I thought it was about time I did a quick fleet update, so recorded a Vlog to update you all. If you don’t have time to watch the video, I’ll do a quick recap.

Nippa suffers its first serious mechanical issue.

Firstly, the exhaust fell apart on the Nippa. Apart from a duff temperature sensor, that represents the only mechanical failure since we bought the car in March 2015. It has otherwise been a paragon of reliability.

The RAV4 is still here, and doing fine – mostly as a back-up car. I’m using it to try and keep the mileage down on the new S-MX (which I’ve talked about plenty already), and it stepped in as substitute when the Nippa suddenly got horribly noisy.

The 2CV is hopefully going to be painted in the next few weeks. I’ve got a few small jobs to do on the chassis in the meantime, and I can’t wait to reunite the two.

Here’s the video!