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mate, u considered that you may have just drove over a nail or two
i had to replace a tyre not so long ago, pain in the arse, but when i got it off and had a good look i found quite alot of various size pins.nails that had been collected over time
could have just been 1 on the road...
did i forget to mention that im david beckham and hundreds of ppl try 2 look like me (disclaimer, cs has no part in anything if david beckham gets hurt)
lol should have test drove it and ragged it
then said naa, doesnt feel quite right, think ill get the wallet out at renault and get the 182 afterall byeeeeeee
looking in2 this for my misses as she needs 2 do it asap really
prob yellow pages best bet aswell
shes like u, had some lessons and knows basics, just needs 2 gain the confidence etc, lots in 1 go might help
think its a fair bit of ££ though, will have 2 research it asap and see what...
just a dirty connection probably, or loose, had it before, see it a fair bit on ppls cars aswell lol
sounds like a fairly helpful garage, last mot place i went 2
buggers failed me 4 1 headlight pointing slightly higher than the other 1, all they had 2 do was turn a little knob and it...
read somewhere once that u can drive with no mot and wont get points unless there is something on ur car that is unroadworthy
although u will deff get a fine if caught with no mot
Is there not another car that u can use, or way of getting 2 work etc, buses , lifts, i know its a pain, car...
read my thread in interior section mate, might need 2 set ur browser 2 show older posts
big info post on leaks in there, get it fixed and dry out where its leaked asap
[Edited by DAVE_RSi on 25 January 2005 at 8:50am]
SORRY i mean exterior section doh
1995 mk1 N reg clio 1.8 8v rsi
standard panel filter replacement
its about £35 for a green cotton filter for it, filter hasnt been changed in at least 6 months so time for a change i think
if its a similar price ill go for the green filter but otherwise will go for cheaper option...
lol sounds like me
1990 rover metro, 1.1 power
thought it was really fast lol,
also cruised the town thinking i was the coolest person ever
was reliable though untill i ragged it senseless :-( the some drunk driver crashed head on into it and wrote it off :-(
poor baby
he works in the motor trade but didnt get a letter from his manager or anything
just went in and pleaded guilty and didnt waste there time
tbh he was very lucky, but means 1 more point and hes buggered!
on the traffic report police handed in everything was in his favour though, very...
well battery is nicely charged now, pain to get out in my car aswel, lots of things 2 undo before getting it out!
runs fine, water temperature doesnt go up very high though so ill keep an eye on that 1 (heaters fine though), must not be used 2 clean coolant!
clutch still feels weird but...
i know, mine went boxing day
just feels like ive never drove it before! took me ages to pull away as i didnt want to stall it and have to jump it again, + just had to sit there for a bit to get used to the surroundings again
so so different to the punto id been driving
after driving...
gd gd,
Just got to hope my battery isnt dead after i finish work
was almost dead this morning when i tried to start it at the garage, got 1 of em to use jump pack on it and it was fine
prob only been started once or twice in last 2 weeks and prob not for long so its bound to die...
yea i know, started to get used to it a bit more after about 10 miles but ppl kept driving infront of me (b******s)
wanted to plant the foot before work but will have to wait for tonight
do i need to take it easy first of all with new head gasket and diff cylinder head, new cambelt...
just looked so messy and the dash is dated compared to the punto!
although i missed the power so much, going to give it a good going over tonight and get used to having some power again
Its had a full coolant change, which seems to have changed things alot, temp used to stay at 3/4 way...
ok well got clio back, 2 weeks after the dreaded cambelt snap
new cylinder heads on fine, head gasket etc etc etc
feels so weird to drive it again, feels like such a sl*g, so much louder than i thought it was lol, ( been driving misses 1.2 punto for 2 weeks)
gd 2 have powersteering...
i got medium smoke done on all rears then a light smoke on the front
try and get a pic up bit later when the soddin phone stops ringing
been stopped once in 6 months and asked when they were done, said 2002, she said fronts are illegal but didnt actually say take them off or anything, so...
what mileage is it on??
i got an rsi
paid 1500 for it N reg, 84k when i got it
totally mint, nice alloys, standard apart from that, just had lots of work done on it to get 12 months mot,
cambelt snapped though so now its being fixed for £500 in total :-(
still can always...