Lippy

7 pounds from VAG, I'll buy it and frame it!

I LIKE!

davidwort, but whats not too like? ;) :lol:

that was my thoughts exactly - sorry to piss on your chips! if you solve it permanently let me know coz you can't get them individually you have to order the whole lot. I mean who the hell is gonna do that!?!?!

bad news - mine still does that - and I "fixed" in the same way. It will come off again soon especially if you close your door with the window open, it'll come off and you'll hear the window clang when you do. The plastic thing has worn over the years and the gap is now about 0.01mm too wide, therefore can come off anytime. Steve - does the plastic wheel "roll" or does it stay fixed? If it rolls i can't see how glueing would help? p.s. dropping the window approx 1cm stops the rattle when driving!

they look wicked!

aye mate - sounds like they may redefine the word?? ;)

does rebuilding the engine effectively make it as "new" or is there some wear that cannot be removed. sorry - that looks a really numpty question on screen - different in my head!

Jim, I get a black exhaust aswell, not cleaned it for a while tho (since November!). It passed its MOT, due again in March so may get it checked out and think about replacing some stuff. More spending required waaaaa!

if it was overfueling wouldnt the CO2 emissions be way out - or am i barking up the wrong tree?

mmm seems like yours is worse than mine (don't want to diss it too much, it may be listening!). Once on the move its OK - crying out for huuuge brakes and a turbo! keep us posted anyways mate!

nice one monsieur beige - was thinking how you would be getting on this morning...as mine is crappy at starting from cold in these winter morns!

Jim, sounds about right - to be honest its been a long time since I've filled her with 50 notes worth! 20 quid gets me around 150 at the limit (fumes!), well I panic then! Know what you mean about the economy, it is pants compared to a VR I could have been driving! I think the main problem is the crumby injection, IIRC consistent rather than depending on engine load. Basically means that it doesn't really matter how you drive them. With a VR prob easier to decimate your mpg figure with a hoon tho...

Jim, what kind of MPG you returning ? based on the MFA I get about 24 ish on the way to work around 12 miles, but get over 30 on a mway run. Anyone comment on the MFA going to 99.9 could it be related to the other (minor ATM) problems?

Happy New Year guys I've just had some work done on mine, new cambelt, oil seals and some water pipe replacements. Got it back and the idle seems to stick at 1100 slowly raising to 1500. A blip of the throttle + 2k revs usually sorts out the idle to around 900. Sometimes it drops back to 1100 and repeats up again. When turning the ignition the engine seems slow to catch with revs dropping a battery light flashing. Granted, I've not driven it much over Xmas and the other day it was fine. Does this sound like an ISV thing, something sticking on the throttle body maybe something air/fuel related. All of this was off when tacking the belt and the seals. Either by coincidence the MFA is showing 99.9 mpg, is there anything that could relate to this which could to do with the above symptoms? Finally (phew!) can anyone post a picture of an ISV and the location on the engine bay (where I need to look)?? Cheers Andrew PS Jim, Phil K - how are your cars running?

vr6storm, so what are you saying? they be expensive? ;) :shock: at those prices!

mmm lovely cars

113,500

they seem to work the British Red Cross... :D

nope but would be interested to see!

merry xmas matey - been wondering where you've been!

- its a grey time of year, wait for the summer and bring out the G

personally, I think the black is a little OTT against the silver (sorry!!). But I think they would look lush, with gold bolts, gold inners (like red BBS above) and a gold BBS centre cap. Or silver (may be too subtle??). Cheers Andrew

great details mate - I still have those PMs from a while ago, which I refer to from time to time. Hopefully in the next couple of years I can begin to mod the valver to bring up the performance, I am hoping to strip it out and turn it into a road legal track car.