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Title: lots to do, and bloody vista!
Post by: brett1408 on 03 January 2008, 14:17:26
hi again everyone and happy new year, sorry not been on for ages, been away for xmas! lots to do............., very odd grating noise from the rear, intermittent of course, just to make it that bit harder to find!, front discs and pads now a must, big time!!! , and a knock from the o/s/f area on rough roads, but its still so good, done a hell of a lot of miles recently and its been spot on every time! nearly at 170,000! anyway, who's the resedent expert on windows vista? i knew i should of stuck with my old laptop and xp! oh and one last thing for now, i was in sports mode with the tc off the other day on very wet roads, i floored it to get out of a busy junction and of course it just sat there spinning its rear wheels, funny thing was the speedo read 80 mph! on the spot! it amused me anyway.......... ;D
Title: Re: lots to do, and bloody vista!
Post by: STMO123 on 03 January 2008, 14:21:58
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hi again everyone and happy new year, sorry not been on for ages, been away for xmas! lots to do............., very odd grating noise from the rear, intermittent of course, just to make it that bit harder to find!, front discs and pads now a must, big time!!! , and a knock from the o/s/f area on rough roads, but its still so good, done a hell of a lot of miles recently and its been spot on every time! nearly at 170,000! anyway, who's the resedent expert on windows vista? i knew i should of stuck with my old laptop and xp! oh and one last thing for now, i was in sports mode with the tc off the other day on very wet roads, i floored it to get out of a busy junction and of course it just sat there spinning its rear wheels, funny thing was the speedo read 80 mph! on the spot! it amused me anyway.......... ;D

Add rear tyres to your to do list.

TB will slate sort vista for you.
Title: Re: lots to do, and bloody vista!
Post by: brett1408 on 03 January 2008, 14:29:11
yeah! they're the wrong ones now as it is, 215's i think, the part worn centre where i buy all my tyres had no 225/16's its got through 2 sets of rear tyres since september, might be something to do with the way i drive it though...............................
Title: Re: lots to do, and bloody vista!
Post by: TheBoy on 03 January 2008, 20:05:03
Yeah, I've been playing with TC switched off, seeing how much road I can use up coming off the roundabouts in MK :)
Title: Re: lots to do, and bloody vista!
Post by: brett1408 on 03 January 2008, 21:08:53
they're great at it, better than mercs!