Baz

Reminder :lol:

I heard your mum was a bit of a cow. :ph34r:

156 of (no) doom :thumbup:

Yes mate, I remember borrowing one off the sales department for a couple of hours one afternoon! Not quite as much as a screamer as the 8.3 Ram SRT or Viper! ;)

Thanks mate, she's after the later model (2000 onwards) 1.4 so its all round cheaper tax etc, but then she wants to get some coilovers and some porsche or audi wheels - I aint gonna argue with that, should look good! There is no way the scratches would have come out, they had been badly touched up, but it was an absolute mess, just annoyed me after I asked him on the phone about the bodywork condition. Never mind, I think she's found another but this one does seem very good, 3 hours away though. My poor alfa, its gonna clock up some miles this week! lol :cry:

I do miss the brand, wouldn't mind a 300c one day lol :thumbup:

Welcome back Andy, still at CJD?

The girlfriend sold her Saxo VTR last night, and we've been hunting around for a Polo for the past few days. First thing this morning, there was a newly listed one on pistonheads that ticked all the boxes for us. At the end of the information it said that the car is in very good condition. I rang the chap to make sure it was still available, and the first question I posed to him was regarding the condition, to which he backed up the advert and said yes its very good, so I told him we'd make our way over with the intention to leave a deposit if we liked it. So we set off to Bradford, some 85 miles each way; when we arrived there the chap was just seeing to another customer so told us where the car was parked. We had a look round it before he came, and WHAT A MESS!! The first thing we saw was on the rear 1/4, there were 3 or 4 long key scratches, one of which was a spiral as if someone had some fun doing it, there were key scratches on the bonnet, both doors and boot. When the chap arrived (a local Bradfordian) we greeted him, then the first thing I said was that its not 'THAT' good condition, is it?! to which he replied well its got a few scratches on, but generally its good condition for a Y reg!! Am I missing something here, but when did a load of key scratches become 'acceptable' wear for a used car to be classed as 'good condition' ? Needless to say, we didn't buy it. What a complete time wasting tosser. :cursing::cursing:

thats really cool mate, my dad is mad about metal detecting so all the aforementioned finds make sense lol... fancy putting a picture up of your finds? If the buckles are medieval then they are worth a few bob.

I was never really interested in R/C planes... until I saw them vids! Damn! real jet engines? they sound awesome. Bet they are £££££ though I guess?

hasn't that yellow ferrari got french plates on? lol

You could get a jap-spec washer bottle, that will eliminate the requirement for headlamp washers.

I bought an RX7 'drift' car from toys r us years ago... I not suprised it had no grip - it had plastic wheels!!! :lol: :lol:

good link that, some nice info. :thumbup:

Welcome to the club matey... looking forward to seeing some pics of your new beastie :thumbup:

WOOHOO double whammy for me - Alfa 156 & 300zx :thumbup:

I have a decent used upper link that you can have for £35 posted.

thanks Dave :thumbup: you haven't got any fronts have you? :lol:

sheep.mad stylings :lol:

car.mad should make one

thats more like it, thanks mate :lol:

It may only have done 49k, but its 20 years old :lol: they are wax filled and prone to failure, is it tight when you turn by hand?

That is certainly a lovely Z - makes yours look shit Daz! :tt2: Its got nice wheels! :thumbup:

Nah the spats are getting fitted at the weekend, its gonna stay standard body-wise so no www valance for me. :thumbdown:

I've got a decent viscous for sale £15 if you want it, sounds like yours is seized