Alanstrainor wrote: » Broke the bleed screw on my rad top hose...have to wait until tomorrowish when I'll get 5 in the post! They're ridiculously brittle yokes. Need to bleed my cooling system as I reckon there's plenty of air in the system. Really struggling with it though.
Big Nasty wrote: » How did you manage to break it? I've never broke in years of having Bimmers.
[Deleted User] wrote: » Cheers for the advice on the A4, guys. I don't really care for lowered cars, myself, to be honest. Assuming I met up with the chap, the first thing I'd be doing is bringing it to a mechanic (I'm sure he'd want to do the same with the Rav, so it'd probably make sense for us both to meet halfway from each other and find a mechanic in that area that'll look over both cars?). So presuming it got an all-clear, can the 'lowering' be un-done? (ie; can I get it raised again, or is it a case of once it's lowered then that's just the way it is). Or would raising it cost an arm and a leg? Regarding the wheels, I actually like them. A saloon car really doesn't work for me, but I'll only keep it for a year before moving on, I'd say, so may aswell expirement. I've owned the Rav about 13 months, I'd guess. In that time I did ~25,000km. So I do cover high mileage, but most of it is town driving. Not sure if that's a yay or nay for a diesel, to be honest. My average journey time would be 20-30 minutes (stop/start driving). A car with higher/better MPG is appealing, but it's not the be-all and end-all for me (and I assume a diesel going around town is going to get very similar MPG to the Rav, anyway? I'm lead to believe you don't see the benefits of diesel until you're on a constant-speed journey? Like the motorway or N roads, for example?). From reading the owner's ad and looking at his comments on mine, he wants the Rav (or any SUV, it seems) for more space for kids, etc. This makes me think he's not boy-racered the bollocks out of the car, but that doesn't mean the previous owner wouldn't have. Assuming the car has been raced around town a lot, and been driven hard, will a mechanic be able to spot anything on this that may give trouble? (cos I've heard Audi's can be expensive to repair and maintain, and I'd rather not be handing over a Rav4 that's given no issues, and end up with something that's off the road cos I found out afterward that it's been held together with willpower). Thanks a lot again. I know a lot of ye guys are fairly clued into BMWs, Audis, VWs etc., whereas I wouldn't have a clue, so I appreciate any and all opinions and advice
pred racer wrote: » It's now official! Alfa 159 Jtdm > Passat T red diddly eye. Said passat was being driven by one of the local plod:D His exact words when I met him during the week were "dem Alfas are pretty but dey are no good when yer driven dem on a bit" I can't wait to meet him again to see has he changed his tune:rolleyes:
Bpmull wrote: » Anyone else notice how nearly every diesel passat 01-05 on the roads has a T red DI badge on it. Like literally you would struggle to see one with a normal TDI. Did everyone just buy the badges as every passat sold in that era wasn't 130bhp in fact most were probably bogo 90 bhp ones. I really don't get the point of sticking badges on cars if the car doesn't even have that engine or model whatever. It was probably a 90 bhp you passed :pac: ah no I'd imagine the Alfa would be quicker than even a factory 130. Are them Alfa 140 bhp or what type engine is it?
dgt wrote: » The 406 was the same, not a single 1.9/2.0 could ever match it in a straight line, let alone in the corners Speaking of Alfas, I've cone to the comclusion that every Alfa shares nothing in common with the exact same model.... Todays fiasco involves driveshafts, I have noless than 4 different types of shaft for the pre facelift 156.... Very headwrecking getting anything done with them!
YbFocus wrote: » For gods sake it was side by side with my car Nothing in it
Noccy_Mondy wrote: » How long would ye expect a Full Valet to take? I'll ring them tomorrow to ask, but I'd have thought between 2-3 hours. The car isn't that bad, so shouldn't take too long.
pred racer wrote: » How much is in it between the 520 and the 530?? (And don't say 10:P) That bit is for you Pickles
Bpmull wrote: » When I got the golf done it took 3-4 hours to do. I left it there for about 6 hours and was done when I came back for it. Speaking of cleaning I have to clean my one next weekend the amount of flys stuck to the front of it is not even funny not looking forward to removing them. Going to try some autoglym polish too so hopefully it will turn out well.
dgt wrote: » [...] I've cone to the comclusion that every Alfa shares nothing in common with the exact same model.... [...]
Bpmull wrote: » Anyone else notice how nearly every diesel passat 01-05 on the roads has a T red DI badge on it. Like literally you would struggle to see one with a normal TDI. Did everyone just buy the badges as every passat sold in that era wasn't 130bhp in fact most were probably bogo 90 bhp ones. I really don't get the point of sticking badges on cars if the car doesn't even have that engine or model whatever.
colm_mcm wrote: » Even 100bhp models on the B5.5 had a red D and I from the showroom.
Bpmull wrote: » Ah that explains a lot then I thought the red DI was strictly for 130bhp As a way of differentiating between them.
Ardennes1944 wrote: » Thinking of a colour to plasti dip my mirrors, wheels and front bumper cross piece. Gonna go 2 coats black, 2 coats gold metalizer for a bronze colour. Would 2 cans of each do the mirrors and wheels? general consensus online is that it will
Ardennes1944 wrote: » No, black roof bronze wheels :pac:
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