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When I spoke to Phil of C&S Woods, he told me that installing it is one thing but getting it set up makes all the difference and is probably the hardest part of it. He told me of some one he knew in West Houghton who installs things like this and more importantly sets them up for you. Stuart

Not a true ricer then. They would be painted if he was ;)

Problem is most of them are dash kits which wont work with UK ones and a lot of universal stuff which will fit a Z. Out of the 40+ pages there is hardly a page full of useful stuff.

I think you mean clubgti.co.uk ;)

I agree. That is why I have taken every precaution I can. I am confident that my car wont be stolen or if it does, it will take them a very long time to do so. I mean they have to put the engine in for starters ;)

The theves are alway one step in front. That is why alarms become so complex. If alarms 5 years ago where impossible to beat, we wouldnt have more upto date ones like we have now. I am sure that in another 5 years alarms will be a lot more complex now. Its not a case of staying in front of the thieves its keeping up with them. Stuart

I just told the place to do the changes now. The head lamp was aiming low because its one with a motor on it and I fixed the motor. When I turned it on the light motor moved so it knocked it out. The blulb probably went when I was fixing the wobbly light. The tyre he said he would put the spare in if its OK, if not he will take it next door for a part worn and chaning nothing to do it. To be honest I have been a few MOT places and I trust 3, and the ones which I thought where iffy, I got a strange feeling when I leave the car there.

I took my Corsa (Daily driver) for an MOT last week and it failed on a few little things. Handbrake cable, Rear Wheel bearing, Wobbly head light, 2 front tyres need replacing, (One said to be worn, OK, and said to have "Something stuck on it") Number plate bulb blown, I didnt agree with the 2 tyres needing replacing, but 1 did. I fixed the Handbrake cable, rear bearing, wobbly head light and replaced 1 of the two tyre, (the tyre which I thought was OK I left on), and the number plate bulb. I took it some where else to get MOTd again as it was over a week from when it was last done and it failed on, Welding on one of the sills Rear brake balance is wrong, side light not working But nothing wrong with the tyre which I thought to be OK. Why are the 2 MOTs so different? OK the bulb could have blown inbetween MOTs, but I really doubt a rusty hole would appear in just over a week. And what about the unbalanced rear brakes. Brakes dont become unbalanced in the same amount of time. Who the hell can you trust for your MOT? 2 years ago I took my Nissan for an MOT and it failed on some welding. I then too it to some where else because I was again not happy with them. I showed the MOT place where they failed the welding, and I was told that was factory welding and there was nothing wrong with it. Stuart

Statistics say there is a 50/50 chance of seeing the car again. I dont believe that as I know 4 or 5 people who have had their car stolen and not 1 got it back. Stuart

Or just reply asking why is a person in Nigeria in the business of importing cars into New Zealand.

Does any one know if that address is HIS address? Seems very specific. If I try my IP it gives blueyonder HQ address in London somewhere

Just used another site which looks more primising. It says its is sent from Nigeria. inetnum: 81.199.82.0 - 81.199.83.255 netname: CIDR-COMMUNICATION-01 descr: Internet service provider country: NG admin-c: CO240-RIPE tech-c: CO240-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA notify: lir@ipplanet.net mnt-by: AS12491-MNT changed: lir@ipplanet.net 20030410 source: RIPE person: Chikezie Okwunakwe address: 21 Mobolaji Bank address: Anthony Way Ikeja address: Lagos address: Nigeria phone: + 234 4976493 e-mail: chikezieokwunakwe@supernet300.net nic-hdl: CO240-RIPE notify: lir@ipplanet.net changed: lir@ipplanet.net 20030320 source: RIPE So by the looks of it, it is the same people running the scam

From what I can find out, that email has been sent from Amsterdam.

Out of interest what is the IP of the email address. It would be interesting to see if they are actually from NZ.

I would love to but I am working. We are betting on Leigh RMI vs Shrewsbury. Excitment all the way :o

My passenger side exhaust was blowing smoke too but I managed to do a compression test and it was more likely (for me) leaking rings, but the PCV hoses and vavles did need changing too. When I took the pistons out, I can see oil burn marks where oil has leaked past the rings. Is this an indication that the rings where worn? I think it does. Maybe you can see that.

More stuff to go wrong. For starters you have 3 diffs. More electronics than Stephen Hawkins chair to go wrong. But the main thing is no T-Tops :D

My tyres actually offer free fitting with selected dealers. Or they used too.

I have a few more pics of the Invicta if you want to see it. 4.0 V8 I think it has.

have you emailed them and asked?

Get a full disc lock. I got one since my car saw stolen years ago. They are about £70 from Halfords but I have seen them for £40 in Costco.

Even if you had CCTV and it got stolen they police wouldnt do too much. Some one broke into my car at work and it was caught on camera and the police didnt do any thing. It took the 2 weeks before they came and took a copy of the tape, and that was after a few phone calls to them asking what are they doing about it.

First go over the car and take off all the connections you can get to and give them a clean. PTU, CAS, Water temp, MAS etc. It may be some thing as simple as that

£820 is really good. When I was 17 it cost me £1300 TPFT for an Astra 1.3

I have a META M36-99 immobilser and alarm and it is totally shit. I actually managed to get in through the boot, and into the back seats with out the alarm going off, it only went off when I was moving into the front of the car I could lean from the back of the car and touch the radio without it going off. Some one bust my car door handle without it going off, and some one tampered with the boot without it going off. Totally shit and META didnt want to know. I have more confidence in my steering lock than the alarm. Gutted about the car though. Will keep an eye open for it. Stuart