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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Posts: 95
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:56 am |
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ha ha ha...
my mate reckons he is a hero cos he has a sxao vts...raggs it around thinking its a ferrari...well funny....n e way about 3 months ago he lowered it and it starting vibrating...weren't nuffin to do with the suspension
any way he continued to rag it cold, hot, wat ever, he'd rag it
so... hte vibrating got worse and worse etc so he decided to take it to a dealer..
they rang him today...lol...this is the e-mail he sent me
alright boyce
got the phone call about the car, they are sending it to some specialist
for the head work but this is whats wrong
front left wheel bearing has totally shattered
2 of the engine mounts have gone and them two things was what caused the
vibration
all 4 break pads have gone and new disks
i need a new radiator that why it wasnt cooling down
and with the engine the head gasket has blown and i had washed the bores
where i drove it wit a blown headgasket
he said they will have to re-skim the engine, but the pistons and that are
ok and they think the valves are fine but they aint looked at them yet
so a lot of work and money
ha ha ha ha ha |
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Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
Posts: 5685
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:04 am |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Posts: 95
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:09 am |
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he really looks after his cars lol...aint been serviced for about a year |
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Chet T16
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:15 am |
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I'd well believe it, can't understand how people don't look after cars |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:17 am |
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especially a kinda sports car...he used to have a 1.2 nova...u could get in it rag it do what ever and nuffin serious would happen...do that in a sporty engine and well he's found out the hard way what happens |
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Soneji
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 1356
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:29 am |
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Thats what he gets for owning a Saxo |
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Chet T16
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:42 am |
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I nearly bought a VTS lol |
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Soneji
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:47 am |
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Chet T16
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:50 am |
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Good little cars, fun like and quickish |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:16 am |
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and really relaible by the sounds of things lol |
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Chet T16
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:26 am |
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well its french so certain precautions are necessary |
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chamadyelook
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Joined: 04 Mar 2004
Posts: 196
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:53 pm |
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serves im right |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Posts: 95
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Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:49 am |
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lol yep, hope he learns his lesson!! |
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Mark
Level 6 User
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 172
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Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:30 am |
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Aye I almost got a Saxo aswell, found one at the auctions for 1500 (Not bad like 2 and half year ago) On a X reg or something, god knows what litre it was possibly something like 1.0 or so, still it had a fucked engine so that didn't matter. |
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Tranton
Site Subscriber
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 342
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:19 pm |
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I've driven a few saxos now, always find that my one foot covers all three pedals, think their made for midgets. |
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Soneji
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:12 am |
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lol at tranton. Clio is the same |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Posts: 95
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:37 am |
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lol just a quick update....£1800 it was to fix |
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Ian
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Joined: 24 Mar 2004
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:23 am |
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£1800 to fix, god he could have got a decent 16v for that sort of money and had some change to play with |
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nuttynutter123
Level 4 User
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:13 pm |
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