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well if you think about it the spark plug is bolted into the block, so what is the difference testing it on the outside of the block?? even if the centre electrode grounded out i doubt it would cause any problems

managed to break a snap on 1/2" ratchet and a teng 1/2"ratchet trying to undo an engine mount on my brothers geep (crap jago jeep) but the halfords pro socket got the thing off using a trolley jack bar on the handle :lol: the only halfords pro bits i have had a problem with are the universal joints, the ratchet spanners are excellent though as they are so slim they dont get in the way and i have even seen people smacking a 13mm ratchet spanner with a hammer and they still work perfectly afterwards dont usually like using halfrauds for anything but i cant really fault the tools

which way does your steering shift?

no problems with brake dust 8) no brake cooling though :wink:

I ordered a headunit with red illumination and they sent me green :mad: Really going to have to get my finger out what headunit?? the illumination is changable on some models

go for the black centres with silver centre caps and polished rim (but then i would say that) :lol:

my cat is fine but as soon as it starts to rattle or become blocked i will be reaching for the big metal bar :lol:

the cheapest way to de-cat is smash the internals of your cat out with a big metal bar :wink:

i agree unless your planning to alter them quite a lot i just dont think they will work, like bally said too saxoish [schild=1 fontcolor=000000 shadowcolor=C0C0C0 shieldshadow=1]yey i made up a new word[/schild] your car looks class as it is i just think these lights look tacky

i allways thought it was the tappets on fiesta's that made the ticking noise after a few years, but after a mate of mine started re-building the fiesta engine in his quantum he found out its actually the cam lobes that wear, appearently they made them out of really cheap metal and they wear like hell :lol:

erm....no i meant the crappy OLD cvh engines most people put in cheapo kit cars the noble is a bit different :wink:

went to oulton park with a mate of mine for a sports car track day (was supposed to be driving but had put my back out after falling out of a lorry.....dont ask) they handed him a white p*ss pot helmet, white overalls and white boots :wink: he ended up looking like a giant sperm :lol: so i suppose its not just restricted to bikers

8) thats one of the first things i did with the new forum, come on everyone start filling your galleries up

sorry if my comments seemed a bit arsey yesterday (a bit too much festive spirit) :drinking: just re-read it now :oops: well if you can call a gs550e (my own) and a gsxr1100 (my brothers)bikes then............ yes i suppose i just never caught the bike bug it was just cheap transport for me, and i saw too many family members and friends being badly injured after being knocked off their bikes by inconsiderate car drivers. i have nothing against bikers and allways make way for them to pass in traffic and pull over for them when they want to overtake. i just prefer cars and the atom is just such a pure car and if you look at the competition with any where near those performance figures its a bargain and it dosnt deserve to be slagged off really, who cares if it has a rice engine its a good engine for a car that light (certainly better than the crappy old ford engines in most kit cars) but you cant deny a lot of bikers look rediculous in matching leathers :wink:

its even worse when you see a couple in matching leathers :lol: there is no way anyone is going to convince me that bikers look cool :wink: whether its the hairy arsed mullet haired hells angel type or shrink wrapped racing bike rider type it just isnt a good look :wink:

like i said "on the track", ok in a drag race or track with very few corners the bike would trounce the atom but it has been proved many times that a car will beat a bike around a proper track . the bike has two small contact areas wheras the car has four wide contact points so more grip to play with i have often been driving up and down the a5 following bikes who are struggling to stay on the road for some of the sharp corners wheras i could have taken them faster in the rado but get onto the straight and the bike dissapears, but if i wanted straight line speed, knackered knee caps and to look like a human condom i would buy a bike, but i dont so i will stick with cars :wink:

bikes pulling wheelies ooooohhh im sorry but it just makes the rider look like an even bigger prat than they did before wearing their village people outfit :lol: a mate of mine wheelied for 1 mile on his mountain bike for charity once :wink: even my crappy 50cc honda vision and nsr 125 could pull wheelies so power has b*gger all to do with it :lol:

i would rather have the atom than any bike, the fact is the atom does beat any bike around a track and is not just a play thing there is no reason you coudnt use the atom every day if you had the right clothing :D and it would certainly turn more heads than any bike and 29k is a bargain compared to some of the cars the atom trounced on the leader board

have you checked that you still have all 4 wheels on your car :wink:

there is a good section in the new jeremy clarkson hot metal dvd i got for christmas on the atom, pretty similar to the top gear feature 8)

our company fit gps tracking and monitoring devices, and we have had a couple of trace reports showing transit vans doing 155mph down a cul-de-sac in liverpool, so yes it is possible for gps to show false data especially during millitary action. unless ford have started fitting jet engines into transits :lol:

im in wrexham (unfortunately) :lol:

damn you beat me to that avatar :lol:

it would be a small price to pay :lol: took this pic at the motorshow, the people on the stand kept looking at me strangely as i had been looking at it for half an hour, they are a work of art IMO

another brilliant show thats made me want an atom even more than ever 8)