Andi

That'll be £5250.50p then :)

"That's gonna cost at least $400...." MX5's (or Miata if you like an ape running your country) are a bitch to powerslide though. They either understeer like that, or oversteer waaay too much leaving you pointing the wrong way! :) (Talks from experience)

There's a whole thread on Supercharging VR6s..... please add to this rather than starting a new one. Use the Search!!

I'm not quite 250k miles, dinkus, but thanks anyway! You know what, the VR engine is a tank. Mileage is irrelevant if its been looked after. I'm more wary of 40k 10-year old cars, 'cos their servicing is more likely to be irregular. Suspension will still need doing on aged car, etc. I'm on original chains, with no real sign of wear. Car gets oil+filter changes every 4-5k miles and I fix what breaks :) Highest mileage VR engine I've seen was 320k in a highline Golf, iirc... What I'm trying to say is, the checks shouldn't really change. There isn't anything really that miles brings to a car faster than it aging normally anyway. Yes, obviously check the engine - but you'd do that regardless of mileage, as its the TLC and servicing its received that depends on the QUALITY of car you'll be buying. You can't get a car to 225k miles in 8 years without looking after it. You could, however, get it to just 40k miles without a care in the world...

Female, you hope? :lol:

Click me! 19,000 topics, and this has been discussed many times before!

Of course, I bet he loves people going up to him and saying "Oi Clarkson, you should do more about my car, yeah!" ;)

Ooh, and had dinner with Tim Healy ('cos he's in Billy Elliott which my g/f works on) on Friday night. He's as deaf as a doorpost. And likes G&T. A lot.

I saw them at the Top Gear show in Earls Court..... can't think why... ;) (Which I may be involved in behind-the-scenes next year!! HOW COOL!)

That's not what he said at all - I suggest you re-read his reply!

Eeek, hope its not Sajeev's Black G60 from Croydon VW... It's only freshly out the bodyshop!

If only they were that bright in sunlight!

I have them on mine. Coupled with an uprated loom and 100watt bulbs the light is brighter and a more-modern looking spread than my previous lights+100watt+loom combo. They are projector lights with a highly concentrated lens, so should be better!

I was told the 911's active rear was to increase airflow into the engine compartment more than increase rear grip... In which case, it's not a spoiler as it isn't for aerodynamics. Though I suspect it does both!

Bentley Continental has an active rear spoiler too, doesn't it? And my old MX5 had an active spoiler if you pressed the boot release at 60mph ;)

Look similar to TSW Lightenings...

I have to take a rather rough ride to work (though they have now fixed most of the crappy bits) and it really took its toll on the alignment on the C. It's always been tough to line up and I got the tracking done every 3-6 months, but this time was a proper alignment. I left them the car all day - they laughed and said it wouldn't take that long. Wrong. Took them a few hours... lol They had to pretty much dismantle all the geometry stuff and reattach it to get it back within tolerancies, etc... the poor sods didn't see me coming! Before: Toe: -2.1mm (L) , -6.8mm ® Total Toe: -8.9mm Camber: -2.2deg (L) ; -2.6deg ® After: Toe: 0.0mm (L+R) Camber: -1.8deg (L) ; -1.4deg ® They can't adjust the rears, but the toe isn't too bad at the back. They did recommend some spacers to sort this though - anyone any ideas on that? I assume they mean the camber... It's currently at: Toe: 0.8mm (L) , 0.3mm ® Camber: -1.7deg (L) , -2.2deg ®. Standard ride height and 17s, before anyone asks.

I'm with RAC too, and I abuse them cronic! I always insist on a flatbed truck and not having the car towed. I've even got them to pick up my car from my house, load it onto a transport truck, and deliver it to G-Werks over 60 miles away! (Without me going with it, either!) I've got it registered as a 'specialist' car, so you get the nicer treatment! (Plus I get it for free, but that's irrelevant ;))

corradowales, I had a nice fold in my bumper from a multi-storey car-park incident which a local come-to-you patch-your-car-up firm pulled out - kinda like pulling dents in metal... but for the bumper! Was impressed and you cannot tell.. Not that you care though, 'cos you've got a spare one. Tart.

Probably due to some 'fixes' I've been running on the forum from the author. Needless to say, they've been removed, as they made it worse! Oh well :(

The VR lump was originally designed to be a sporty diesel - anyone fancy finishing VW's job off and actually making it one? :)

kebabman, still not fair for 56k'ers - which some of the regulars are. Also its not good to remote-link pictures unless the server is designed for it or its your own webspace. Admins can get a bit narked about it. This forum is heavily modified from phpBB, but it is a standard release from Orion - so I can apply the patches in seconds rather than HOURS. It never is as simple as the changelogs suggest. I know this first hand. Hence why going down this route. I also get better support sticking with a standard - albeit not phpBB's - form of the site. We have no problems with bandwidth and server speed now, so there should be no reason not to use the attachment option! :offtopic1: My apologies.

Gay noises.. lol Dunno if I'd fancy "ooh hello big boy" everytime I disarmed my alarm..

jonocos, you are able to attach files to post for a reason... makes it fairer for people on dial-up and also doesn't mess up the page so you have to scroll left-right to read it too. Phat though :)

They should try filling up their 200 gallon 4mpg truck in the UK then.... :lol: