Stephen

Classic line £325, that's getting there.

Who's that through Ted?

Weird. I recon they just roll some dice and square it :lol:

I know that's not great but how did you get nearly half what they quoted me! Just 24 hours previously. Bear in mind, I have no point etc completely squeaky clean history for insurances sake.

Do you believe you can provide a quote of circa £200-300 for an annual premium? Last time I checked you were not very competitive at all.

Just to add, the early ones discolour. So if it's an early one, most likely, it will be square as seen and will have changed from that lovely blue/purple to chocolate shit/brown.

Put it on an interest free credit card, be cheaper that way too.

Don't envy you doing that little job.

See the only thing I have you don't is a brake upgrade, chipped ecu and suspension mods. Insurance quote from them was over double. Weird.

If say it's my age, mods, location but I'm 30, my cars not as modified as some of the others cheaper here and I live in a low crime area.

That was by phone, a very helpful lady. She was quite embarrassed. Apparently the cheaper suppliers opted out due to "the class of the vechile" what ever that means.

Thought I'd be proactive. Lancaster £600. Um no.

Il be interested to see what happens this year then, mine is due for renewal next month and I'm with footman James. It jumped up last couple of years, the first year 3 years ago it was £150 then £200 and last year £250. I've stuck with them because they still honour my policy even though I no longer have a garage. Sounds like I'm going to be forced to switch.

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Without knowing exactly what you've tested its hard to say but there's quite a lot of it. If you wanna give me a ring at some point il happily chat with you about what to check. I've played the same game myself a few times. - - - Updated - - - Always a good place to start.

Oh ye of little faith. It's probably a very simple and free fix.

It's an England final you want, I remember last time it was like 4am out there.

He might be a victim rather than a scumbag. If said car was purchased as a TT and the owners never questioned it.

If you have the stock PCV system oil is constantly ingested through the inlet track, in vapour form. If you look at the PCV location you will see its towards the rear half. A thin coating of oil in the plenum is therefore normal. If the plenum is swimming in oil and blue smoke is resultant then further investigation is required. If you've got a few quid, they are fairly cheap, I'd suggest replacing the PCVs while your there. In fact replace what you can. Priority to; The fuel line that connects the rails, these shrink and leak during winter. Ohm test the injectors, if ones starting to fail it's so much easier to sort now then once back together. Any small coolant pipes, such as heater matrix pipes. Oh and I'm sure you won't but don't reuse the plenum gasket.

That's cool. Is the Nistune board dear?

Problem número uno is "fast, reliable, cheap you can only pick two." If you do it on the cheap it will bite you in the ass. A freshened up healthy long block is just that, it should be ok but couple that with no or limited safety net and it's a risky mix. A tired engine is a tired engine end of, expecting it to do much is a tall order. If you want reliability you have to pay to play, if you can't pay you either get smart or don't play. The sniping as you say isn't useful. We all know the short comings of certain indivials, the horse is dead, no need to flog it.

Im out.

I meant in terms of the reward. You are of corse right though, most hobbies are just a liecence to burn money.

You know that kinda reads like your saying tuning cars is a waste of time and money...

It's a good point. Is it even running on all cylinders?