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I'll have to keep an eye out for you, just moved back to Locks Heath :)

If you know your car history, the Williams is Legendary. Valvers are a great car too, powerband is different, they need to rev hard to get the torque flowing. The handling is good, but the Williams is amazing.

Nice upgrades, sounds like you have caught the bug. I'll have to keep an eye out for you about town :D Beep if you see a dirty old Williams 1 !! Can't believe pikeys stole your aerial! Was probably Justin :D

I was cruising home nursing some strange noises from my engine after a hard day driving on the Pistonheads meet. Had some Xenons appear behind me matching my pace. Had some moments of overtaking slow traffic, they kept up well. Came off at Eastleigh roundabout. Anyone we know?

You can tell what sort is at fault (if anything) by the type of smell. Engine oil, coolant, and transmission fluid all have a different smell. Crapped up leaking coolant is common and could possibly be thought of as electrical burning smell. It could just be where we have had wet unusual wether...

Have you checked the fuel lines? Get the car started so the fuel system is pressurised and have a really good check over, tracking the fuel feed, and the return hose from tank to filter to engine. I was running about 19 mpg in the Williams until this weekend when I one of my lines finally gave...

It is frustrating, yea :( It sounded like a BE problem, but it's always good to check other things first. Hard call on what do to. It depends on your experience. If you can locate a good engine and swap it over, and have the tools for such a job and some know-how/help that's probably easier...

Does the car feel underpowered throughout the rev range? Do the most obvious and easiest visual checks on the car first, check oil, coolant etc. See if anything has come loose, could be an easy fix. If nothing... ...pop the bonnet and start car for a short time only, put yer ear to the...

I am not saying young drivers are necessarily bad driver's, just they are often falsely comforted by gizmo's through no fault of their own and often don't know any better. I hope you noted my apology of what could be construed as generalising young people. The worst driving I see is usually...

The same category as Stromba eh? Could take that as a compliment to be honest. To save the admins telling you: Stay on topic please. Thank you.

Take your time, don't rush into decisions, they can be expensive. Don't bother with coilovers for a 1.2, what have you got on it currently?

Theres a Williams '2', but not a Mk2. I've seen a Mk2 with stickers and gold alloys, in dark blue before. It was quite tastefully done but it's not a Williams.

I almost bought an Abarth Uno Turbo once. Decided against it as I thought the R5 was a better offer at the time. Uno was fun though. I have not said you were a crap driver. I've not made any objective criticism about you personally, merely a hypothetical subjective question about your own...

Hmm, I think we have our wires crossed. Let me start again. My point here is that modern driver aids are not necessarily helping the ever growing number of drivers actually be good drivers, and in fact are giving drivers a false sense of security and ability. How many people do you personally...

That's fair enough mate. I am only giving over a point of view for the sake of creating a good debate, which it has done. The terms I have used are there to stimulate even reluctant posters like yourself to comment. I think from some of the posts here, especially older drivers, there has been...

How do you find the rear wheel drive in these conditions? I have only ever driven one rear wheeler in snow/ice before bringing a RX7 over from Holland years ago and that was a bit of an event.

Or maybe you don't like what's being said when you reflect on your own skill as a driver? About me: I've owned some really great new cars and loved most of them. I used to import Japanese performance cars as a business and supplied rally teams and enthusiasts with cars, along with supplying...

That's fine, but when those people finally cause an accident due to their reluctance to learn they only have themselves and their ignorance to blame. It's like saying: My mummy cooks my dinner for all but two days a year, so why should I bother learning? Because when you invite that woman...

This is similar to me. Good on you :) I would agree, understanding both types of cars is ideal, but most people nowadays wont get the chance unfortunately, especially as it has not really snowed that much in ages and because old cars are mostly held together with rust. Generally though, people...

Awesome. I'd agree with the last comment too.

Certainly not. On the private area I used to use back in the 90's, one could safely provoke a car and see what would happen. On the public highway, that would be foolish and unwise, but it's good to have the experience from the test area should it ever happen, wouldn't you agree?

In what way did it help if you don't mind sharing? Was it a driver provoked accident or just one of those things? Are you an experienced driver?

I'd agree the Clio is not a bad car to learn control on snow. I used to practice in a couple of R5 turbo's, but when they came on boost it was not easy to say the least. I got used to it though but in real world situations and not in practice you had to be very careful. 4WD was good fun and a...

Sorry, merely responding to others comments. I just wanted to stir the grey cells a bit with a decent discussion. Glad you agree though :) It would be good to hear from people who have had accidents with more modern cars and try to see if the driver aids aided or hampered their accident.

Of course, merely making a valid point in response to a previous comment your Honour ;)

Always good advice! It's good to see so many of you guys with some common sense and valid points, and of course, nice cars.

Sorry, I am not familiar with the 'in-crowd' on CS, so have no reservations about saying what I think to who I like. He made a s**t reply, he got one in return. Touché. As for blue lights, how many deaths are caused by police or emergency services drivers every year? Go look it up if you don't...

What I am saying is, save the s**t talk for your school playground please.

A real man or woman drives they way you'll probably not understand yet, if ever. You're on L plates right? This is a discussion, not a personal crusade where you can s**t talk your crap life onto others. Keep to the topic. Oh, and I am a real man btw, I just checked...