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... because that's what it is - stupidity knows no bounds. I'd just used the diagram to pistol-whip the local owner of a butchered Jensen Healey and it fell readily to hand when responding to you... Thanks for the clarification. A propos the colour, I'll draw the fluid out with a pipette to confirm there's no discoloration.

Thanks, Nick I'll need to confirm this when next out in it - I've just checked, and the pedal is now back to normal (no longer resting after a long squawk, as it were) with proper resistance and at rest at the top of its axis of movement (except for the normal play/looseness at the very top). Is the internal recovery valve what Rimmers refer to as the 'tipping valve', as below? I see that it is included in the m/c overhaul kit. For reference, there's no fresh discoloration in the main reservoir to suggest backflow. Paul

Chaps I've tried searching this, to no avail, so I will risk being pilloried for my stupidity. The clutch master and slave cylinders on the '6 were changed three or four years ago and all has been well. Today, it has intermittently misbehaved - varying between normal travel and disengagement and practically no pedal resistance and accordingly no clutch disengagement. Generally, over a 250km schlep, it has been easier to change up than change down. There is no visible leakage and the fluid level in the master cyl reservoir is unchanged. There was/is no mechanical noise, vibration or anything untoward to suggest a failure in the clutch mechanism, especially as it intermittently reverts to normal behaviour. Nor is there any slippage. Any suggestions for what I should be looking for? Fork or bearing misbehaviour? The visible linkages appear to be intact. Paul

Lest the gravity of the situation isn't clear, the Telegraph has generously set it out in their headline today: I wondered whether they might still be on the Julian calendar at Telegraph Towers, placing them sometime in early April..?

Trouble is, the UK doesn't exist in a bubble and naturally purging these parasites won't free you from the vested interests that stand behind them. The sway that wealthy American sociopaths have over UK and European politics is frightening, as does our acquiescence to their money harvesting. Trump recently gave a little-known subsidiary of the abominable Peter Thiel - Palantir Technologies - full and unfettered access to the personal data of every American citizen. I wonder what was in the small print of the trade agreement Starmer obsequiously collected from Trump's feet a couple of days ago..?

It was amusing though - so much zimmer frame shaking and stamping

An educational snippet every day. Thanks for this insight, John. Out of interest, how does a simple 6-2 have any advantage over a 6-2-1? Paul

Agreed. There were various stories about the vynil roof being a way of concealing a weld line or flex cracking in the paintwork because of the reduced torsional stiffness, but it seems it was just an aesthetic thing - XJCs had vinyl roofs. Removing them and getting a presentable finish in the paintwork is, apparently, a dog of a job.

Indeed, they are Series 3 Kent alloys. The intrepid owner has also fitted the 'challenging' Series 1 wing mirrors and, as an act of selfless bravery, removed the vinyl roof covering. Lovely as it is, it does look as if it's riding high, though.

Big hammers and mahoosive spanners - that was fun. Micro-electronics and watching a CNC milling machine... not so much. Just a personal foible, of course.

I'm glad I live in Poland... On the subject of ambiguous logotypes, the website below has an amusing selection. Now, we're all men of the world, but I would hate to cause any offence, so please be aware that it requires a little... broadness of mind: https://printexpress.pl/en/the-15-worst-company-logos-how-you-see-it-so-you-write-it/ Paul

I'm still uncertain what the strapping on her arm is meant to denote. Roman sandal fetish..?

This is how we denote priority parking spaces in this neck of the woods. Little is left to the imagination - the guy in that white Mazda was parked there an awfully long time:

Incredibly, the first service interval for the 2016 A6 was 24 months/20,000km.

Hamish Assuming you have the 3.0tdi in mind, I'm sure others will offer you vastly more competent feedback than mine, but from a user perspective (A5 3.0tdi single turbo followed by an A6 3.0tdi bi-turbo), it seems the older the better. Admittedly, I wasn't particularly gentle with either car, but the A6's power (330bhp) translated into dire consumption - I rarely got more than 30mpg on longer trips, and around town it would average below 20mpg. A chum with an RS6 gor better figures... Apparently, the latest version has a rep for chewing its camshaft gear, comprising far more plastic, and leaking more frequently from more locations. Also, whilst appreciating that you have towing in mind, you may be disappointed swapping from the A5 to an A6, which is a far more anodine experience (and very scary at the upper limits, if you ever have the opportunity to explore them). Paul