Oooo it's cold and my Dino doesn't like it

I went to work (6 miles) today (5-7°) in my Dino and it didn't really get warm or very driveable for much of the way. It's like driving a steam engine when it's cold - the engine is fine, but the gearbox is stiff and only get's nice to drive once the engine water and oil temps are up - they didn't move much today so my left arm did a work out. But hey I still took the car out and it was sunny :)

£2 well spent on my Ferrari Dino

On a cold and frosty winters night I returned to the car after work to find a flat battery because I had left the side lights on. All I wanted to do was go home, but it was not to be. 45 minute wait then - 3 minutes with the AA man and the car was running - very annoying.

A quick search on ebay revealed a "lights on reminder" for £1.99 Basically it's just a simple 12v buzzer which you attach the positive to a lighting circuit (e.g. dash or side light feed) and negetive to a switched live (e.g. indicator power). Without looking at the wiring diagram in too much detail it seems that the switched live goes to earth once the ignition is switched off allowing current to flow to the buzzer if you have left the lights on. Well worth £2.

$30 dollar tool kills a Ferrari engine

Interesting and unfortunate thread on Ferrari Chat thread about a piece being sucked off a cheap EMPI synchronometer (carburettor balancing flow meter) and destroying a valve and piston on a 308 engine.

Make sure no bits can fall off your flow meter when you are balancing your carbs - could be expensive!

I used this very brand of flow meter to sync my carbs last year - could have been a horror story. Now I'm not going to panic, I'll just fit some kind of gauze to the meter next time I use it.