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Does anyone on here have either a 1.6 turbo astra or the 2.0t insignia - petrol options. I was tempted by the insignia until i seen the fuel consumption and a few reports of it being worse than the older 2.8 turbo vectra vxr when drinking. the astra is looking like a contender for a next...

Well noticed something on another forum the other day and thought id give it a try. baby bath as a shampoo for your car surprisingly enough it worked very well, its gentle on babys skin so pretty much pH neutral and gave good lubrication, plus smelt nice :)

Does anyone else tried using this ? Picked up a Lance - wrong connection on it - for next to nothing on detailing world. Pulled the Karcher lance from parents old one and the joys of most pressure washers using a standard m22 thread meant that it fitted on. Gave it a quick blast with a mix...

Item For Sale: 4 pot porsche brembo brake upgrade will fit Mk4 golf Bora Seat leon mk1 A3 99-05 Skoda octavia Audi TT Price: £270 posted £250 collected, can deliver locally for fuel Location: Lockerbie Scotland Condition: all parts used Description & Pictures...

OK thought id better get this started seeing as the bora has now gone to car heaven only one pic of the car the now as not had the time or the weather to get the car properly cleaned up 1 2009 VRS TDI CR. decided to go with the newer CR engine rather than the older PD engines as...

Sorry guys im cheating here, as ive not been able to get on much over the last month im just doing one big welcome to all those who have joined. hope you enjoy your time here Pgarner

As above why? and im not on about heavy rain just drizzle. was coming home tonight on a good road there was light rain in places, where this was some were slowing right down to 30mph. does anyone on here slow that much for light rain ? i know ill back off in the rain but not to that extend...

Does anybody have any idea what illegal chipping is and how you can test for it ? page 8 http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/MoT%20-%20Issue%2048%20-%20Oct%202010.pdf its do do with the new MOT testing that is supposed to be coming into force next year. finally looking like...

seeing the frosty mornings are here who has or is looking at winter wheels to keep you nice ones from the rock salt or winter tyres for grip ? i was looking at refitting my original 16" but it looks as if im going to need to space then out to fit over the brakes. and was looking at fitting...

Ok something that has bothered me since i got the car is that it looks like someone had tried cleaning the headlights with a brick at some point in its past life So decided today enough was enough and i would have a go at cleaning them up if it went belly up then at least...

Thanks to my mother and wifes big mouths i got asked to go over my mums bosses car. No full pics of the car at the start but it didnt look to bad and had a decent shine to it. yeah me thinks :blink: Car was hosed down then 2 bucket cleaned Car felt pretty clean and smooth. as i had a...

Few Pics from the Moffat Classic car rally

Ok have a few swirl marks on both mine and the wifes car, hand polishing does seen to do much, although AG SRP seems to fill them in slightly picked up a DA pretty cheaply on the good old bay but rather than try it out on mine or the wifes car i used the sisters car as a test (basically itll be...

Ok asking all the really clean freaks on here whats in your bag / bucket for cleaning the car ? i have 2 buckets - everything pretty much stays in them AG shampoo AG resin polish Tcut colourfast - for some of the more deeper scratches Bug and Tar remover Megs Quick detailer Megs...

Oh course this is never a good thing now is it !!! the oldies on here will remember i painted my engine cover and a few other parts a while back ( near enough exactly 2 years going by the tread ) at 1st it looked good but them the lacquer didnt like the heat very much and turned it...

nice classic 3.8 '65 jag

following on from this where does all the road tax go ? google showed what car magazine showed there was 26,208,000 cars on the road in 2006 - its bount to have increased again i took an average price of £155 (mid range bracket for road tax) this means the govt takes £670 269 million of car...

Ok my amp went bang a few weeks ago so had no bass since them. mate happen to say he was selling alot of stuff that he had as hes now going to be a dad. quick offer on his amp ad its mine. plan is find another floor carpet and fill the spare wheel well with expanding foam. cut out the shape for...

a few members are bount to have used them. what is they're delivery times like for parts ? going to be ordering a couple of things off them in the next couple of days but want to try and get it so im off when they arrive

VAG reliability at its best. coming home this morning i noticed the water temp down around 75 degrees, i put this down to traveling slowly and into a strong wind and snow as soon as i put the foot down it cam back up. went out again this afternoon and after 10 miles it was still showing only...

the below link covers quite a few cars. PCD Offset and bores are shown http://www.bikerlifestyle.co.uk/tech/pcd/pcd.html

OK jumped in the car this morning to find there was a nice layer of ice on the windscreen got this from msn last year when winter was starting to set in so how many have the following in their car • Spare mobile phone battery and charger • Torch...

OK whats your views ? me personally i always put new tyres on the front if im getting 2. being based on the fact that the fronts having to deal with the power and the steering. now after doing some reading into it most say the new tyres should be fitted to the rear. main reason being that the...

Anybody used these before ? after a decent set of discs for up front and these came back decently priced (£140 ex delivary) for the pair not bad seeing as the OEM are £70 each from VW or £40 from eurocarparts.

Looking for some high temp gunmetal paint but its proving rather hard - 1 cheap caliper paint on ebay but nothing else - does anyone know of something that is similar or if it goes by another name

new R20 released next year 2ltr TFSI engine from the S3 265bhp i spec one up not going mental on the options list and was just shy of £36k i believe by the time you've went mental your looking at £40k. stupid money seeing as the S3 and Cupra FR are the same car but cheaper

Check your car on the insurance database and on the DVLA database marti i used http://www.askmid.com/ - checks the motor insurance database and http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/ dvla vehicle check

does anyone know if there are major issues on the M6 between junctions 21 and 44, north and southbound heard they were pretty bad last weekend need to be in Manchester for 11am tomorrow

Just as waynne gets his fixed mines gets hit this morning. the joys least this time the guy who hit it knew it was mine and went into the shop where my mother works in tears. as it turns out someone jumped out in front of him and it was hit her or the car. least its not major damage, just...

Ignorrance isnt an excuse ok anybody that delivers for takeaways please not that you require business class insurance for this if your using your own car. normal SDC policies do not work and you will be charged with driving without adequate insurance only reason im putting this up is 2...

Anybody any knowlage on these ? i did some digging and found that the previous swiral flaps issue doesnt exst with the newer E90+ models it was only the E46 quite fancing ones of these as a next car - i am talking in around 18months or so. cant seem to find very much for them alot for the...

Some poor sod woke up to find his wheels had been swiped during the night. The bums didn't even have the decency to keep it off the ground, leaving those beautiful Brembos kissing the asphalt. originally from here

Ok have been a member on here for over 2 years but have yet to post picks of the bora so heres some quick shots taken tonight. will get better ones at the weekend if its decent weather as the cars in severe need of a wash Car Carputer Clicky for thread Custom Sub enclouser

Well after a phone call to see where my exhaust was :sad2: i decided i might as well get the valance on the car. so much for a ruddy 10 minute job took about an hour to get done. supposed to just be a case of undo a couple of bolts pull off and push new one on. ok bolts off and tryed to...

Got nice phone call today from my mum needing a lift as dad had broken down and didnt have the breakdown details on him. got there and listen to the engine nice couple of loud bangs ! AA man came out asked the details didnt even get his tools out turned round and said it would be the exhaust...

ok off work today due to a death in the family. to save me going out of my mind went fantasy car shopping for my next car. decided that i want something of similar size to the bora, possibly a bit bigger, but with better economy but with enough grunt to keep me happy. turned up a few late...

Ok after reversing into a wall several years ago ive had a scrape in the rear offside rubstrip for a while. Ok it wasnt really that bad but it has annoyed me for a while as can get the car gleaming but see that - can live with the stone chips on the bonnet although im working on them as...

Does anyone know if the 1.8t engine has a gearbox sensor which tells it what gear its in ? dont have the car today or tomorrow. whats happening is it never used to boost in neutral or 1st and limited to 5psi in 2nd then 10psi 3rd to 6th. yestarday taking it over to the inlaws as wanted away...

a warm welcome to all new members over the last 2 weeks

Ok how many times have we all been stopped by the nice blues and twos brothers and what for ? me twice for not wearing a seat belt - after getting caught the second time by traffic cop, with video, ive worn it ever since. once or so called dangerous driving - car came flying up behind me one...