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I know where you mean mate, just up from the kfc on the roundabout. Did the other driver give an explanation at the scene for why he was trying to overtake a staitonary turning car by going onto the other side of the road? Pics dont look as bad as i thought they might. Not nice though.

sounds like a right pisser mate. Whereabouts did this happen?

Nooooooo!!!! Mate when did this happen. What are you doing tomorrow?

LOL! Whilst i have to say probably not in this case. I really need my RS tuner to check for any fault codes, but that obviously isnt possible

Thanks for the advice man. I replaced the plugs only a few months back with the proper iridium jobbies, but its something i will definately check if it happens again. I whipped the Crank sesnor out and give it a clean and that appears to have done the trick however ive not been on a...

certianly looks much better than i imagined it would!

Im really interested in this. My knackered old wheel looks pants where its peeled off so im curious to see what it looks like in this state all over.

Yeh they usually overread. I remember on my way up to the Nurburgring coming from Switzerland on the German Autobahn we maxed out at a gps 137mph, yet the speedo was showing 145-ish

Yeh as mentioned its a perfectly normal thing. Interestingly my pilot mate says not to trust the accuracy of GPS's either. He gave me a very convincing and very technical reason as to why but i cant for the life of me remember.

Christ you really arent that far from me Aluco. I live in Thackley so im not even 10 minutes from the airport.

cat c just to seal the deal as well lol!

Absolutely jaw dropping.

how do you get at it? I can get my fingers on it to wiggle it from above but i cant see how i'd be able to get clear access to it to clean the connections.

bit of an update on this. As mentioned last night the car wouoldnt start after i came home, tried it just now and again nothing. Popped the bonnet and wiggled both the power cable which comes to the right side of the starter (as you look at it from above) and the spade connector on the left...

The more it happens and the more i think about it I come to the concusion it must be something like this. But surely the garage which fit the new starter would have wired it up with a bit of care rather than just throwing it on?

lol no worries man, its light relief from me pulling my hair out over this s**t. And yeh finished in may, graduated with a degree in politics.

hello man. Thanks for the suggestion but im pretty certain it isnt the battery. Its way too inconsistent for that to be the case, and when it does work it cranks strong and consistently so the battery isnt an issue Nice to see youve got a 182 now as well man, im not in leeds anymore but i...

It can be any time it likes really, hot/cold, day/night. It wouldnt start this morning when cold, yet did when hot. Yet tonight it started when cold yet refused to when hot. It does have the heatshield also but thanks for the suggestion

Cannot believe this. Had big trouble a few weeks ago with the car randomly not starting. It came out the garage last thursday with a new starter motor which cured things completley - until this morning. Its now back to the same old trick of doing nothing when you turn the key - immobiliser...

No its doing what it did before the new starter again of doing sweet FA when you turn the key. Cannot believe this

As already mentioned it is almost certainly a switched live issue. (Usually) red and yellow wires need to be swapped.

Nope, i've checked this, and its definately him that looks daft.

I hate my car massively. It now wont start again. Despite it having a new starter motor fitted last Friday. I hate my car!

Yeh thanks man. I know what you mean about the soldering. Just got to try and see if im motorfactors sell the new blue style sensor with the loom or if they only keep the old black ones. Italian tune up if you've never heard of it before. I was out with some friends heading to the buttertubs...

I'm sorry but i cant stop laughing at the kids picture. It looks like someone has inserted a bicycle pump about his person and gone mental. Then kicked him through Topman. And then told him the 'smug c**t' look is really in.

Made me LOL And cry a little inside as theres a chance i sold him the wheels.

Funny you mention the heat thing. I was giving the car an Italian tune-up at the time so it would have been running ever so slightly hotter than usual. On the way back at 60 on the dual carriageways, when it would have been running coolest it was nowhere near as bad. Also, on the way home i...

As title really. Just developed tonight on a long drive. From 3.5k-4k the car judders like hell and the power comes on and off sharply. If you really nurse the throttle to take it past the 3.5k mark or drop down through the gears to above that point, its fine and revs as strong as ever but...

I really like the fact it looks completely s**t yet has a V8 in the boot. Thats the sort of lunacy we need more of. Brilliant

Absolutely perfect. I want this in my life very badly. Everything works, maybe spacers though?