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There's very little in the way of parts available for Charades unfortunately. There not very common cars here in the UK, and I know they are almost non-existant in the US. There as common as muck in Aus lol and there are a few parts available there, but I havent dont that much research into...

lol I actually forgot that whilst I know you can't get hold of HC-E manuals I do have: HD-E 1.6L SOHC 4 Cylinder Naturally Aspirated Workshop Manual I read somewhere that the HC-E and HD-E are fairly similar so some of it may be of use.

You'd be better off searching for gold dust you stand a much better chance of finding some lol. I did have some sort of HC-E manual I believe, but it was in german so I'm not entirely sure as I dont know german and I cant seem to find it now :(

What has an LHC got to do with atomic power? I thoguht they used computer controlled magnets to push particles round in oppsite directions at insane speeds eventually smashing them together just to see what happens. Like when cavemen banged two pieces of flint together and created fire...

Can they do that on the M25 please? :lol: I find most of the time I'm in the fast lane and the two inside lanes are just lorries end to end, so you end up with 2 lanes of lorries and 1 lane left for cars.

I would like to refer to Highway Code 169: Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass.

I've never been stuck behind a really nice car. I mean I've been stuck behind Maseratis, TVR's, Aston's and the like but I find them a bit boring, maybe thats because the only really nice car I know of is my Daihatsu Charade and there so rare, I've seen a few others but never been stuck...

That's assuming it can reach 60? :lol: The air brake on the back might break off at about 60?

Ditto Only problem I've had with it is when the local council have changed the roads around. Only one place is really severe in that the tom tom says your in the middle of a big field when you actually on a nice shiny new bit of dual carriageway. :lol:

BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm

It's the rear, there 15 x 6.5, so nothing huge. I think that place is a little far away. Think it's up near Leeds. I did however just find arch rolling and arch flaring They are: Ayrshire and surrounding area Hertfordshire, bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, North London and Essex...

Hey all, Just got some nice new shiny alloys and need to get the guards rolled as there rubbing when I have weight in the back and over hard bumps. Does anyone know of anywhere I can get this done in Kent or London or neighbouring counties? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Jack

The more you say it's SILLY AND DANGEROUS the more I want to do :P I got up at 9am on my day off to wash my car last wednesday. I'd say thats pretty insane. I couldn't get the all the mud off, I need to get the pressure washer out.

Hi Cool job, shame your gonna finish soon though. Hehe get yourself a car go back to your shop and see if they can do some work cheap :P

Completely off topic: Lol can we just stick some random energy efficent sticker on the car and try arguing that??

I tend to have my dipped heads on most of the time, most of the roads round me are covered over by trees, there's never as much light as people think. Round some of the roads it's so dark under the trees that at miday my full beam lights up more road than the sun does. On motorways I always...

Hi welcome to the forums, thats a nice long list of things to do, a real plan of attack :P Where will you be getting all that work done?

Does the Caparo T1 count? I'll take one of those... http://www.caparo-t1.com/

Someone down the road my gf lives in has a medium sized flatbed lorry and he seems to think it's acceptable to park it on the pavement opposite my gf's house. Their road isn't very wide to start with. Even if it's parked there, when I arrive I still park infront of her dropped pavement and...

Are you looking for a full system from header to tail pipe or just a cat-back system? I have a cat-back system from www.longlife.co.uk for £250, mid-sport note, idles very quietly, burbles beautifully, and roars fantastically at 3,500 RPM at full throttle. I am considering getting them to...

Speed limits are mostly ok. I believe motorways should be upped to at least 100mph if not derestricted. The biggest problems by far is people doing 20mph in a 30 zone causing a big tailback and a whole lot of frustration to the following drivers. I use the example where I live again, 60...

I believe that everyone should be retested, often, at certain ages. That should clear vast amounts of congestion forcing them all to use public transport leaving the roads open for those who can drive. Most of the older people I know wouldn't have a hope in hell of passing the test now and...

Nothing like the sound of a cars engine dropping from a few thousand revs and gently burbling out. My car burbles beautifully :D Incidently I love pushing my engine at 3500rpm it's not exactly loud it's just the right frequency that reverberates around inside your head :lol:

Lol I learnt in walking boots. Everyone says my clutch is heavy but it feels light as a feather to me, the heavy bit is lifting my foot off of it.

With regard to the revving before turning the engine off, I do it cause my exhaust sounds nice, I open the door a crack, rev it and turn it off and the noise gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when I leave the car :D

hmm in my boot theres the compact spare, jack and complete tool kit, which is great cause it means I can change a wheel in my smart work clothes and not get dirty compared to those that are stored under the car :D What else is there, well theres the boot lining and the boot light but not...

I have a track go kart, nice little 100cc, never had the chance to fniish building it and tune it up though. When tuned they can usually manage 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and a top sped of 80mph. It looks like this without the plastics at the moment If anyone would like to come have a go or...

Haven't been pulled over by the police, yet. Only encountered two police cars, First on motorway doing 70mph in the slow lane whilst I was in the third. All four lanes behind the police car were doing 70 and there was a huge clear stretch of motorway in front of cop. Naturally I got fed...

1) Mercedes driver - nough said 2) Approaching a roundabout with two lanes clearly marked - This idiot got 80% of his car in the right lane and the other 20% in the left so I pulled up in what was left of the left lane as I was going straight over and I assumed he was going right. He...

See here for my lovely new alloys that I will soon be the proud owner of.

Might look a little silly with the big HDI badge on the back when your car starts sounding like a petrol :lol:

I'm only messin. I know brakes are important, I'm getting 2 new Black Diamond grooved discs and matching pads for the the front and will be converting the rear drums to discs as well.

I don't think I've heard that term before, Brakes? :P

Hi Ninja, I'm in the same boat. I'm a beginner too and I found this brilliant site couple of days ago, and most of us wanna go faster I think. :)

Evenin everyone, (I will point out now that I am a guy regardless of what the "oceaness" implies) I'd like to introduce Lucy... (my g/f named her) She's a 1997 1.3L Daihatsu Charade :D She does 0 - 60 eventually and the fastest she's gone is 100MPH I intend to improve upon these...