What Have You Bought Today?

[Drive Wayne]

Yeh comes with the glue wayne, does the fiamma need to be removed?, looks like it from pictures, but I can’t quite

Yeh comes with the glue wayne, does the fiamma need to be removed?, looks like it from pictures, but I can’t quite tell!

I let the guy who fitted my Fiamma do it, I cheated. But if you have a poptop I can't see why it couldn't be done with the lid up and canvas removed. Without a poptop nothing to stop you carefully lying on a mattress on the roof to install it without removing the fiamma.

 

[Bigsidavies]

Little click and collect from Cleanyourcar.co.uk so I can get the van and engine bay nice and clean. I’m always impressed with the G-Techniq stuff.

 

[Badjamin]

I bought some security. Jo-lean is now haunted!

 

[t6blo]

Some more longer roof panel joining strip clips…

 

[JumpShip]

Lets hope theyre better than the ones i bought that still werent long enough and broke as soon i tried to fit them

 

[t6blo]

Lets hope theyre better than the ones i bought that still werent long enough and broke as soon i tried to fit them

Already bought these and used them for the middle strip. Worked fine
Now buying again for the cab strip - that I thought was fine with original clips but is coming unclipped due to increased thickness of suedeliner.

 

[Tony Abbott]

AirCon recharge offer. I've just booked my two in. Nice cheeky lubrication included too.

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[Tony Abbott]

I'm tempted to start a business renting driveway awnings or canopies!
Our latest purchase as advised and recommended by @czmate1999 is the air version, should be arriving tomorrow.
For shorter stays it will be much less hassle than our rather large Kampa touring air.
Wifey likes the idea of being able to get the toilet tent underneath it.

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we must do as the long haired general says......

 

[Burner]

I let the guy who fitted my Fiamma do it, I cheated. But if you have a poptop I can't see why it couldn't be done with the lid up and canvas removed. Without a poptop nothing to stop you carefully lying on a mattress on the roof to install it without removing the fiamma.

Ahh yes , zip off the canvas
Good call

 

[Bav]

I'm a tea drinker myself, but we decided to take a walk on the dark side (inductionable for use in the van )...



Can anyone recommend a decent ground coffee - full-bodied, but not too strong/bitter?

 

[roadtripper]

It's not so much the coffee itself it's the way you do the extraction - if you over extract you get a lot more of the bitter.

I've switched to using this technique from James Hoffman (without the faff of grinding precisely but I do use the Aeropress filters as I use metal filters in my actual Aeropresses these days) and I have to say despite my cynicism it does taste a whole lot better even with fairly stock Dow Egberts catering coffee.

 

[Bav]

It's not so much the coffee itself it's the way you do the extraction - if you over extract you get a lot more of the bitter.

I've switched to using this technique from James Hoffman (without the faff of grinding precisely but I do use the Aeropress filters as I use metal filters in my actual Aeropresses these days) and I have to say despite my cynicism it does taste a whole lot better even with fairly stock Dow Egberts catering coffee.

Thanks for the link RT.

I never knew there was so much to it!!! I'll have to get practising before summer camp - I don't want @Drive Wayne turning his nose up at my brews.

 

[Drive Wayne]

Thanks for the link RT.

I never knew there was so much to it!!! I'll have to get practising before summer camp - I don't want @Drive Wayne turning his nose up at my brews.

I'm surprised with all your 'free electricity' you didn't go for a pod type machine! Quite excited at the thought of a proper type coffee! As you say, not too bitter though, but full of bodies.

 

[Bav]

I'm surprised with all your 'free electricity' you didn't go for a pod type machine! Quite excited at the thought of a proper type coffee! As you say, not too bitter though, but full of bodies.

We went for this due to the coffee experience on our trip to Rome earlier this year. No-one does coffee as well as the Italians... in my humble opinion.

 

[Drive Wayne]

With the impending trip to Skye in August and wanting to carry an easily accessible spare, this gadget has been bought for me/us by my wonderful wife as part of my annual father's day 'package'. I am still hoping for new handkerchiefs too.
The customer service over the phone was that good old fashioned type that made it a veritable pleasure to hand over my wife's card details without hesitation.
I'll post some proper pictures when it is installed.

 

[Bav]

With the impending trip to Skye in August and wanting to carry an easily accessible spare, this gadget has been bought for me/us by my wonderful wife as part of my annual father's day 'package'. I am still hoping for new handkerchiefs too.
The customer service over the phone was that good old fashioned type that made it a veritable pleasure to hand over my wife's card details without hesitation.
I'll post some proper pictures when it is installed.

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Good luck re the hankies!

 

[ginkster]

I'm a tea drinker myself, but we decided to take a walk on the dark side (inductionable for use in the van )...

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Can anyone recommend a decent ground coffee - full-bodied, but not too strong/bitter?

Are you near a Booths supermarket? If so their fresh coffee is excellent and good value. The decaf is great too. The packs have ‘roasted on’ dates so you know they are fresh. You can grind in the shop so you know it is a recent grind and do it to the coarseness you want.

 

[Bav]

Are you near a Booths supermarket? If so their fresh coffee is excellent and good value. The decaf is great too. The packs have ‘roasted on’ dates so you know they are fresh. You can grind in the shop so you know it is a recent grind and do it to the coarseness you want.

Thanks for the heads-up. It's not particularly near us, but there's one in Ilkley, which is very close to where our youngest lives, so we're over that way quite often.

 

[BoroBoy]

With the impending trip to Skye in August and wanting to carry an easily accessible spare, this gadget has been bought for me/us by my wonderful wife as part of my annual father's day 'package'. I am still hoping for new handkerchiefs too.
The customer service over the phone was that good old fashioned type that made it a veritable pleasure to hand over my wife's card details without hesitation.
I'll post some proper pictures when it is installed.

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"The Bak Rak Wheel Rak" will be extremely difficult to say after a few beers and assorted shots.

 

[Bigsidavies]

@Bav have a look at Grumpy Mule. Reasonably priced great coffee. Roasted here in sunny Meltham.

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