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  1. Guys - I've got LOADS of shots of the Fabia WRC car in action in Australia last night.................my mate Brendan lives right near to where the rally was taking place so has emailed me loads of pics and video clips....................

    What's the best way to post them?

    Whenever I attach an image to a post it appears as a downloadable link.............

  2. No squeaks from my vRS seats after 10,000 miles - however, IMHO they are really uncomfortable over distance.........no matter how hard I try to find the right driving position I always end up half crippled after more than 2 hours behind the wheel.................my bleedin' Kawasaki's more comfortable over distance..............! Mind you, I'm a lanky streak at 6'5"...........;)

  3. Forget my previous post - just spoke to a dealer who assures me there's no need to get it serviced until it says it needs one on the dash which he says is at 19-20K............is this right?

    The idea of thrashing the nuts off the thing for 20,000 miles on the same oil as when it was brand new sounds crazy to me...............

    What's the crack here then? Confused:confused:

    Samster

  4. Haven't been on here for sometime - spent a month and a half touring Europe on my SuperBlackbird which was a great laugh......epsecially the Pyrenees........talk about twisites!.........Jesus! anyways thought I'd give you an update on the motor.............and show you my new toy..............

    Covered 9600miles since May in the black Octavia vRS........well pleased with it, it's definately getting quicker and I can't wait to see how it goes after it's first service............girlfriend keeps pinching it though and leaving me to drive her new Toyota Celica...............which ain't a bad motor actually, built like **** though.............she mullered my front left alloy by running it into a kerb.............typical...........anyone know a good place down South that refurbs alloy wheels?

    Anyway - here's my new toy..............this baby runs sub 10 second standing quarters. 190bhp - 208kg...........nice. Will change the exhaust system and rip out the air filtration system and she should crack 200mph next month..............

    Catch y'all sometime soon.......................Samster

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  5. No I'm not into guns! - I meant that you don't buy and insure a quick vehicle of any type without letting it off the leash once in a while..........you've gotta know what she can do haven't you?

    FYI - part of your motorcycle examination includes 'filtering' between traffic.................filtering between lanes 2 and 3 is totally legal........the police teach it on every advanced training course I've attended...............and you can't get nicked for doing it.

    I fully appreciate the risks and take every action to mitigate against these. As a rule I don't filter more than 20 mph faster than the cars......especially when the cars are stationary and more likely to 'lane hop' to gain another car or two's distance on the others............

    The point here is that people ride bikes in order to progress through traffic..........why should I sit behind a queue of cages? Increasingly these days everybody in cars seems to insist on driving in lane 3, thinking they will get to their destination quicker, the reality is that in fact they would get there quicker were they to use the these days relatively empty lanes 1 and 2..........crazy innit!

    Have good weekend - I'm outta here.................Sam

    :cheers:

  6. Try to ''Drive'' my bikes according to the highway code??

    I tell you what I could try smoking a pipe whilst wearing a pair of tan-brown sandals....:eek:

    .....I mean.........what's the point in having a gun if you never fire it?...........

    ......of course ncarring, you've never driven that Porker of your's in anger have you now!...............lol

    :cheers:

  7. As they say guys - 'Loud Pipes save Lives'.............

    I do a hell of a lot of motorway work (no I'm not old bill!) and the SuperBlackie was bleedin' dangerous with it's standard cans as nobody could hear me filtering thru lanes 2 and 3......

    ....two twin-port blueflames have sorted this out though......they're not legal but there's no 'not for road use' stamps on them............'Kylie' is now totally raucous and sets off 3 car alarms in my street every morning as I leave at 6.15! I am sooooo popular with my neighbours - they especially appreciate my 2nd gear rolling burnouts on Sunday afternoons.................lol

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  8. I bought mine from Sparshatts in Fareham, Hampshire.....................did a deal on the demonstrator and they gave me a crackin' trade in on my 'x' plate 6-speed Gold TDi................

    Wanna see my other black beast?.............her name's Kylie! 164bhp at the back wheel - weighs 220kg - 0 to 100 in under 6.5 seconds - topped her out at a true 191mph last summer at Bruntingthorpe............leaving the UK on Wednesday to take her to LeMans then down thru France to southern Spain for 17 days............can't wait to melt those knee sliders thru the Pyrenees.................

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  9. Hi Rob - sorry to have posted something that was already in another section of the site..............I haven't had a look around here yet.............I'll go straight there in a mo and have a good read-up..............

    Anyway - I'll catch you around....................Sam

  10. Hi all - first post on this here forum - looks really good...........

    I bought a new vRS Octavia saloon last month in black after years of buying VW's and Audi's. Have put 6000 miles on her already and she's going from strength to strength. I am very very impressed. Would never buy another VW or Audi.

    Anybody fed up with the ****e sounding stereo? I have a quick fix - the reason it sounds so awful is due to the positioning of the rear tweeters, (right at the front of the rear doors) - if you're tall like me and have the seat all the way back then these are almost in line with your ears and sound really nasty. The solution is to get into the boot and gain access to the rear speakers...........one of the connections on each drives the corresponding channels rear tweeter in the door. Simply disconnect them, then re-set your bass and treble levels to '0' and hey presto...........sounds much better already..............

    And why can't you change gear with the drinks holder in use without your elbow knocking it all over your interior? Weird.

    Anyway - hope to hook up with some of you in the future maybe..................all the best.............Samster

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