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What have you done today with your Austin Seven
(25-07-2020, 12:11 AM)andrew34ruby Wrote:
(24-07-2020, 08:20 PM)sparkeysprite Wrote: I've had my first "7" for over a month now and have only used it very locally within about 5 miles of home, getting used to it and it's abilities (and learning to drive it to a respectable standard!) This evening I decided to venture a little further afield and took it for a run up to Buxton via "Long Hill".  Long Hill is a great driving road in a fast car or motorcycle but as it's name suggests it is a long hill and from my house to Buxton it's all uphill - about 8 or 9 miles of mostly reasonably gentle climb I wasn't sure how the little Austin would manage it.   It was fine and keeping momentum up through the many bends I managed to keep in top gear at around 30- 35mph the whole way, then a descent into Buxton to let it cool down a bit.  The climb out of buxton on the way back is a bit steeper, but again proved no problem and even got close to 50mph on the drive back down.  About 40 miles in total today, so confidence in the little chap's ability is increasing !

Did you find it was noisy? 40 miles in mine today and my ears were still ringing a couple of hours afterwards.

MY RP saloon is not as noisy in the cab as my diesel Landrover, but one is certainly aware of the Seven's mechanical nature. The sound was once described as "industrial sewing machine with a hint of tin tray down stone steps."
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