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General Car Chat / Re: Lexus IS200 Insurance
« on: 28 September 2010, 22:00:16 »
Christ del, you got no hope mate , even down here in leafy Cornwall they wanted 2k+ for my 17 yr old in a 206 diesel 
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General Car Chat / Re: New garage?
« on: 01 October 2010, 10:10:21 »Quote
LOL, try a visit to St Tropez - because they are all posers, they keep all the rear bays open to show off
Monaco peeps have bigger/better toys, but tend to me more conservative on showing it off.... (probably because the boat moored next door is bigger and better - some even have helipads!)
I went to monaco a couple of years ago the day after the grand prix and the boats moored up were epic,talk about money no object
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General Car Chat / Re: Another pending MOT nail-biter!
« on: 02 October 2010, 16:48:27 »
Same for me, spend all my time fixing other peoples cars and my own get ignored :-/
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General Car Chat / Re: VW Phaeton 4-motion
« on: 28 September 2010, 13:36:25 »
I am sure that a member here has one but can't remember who it is
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General Car Chat / Re: corsa gearbox drive shaft
« on: 30 September 2010, 23:15:33 »
Normally driveshafts knock when applying power while turning sharply, uneven ground doesn't usually affect them unless they are really knackered. Are you sure it's not a suspension joint that's knocking
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General Car Chat / Re: Pre F/L Boot Spoiler on the 'bay
« on: 30 September 2010, 17:03:36 »
you may want to resize that avatar pic mate,it is quite big 
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General Car Chat / Re: free suspension tests
« on: 30 September 2010, 20:12:11 »
I think I would have pointed out when and how many miles ago the new parts were fitted just see the barstewards squirm
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General Car Chat / Re: White smoke from exhaust - K series
« on: 20 September 2010, 10:12:46 »Quote
Quote....
Now, the K was one of the first all alloy engines for mass produced cars. ....
not quite the same volumes as a Rover, but Reliant used an all alloy engine for the Regal in the 60's
hillman imp as well,although they had there own set of cooling issues
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General Car Chat / Re: (Rover) Any idea on removing CV joints
« on: 27 September 2010, 19:24:44 »Quote
Been a few years since i've done a rover joint but if they are the same as the GM FWD ones, remove the boot, clear out as much grease as possible then have a feel round inside the joint for the circlip.
Use a good set of external circlip pliers in one hand, copper or soft face hammer in the other hand and pull the joint with other hand.....
Did i memtion you need three hands
Andy
not the same as vauxhall,circlip is hidden,knock off with a hammer
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General Car Chat / Re: Signing out-thanks to all who helped along the way
« on: 28 September 2010, 13:44:04 »
stay on board mate,loads of people here who don't own a mig any more
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General Car Chat / Re: Renault Megane
« on: 28 September 2010, 15:09:55 »Quote
QuoteIf it makes any difference its a y reg 2000!!! Had only done 70k
Worth saving then!?
Where are you David? I may be able to helpin the head departmentsourcing a 2nd hand head and fitting if needed
(I thought I'd better re-phrase that before you dirty mided lot start!)
perish the thought
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General Car Chat / Re: Renault Megane
« on: 27 September 2010, 21:20:55 »Quote
Dependant on the year it's possibly cheaper to source a 2nd hand head and just do a head swop on it with a new timing belt kit.
Just done that with an old 406 16v, got a s/hand head for a ton. Much cheaper than buying 16valves and the labour of changing them all
Edit, not seen a 16v Renault engine survive the belt breaking without damage :-/
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General Car Chat / Re: Interesting vehicles at auction
« on: 28 September 2010, 12:28:32 »Quote
Ive seen that saab delorean somewhere before
it was on the bay of E a while ago