Giving the S2 some love

[bertman]

About time you changed the wheels Ian,the car looks great

[Christophski]

Hi Chris, yes, she's on standard suspension...

Thought so. Suits it. I'm wondering about putting mine back to standard height after seeing the pics of yours... Mind you I like how the tops of my tyres are practically level to the arch... I'm so confused lol

You and john have both made me question the 'additions' to mine over a standard item....

[Ian Simmonds]

Very nice Ian. I can't remember but am I right in thinking she's standard height?

Hi Chris, yes, she's on standard suspension...

[Christophski]

Very nice Ian. I can't remember but am I right in thinking she's standard height?

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

The wheels really suite the car Ian!!! I can hear the CA calendar calling mate.

Super nice!

[Ian Simmonds]

Finally managed to see the car in something resembling daylight with the new wheels on today..

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, she passed the MOT...

And a sneak peek of the new boots... :tup:



Ill have to wait until the weekend for a daylight shot...

[Ian Simmonds]

A sneak peek...





And there was another S2 in John's...

[Ian Simmonds]

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The Land Rover has been a troublesome beast lately, its 70 odd thousand miles and constant short, heavy traffic driving have contrived to give a dickie clutch. So faith has been lost by the 'better half' and the S2 commandeered. Hence the Land Rover is booked in tomorrow for a new friction plate so I can have the S2 back. However, the S2 has been right on form, so, rather than the right old moaning about this and that, the S2, with its (rather addictive) power, and tight turning circle has won the 'better half' over again and I'm struggling to get the keys back... (She drove it regularly as the family wagon from 2003)... The bottom line of this post is, I'm about to have a bit of a spend up on the S2, the new 18" wheels are refurbished, the tyres fitted and the old girl is booked in for its annual fettle, (where the rims will be put on the car). So I've now also got to 're-clutch' the Land Rover and persuade the 'better half' it's sorted before I get the S2 back.... It's testing times....

[Ian Simmonds]

A couple of weekends ago I gave some new snow foam a shot, I was impressed to say the least, when I waxed it, the microfibre cloth was almost clean at the end. The photo doesn't do it justice, it's scrubbed up well...



Today I managed to get out and give the old girl a wipe over and took some decent photos inbetween the showers...











For a 22 year old car its not bad, but the interior is starting to show its age.

[ruby-s2]

What you have written in the above post is exactly right, i feel the same way about my s2 Avant. It always makes me smile just how good a car they are, it does what ever i ask of it with no bother, commute, tip runs, or going for a no reason blast it laps it all up. I still 22 years on would call it a quick car and it catches modern stuff out all the time, glad i bought one, yes they are an expensive car to keep on the road but boy are they rewarding to drive. Lovely.

[Ian Simmonds]

Bless, the old girl has had a pretty slow old pace of life lately with nothing but local family stuff and the daily station car park stuff.... Although the car park does have some likeminded owners...



However today we had a good old gallop out with a couple of hundred miles fully loaded, kids, Collie, family clutter and various gifts... And the S2 was an absolute joy with effortless power, easily surpassing or, at worse matching pretty much everything out there and darting down twisting A roads with agility, comfort and confidence... ( not to mention the 3" Milltek sound). The public haven't a clue what this small (in 2015) estate car is, but it really, really is, still.... a fantastic car to drive and can more than hold its own, even some 22 years after it left the factory...

Its been a good S2 day today....

I took a few pictures of the old girl in the late afternoon as it clicked itself cool after a 'spirited' day with plenty of boost in her lungs... They do love a good drive...

[s2driveruk]

Lol, nice read and the grille suits the emerald rather nicely doesn't it.

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

The old fiddle plays a mean tune, so mean that the S3 with the 2 lads who weighed 8 stone a piece just couldn't tune into the frequency I like the story but then i am biased.

[rynaqui]

That's showing 'em! Love your stories, keep em coming!