marzman

Hi Nix, Our company will be doing the ticketing system for goodwood from early next year onwards. As a result i got free passes for the full weekend this year. I went down Thursday night with my brother with the intention of spending Fri/Sat/Sun there, but by 4pm Saturday we'd seen and done everything so decided to leave early. It was a fantastic weekend, and if i were to do it again i would make sure i go on the Friday as it's simply too busy after that. Okay the celebs might not be there, but i'd prefer better access to the cars/stands/track than being 15 deep in people trying to see something (which it was by Saturday lunchtime).

That looks like a million dollars. Out of interest, why was the bonnet left on the car and the whole car masked up? Wouldnt it have been quicker to take it off?

My surname is Marshall, but ever since 90's tv show Eerie Indiana in which the main character's name was Marshall, but everyone called him Marz, that has been my nickname too. Marzman is just an extension of that, and i am King_marz on Xbox Live.

Well i had another full weekend working on the car. Progress is slow though. I popped over to Mercedes and ordered the NSR repair panel which i will pickup next week (£100.03 for the panel), and an oil filter (£7). Once home i continued with the tear down. The rear bumper, side strips and the offside wheel arches are now off the car (thanks Leon for the lift with a few stuck screws ). In removing the arches i found a pretty tasty rust patch, so i attacked it with a poly disk and put some Kurust and rust proof primer on it until i can wok on it. I will be fiber glassing it when i get a chance. I also spent a couple of hours on the airbox with a poly disk, removing the rusty old paint, priming, and spraying in satin black. Next weekend will be an oil and coolant change, and continuing with the tear down. Me in my painting mask (looking like sub-zero!) And trying out my new £10 aldi car cover. Yep, it doesnt fit.

That seems overly expensive. When I had the zed I saw MY04ZED for about £400 which I figured is about right. However I've just bought an old M reg to put on the M6 for £250 Guy i bought my zed from had bought UK52 ZED in 2010, costing him £800.

Good race that. I'm dreading this double points rubbish though, i just know it's going to do Lewis out of the championship somehow.

Minor update. Had the first of my 4 spacers milled and test fitted yesterday, and it firs perfectly. Got the first wheel on (in the dark), and took a picture this morning. I'm pretty pleased with the results. The arch gap will drop when the other wheels are fitted... the whole car is leaning to this corner at the moment! However i think some bigger profile tyres will be on the cards too when im finished. Also this week, cleaned the engine. First wrapping up all the electricals, hit it with a can of degreaser and then steam cleaned. To be honest the steam cleaner didnt do much so i pressure washed it instead which did the job. I've also continues buying various tools and consumables.

Who was the guy on here years ago, i think maybe the first to reach 100k? He did a full write up of what it had cost him to own it to that point, and detailed everything that had been changed. I think he was a doctor if i remember rightly. Could be his.

Having just googled, people are leaning towards replacement of the valve as opposed to cleaning. http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16791/P0407/001031

Clean the EGR valve and then clear the code, see if that sorts it.

+1 on that. Get yourself registered on quidco and search for the top referring sellers. An amazing site, i've earned over £200 in cashback this year as literally everything i buy is bought after clicking through from their site first.

For us, we split the fixed household bills down the middle, and both only pay enough into the joint account to cover them. We then have our own accounts for our own money. I'm earn about 2.5x more than her. I pickup the tab on all activities, should that be going on holiday, going for a meal or to the cinema etc, and it's my job to save up too. I also buy all the food. Essentially if it's something for 'us', I pay for it. If it's something for her, she pays for it. We're very happy.

Worth a look on the Dell Outlet (return to base, repackaged and resold for cheaper). http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?brandId=7&c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh Personally I only ever buy Dell laptops, i find them to be well made/long lasting. Friends and family have tried other models such as Fujitsu, Samsung etc and all have developed faults.

For me it's the people who sit in a traffic queue with their foot on the brake, blinding the car behind. My policy this year if people do that to me is to put my full beams on to annoy them back.

Happy birthday Wilf.

Is DJRM still a member on here? Not seen him in a while but he used to do canvas prints. He did one of my first zed on track which was excellent quality and value.

The lines themselves are easy to make and fit. It's often the extra effort of having to drop the fuel tank or diff if your lines go underneath these items. I had 1 front to back line done on an E46 beemer the other year which cost me £280, and then last year on the Range Rover Sport i had the same job at the same garage and it only cost me £80. Your main costs are coming from a garage charging £65+vat an hour though. Sod that for a game of soldiers.

+1

A few bits and bobs arrived today. When unwrapped looks like. 4x spacers, which i will be having the inner faced milled to the correct bore size, body filler and spatulas, and a feeler guage. Also bought this week - a Poly grinding disk for rust/paint removal, a new random orbital sander, and a cheapo outdoor car cover from Aldi, to cover the car whilst working on any part-finished jobs.

Ebola-aids people keep telling me.

Oh yeh, also, went to the docs today and they still dont think it's a hernia. They think just torn muscle. They couldnt explain the lump on my leg though

So i didnt win the auction for this one. I bid £5k, but it went for just under £7k. I was hoping it would make over 8 as a good indicator for mine, but sadly not.

Looks like the guy has deleted the topic seeing as you've called him out on it.

Everyone that sees mine tells my how ugly and stupid it is, but that it is seriously cool. That article pretty much sums it up, that it doesnt make sense, but you still want one.