davej

I spent a very happy 2 years as the custodian of a 2.5v6 166, and put 100k on it, only things that went wrong, were a dicky switch on the cruise pedal and getting parts as the 166 seemed to be more hand built than a TVR!! But i looked on it as something that had the potential of going wrong and it helped an awful lot it went into the custodianship of a specialist who knew what it was and what it needed. But yes big lumps of italian torques through the front wheels would have the t/c (decorative) flashing like billyo! I worked out that the italians are very good at leather seats, engines, and generally pretty things but possibly not so good at that elastictrickery stuff! One of the abiding memories that i'll always have is our lass took it for its mot and the pipes betwen the banks of the V6 are chromed and she had a crowd of mechanics crowded round having never seen one and one even reached into polish them! Dave

Count me in!, seen as its about 1/2 hour from me! no excuse really and it'll be more apealling than being at work! Dave

ok here's my go Could just do with lightening up a bit Dave

well the bearing landed back sat am, and this morning got the old one removed and the new one pressed on to the hub the bearing is the shiny bit, now sat on the corner of my desk, waiting to go back on And after ringing round my local stealer parts bod said i needed to buy the whole hub for £350!!!!!!, marshalls said nope bearing is a single piece, £60 + vat Dave

Well big phil was my first call last night and he suggested ringing round the dealer network, especially marshalls, and lo and behold they've got one on the shelf!!! and one of the occasional perks of working for a haulage firm, guess who's got a truck unloading just outside cambridge, and will be reloading to come back to the yard tonight! As for warning signs, absolutely none, no grumbling vibrations etc.. that was the really worrying thing as the night before i'd hooned it to york for the wifes netball match and back up, its being serviced by a local independant guy i know, who's completely stumped by the concept of the self learning ecu thingy and the need for a HKS Speed defencer to take the limiter off! Dave

So the little orange was being serviced today whe i got the call everyone dreads, "You might want to come and look at this" turns out the rear passenger side rear wheel bearing has collapsed nad i've gotta hunt down a new one! and i was hoping to use it on saturday!! If anyone knows where to find one please shout! Dave (Consigned to an astra van!!)

Unfortunately no cake, it's the bloody rehersal!!, apparently me saying i'll wing it on the day just won't do! Dave

i'm originally from leeds (farnley), gonna be knocking around this weekend, got to sort out stuff for my brothers wedding, thats the reason i aint gonna make wales!! Nixy, if your inlaws are from seacroft, there's more chance of them being outlaws!!! (Ducks for cover) Dave

Soooo wish i could be there, spent yesterday hoooning around, that area, simply amazing roads!! And the Z managed to make a kid fall off his bike in porthmadoc while waiting at a garage! Dave

Whilst having a bit of a hoon around wales (SOOOOO wish i could be there next week) Kuro GT4 DC05 *** parked up, any one on here? Dave

why didnt i think of that, thats the kind of technical expertise i was missing

Thanks for that tip beavis, normally its weekday routine is travelling 8miles either way with the wife to the gym, so i've decided to run it on regular unleaded, so after i get my lazy ass to wash it off, i'll see if it makes any difference. @rickya, yep it's a monster and it was on when we bought it, toyed with decatting it but i think i'm gonna look at hiflow cats Dave

cleaning em, aint a problem, i'm more worried about an underlying cause

I've noticed the tail pipes on the Z are suffering from rather heavy sooty deposits, also there tends to be similar deposits on the back end. So i'm wondering whats up, is it running badly, doesn't feel like it So any suggestions and solutions Dave

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/255130.htm Does he know something special..... Dave

If i'd found a white one at the time i was looking, i wouldn't be driving the gingermobile(as work has christened it) I think they look soooo cool in white Dave

Stunning Car!! had a couple of goes in these, once at GM's Tourist event in vegas, Dave; Just let me get this straight I can go as fast as i feel comfortable? GM Bloke; Yup, yer english you wont scare me, by the way only one foot on the pedals (Auto) Dave: OK, there's one for each foot!! After the first corner, white knuckles were seen, then janice had a go! The only reason i never got on is that Janice isn't too happy with the driving position, Dave

Well, my plans are currently in "negotiation" so i might be pedalling the orange one across! Dave

nixy you'll have a great time, we had a great time in the lakes, and i didnt even get the privilige of driving, as janice would'nt let me! We'd be there, but i've got a previously arranged drunken weekend in leeds Dave

A Guy i work with is ex-raf, and worked out there, apparently the sulatn has an antonov an-124 BIG russian transport aircraft fitted out as a three deck flying car transporter! Dave

Mine are resized from f@*]ing huge to 640 x 480 using a nifty little bit of freeware http://www.irfanview.com and hosted with a free account at photobucket http://www.photobucket.com it gives the codes to cut and paste straight into the forum Dave [/url]

OK, My efforts And one of those good feelings, Sorry for not getting you in the mirror shot chesterfield!! Dave

oi, leave my red trainers alone, admittedly green wellies would have been more useful by the end jacko would've seen everything if he wasnt reaching for a cloth at the time! Dave

sad sad news, We met him this year at the goodwood festival of speed, got his signature was an all round genuinely good guy. And got rocks thrown at me when i was taking pictures on the forest stage, he was as committed as you could be either in a scoob or his R4 Prototype RIP Colin

Got to say thanks to everyone there today, for making me and janice's 1st meet a good experience. The feeling when when all you see in front and behind is zed's is a great one. By the way what did mine sound like from behind? Just a shame the great british summer weather and other monkeys on the roads conspired against us, next time guys! And yes its was sunny and dry when i got home Dave