SteveW

At the end of the day it all depends what roads you are driving on, how much congestion you hit, how you drive etc. When I had a 15 mile commute to work all A roads I used to get 26 mpg now I do 3 miles on uncongested B roads and get 21.5. If I nailed it everywhere I'd get 8mpg like I did at oulton park

In this case google is your friend http://www.hydro-graphics.co.uk/

Like the GT4 above with 112k miles

You can get some gash eBay crap ones for £200. Agree decent ones like DBA are 350. Oo PF very bling!!! :jealous:

Yes the day to day parts running costs will be massive in comparison to the Corsa. For example a pair of brake discs are at least £200 for a Corsa your talking 25% of that. Fuel is just the tip of a very large iceberg. A clutch change will cost you £1000 Tyres £500-£1000 Exhaust £600-£2000

Good luck!! It's always a worry even when you don't think anything is wrong.

Ha ha the old man is my dad. I can't drive yet die to my elbow. Soon though! It passed! Just what we like, I failed last year on rear ARBs but I had just been greasing them for 3 years so was expected lol.

It's MOT day!!!! Just waiting at the place now with the old man ....

I haven't reset the gauge on mine in ages and its at 21.5 mpg

Ha ha, I've already been doing that......

Looks awesome!! I just ordered some hexis vinyl to do the exact same thing. Heat guns at the ready

Balls! So anoise when the clutch isn't pressed is either the gearbox input shaft bearing or the clutch release bearing? As both bearings should be rotating when the clutch is on contact with the flywheel. I thought the release bearing only rotated when the clutch pedal was pressed? A noise when the clutch is pressed would be the pilot bearing? Or am I just talking rubbish?

If it makes no noise when the clutch is in and noisy when out its likely to be the gearbox input shaft bearing. The clutch release bearing would make noise when clutch pressed and no noise when released.

I personally prefer the looks of the 350. But each to their own.

Well on the GTs for the rays

Lights, bumper, interior and I think the rays became standard.

Yeah that's a good point, hadn't really thought of it like that.

They do indeed, any unsportsmanlike conduct is a disqualification. But due to all the fans who were there they should have allowed the match to continue and addressed after like in F1. They could still have DQ'd him and avoided all the fans being pisses off . Agree though totally uncalled for.

Hi wink did you get the resonated or non resonated variant? I'm thinking of getting a new exhaust due to the k1 doing my nut in.... Too loud even bunged!

It's a shame he wasn't allowed to play on purely for the fans who had paid good money to be there. They should have finished the game and then followed up afterwards.

nothing to see here

Yes I've seen that picture before, one bonus is its light weight ha ha I think the K1 already falls into the big bag of metal filings category!

Well, it depends, the biggest reason to take the car to a bodyshop is that the paint gets baked so is harder than you can achieve at home. You simply can't do this at home unless you have a garage sized oven. I did some painting of interior bits last year and as long as you take your time and rub down with 2000 grit wet and dry between coats, and ensure each coat is clean (harder than you think due to static) then its easy. However, for colour match and paint longevity I'd go to a bodyshop.

That is true Dave. Whilst my K1 fits really well in terms of alignment (novelty for Japspeed) you can just tell its not a great quality exhaust. When they try modding it the walls would probably just melt. They seem to be very thin.... I like exhausts where you can see the cans like the buddy club and K1 so aside from these two mega loud systems there isn't much choice because I'm not willing to spend over 1K. Custom is likely to be the best bet for me and I can then go true dual

Depends where you are mate in the country. I can recommend Exhausts UK in Sheffield for custom job (Used to be called Ascar) I'm pretty sure they are the chaps who make the Cobra systems. I'm considering going down there because I have a K1 which I love the look of but is too loud so may pop down to see if they can do anything to make it quieter.......However whilst I'm there I may just get a new system made up . . . .