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***Motors Chat Thread Round 2***
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Eh, yeah? He's In a BMW sure..... It's obligatory!MetzgerMeister wrote: »
Why, do you need to learn how to drive properly? :P
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I've a bottle of Jack to tackle first! Tonight is operation "try not to get banned from abywhere" for me!MetzgerMeister wrote: »
Touché
Fvck off to bed will ya and stop humiliating me in front of all the lads and lasses ya pr!ck
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Ah jesus, seriously get her car looked at, she has destroyed it potentially, you will get so much good advice here.
Take the time and do it. It's not a case of minutes, first time you change oil it will take at least two hours.
What do you do if you don't mind me asking?
Ya, going to look at it now. I also have to text the mechanic too order some tires as well. :cool:
What do I do? I'm on a I.T. course these days, I have work experience in the I.T. section of the council in Sligo every Friday,(which I started last Friday) but its good that Christmas holidays coming up very soon. 0 -
pred racer wrote: »I found the oil level guage in my 406 and C5 were bang on, after a few checks of the dipstick, just used the electronic ones.
It does work well indeed but after all the electrical niggles I've suffered with I still prefer to check it myself 0 -
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Lads what are my options for lowering the car without making it too stiff and low for the back roads?
Ideally I dont want to spend a fortune either.
Was thinking of just getting some h&r comfort springs to try but im open to suggestions obviously.
I just dont want to spend alot and then not be able to drive the car properly?
Whatever you do, don't go for the lowest drop you can get. I did this with the MPS and got H&R 40mm as I thought the other ones (Eibach 30mm) wouldn't make much of a difference. Boy was I wrong, it was too low and scraping all over the place.
That's all the advice I can give you from my experience
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »Whatever you do, don't go for the lowest drop you can get. I did this with the MPS and got H&R 40mm as I thought the other ones (Eibach 30mm) wouldn't make much of a difference. Boy was I wrong, it was too low and scraping all over the place.
That's all the advice I can give you from my experience
Cheers MM,
I forget to say i will be looking for the smallest drop i can get for that very reason. Like 20mm maybe.
Anyone else?!
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Lads what are my options for lowering the car without making it too stiff and low for the back roads?
Ideally I dont want to spend a fortune either.
Was thinking of just getting some h&r comfort springs to try but im open to suggestions obviously.
I just dont want to spend alot and then not be able to drive the car properly?
20mm is often a drop offered by manufacturers. I found 40mm was bumpy, 50 was crawling over the speedbumps..... 120/80 was impractical :pac::pac::pac:
We used to have 2 mk1 Puntos here, one as a Sporting, the other was an ELX. The Sporting handled better (obviously) with the factory 20mm lowering springs and still was as comfortable as the ELX.
Sold the springs to a chap in Cork with an ELX and was shocked at the difference it made to the car in the corners, without a harsh ride
I'm looking for the 20mm TI lowering springs for the 166, which are very rare... Oh well 0 -
20mm is often a drop offered by manufacturers. I found 40mm was bumpy, 50 was crawling over the speedbumps..... 120/80 was impractical :pac::pac::pac:
We used to have 2 mk1 Puntos here, one as a Sporting, the other was an ELX. The Sporting handled better (obviously) with the factory 20mm lowering springs and still was as comfortable as the ELX.
Sold the springs to a chap in Cork with an ELX and was shocked at the difference it made to the car in the corners, without a harsh ride
I'm looking for the 20mm TI lowering springs for the 166, which are very rare... Oh well
What i'd like is another 20mm drop from standard gti suspension?0 -
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Really?? was hoping expensive coilovers wouldnt be the answer!
Was hoping i could chance a set of springs and see if they worked lol, but should have known it wouldnt be that easy!!
Another "I found out that" moment
The coilovers coupled with 40 profile tyres were more comfortable than the lowering springs I used to use, pleasantly surprised considering the van was even lower then 0 -
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Its figures I came up with myself. The micra is '98 and chain driven so I use fully synt oil and change it every 5k so as to keep the engine and chain in top condition, the laguna is '97 with almost 200k miles so do it every 4k with 10w40 semi to keep it running sweet and the focus is a 1.4 2005 with 245k kms on it so service it every 6k miles with fully synt to keep it in good nick. Plus I love working on cars so don't mind spending a bit extra or doing stuff early, I try do as much preventative work as I can and not too much repair work then.
Ah right cheers, I never looked at it that way. 0 -
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Oh I do LOVE finding new music!!!!!
Motors related: This is going on the next CD I make for the car 0 -
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »Blah yourself, I like Skrillex too!
Oh really? Favorite song? Mine would be Rock n' roll or this.
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Foxhole Norman wrote: »Skrillex is meh, Noisia is much better.
I never really got Noisia music. But this however. :cool:
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