Sunday, 13 July 2025

 And so it finally happened. I had the Kappa Coupe swapped and parked. The SW is now insured and roadtax eligble. Meaning I can now use it as my daily driver. 

And the first issue occurred yesterday on my way home. One tyre was nearly flat. Despite I had them all checked and pumped up beforehand. I made it to the gasstation and pumped it up again and it remained OK since. I suspect that maybe the air-valve played up somehow when I had all tyres checked. 

Next I had filled up the gastank, emptied a bottle of injector cleaner in the tank, went through the car wash and things looked already nicer. 

Other than that it drives very nice and smooth. But the car had a muffy smell on the inside. So more cleaning on the interior had to be done today. Starting off with cleaning the front windowshield for better visibility. Cleaning the dashboard with cockpit spray. And cleaning the front carpets:


Using this interior cleaner I once bought at the Shell shop:


This worked out quite well, looking much better and fresh now:


Next I wanted to clean the pockets of both frontdoor panels as they were very dirty. And the interior cleaner was not sufficient. 


I wanted to remove these pockets for better rinsing and cleaning. You can spot them easily on the inside, both were very rusty and dirty. But once unscrewed I could not take these "pockets" out. Not sure what is holding them in. I did not want to cause any further damage.



So I instead I soaked them with vanish. 

This mostly did do the trick. Afterwards I cleaned it out further with a towel. But now all is dry again there is still dirt left. I will have to repeat this again. 

When doing a small drive again I noticed the windowwasher fluid was emptied up. So on the Shell gasstation for a fresh bottle summer screenwash. 

For now I had enough, the car is at least freshened up a little on the inside. So the next drive should be more pleasant. There is still a lot more cleaning and polishing to do. Plus tons of little repair items. 

 And so it finally happened. I had the Kappa Coupe swapped and parked. The SW is now insured and roadtax eligble. Meaning I can now use it a...