Rich666

difficult to say without being able to look/ hear - but quit flooring it until it's fixed!! ;)

nice one dude! On a more serious note, can they test if other things have been passed on?? The reason I ask is your reputation for eating precedes you, and baby's are expensive at the best of times :rofl:

you're not going to get a professional inspection of any value on it as: 1. it's too old 2. it's too specialised i.e. you're not going to get a warranty from any inspection you have on it. Your best bet is to use the buyer's guide above, and if you can a member from here to come and have a look with you - as they'll have a better 'gut feeling' about the performance/ handling etc than you. hth Rich

I got a spare made at Timpson in Chester - only problem is the blank's got a pig-ugly plastic end on it!!

cheers guys - will look for some Farecla G3 then... the paint's far from being pink, just got some swirl marks in it, and a couple of blemishes - all in all seems pretty well looked after, I'd just like to try and make it a bit better!

Agreed - could just imagine people beginning to panic that there money's been wasted! I'd imagine the majority of people are pulled over because there's no load leveller on aftermarket lights so they're dazzling rather than the colour though.

it's only a search engine guys - you can easily get this information (and more) from other websites... 192.com is a good starting point for tracing people. (I have to trace debtors for work) Rich

it won't be retroactive though!

it's definitley true that you only read the bad stuff on forums... not many people post in the help and advice section with "there's nothing wrong with my car, just felt left out that I couldn't ask for advice"!! Although there are some threads like that - an attempt to rectify the balance a little! The 300's like pretty much every other car - neglect it and it'll need fixing, difference being it's a performance car so you pay performance prices! It's not technically difficult to work on yourself, but the engine bay's absolutely crammed full so it is plain difficult to work on if you get my drift! The worst problem I've had was killing the standard clutch within a month of owning it - replacing was a PITA, but did it myself in a weekend. I think we all get little nocks and noises which we post about - but when you have them on your daily drive/ company car you don't give a shit! It's just because they're "Toys" (and because everyone's scared of turbos going) people get over - anxious about the smallest noise! Search for a good one, and 'bang for your buck' you'll struggle to do better! Good luck! Rich

Ok, I like to have the car looking smart and shiny and i personally use Mequiars which does a pretty good job. But, after 16 years of being cleaned, crapped on by birds, and more recently frequently covered in salt it's looking a little tired!! So, how do you go about flatting the paintwork and repolishing?? I'm not inerested in concours condition, and it's nowhere bad enough to need a respray, so recommended products & techniques please!! e.g. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-perfect.html talks about detailing in a little more, erm, detail than "use the flash car wash system - it's great!" so this is the kind of thing I'm interested in!! Rich

me too - an i've just got a NIP in the post :(

could you check your pm's mate?

well if it's what i think it is... i want a write up!! ;)

yep - I've seen a few people say the same... only downside is you can't whack it back in after an accident if you've not declared your mods :x:

mot info here http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_110.htm PaulC would probably be your best bet about MOTs...

i remember getting really ****ed off with mine and drilling out loads of rivets... then binning the thing!!

If an email encourages you to send volume email, it is in all likeliness a hoax/ chain letter... extremely unlikely to contain a virus... just delete junk mail!

it's an incredible long-running hoax, see http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/olympic.html

sounds like the blanking valves on the returns from the recircs... put on when dump valves are fitted. Demon tweeks sell aluminium ones - based in Wrexham, so not to far depending on where you are in cheshire...

demon tweeks sell em... pretty cheap too!

cheers bud! At least Ihave an excuse for catching up on here - she'll think I've spent hours looking for that website! :dance:

anyone know where I can get hold of a panel type paint spraying extractor?? It's not for spraying cars - actually for my girlfriends salon... to spray tan the ladies!! looking for 700 cubic metres/ hour extraction rate... Rich

my mate stripped out an e28 M535 and the amount of crap that came out was amazing! it's amazing on the track now - and drifts sooooooo well!

Erm... I get an email every month or so!! Think you'll find your spam filter's blocking it!!

sadly that's funny because it's true!! give 'em a penis for a day and see how gentle they'd be then!! :rofl: