22-08-2016, 08:31 AM
Many years ago I had a Minivan 1000cc,at the time I was based at a remote Pembrokeshire Airfield,I did an oil/filter change and as I was topping up the oil with High Tech 20/50 oil - I eventually noticed a slight gurgling noise - yup I had forgotten to refit the drain plug LOL - never did that again (yet 
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The other fail with the minivan was not really my fault - I had bought it from a very trustworthy mate and had not really looked around it very carefully LOL,I did not use it much for a while as I was also riding motorbikes at the time,when winter came along and I started driving the minivan more - I realised that the handling was not quite right and it was 'tramlining' quite badly.I had a good look round the van and could not see anything obviously wrong until I eventually spotted that it had been fitted with crossply tyres - went out and got a set of radials fitted which transformed it into a normal mini
)The other fail with the minivan was not really my fault - I had bought it from a very trustworthy mate and had not really looked around it very carefully LOL,I did not use it much for a while as I was also riding motorbikes at the time,when winter came along and I started driving the minivan more - I realised that the handling was not quite right and it was 'tramlining' quite badly.I had a good look round the van and could not see anything obviously wrong until I eventually spotted that it had been fitted with crossply tyres - went out and got a set of radials fitted which transformed it into a normal mini