niallyp

bugger, just seen this, not been on in a wee while, been busy at work. I could have made this!!! good effort on getting a lincs meet off the ground, plenty people been trying in the last year to no avail... date for next one? niall

not the only one who thought that!!!!! sorry, a bit off topic but 2 months to sort a retention certificate least dealerships have some shove behind them

babs - agreed, the standard s does not feel that quick, much less torque than a vRS. The Works kit changes that slightly and gives it a nice sountrack to listen to. wardy - that plate aint on the car anymore so i'll leave the pic up. cheers anyway!!! Niall

bugger me sideways, just seen this thread! someone down london town will get a bargain cos i traded in the skoda with a cupra splitter and a pd160 pipe on! d'oh!!!! so if you buy a black vrs with a jockanese plate on it in north london then your quids in

having driven the fabia back to back against the mini on the same roads i.e. going to pick up the new brief and coming home, the torque hit isnt there like on the fabia but throw this into a corner and it grips like **** on covers. The fabia wallowed and scrabbled at lower speeds but this is SO much more balanced. wheels at the corners of the car. acceleration wise a standard cooper s is allegedly around the 7 - 7.5ish mark to 60, so prob about the same as a remapped furby but feels pretty gutless compared to the fabia. The works cooper s is 6.6s to 60 and an extra 40bhp so went for that in twisties it will take a lot to match it. most played with cooper s machines have the tuning badge on the boot (John Cooper Works, Hartge, GTT) and have non standard exhausts so if it aint got puny silver coke cans then expect more than 200bhp which makes things interesting

spotlights like everything with bmw/mini =

fabmark - thats the usual response or "when did you start with foxtons" haha, yeah thats the blower sat on top of the engine. does get pretty hot, but the scoop is there to do the job. the new cooper s is turbo'd but they have kept the scoop. chris - people criticise the ride on the runflats but tbh i dont mind it, you point it, it goes. it doesn't have the jcw suspension package, just standard cooper s suspension. quite a fan of your new brief - test drove a diesel one before i got this - its got a fairly stiff setup!

hmmm. skoda dealer of the year 2006. can see why. another small snag with the furby - coil light flashing and no cruise. **** i thought, engine going to self destruct. quick call to horton's and they diagnosed the brake switch problem straight away. I got to Hortons about an hour later where the switch was changed and the car cleaned. No longer have the skoda but with there were more dealers like these guys

Got the new car a few weeks ago, today I washed with ag body shampoo, dried with ag aquadry, clayed with megs clay bar and quick detailer, polished with ag super resin and finally waxed with megs NXT Tech wax. Bumper plastic done with ag bumper care. Nothing wrong with the Fabia, just I wanted something different and quicker. Not as many about as the usual Focus ST/Type R hot hatches. Bad points - It's 18 months older than the furby, the cruise control is not as spot on as the fabia was and the stereo doesnt sound as good straight out the packet. But who cares about the stereo - the exhaust pops and bangs like crazy on the overrun after the charger whines like a banshee. Windows down in every tunnel!!! MPG now steady at 33ish over the last 1500 miles so not that bad really. 0-60 is quick, book is 6.7 secs, but not any real timings yet. Next month getting the further Works upgrade kit which changes the air filter, spark plugs and gives a further ecu tweak. Other options fitted to it are the chilli pack (wheels, xenons, a/c and sports seats) full black leather, park distance control, stability control, corner braking control, multi function steering wheel, cruise control and ipod connector in glovebox. Free servicing until end of 2008. It may be camp but im still loving it!!! All comments welcome Niall

evening all, my road angel classic having done nearly 2.5 years sterling work has now decided to stop picking up satellites. all I get is the --- screen. on the sat screen it requires 5 bur receives 0. (5-0). I unplugeed it the whole of last week cos I was only bimbling about base (first time unplugged in a long time) and plugged in on saturday with no signal after 2.5 hours driving. Each night after work i have unplugged it and replugged it and left it overnight to get a fix but no joy. I have no instructions with me, is there an easy fix or is it a shiny new RA compact next week for niallyp? the blackspot website suggests a new antenna. its worked for the last 15 months on the furby, ill be damned if the windscreen is now blocking the signal and i need a new antenna! any help on this gratefully appreciated niall

maybe its just my car but the batt cover is a hindrance to the pd160 pipe sitting nicely. it is pushed slightly left?!!

i can't grumble with them at all. Had them do my 20k on Good Friday and the car was ready 2 hours later as agreed and I even got a lift back to the house to save me £££ on a taxi. Car was washed on pickup and was charged £40 less than i was "quoted" by Queensborough. Couldn't complain at all

it only comes on for about 10 seconds. sits next to the full beam indicator so your steering wheel may obscure it (does in mine)

dunno if your using the discs im thinking of, but they were a few k more than 10?! my standard brakes were a bit pish, they lacked power and the pedal seemed to move awfully quickly. now its all resolved - phone nick and spend £150. it will make you smile

low mileage :eek:

the lads on type-r scotland rate em pretty highly as a cheaper alternative too. Most of them i would imagine would be pretty tough on fronts...

£15 to get one tyre fitted?!!!!! WTF??????!!!!!!!!

as above, need some front trainers for my vrs. Sharpish. Either f1's or t1-r's (don't wanyt a debate, had em both) just a tyre fitter/place that you guys all use and love and are not going to cost me

arrived yesterday, spent all last night unwrapping and will hopefully spend tomorrow doing my whole car including aquapel.... cheers jason!!!

somebody stole your exhaust!!!! edit: i see it will be rectified soon

yeah and not to mention the local off beat copper you razzed past in his civvy car when you were rushing home from work :eek: "it wasn't me" "it had your name on the plate!"

looking good mate, where were the pics taken? good location

1) Johnjohnhealy - 8 = 8 2) mluton - 6 = 14 3) Mr Grumpy - 4 = 18 4) It Ain't No Taxi - 4 = 22. 5) Pythix - 4 = 26 6) PittvRS - 4 = 30 7)Fluffmeister - 4 = 34 8) h4rri - 4 = 38 9) Octoplus -4 = 42 10) Wonderbadger - 6 = 48 11) Dodgy - 2 = 50 12) StuartB - 4 = 54 13) Ant. - 4 = 58 14) Cheezemonkhai - 2 = 60 15) Buhir -2 = 62 16) JASON'S CLUB - 2 = 64 17) JASON'S CLUB - 2 = 66 18) niallyp - 4 =70

oh bloddy hell. we're getting into serious chat here. too serious for a car forum :eek: its all about helos anyway

does look a pretty sweet exhibition. Was at the museum at Hendon last week, they got a static Vulcan, its f00king HUGE!!!!!! if the vulcan is deffo flying then i might head to waddo this year. when is it due to leave brunters? edit: £16 a ticket? ouch