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General Car Chat / Re: Rotary Haters Look Away Now. Piccies of Mrs Opti's RX-8

« on: 04 August 2012, 17:21:56 »

..., people get put off by the rotary engine after the RX-7s but ....

 ..... and NSU RO80s  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Ro_80

I remember reading about them before, very poor reliability which in turn reduced the value of the car and all that was needed to solve the problem was a revised tip seal design, its amazing how something from so long ago when the rotary engine was so new to the public can have a lasting effect on people thoughts towards the engine.

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General Car Chat / Re: Rotary Haters Look Away Now. Piccies of Mrs Opti's RX-8

« on: 04 August 2012, 17:07:24 »

I do like the RX-8's and I am very tempted to get one after the Omega, Drove one in work and they driver really well and pick up nicely, can get decent ones for not a lot of money and the majority are well looked after, people get put off by the rotary engine after the RX-7s but don't seem to realise these more modern rotary engines are much more reliable than the earlier ones, they do tend to flood if you turn them off whilst the engine is cold though.

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General Discussion Area / Re: In car must haves...

« on: 04 August 2012, 16:55:57 »

I only carry a breaker bar, some impact sockets and a tow rope, I like my car clean and empty, though no matter how hard I try when ever there is a female in the car clutter always appears.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 04 August 2012, 15:35:18 »

Today I changed my clutch and gearbox oil, clutch is now much lighter now and biting point is a lot lower and no more clutch slip, gear changes are now much smoother, what I thought was a blowing drivers side exhaust manifold gasket has turned out to be the downpipe gasket as after changing that the blowing has stopped. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Calibra sale

« on: 01 August 2012, 22:17:49 »

Had a guy like that when I sold my Vectra, Emailed me, an hour later showed up at my door, looked at the car for 10 minutes, listened to it running and gave me the full asking price with no questions asked, his face lit up even more when he seen the folder of receipts I gave him totalling over £2000.

If your calibra had been a pre facelift with a redtop I would have snapped it up myself.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 31 July 2012, 20:30:24 »

When I got home from work I changed my front ARB links and bushes, rear subframe bushes and sorted out a blowing exhaust joint on my mates polo.

Car is now much firmer at the back and much more quiet when driving.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Buy Parts By

« on: 29 July 2012, 23:26:05 »

Thanks for the replies, seems they are fine for delivery so I'll just order, says they give a tracking number in the FAQ's so I will just wait untill I can start tracking the part before stripping the car, if push comes to shove I can just put it off till another week as its not desperate to change.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Buy Parts By

« on: 29 July 2012, 20:28:07 »

I have used them many times and have never had any problem with them.
Usually a good price from them too - I got my timing belt kit from them.

Thanks, the reason I am going to order from them is because the price is very good and I doubt that the secretary in work can get it cheaper for me even on trade price, I just don't want to strip the car if the chances of it arriving before the weekend if I order tonight is slim.

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General Discussion Area / Buy Parts By

« on: 29 July 2012, 19:57:40 »

I'm looking at ordering a clutch kit from Buy Parts By but would like to know if anyone has any experience with this company? Are they any good for delivering parts quickly? I don't need the car all week so was going to strip it ready for the clutch change tomorrow after work, but I need the car on the weekend.

Thanks

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General Car Chat / Re: Corsa Help ( 2000, X10XE )

« on: 28 July 2012, 09:16:23 »

Thanks James

I've not really had chance to look at it as its always in use. I drove it to james house and the symptoms are, if you press the accelerator pedal to hard you get lots of induction noise but the car just bogs down and the engine management light comes on, you have to lift your foot off and start again but press the pedal slowly, not the best when your trying to pull out at a junction. Sis says its even worse when the car is cold first thing in the morning.

Had a similar problems back when I had my Corsa, TPS is a popular suspect on these cars and can cause an array of problems, its the same sensor as on the Omega I believe so could be an easy test to check this.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Members in the Swansea area need to read this one.

« on: 26 July 2012, 19:57:15 »

As for the OP I am pretty sure that my independent would simply have offered to purchase, on the spot, my car........no insurance claims as it would increase their costs and an old car like that won't be worth that much.....

I can't tell if your post is tongue in cheek or not but the Nova in question would be worth at least around £1500 I'd guess, plus it looks as though a lot of time effort and money has been spent on it... not impressed with it still being a 1.4 on the v5 though...

This car is acually down as a 2L just has the 1.3 on back, at least I know its insured as a 2l.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Members in the Swansea area need to read this one.

« on: 25 July 2012, 22:49:05 »

M&J Motors do MOT's so it could be them, however I don't recognise the area so can't pin them to the same location as the picture.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Members in the Swansea area need to read this one.

« on: 25 July 2012, 22:27:24 »

Seen that car about on a few occasions and it seemed to be very clean, I wouldn't have left that garage until something had been arranged to sort the issue, that garage should be named and shamed, the only time a car can go on the road during and MOT test is to test the brakes if it does not have switchable TC or it is a full time 4WD system or if it is too low to get onto the rollers.

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar F Type at Goodwood

« on: 15 July 2012, 22:25:51 »

that sound means your precious £££'s are being pushed through the exhaust by that v12 every second    at a rate more than you can earn

no thanks

The F type is going to be fitted with a choice of V6 or V8 engine, the one in the video is the V6.

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General Car Chat / Re: Is it true that your gearbox could fail following an ATF change?

« on: 14 July 2012, 14:36:00 »

Never had this problem in work and can't see it being a problem unless the fluid is so dirty that all the deposits on the bottom of the sump get loose and clog up the filter preventing the fluid from getting around the gearbox internals, seeing as you will have to remove the sumps on the Omega to do a change anyway this should not be a problem as you will be able to clean/replace the filter and clean both the sumps while your there.