BMW fan but do like Alpina, particularly the touring models based on the 5 series. Turbos make everything better No I wouldn't! |
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Post by mark101 on Aug 9, 2024 20:01:04 GMT
I thought it was the starting handle  Come on, who had a car with a starting handle? I had a Hillman Imp with one, and I used it. |
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Post by willien on Aug 9, 2024 20:18:40 GMT
I thought it was the starting handle Come on, who had a car with a starting handle? I had a Hillman Imp with one, and I used it. My Dad! Edit - Two of my four motorbikes had kick starts if that helps.
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Post by geoffr on Aug 9, 2024 20:40:23 GMT
I thought it was the starting handle Come on, who had a car with a starting handle? I had a Hillman Imp with one, and I used it. The Renault 12 had the handle and an appropriate hole in the bodywork. My first one, a 1972 model had a hole in the bumper and a dog on the crankshaft. Later models had the hole in the bodywork and the handle but the bumper didn't have the hole and there was no dog. I recall that the handle was retained as the jack handle even after Renault introduced transverse engines. |
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Post by peterba on Aug 11, 2024 22:11:32 GMT
Come on, who had a car with a starting handle?
Yep - Morris 1000. I did occasionally use the starting handle..... when the battery was flat. (On reflection, it might have been slightly more than "occasionally"). |
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Post by mick on Aug 12, 2024 7:40:14 GMT
I had several. Fords,Hillman and (not too sure about this one) an MG
Mick
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Post by dreampolice on Aug 12, 2024 8:15:44 GMT
I thought it was the starting handle Come on, who had a car with a starting handle? I had a Hillman Imp with one, and I used it. When I was a kid my dad had a Rover 75. That had a starting handle and I used to like helping with it. Also loved the indicators that used to pop out. |
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