BrianGT

Phew! Jan..........phew..............I don't want to even go there! You could have called him a dick instead........................................................................... :xmas_ohmy:

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My TA22 is also washed, polished and put away in the garage.......but I can't wait for a fine day to take it out and drive cos not being able to drive it is killing me!! :xmas_angry:

My thoughts........ but I daren't post it! You have bigger balls than me!! :xmas_biggrin:

Cheers mate! I have Yoko's on it now but they are middle of the road tyres but are actually very good....there more serious stuff is hard to get in 14inch now.

Thanks to you both......it doesn't vibrate on the car or cause problems but i really would like to salvage the wheel. Cheers.......seems there is hope!

I have a buckled Minilite on the back of my TA22. It's been like that since I built the car but I really noticed it on the rolling road as I was standing next to it! Can they be straightened again?? Cheers.

They keep coming up and on the radar....thanks for that mate.

Leather g-string....................................................

That is sadly true these days....... On the other hand! About 30 years ago (yes i know that's a long time to some of you!!) I worked as a Toyota mechanic in a small village. I had a KE20 Corolla with 1600 Celica running gear that I used to rally. One day I was heading back to the garage which involves some nice, tight and entertaining S bends......I came through the last bend with a front wheel in the air and walking towards me was the village Plod! I slowed down which dropped the wheel and as I looked in my mirror I saw him spin round and head towards the garage! I parked up on the forecourt and as I got out he was walking towards me.......he stopped about 30 feet away and waved his finger in a "No..no NO" manner and then spun round and walked away. I was bang to rights and he had me but the way he dealt with it meant that I NEVER did anything like that again in the village and I always drove sensibly from then on! It gave me a great deal of respect for him and I didn't give him cause to worry again! That respect for the Police lasted most of my life.

I think he just analysed all the facts and decided that although you had a nice fast car you weren't actually behaving like a hooligan....just not concentrating! Officers like that can do wonders for the perceived reputation of the police.

Firstly............DON't just let the DEC 3rd deadline go by and get to court that way..it will come back to haunt you! Make sure that you they know that you are going to court to contradict the way they conducted the test......NOT because you are there because you haven't paid a fine. There's a difference.........but it sounds like you handled it the right way with the Officer who spoke to you earlier....I just didn't like it when he told you to just let it go.

you know Chris....I think that copper behaved in the right way. He stopped you and gave you a telling off but didn't book you. I bet you drove a lot more consciously the rest of the day and I bet you had a lot of respect for the way he went about his job! Kudos to that Policeman....common sense prevails.

I think everyone should be made to wash a car immediately before they buy it........you really get to know the finish by giving it a wash!! Nice beading with that wax!

it's not out now at all. Against a satnav it reads 72 mph when the satnav says 70....too close to call. The thing is Bryan that 50's are a bit low for comfort because the suspension is extremely hard and to get to the main road from my house i have 1 1/2 miles of dirt road full of potholes....hence keeping a 60 profile for some cushion. The problem seems to be finding quality tyres in 205-60-14. Every time I read up on a great tyre it's not available in that size! The diff is another issue........even with 14 inch tyres I want to lower the diff to make it accelerate quicker. I'm not bothered that the speedo will be out again it was just a happy coincidence that it came right changing to 14 inch wheels. With the wheels and tyres it has on now it was doing 112mph at 6,800 in fourth according to the rolling road data and I still had an indirect 5th to go (for the road, not on a rolling road) so I can well afford to lose some top end......I'll never use it.

Yes.......and No! That is the original size but I always had 13x6 wheels (TTE) and wider tyres.

Basically anything lower than 50 profile doesn't look right for the age of the car.......to me...so if I went 205-60-15 it would have 2" bigger wheels than std which would really up the gearing. It's already upped on 14's as it is and so I am planning on changing the 4.1 diff to a 4.3 or 4.6 ratio to make it accelerate quicker....top speed at the moment is way beyond anything I could use. Also I like the 14" Minilites I have!! Hence just the need for good tyres. ( I actually like that fitting 14 inch wheels has made the speedo accurate....on 13 inch it was way optimistic.)

I think the 4WD may have helped them there then! They might be a bit slippery with only two wheels driving!

What make are they on the back? Cheers! Yesterday I was at a Rolling Road and the owner races an Imp and he's a very quick driver and he had Yokohama A0048 road legal slicks on the car. I asked him how they were in the wet and was gobsmacked when he said they were fantastic! He said he can pick a wheel up in the wet no problem! I had really shied away from them because of reading or been told how lethal they were in the wet......just goes to show how subjective tyre reviews are.

Thanks anyway Gareth but that's exactly what I am talking about! No great choice out there! I did think of going up to 15 inch but then I really, really would need a lower diff. It should have 13 inch wheels fitted but by fitting 14 inch the once wildly inaccurate speedo is now very accurate!

Cheers Brian! Appreciated!

Cheers Brian....I had no idea ST's had 14 inch wheels! Not such a blind cry for help after all!

I know it's not a popular size but some of you may have second cars with this size of tyre fitted. I'm struggling to find decent 205 or 195 x 60 14" tyres for my Gen 1 ....it's a long time since I've used Michelin, Uniroyal, Dunlop, Goodyear etc. as we have always had 4x4's each and I use whatever comes on them!Same with my van. I've googled what I want but it just brings up so many names I have no experience of..... I can get street legal slicks easy enough but don't want to be on a motorway in a rainstorm and have to wait until it stops raining!! Any suggestions?

In spite of worrying about being a target I would still report it to the Police to cover yourself if there is any further vandalism or accident where you park it.....they may choose do do nothing about it but at least it's reported and will cover you with your insurance company should they try to claim against you! A good few years ago my Mum was sat in her and Dad's TA60 Celica when a travelling person ran in to the back of it. It wrecked the boot, rear screen and pillars and almost wrote the car off. The guy was uninsured, had no licence or plate for his wagon and was taken in to custody. He was let out the next day, no court appearance, just bailed and the Police said they wouldn't be following it up as it would be a waste of their time. They said he would just disappear from the site he said he was staying at so she should just claim off her own insurance! Justice for the law abiding citizen? I think not.

I hate that!!! It's so sickening when you come across it and see your car has been hit. Hope it polishes out for you.