New from Germany with a Striker MK3

[isleman]

Just want to intruduce myself. I`m a long time reader and have now registered to get in contact with the other new member from Germany Tom.

My name is Bernd and I am from the lower Rhine region in Germany(close to the Netherland border). I have importat a Sylva Striker in the last year. It was on Pistonheads for sale for a long time, a bit overpriced but in a good conditipon and most important old enough for an easy registration here in germany
It is one of the rare MK3 Striker with the outboard front suspension. It has a 1,7 zetec Se engine fitted with single throttle bodies and an Omex 600 engine management. At the moment I´m redoing the cabeling and some bodywork so I will post pictures when it is in a better condition.

Best regards

[jeffw]

Good Luck. Let us have some pictures when you are ready.

[David]

Welcome, Bernd -- herzlich willkommen bei uns.

As Jeff says, please do post photos as you go along.

I must ask though, where do you get your user-name of "Isleman"? (Inselmensch?)

Mit Grüssen aus der grossen (und feuchten) Insel,

David

[micha]

hi...haste ihn schon getüvt bekommen?

was hat er denn für ein EZ datum?

[isleman]

isleman... my parents (and i too back then) live on a small island in the Rhine. That was the reason why i choosed this name when i first get in contact with this nasty internet stuff "some" years ago. Believe me in the wintertime with floodwaters this is also a very wet island.

Tüv hat er noch nicht. EZ ist 90 oder 91 müsste ich nochmal nachschauen, auf jeden Fall alt genug um die Abgassache einfacher zu halten. Hab leider bisher noch keinen "Musterbrief" von nem Striker halten können. Jedoch war Jeremy so freundlich mir eiun Datenblatt zu zu senden, hiermit wäre der lokale KÜS eventuell bereit mir das nötige Datenblatt zu erstellen. Jedoch muss ich das Fahrzeug hierfür mal in einen Zustand bringen der eine normale HU bestehen würde und dann mal ne Kerze anzünden und vorstellig werden. Verschiedene Tüv Stationen in unserer Nähe haben sich als eher inkompetent und wenig hilfsbereit erwiesen.

[David]

Es wäre, meines Erachtens, besser wenn die Diskussionen hier hauptsächlich in der englischen Sprache stattfinden würden -- primarily because only a few of us are in the happy position to be able to follow the German.

However, please explain "KÜS" (Kraftfahrzeugüberwachungsstelle??) and "HU" (keine Ahnung!)

[matt_gsxr]

Google translate for all of us whos O-level German is just an old memory.

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... 56&act=url

[David]

Messy -- but effective

[isleman]

sorry for forcing you to use the translator that was not my intent

KÜS is an organization which is doing vehicle tests similar to your MOT (or what i think your MOT is) They are like the TÜV but with less competence / authorization.
HU is the Hauptuntersuchung = MOT. You have let them do it every two years

[matt_gsxr]

sorry for forcing you to use the translator that was not my intent

No need to feel bad, good to have additional interesting people on here.

(changed 'more interesting' to 'additional interesting', as I realised it didn't read so well )