jap.slapper

I can't find any pics at the moment but for me I 100% regret selling the first car that I'd ever owned. It was a mint black 'D' reg Fiesta XR2 with only 30k on the clock, I was just 17 years old at the time. I was forced to sell it by my parents and looking back at it now the guy that bought it off me saw me coming a mile off. I only got £800 for it partly due to my not knowing my arse from my elbow but also due to the fact that my old man saw it as a 10 year old Ford Fiesta and advised me to bite the guys hand off. When I say it was mint it was immaculate, the previous owner was a mechanic and pampered it in his garage from new!! If I found it now in the same condition I'd snap it up.....just need to find a pic or at least some reference to the reg number...

I agree, though having said that Christian ('monster') achieved a proven 600 horses on an Autobahn setup, with the i/c believed to be one of the restricting factors for pushing it further. From what I understand the Autobahn is a copy of the HKS fmic and is effectively 2 x smic's side by side so whether the difference between Autobahn fmic and HKS fmic is in the design, materials or workmanship is yet to be determined I suspect Personally having run both Pace and Toyo smic's on my current shortie TT and finally my Greddy 3 row fmic, I would not go back to a smic setup. It's very much subjective though as the Greddy was run later on in the build during a much colder part of the year, which could arguably account for the better running/sharper responsive feel *with a ****ed clutch and dodgy throttle bar* The differences noticed (above and beyond those relating to air temperature) could have just been psychological (ie. the more aggressive look of the fmic in my mind naturally equated to an imagined power increase?) No doubt the debate will continue forever...:biggrin:

I agree, though having said that Christian ('monster') achieved a proven 600 horses on an Autobahn setup, with the i/c believed to be one of the restricting factors for pushing it further. From what I understand the Autobahn is a copy of the HKS fmic and is effectively 2 x smic's side by side so whether the difference between Autobahn fmic and HKS fmic is in the design, materials or workmanship is yet to be determined I suspect Personally having run both Pace and Toyo smic's on my current shortie TT and finally my Greddy 3 row fmic, I would not go back to a smic setup. It's very much subjective though as the Greddy was run later on in the build during a much colder part of the year, which could arguably account for the better running/sharper responsive feel *with a ****ed clutch and dodgy throttle bar* The differences noticed (above and beyond those relating to air temperature) could have just been psychological (ie. the more aggressive look of the fmic in my mind naturally equated to an imagined power increase?) No doubt the debate will continue forever...:biggrin:

Loads of options on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gents-Emporio-Armani-Dress-watch-AR-0563-Boxed-/140928369355?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item20cffc42cb http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mens-chrome-and-gold-colour-designer-Dress-Watch-Classic-date-time-/130839859279?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item1e76a9d04f http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROTARY-GENTLEMANS-STAINLESS-STEEL-BLACK-FACE-DRESS-WATCH-104B-SIGNS-OF-WEAR-/171004416615?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item27d0a85267 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guess-U10607G1-Silvertone-Stainless-Steel-Waterpro-Mens-Multifunction-Watch-/140927415443?pt=Wris****ches&hash=item20cfedb493

Loads of options on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gents-Emporio-Armani-Dress-watch-AR-0563-Boxed-/140928369355?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item20cffc42cb http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mens-chrome-and-gold-colour-designer-Dress-Watch-Classic-date-time-/130839859279?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item1e76a9d04f http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROTARY-GENTLEMANS-STAINLESS-STEEL-BLACK-FACE-DRESS-WATCH-104B-SIGNS-OF-WEAR-/171004416615?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item27d0a85267 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guess-U10607G1-Silvertone-Stainless-Steel-Waterpro-Mens-Multifunction-Watch-/140927415443?pt=Wris****ches&hash=item20cfedb493

Out of interest were the phones switched on?

By all accounts Tolkien was walking his dog along the outskirts of the Plain one day seeking inspiration when suddenly he came across a local chap from Amesbury......

Many thanks mate

We had that just before Christmas....my wife and I were waiting in early afternoon of Christmas Eve for her Crimbo' present to arrive, as we'd had an email advising the time that it was due for delivery. I was sat no more than 4 feet from the front door sorting out a broken printer, literally out of no where a 'could not get a reply' card was posted through the door time stamped for 1 minute before!! Within 2 minutes we had the courier company on the phone telling the delivery guy to turn his arse around and deliver the parcel, the driver insisted that he had rung the door bell and had also knocked on the door, to which we called 'bullshit!!'. Funny old thing, when the excuses had run out it transpired that the parcel wasn't even on the ****ing van!!! No doubt it was quicker to run about posting 'could not get reply' cards through the doors on Christmas Eve rather than trying to actually deliver the parcels....

Cheers bud, I'm sure there are all sorts of clowns involved in the sorting process and very much like dodgy dockyard/shipping staff who steal bits off imported vehicles, I suspect a small minority are happy to subsidise their income by helping themselves to package contents. I suppose people like that wouldn't really give a monkeys if they damaged a package or not (unless it was something that they wanted to take home with them). I actually received a generic automated email today basically stating that the sender needs to make the complaint and has to fill out the paperwork in order for Parcel Force to process any potential claim. Now as I see it that's completely flawed in as much as the sender could just wash their hands of the problem and leave the buyer (who's paid in full for the item and paid for the postage) completely high and dry. The tracking number on my parcel is: FW YI 659 3151 GB though I am less than confident that any compensation is heading my way any time soon

Just make sure it's somewhere where the locals don't have 6 toes on each hand and webbed fingers for feet, that'd make a nice change I'm sure :biggrin:

Cheers mate, I'll remember to use either UPS or Fedex for when I send the CEO of Parcel Force a nice big box of dog shit as a thankyou gift...at least I'll know that it'll get there on time and in one piece:biggrin:

How the frig' they've managed to break this I'll never know I bought a lightweight Odyssey battery for the zed and the guy who posted it did a fantastic job of wrapping it. Double thickness box, bubble wrapped all round, loads of tape and even wrote on both sides for the Parcel Farce' monkeys to take note "This Way UP" (with arrows pointing upwards!) of course it arrives a day late but no problem, but then this evening I start to unwrap it and the first thing that becomes apparent is that it's been dropped and then as soon as I start to unwrap it I find that one of the ****ing terminals has snapped off!!! THESE ****ING EEJITS' ARE REALLY STARTING TO GRIP MY SHIT, ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT WHATSOEVER FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY!!!!! I've just logged a complaint with them and received the usual automated "Thanks for telling us that we're shit, we know that we're shit and we'll always be shit.....please note that this is an automated e-mail response and we might bother our arses to get in touch at some time....maybe....if not please phone our premium rate hot line and we'll happily shaft you again" *Ok well maybe that's not word for word but it's how I read it Either way I can guarantee that they'll only cover £100 at best so not a chance in hell of me getting a replacement battery out of them Someone's getting a battery rammed up their arse in the morning!!

Mr Jingles.........nooooooooooooo!!!! :cry:

Looks like the company are willing to match the colours (by all accounts it will actually be yellow this time round) and no mate, not looking to get the car wrapped but it is....shall we say....different

Yeah that's what I thought, so I'm really hoping that it won't become an issue and that there will be no dramas with getting the correct colour sent through. - - - Updated - - - It's a secret :ph34r:

This hasn't become an issue just yet and I'm hoping that the company in question have just made a simple error with regards to colour and are happy to replace without fuss, but I'd be interested to see what colour you class this as.... Here's the colour list (I ordered Yellow/Sunflower) This is what has arrived. I believe this to be (Orange) *the H&S safety sign (bottom) is just there for direct colour comparison Would you agree that the colour that has been delivered is 'Orange' and not 'Yellow'?

I don't think my Jedi mind tricks are quite as refined as they used to be mate....

I have a cunning plan...... it involves one of these: one of these: a bit of this: and a good helping of this: I'll let you know how I get on!

I'll see if I can get a fibre optic camera down there to see if I can spot it and then try to get hold of it with something sticky on the end

Is there an easy way to get the lower cover off? or more to the point, what will I have to remove (pulleys etc) in order to get it off?

Right, I have a little problem... Yesterday I removed the cracked plastic cam cover as it was really brittle and quite frankly...beyond fooked'. The problem is that as I was removing the left hand half (drivers side) a piece about the size of a 50p piece fell away and landed on top of the cam belt (see attached pic). Typically the little fecker' despite my trying to talk him out of it, decided that he was going to jump off (honestly I didn't poke him with a long handled screw driver)! Now it's down there behind that metal bit of cover hiding behind the crank pulley, knowing full well that I can't get to it. I really don't want to be stripping the engine down any further than I have to and pulling everything off just to get to a piece of plastic, but at the same time I don't want to have the possibility of a ticking time bomb just waiting for its chance to bugger up/slice the cambelt Any ideas how to get the fecker out or should I just leave it and see how it go's?

I reckon secretly someone wants another zed.....but can't bring himself to admit it :whistling: