It was my 23rd birthday yesterday and spent most of the day on my own! As of yesterday, I had the rest of the week off work which is nice though.

Despite being on my own, it was quite a nice day yesterday, relaxing, surfing the net, getting my hair cut, drinking tea and having fag breaks when I want and not when I am told I am allowed to.

Gemma and Ben made my day nicer with presents in the morning and a suprise birthday cake in the afternoon.

Change of plan recently regarding my birthday money though. Unfortunately I have been having a few problems with the car recently since the weather got colder and I have spent nearly all my money on the following service parts:

Silkolene Pro S 5W-40 Oil & Filter
Distributor Cap
Rotor Arm
Ignition Leads
NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
Thermostat
Fuel Filter

My posts on the Owner's club about this can be found here and here.

Other than the oil and filter that I have already done, the weekend after next is the date set for fitting these parts and I just hope they will sort all the problems. Myself and a friend are doing the fitting of these parts which I am confident now, will go well.

I even got a proper Socket tool set for my birthday from Gemma's parents which should help.

I am off to wash the car in the freezing cold now, I am sure I will post a story on how the fitting of my new parts go.

Dave

It's March and by the time the month is up, I'll be 23!

With birthdays come presents and that means a new toy for the car! I've thought long and hard and "window shopped" online for a good while to get ideas.

I think that I have settled on a new steering wheel and after a chat with the lads over at the owner's club, gone with my original choice of a "Momo Millenium". A small pic of the wheel can be seen on the right.

I am going to attempt the fitting for myself and while its quite a small job, will be the first proper mod I've done all on my own. Just praying that it will all go ok. I don't much want to be turning on a roundabout only for the steering wheel to come off in my hands!

Prices for the wheel and fitting kit seem to be pretty standard everywhere I look. I might have now settled on the shop "Carnoisseur" seeing as they offer it for the same price as everywhere else and the guys I have talked to that work in the Plymouth branch were particularly helpful.

I got onto talking about future mods with the manager of the store and seem to have found quite a good deal with some new bucket seats. The deal comprises 2 Cobra Daytona seats, the subframes needed to fit them to the car and personalised stitching on the seats, all for £500.

This price doesn't include fitting but who knows; if the steering wheel mod goes ok, maybe I'll be attempting the fitting of the seats as well!

That's all for now, have a great month and I am sure I will be posting a pic or two of my new wheel when its fitted!

Dave