Recent content by Styria

Hi NAB, you've put it in a nutshell - if you spend big bucks on a ZF, you'd want the car to give you the opportunity and satisfaction that only you have something different to what everyone else is likely not to have. Also, let's be honest, it would make good conversation - if nothing else...

To conclude, I am a great believer in certain modifications, and if a prospective purchaser would be put off, I believe in letting sleeping dogs lie. You can't change their opinion, no matter what. On the other hand, a well maintained and well cared for 6.9, with the 8.8 :1 high compression...

Talk about Mechanicals, and that's where we stradle the fitment of a modern Automatic box such as the ZF 8 speed. BTW, in this instance completely forget a manual box no matter how much it might appeal to some. As you may be aware, the standard three speeder provides 105 km/h, 170 km/h and...

Hi Professor, what an interesting little thread that you have started - or was it John Erbe. I think it was John , but your response was somewhat more comprehensive. You raise some valid points. One of them certainly touches upon 'original' versus 'modified'. On the one hand, if you have the...

I was really sorry that I was unable to attend. Mind you, I didn't really know that hey had returned to Silverwater. Last year, the Club exhibited in a somewhat hidden away open paddock area and one really had to look hard to find the entry to the are. It's a great pity that French cars are...

Well Mark, just seen your splendid thread. I see you fitted "Grenlander" presumably from Tyroola. As per my most recent thread, there was no mention of that brand - only Kapsens. Anyway, I have made my choice and really I am stoked. (Doesn't take much to make me happy). Looking at the "pimply...

Hi Nab, thank you for your contribution. I understand your sentiments - mine ostensibly are very similar to yours. I would hope that a time span of eight years may have improved matters to some extent. I am not sure which model Mercedes that is the subject of your reply, and perhaps you could...

I then made up my mind to take the car to the mechanic that had previously tested the ECU to trace the engine light issues. I liked his attitude and approach hen testing the ECU and engine light function and after consultation with him, I decided to drive the Captiva to his premises about a...

At the last service, the mechanic indicated that there was a slight leak from the Water Pump, but I had been aware of that and decided to carry on, topping up a little every fortnight or so. I really need to comment on the splendid and thoroughly reliable operating conditions in spite of...

Some three and a half years later, and perhaps it may be fitting to have another review regarding that wonderful workhorse in the shape of my trusty Holden Captiva. I know that there is a more appropriate thread detailing the fortunes and otherwise of the Captiva, but I yet have to find it...

Tom, I would imagine that the majority of owners would be aware of the different specifications between the front and rear Air Cells. Whatsmore, the majority of suppliers would also be aware that there is a difference between the front and rear cells. David, thank you also for the PDF...

James, just to dampen your unbridled enthusiasm for that unobtainable front spoiler - and I do not mean to be expressing the German word "Schadenfreude" - it sure is nice to have the unit, and congrats to you for finding it. When all said and done and dusted, that spoiler can be a real nuisance...

This is the way it works. Tyroola supply and ship the tyres to your choice of Fitter as shown on the net, and they do advertise the cost to fit the supplied tyres. Most Fitting Stations charge round about $220.00 fitting charge for a complete set of four, but I chose Jax Tyre Service at...

For a number of years, Gleaming Beauty had been fitted with 235.45.18 Nankang tyres on Taiwanese made "Speedy" rims that I bought some ten years ago. Nothing wrong with that combination which provided excellent road holding both in the wet and dry, albeit at the cost of some softness in ride...

Obtaining the correct size tyres for our 6.9s has become somewhat of an issue for some considerable time now. The original size when first introduced in 1975 was, and still is, 215.70.14, the tyres being Michelin XWX's, as also fitted to high performance cars like Ferraris, Maseratis, Iso Grifo...