Veearrhsix

I pop in now and again, as my brother's got a dark blue 16v (problems with roof condensation building at the mo above roof liner). Love the grey btw. My fave colour - just had to comment.

Received it yesterday - bent it some more and popped it into the centre cap and all is well. Now all 4's match. No more nightmares now... well not until someone tries to 'av a go at thieving them in a car park etc. :-/

Found Mazda one that might be the correct size... 55-60mm expanded, so should fit fingers crossed! :-P

Cheers Sean, that's straightened that out :-) Guess I'm after a retainer ring-thing then... Hoping someone on here might have a spare...

Hi there, back again, sold my VR a long time ago (still regret doing so - holding back the tears). My brother's got a 2 litre 16v one though and I've recently reconditioned some BBS wheels for it. All but one centre cap have their centre/tension rings, so I'm on the look out for a replacement ring. The ring is to fit a diameter of about 55mm. I'm sure they're 15" BBS RZ type wheels. Been looking on ebay but can't find anything close to what I'd like. Here's some pics... Thanks for looking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU I drove home this morning, thinking about this tune, and that episode of Top Gear - Goodbye V12's, goodbye V10's, V8... you get the idea... Signed the petition a long time ago - time to write to the MP's now...

Still getting used to this new layout/look and feel etc. Think I'm getting old coz I get used to things too much now.

Still mind blog-gling - dyslexic nightmare! Will keep watching this...

Anyone's Ford Focus RS Mk1 would be nice. Just to see how it compares to the standard Mk1.

Take the colour of your car and make the badges a few shades darker - that's as far as I would go if pushed personally...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Petrol ... 4.html?x=0 :mad: Still keeping your VR then? ...Just a thought. :roll:

When it was kicking up the dust, I felt like saying get back on the tarmac - coz it didn't look right (being a Porsche an' all), then I forgot it's rallying :cuckoo:

Happy Birthday to you etc Cheers you tinker you :tongue:

1). Since I was 2 years old, I've had 42 messy stitches going across my back, 2). When my forename and surname are said together very quickly, it sounds like a sneeze, 3). It's my birthday today.

Let me just get this right - are winter tyres winter tyres coz they're softer in lower temps? Is that the crucial factor between these and summer ones :scratch:

Beige has never been so sexy :pukeright: Great line up of colours there for a promo vid...

:| Most of the time we learn from our mistakes. Some will stick when learned the hard way. Hopefully she will understand what she had done there. But more often than not... Anyhow, just take one stop at a time and no panicking because like here, it was this that clouded her correct logic I hope. :eek: :nono: Know Your Car.

My 'whatever tyres' comment was aimed at my work colleagues who were dissin' me before I drove off effortlessly while they were near-stranded in their own pits of wheel spin.

Well the laced snow has become more than a confident blanket now, and so have my driving conditions I'm happy to say. Found a threshold my new tyres will handle as pottered about on some fresh stuff in my works car park in the early hours after a shift, and grips very well, while my colleagues struggled on there 'whatever tyres'. Doesn't feel good when overtaking someone (within the law btw), as you feel they think you're a loon... but would rather be on my way than to be stuck behind a car that's on their limit of control and driving confidence...

Good to hear :-) I got a set of Nokian WR G2's delivered today, I am hoping to get them fitted to the Leon on Friday. From what I have read they are not a top tyre for all out snow but good for slush, cold damp roads and even handle well on dry roads at warmer temperatures. Sounds like they will handle the snow we get here with ease too. They're probably a bit of jack-of-all-trades but seem to be a good compromise for our Winter weather. You'll be chuffed to bits - seriously! Still wear'n mine in obviously - but they've been like glue in these cold damp conditions so far 8)

Right - the TS800 'Conties' were out of stock after I ordered them, so waited and waited and then bought some Nokian WR G2 instead. And wow put them on today, and feel like a different (tighter) chassis! I was wearing Avon Z3 boots before which in all honesty are sh*t in any weather. Now just waiting for the ice and snow now :cheers:

8) I am not jellylous - honest! So inspiring as always :clap:

Not sure where to put this post but could be related - Focus (daily)... Put antifreeze in the wrong tank so had to have it pumped out - Put it in the powersteering tank instead (t*thead) Looked like the radiator one from my previous cars, and never thought to follow the pipes to the front ( I was freezing & not thinking straight). The lids were covered in carbon dirt so it never shouted out at me I was doing anything wrong. If I hadn't broken the lid off the powersteering one, and inspected the damage I'd never thought any different - only twigged when rubbing the lid clear.

I've ordered a set of TS800's yesterday, and now just reading this thread. Kev, Kip - My confidence of winter driving will be restored now I think.

Gonna get me some of this stuff later... Not wrecking the car in -20 degree temps when it arrives. With all the sh*t I've bought for the daily so far, it's going to be immune to such conditons I hope. Preparation pays.