Hello to all…(long time Cabriolet owner, new to board)
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:34 pm
I have only joined the boards quite recently, but I am long time owner of R8s.
We had a 214 Cabriolet for around 4 years, from 2003 to 2007. It was bright green with a vinyl roof and quite a basic spec. We enjoyed it until someone crashed into it one Saturday evening when it was parked on the road outside (unfortunately circumstances at the time meant that it got sold for scrap).
Then in 2009 we bought an older (1993) 216 Cabriolet (with the Honda engine). This was a bit more unusual and up-market as it is automatic and has all the ‘toys’ including leather trim and powered hood. I like the colour, which although I think looks ‘sea green’ (hence my user name), is actually known as ‘Caribbean Blue’.
We have had the car ever since. It has been garaged and SORNed at times, so over the 12 years we have owned it we have only done around 35,000 miles.
Years ago I fitted parking sensors, a Parrot Handsfree kit and a CD player. More recently (although still years ago) I changed to a leather steering wheel when the original got bent, by a ‘would-be’ but failed attempt by someone to steal the car. I also fitted a separate gearbox oil cooler when I couldn’t get a replacement radiator with the integral oil cooler which is the standard arrangement for an automatic. We also replaced the roof with a Mohair one when some PPI money came through!
Most recently I joined the ‘board’ as I couldn’t find a suitable replacement fuel tank for my rusty, leaking one. Thanks to JohnDQ, I managed to get the car back on the road last October and I’ve been meaning to post in the board ever since.
Another thank you to John for helping me out.
If the pictures work I will add a few more…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1c72acm7r15do ... m.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvx6twxhhoj5q ... m.jpg?dl=0
We had a 214 Cabriolet for around 4 years, from 2003 to 2007. It was bright green with a vinyl roof and quite a basic spec. We enjoyed it until someone crashed into it one Saturday evening when it was parked on the road outside (unfortunately circumstances at the time meant that it got sold for scrap).
Then in 2009 we bought an older (1993) 216 Cabriolet (with the Honda engine). This was a bit more unusual and up-market as it is automatic and has all the ‘toys’ including leather trim and powered hood. I like the colour, which although I think looks ‘sea green’ (hence my user name), is actually known as ‘Caribbean Blue’.
We have had the car ever since. It has been garaged and SORNed at times, so over the 12 years we have owned it we have only done around 35,000 miles.
Years ago I fitted parking sensors, a Parrot Handsfree kit and a CD player. More recently (although still years ago) I changed to a leather steering wheel when the original got bent, by a ‘would-be’ but failed attempt by someone to steal the car. I also fitted a separate gearbox oil cooler when I couldn’t get a replacement radiator with the integral oil cooler which is the standard arrangement for an automatic. We also replaced the roof with a Mohair one when some PPI money came through!
Most recently I joined the ‘board’ as I couldn’t find a suitable replacement fuel tank for my rusty, leaking one. Thanks to JohnDQ, I managed to get the car back on the road last October and I’ve been meaning to post in the board ever since.
Another thank you to John for helping me out.
If the pictures work I will add a few more…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1c72acm7r15do ... m.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvx6twxhhoj5q ... m.jpg?dl=0
