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Forgot to say as well, when I bought it the gearbox was shagged. Luckily a mate was breaking one so I bought the engine and box, sold the engine and that meant that the box cost me £100. My mate fitted it and I valeted a car for him in exchange. Deal! Today I took it for proper alignment, as...

Lots of beer A chair Snacks Bottled water Flip flops (communal shower floor...!) A light A big coat for the obligatory 2am “f**k me it’s freezing” chat around the stereo/fire. Bin bags

f**k that. I’m going to get away from her!

You bringing it to CSF? And taking it on Track?

Who are you kidding?? You don’t know your own name by 9pm.

Having a blast in this thing so far! Today I managed to find a set of Eibach Proline springs so fitted those and it’s sorted the front out by raising it from the horrible eBay springs I had. No more scrubbing and no more bounce. Also found a set of camber bolts so they went on too along with...

T1R’s are average at best. There’s a chap on eBay that sells very good part worn Michelin’s. He does one sprint on them and then fits new ones so sells them off cheap. That’s what I’m getting next.

Local exhaust place wanted £400+ to build a stealth system. So my scrap bin rummage was free, paid a mate £40 to weld it together, mich easier to go out the side than to try and make something go over the rear beam.

Cub has first dibs. If I wanted a hairy smelly stray like you in my van, I don’t need to travel to Yorkshire to find one.

You’ll be looking at £4K for your first year. You need to have a registered company and a trading address. Many many hoops to jump through. You could go with some scabby company like Tradex for about £2000 a year, but if you ever need to claim they will just cancel your policy and tell you to...

Trade insurance. Me or my wife Can drive any car or van up to £x. I have too many cars to insure them individually.

The only thing that rubs is the front bumper and front wing. Everything else clears easy. But I’m raising it back up at the weekend. It’s too low to be able to go fast. And that’s what I wanted it for in the first place.

The bottom of the van may be the same as a clio but the wings aren’t. These springs make a clio look a little bit lower than standard. When I had standard 182 springs in it, everyone thought it was lowered. It’s just the location of the wing in relation to the running gear.

Google mate.

I needed a practical car for work, but I really missed track days so I sold my Impreza and my 306 and went clio 182/197 hunting. Sadly all I could find was over priced crap. Then I stumbled across a really scruffy kangoo/182 conversion that had been 60% finished so I did a buy! Plan was to...

Remove fogs, cut out all surrounding plastic, remove arch liners. Job jobbed.

Has your car got ESP?

Thanks guys.

I need a pair of front 182 ABS sensors. Euro car parts have some Bosch ones that are about £19 each with discount. Am I wasting my time? Should I buy genuine? Last time I looked they were £100+ so I don’t really want to do that...

Have you replaced the rear shocks and springs too? Or just the fronts? Stiffer new fronts and old saggy rears (!) will give you pony handling traits.

If the belt is worrying you, ask for the money off instead and get it done yourself. When I was selling cars that line was music to my ears! No more warranty on the cambelt for the dealer! Lol

You’ve done the deal. How would you feel if he rang you up tomorrow and said he’s thought about it and he actually wants another £150? You’d be pissed. You made a deal, you shook on it, you deposited £500 as you were happy with the deal you got. To try and renegotiate now would be a bit of a...

Just read this from start to finish. Cracking work! (I will fire you even more questions over Facebook now... lol!)

I love these, never had a go on one though. My mate had one with a massive cone filter and it absolutely howled at full chat. He smashed it up before I got a go in it though.

I'm led to believe that if (When?) the diff blows up, you can't get a replacement. From anywhere...?

Mine's an 850R. Which from a technical and physical point of view is the better car, but the T5-R is the one the Volvo fan boys want.

Ha! That will be the last one I sell. (If I sell any)

My others; 328i drifter, Volvo 850R (Manual!) fiat coupe 20vT, 306 hdi DTurbo.