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Very nice, but boy can you tell she is still on standard suspension! Enjoy it and I bet you can't wait until the roads dry out now :wink:

*Cough* Be a 2.8 in a yank one (2792cm3 to be exact) *Cough* :wink: Welcome to the forum and enjoy your rado, just don't tell 16v how much you are paying for insurance on a VR compared to his 16v!

Yup got it in one Woody.

Not too sure but I think Ladelkufter is a charger..

It's actually a combination of fuel and water that causes the grief. Ahem, All cars will collect a certain amount of water in the fuel tank due to condensation etc. At the fuel/water layer a bacteria called Gladis (cladosporium resinae) and others thrive because they digest the hydrocarbons in the fuel. After a hearty meal they do what all organisms do - they take a great big crapola; this results in the 'crud' in your fuel tank. It is possible to add chemicals to the fuel to prevent this but it is ususally not 'environmentally sound' and would certainly make the fuel from the pumps very toxic to the general public. So the solution for car users is to fit a filter and get it changed every once in a while. Thats where the 'sludge' comes from and not the cut of the fuel in the tanks at the service station. Anyone still breathing? :wink:

I will also add that composite materials - carbon fibre etc are really pants when it comes to damage resistance and failure detection as we are refering to composite based leaf springs not metal ones (My bad) Given that if you drop a socket onto a composite structure you can produce a failure in the laminates below the surface layer, ie it looks alright but it isn't, and after looking at where the spring is located on the 'vette in the picture; it looks like a prime spot for wayward tools to go during servicing. On top of that composite materials are really sh1tty in the event of a fire - especially carbon fibre, it will shred your lungs and give you cancer for your trouble and that's before you even sniff whats left of the resin. Not that I design suspension for a living but 'in an ideal world' especially when using double wishbones you want suspension travel in one plane only, up and down, this is the holy grail of suspension design. If you fit a leaf spring to the top of the upper wishbone it is of a fixed length and as such the greater the suspension travel the more it affects the camber of the wheel. Good thread :)

Absolute crapola. Leaf springs are stressed and as with all stressed metals will lose that stress placed on them over time, along with potential fatigue cracking etc etc. Have a look at any of the 60's or 70's British classic car forums and search for sagging leaf springs, my car leans to one side etc. All of the above problems can be attributed to leaf springs wearing out over time. They are more expensive than coils because coils are more common because it is a better system than a leaf spring, hence cheaper manufacturing costs. If leaf springs are such an all round excellent performer then why don't you see them on F1/Indy cars?

Blimey Jay you just need some goon to tap your rear bumper and you'll nearly have a complete respray! WTG on the cover and centre fold but I don't think that anyone on here who has seen your car would be suprised by your car taking the top honours for that issue. :)

The other factor is consider aside from both running and parts costs is that most americans's who tune cars have the SPACE to do it as well. You are lucky in this country to have a garage that will let you put a car in without squeezing your way out of the door let alone the space to carry out major mods.

Crapola. :(

Damn someone has taken a wrong turn at 'logical search' and gone clean passed 'It's not a Nissan forum' I think it might depend on the condition of the original paint and what type of paint it is, likely to be cellulouse paint for that age of car.

Pity they dont do one that protects the slam panel and the front bumper too.

I think if you fail an MOT on say, a passenger seat belt or something along those lines it is unlikely that plod is going to book you for driving the 138 miles home to carry out the repairs, but it is down to the officer on the day. The big one is to make sure you have the insurance or they will nail you for it. You could in theory drive a car to one end of the country to another if you had a classic car and the only specialist able to carry out the repairs was in the wrong end of the country!

Yup but you need insurance and the MOT must be pre-booked so if plod pull you over they can contact the MOT centre to confirm it. There has been a discussion about how far you can go to do this; but you are also allowed to take the car to somewhere for repairs following an MOT failure, although I doubt anything over 50 miles of travelling like this would go down well.

I assume you would be ok buying from a Trader with trade plates but it would bring a grinding halt to the private seller. It's just a bloody nightmare and all for yet more 'non-revenue' revenue generating policing schemes. :roll:

Yeah can't recommend 'roccos as a daily driver enough - great fun and dirt cheap to run. 2/3rds of your exhaust at less than £125 from VAG is not to be sniffed at.

Well that'll be just crapola. Bang goes a quick spin to compare one persons mods when compared with another if they bring this in :(

Fecking bargin! Is that the 1.8 carb?

Kev I expect he bought the fuel pump from this dodgy mexican character hence the crap soldering!

But the VR didn't get any wheel spin so he had a bit more traction in his tyres and as Jim has already said it seems like the VR was not in the best running condition either. Bloody big bridge mind!

Yup. Wasn't after sympathy just pointing out that some policeman still use 'speed appropriate to the conditions' when stopping people. That and that it made me re-evaluate my driving.

Yeah quite Jim, don't really see the need to sit that close to the steering wheel either..

Maybe it's just me but wouldn't Dom's head be more appropriate on Murdoch's body? DVD cover looking good Jim.

I suppose this is not good thread to mention my not legal speed on the way home one night after 2 in the morning and when I was pulled over I didn't even get a producer... (I think they were not expecting to catch up with a diesel after 10 miles of er, 'enthusiastic' driving.) And no I am not proud of it and I certainly have reformed my driving since :oops: :pale:

I can't stand the extra orange/yellow bits they stick on speed limits etc. If you are not paying enough attention to a: Notice the large speed limit change sign with a red ring around it made of a reflective material and b: spot the smaller repeater signs every 50 meters or so in some areas; then you just are not concentrating on driving the damn car. Not only that but I find the bloody things reflect too much light at night and dazzle me sometimes. It's just fecking stupid, if you don't know where you are going/ can't see or read the road signs then slow down so you can. *Rant over*