Sonicriot13

Gor it running!!!! :D :D :D Can't believe it! Luckily the crankshaft was slightly behind the camshaft (as opposed to the other way round) so I just went for it and it worked. Um, I've also kind of sold it to that bloke. Not really what I was saying a few posts up I know but I think I'm gonna get something a bit cheaper to insure for a run around, been looking at a 316 or something. Decided BMWs, although not really my style, represent the best value for money in my price range at the moment. Plus I'd still have to sort an MOT and tax and stuff for the valver. Plus G60 is almost at meltdown point. Didn't even get to the end of my road and the temp light started flashing at me. Great. I'd quite like the novelty of something reliable for a while. :?

I'm with Walesy on this one. I personally don't feel the need to be part of a "scene" or "culture". I just like cars and like to talk about cars with like minded people. On the other hand I don't have a problem with all this PVW stuff. It's not doing me any harm. I mean, I guess I would have a problem with someone saying they were detailing a car when all they were doing to it was cleaning it. I think there is a big difference there.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I love babel fish! That's awesome mate. It does seem like some blast from the past. That picture is like looking at a living fossil or something. Oh, and when purchasing a used car "car are optically, technical and from the smell inside as during new distribution" is always something you wanna look for! :lol: I'm still intrigued by the stereo. Don't think I've even seen what the original ones looked like.

:shock: Now that's clean! Unfortunately my ignorance extends to only being able to speak one language, does it say how come the mileage is so low? And is that the original radio/cassette player? Madness. I'm not a big fan of the colour if I'm honest but you'd be hard pressed to find one in better nick than that. It's not even gone far enough to want a charger rebuild!

I couldn't resist it! I knew there'd be something like this on there! :D

Apologies if this is a pea roast but this is just superb! :D Found whilst looking at ways to sort the valver.

It doesn't want to know. I don't think I have damaged anything as it is turning over but I think the timing is ever so slightly out. I'm just considering my next move. Not sure if I need to take the cylinder head off again to adjust the timing cos I don't want to risk valve contact. Does anyone have any tips for doing it without having to start all over again? That bloke is due to come and pick those manky old wheels up any minute now.

Isn't life really strange sometimes. The car didn't start by the way. Think the valve timing is off somehow. I thought I'd been pretty meticulous with it but obviously not meticulous enough. Was sitting in the car with my head in my hands pretty much thinking "dear god have I just done the valves in" when this guy pulls up outside my house in an immac mk2 GTI. And I mean immaculate! Said he'd seen the car in our advert for the house (which is on the market) along with my G60 and thought that two corrados outside one house probably meant one was for sale. Wants to know what sort of state it's in. Told him I'd probably just written the engine off, I'm still reeling from making such an idiotic mistake but he still seemed interested in the car. I went through all the other stuff that needed seeing to and I just thought to myself, even if I get it running I've then got the hassle of sorting all this cr@p out, it needs an MOT for fook sake. And he still wanted to know what I wanted for the car. Said I'd only picked it up for 360 notes and that I had really spent more time on it than money so it doesn't really owe me very much. Said he could offer me a couple of hundred for it. Turned him down. Then he said about the intergrals I had stacked up, I showed him the cracked one and said he could take em they're fooked. So he's coming back at about six to pick those up with his van and said we'd discuss the car as well. Now, I may potentially fook up cam belts but I'm no idiot. Blatantly this guy is in the trade. He was getting phone call after phone call while he was with me. Someone obviously asking him what state the car is in. The thing is, this would be a very easy way for me to off load this car. I do need it gone because the house is for sale. I also know that he is gonna offer me peanuts for the car and if I accept he's gonna turn up with a mate who is going to wave a spanner at it and get it started. I'm gonna get more for this car as parts. But, I'm gonna get more hassle that way as well and be left with a shell I need to get rid of. He was trying so hard to persuade me not to break the car, bless him. My question is what the fook am I going to do?

Cool, it's nice to know I have the collective forum consciousness on my side! :D Just looking though, 907 views. It's gonna be quite embarrassing if I blow it up.... :oops:. I don't want to be too melodramatic about it but I hope by the end of today I'm not posting in the parts for sale section. :lol:

That is superb! :thumbleft: Not that it hasn't been said already. Just thought I'd show some support.

Well, it's crunch time tomorrow. Just need to return the tension to the timing belt and replace the air intake duct and associated pipes and it's time to turn the key.... Sad thing is I'm so nervous about it! :shaking: What if it doesn't work? I don't want to have done all this work just to have to go straight back to the drawing board. :scratch:

by the time i 'grow up', i'll be too damned old to drive! :lol: Best make sure it never happens then! :lol:

:shock: Well expensive but what a cool car to have! 8) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6950915.stm

I think we all knew the tone in which you intended it. Don't worry dude! See you up there! :D Yes mate! See you there. Can't wait now. What an awesome start to my week off!

Well, she has only been in the force since last November so she still takes that sort of thing very seriously.... I'll wear her down. :lol:

I wish mate! She won't even wear the uniform for me. :? :lol:

It also has time travelling/robbing properties so you may arrive home before you've left! ;) So, if I get home before I leave, then technically I can't be busted for it because the offence hasn't actually taken place yet? :? Man, this stuff is genius! :lol: I've just realised how bad that sounds.... Please note that in no way do I condone the act of driving whilst under the influence. My girlfriend is in the police and deals with drink drivers all the time and they are all losers.

This man is clearly a genius.

Sorry, but I prefer g60Greeny's explanation.... :lol:

Agreed, just have to make sure he doesn't come back and try to "sell" us anything. After all he says on MONZADAVE'S thread that he is thinking of selling.

Have I gone to sleep and woken up on a certain vauxhall forum? :?

That is good news mate! :D I bet you can't wait now!

Ah mate, that's awful. I'm glad to hear you're alright though. I know what it feels like to write off a car that you love. Did the very same thing last April to my golf. If you've got any questions or get any grief regarding the insurance give me a shout. I work for an insurance company and if I can help in any way I'll do my best.

That's what I'm afraid of. Plus never posted on there before so would be my first post. Judging by some of the responses already on there I'd just get torn to shreds.