West Midlands General Chat thread

[Don]

Just setting this thread up (As per Martin's suggestion that everyone else has one...so its just for chat and general shite...keeps the meet threads a bit more manageable)

Feel free to fill they boots...but please remain within the normal rules as per usual.

Cheers.

 

[MartinR]

Oohhh this is posh

 

[MartinR]

Whats the plans with the metro Wayne? big power?

 

[Addicted]

This is why I struggle in justifying selling mine, because everybody regrets selling theirs!

Plus the fact I can never decide what I'd actually replace it with.

Cup -> DC5 -> { Caddy Van / Metro }

Interesting route you took wayne9989 xD

 

[MartinR]

You are right Matt everybody who sells always regrets it after.. Same reason i won't sell mine, i shall let it die rust, rot and then i will bury it in the garden

 

[davo172]

You are right Matt everybody who sells always regrets it after.. Same reason i won't sell mine, i shall let it die rust, rot and then i will bury it in the garden

bury it In the man shed ?

 

[Midnight]

This is why I struggle in justifying selling mine, because everybody regrets selling theirs!

Plus the fact I can never decide what I'd actually replace it with.

Cup -> DC5 -> { Caddy Van / Metro }

Interesting route you took @wayne9989 xD

I've had many vehicles and price per fun you cant really beat the Clio.

I'd hate to drive it everyday however it indeed makes me smile everytime I do get to drive it.

Fantastic value for money and dare I say one of the best sub 200bhp cars there is.


Totally different kettle of fish to the EP3, never owned a DC5 as always skipped it but I'm not overly sure for x4 price you'd get as much fun from one. (£ per fun).

 

[MartinR]

bury it In the man shed ?

Good idea

 

[Addicted]

I've had many vehicles and price per fun you cant really beat the Clio.

I'd hate to drive it everyday however it indeed makes me smile everytime I do get to drive it.

Fantastic value for money and dare I say one of the best sub 200bhp cars there is.


Totally different kettle of fish to the EP3, never owned a DC5 as always skipped it but I'm not overly sure for x4 price you'd get as much fun from one. (£ per fun).

Yep that's it, I can think of plenty of cars for 4x the budget, but they never tick all the boxes!
MartinR I haven't actually seen a rusty Clio - do they actually rust that much? I think the Valvers have seen a bit of rust, but not seen any on mk2's!

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

Oooooh interesting.

martin no piss taking of my dci thankyou

 

[RichyMa]

Anybody seen any decent 172/182s for sale anywhere?

 

[MartinR]

Yep that's it, I can think of plenty of cars for 4x the budget, but they never tick all the boxes!
MartinR I haven't actually seen a rusty Clio - do they actually rust that much? I think the Valvers have seen a bit of rust, but not seen any on mk2's!

No Matt not yet seen a mk2 rusted up yet. Only rust i have seen is due to crash damage.

Mk1 valvers was/is a nightmare mine cost knocking on £450 in welding work to get it back from the brink.

Oooooh interesting.

martin no piss taking of my dci thankyou

Flol would i do that? Do you still have it?? Do you want another? looking to shift our dci100 end of this year.

Anybody seen any decent 172/182s for sale anywhere?

Price,ph1,ph2 and colour

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

No I do not want another ! f**king awful cars

I still have it, waiting to be repaired and then it's either sitting up the yard doing f**k all or going.

 

[RichyMa]

Price,ph1,ph2 and colour

Bare with me, as i'm looking for my first RenaultSport (and hot hatch)... I'm looking at a budget of around 2k-2.5k and preferably a PH2, not too fussed about colour

 

[wayne9989]

Whats the plans with the metro Wayne? big power?

Well firstly we're buying a house and the Metro will be sat in a garage (I hope) so progress will be slow but I will be going down the 160 VVC route.

Clio's really do take some beating pound for pound and I miss mine like mad. On the other hand if I didn't sell it I'd still be sitting here wanting a DC5, at least I've got that out of my system!

 

[wayne9989]

I need to change my profile pic!

 

[DaveDreads]

Nato green makes any car better, regardless of what it is.

 

[wayne9989]

The original white paintwork had seen better days and I'd always fancied spraying something NATO green. Just needs lowering now, I've already got some deep dish multi spokes for it.

 

[DaveDreads]

Man after my own heart, i've often toyed with the idea of doing that to the dog kennel,
but I don't like it to stand out, so i'm saving all my ideas for when it eventually becomes a track car,
or the Ford Capri i've built in my head, if I ever managed to get out the poor house.

 

[MartinR]

Well firstly we're buying a house and the Metro will be sat in a garage (I hope) so progress will be slow but I will be going down the 160 VVC route.

Clio's really do take some beating pound for pound and I miss mine like mad. On the other hand if I didn't sell it I'd still be sitting here wanting a DC5, ajt least I've got that out of my system!

Decent plans. Congratulations on buying a house best thing i ever did. Its that good that i'm weirdly excited about my new front door coming tomorrow flol.
Time to get the tools out of retirement to fit it.

Vw caddy looks great as soon as i saw it i thought "davedreads" lol.

Wayne if you need any pointers with stuff or anything interior wise contact my brothers place they are vw nuts.

www.bromsgroveautotrimmers.co.uk

here is some of my brothers cars.

Few of my brothers collection

BEFORE lol





AFTER














[video=vimeo;29569863]http://vimeo.com/29569863[/video]










His work partners newly finished project.

 

[cs_dave]

The first after pic is amazing!!!!

 

[wayne9989]

Nice! The caddy is really a budget rat van, mainly for fetching and carrying parts for the SuperTro!

 

[Renault Wolverhampton]

:hail:

 

[boomerbang2006]

Ive posted on the motorsport/media section but i`ll put on here too....Is anyone going to the BTCC at Donington this weekend??...specifically Sunday?

 

[MartinR]

Habitual why you selling? More to the point what you getting??

 

[MartinR]

HMS Derv Destroyer

Has it dropped a valvle on the dci? What have you been tinkering with now lol.

 

[Addicted]

@Habitual why you selling? More to the point what you getting??

He's selling again? Tom what now!?!?

 

[Badbuzz2]

MartinR need a run out lol

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

@HMS Derv Destroyer

Has it dropped a valvle on the dci? What have you been tinkering with now lol.

yes it's dropped an exhaust valve on cylinder 2 lol
havent even touched the engine , just went to pop the shops and all hell broke loose

 

[MartinR]

Yes lee we do need a blast if you can keep up.!! Shall see how im fixed for next weekend.

 

[MartinR]

yes it's dropped an exhaust valve on cylinder 2 lol
havent even touched the engine , just went to pop the shops and all hell broke loose

Not heard of a dci dropping one before.

You must be the unluckiest person i know

 

[Badbuzz2]

Yes lee we do need a blast if you can keep up.!! Shall see how im fixed for next weekend.

lol should have my first new toy on buy then

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

Neither have I , usually it's timing belts failing/ fuel systems f**king up or bottom end bearings making a break for it.

Saying that, this was a second hand engine that me and the old retired guy at work rebuilt the bottom end on. The head just got cleaned and put back on.

So dam lucky the injector didn't get mullered in that lol

so plan is fix it , sell it and buy an old ford

 

[MartinR]

lol should have my first new toy on buy then

Go faster stripes:rasp:

Or is a sticker that says "Don't mind me im trying to keep up"

 

[Badbuzz2]

Go faster stripes:rasp:

Or is a sticker that says "Don't mind me im trying to keep up"

LOL no come back we shall see how the car gets on :rasp:

 

[cs_dave]

Lee is it a sticker "this is a renault sport..... honestly it is"

 

[Badbuzz2]

Lee is it a sticker "this is a renault sport..... honestly it is"

lol could be suppose as i don't have badges now

 

[MartinR]

Lee is it a sticker "this is a renault sport..... honestly it is"

Lol.

Dave how dare you!

 

[cs_dave]

You still coming to get this alarm

 

[MartinR]

Yes saturday morning. Make sure both fobs are there and the kettle is on b**ch.

I have my note pad , camera ,sticky labels and tools ready to remove each wire one by one then i know where its going then