I nipped out for some firelighters this morning and bought a new car. It's a funny spearmint colour. I'm going to be ever so disappointed if when I get it home on Friday and can give it a lick, it doesn't taste like soft mints.
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 18:53 ] |
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I nipped out for some firelighters this morning and bought a new car. It's a funny spearmint colour. I'm going to be ever so disappointed if when I get it home on Friday and can give it a lick, it doesn't taste like soft mints.
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 18:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
That is properly impressive accidental shopping. What is it? |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:01 ] |
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BikNorton wrote: That is properly impressive accidental shopping. What is it? Fiesta Titanium X. 
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| Author: | GazChap [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Goddess Jasmine wrote: I nipped out for some firelighters this morning and bought a new car. It's catching!  (pics when you get it pls!) |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:08 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Goddess Jasmine wrote: I nipped out for some firelighters this morning and bought a new car. It's catching! (pics when you get it pls!) Ooh, what did you get? From the website: |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:27 ] |
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Minty fresh! I'm envious that you get it in under a week! 
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:32 ] |
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It's duck egg! Looks awesome, love those Fiestas. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:36 ] |
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: Ooh, what did you get? Oh, no, I've not bought one - Jem would slice me up into tiny cubes and feed me to the cats. I just meant the "going out for not-a-car and coming back with-a-car" situation, which I've found myself in many times over the past few years
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 19:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Hey, speaking of which, interested in a MK3 mx5 launch edition?
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| Author: | Cavey [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 20:07 ] |
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Love it Jazzy, super smart and top spec too! Great handler as well; best small car out there.
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 20:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Thanks guys. I do have a Titanium already (not the X) but it's approaching 80k miles now. It also needs work doing for the MOT in a couple of weeks, so decided to spend the money on an upgrade instead. I don't really like reversing sensors, but having the camera on makes a massive difference. It's like it has two boots too! Took me a second to engage my brain when I was trying to turn the engine off and there were no keys in the ignition! |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 20:18 ] |
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BikNorton wrote: Minty fresh! I'm envious that you get it in under a week! Well it is second hand and on the forecourt (well, around the back now). Aren't you having a new one? |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 20:56 ] |
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Yeah. Up to 3 months! I want my cake and to eat it! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 21:10 ] |
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Does it do the magic parking like the Focus TitX? |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 22:39 ] |
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BikNorton wrote: Yeah. Up to 3 months! I want my cake and to eat it! 3 months! 
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Mar 17, 2018 22:42 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Does it do the magic parking like the Focus TitX? I don't think so, there is some sort of parking button, but I don't know what it does get. I'm not sure I would trust the magic parking. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Pretty sure that button turns off the beepy sensors. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:12 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Pretty sure that button turns off the beepy sensors. Or turns on the front ones. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:59 ] |
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But why would the front and back ones be separate? Anyway, tune in on Friday for an exciting update! |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:29 ] |
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Rear parking sensors come on automatically when you go into reverse. Front ones normally need to be activated manually when you are parking forwards as you’d get them going off all the time when driving in traffic. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:35 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Rear parking sensors come on automatically when you go into reverse. Front ones normally need to be activated manually when you are parking forwards as you’d get them going off all the time when driving in traffic. I haven't found that in the cars I've had with front sensors, the cars have been clever enough to know when to activate them with TECHNOLOGY. Maybe the Fiesta is not that smart. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:50 ] |
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Usually if your car has front and rear sensors, they all come on when you select reverse, and then stay on even if you select forward drive until you go above a certain speed at which point they all deactivate. That button is most likely to be used for deactivating the sensors when reversing, but can also be used to activate them (all of them, front and rear) at any other times. HTH HAND. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:51 ] |
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I thought in traffic you shouldn't be close enough to activate them. "Tyres 'n' tarmac" and all that. Admittedly, I don't actually know what the sensor range is though. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:26 ] |
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I'd have been close enough to activate them when a twat in a mini came across two lanes to squeeze into a gap that didn't exist yesterday. Even with slamming the brakes on I gave him an almost imperceptible nudge. Could have been disastrous. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:40 ] |
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Blimey, glad you're okay.
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 13:27 ] |
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Blimey. Narrow escape. I wonder what my Superb would do - it has adaptive cruise control as standard and while I thought I'd turned it off it started braking as I approached a car waiting at T junction. Unnecessarily early, unnecessarily hard. If a vehicle suddenly appeared right in front of it would it emergency stop? It freaked me out. The sales guy told me I can turn it off without turning cruise control off, he'd better be right. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 14:00 ] |
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Gotta be honest, I would simply abhor that - the car deciding all by itself to (wrongly) start braking and too hard..? I can't stand nannying, interfering electronics at the best of times, but that really is taking the mickey; I'd never be able to relax and feel actually in control of the car. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sun Mar 18, 2018 15:11 ] |
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Yeah, it's shite. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:01 ] |
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Here's a picture of my mass produced, soulless VAG shit box in the wild |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:09 ] |
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On the contrary, the Mk 2 was awesome and is my fave Golf; these were the days of genuinely class leading build quality, and the GTI 16v was arguably the best hot hatch ever. That looks pretty damn cool to me, Wookie (for whatever that’s worth lol). Classic wheels. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:19 ] |
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Thanks cavey, it really is a shit box though! I call it a neglect-rod |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:21 ] |
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Here are three souless, mass-produced, tiny lumps of heritage-poor tin hammering around a racetrack like fucking superstars. There are only twelve cylinders in the entire photo! It's no wonder we hated every minute of it. Attachment: IMG_2030.jpg
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:30 ] |
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Well, I suppose the Proletariat have to entertain themselves somehow!
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:32 ] |
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krazywookie wrote: Thanks cavey, it really is a shit box though! I call it a neglect-rod I was reading in one of my modder-type mags that much more recent, more powerful VAG engines just bolt into the Mk 2... imagine 200PS+ power in one of these! |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:35 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Here are three souless, mass-produced, tiny lumps of heritage-poor tin hammering around a racetrack like fucking superstars. There are only twelve cylinders in the entire photo! It's no wonder we hated every minute of it. Attachment: IMG_2030.jpg How much Vaseline and shoe-horning was required for you to get in that Grim... |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:35 ] |
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I tried this(agu engine conversion), can confirm it's a lie. The amount of welding and prop shortening and general fucking about makes it very much not bolt in. That's the reason it was OTR for so long! |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:52 ] |
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krazywookie wrote: I tried this(agu engine conversion), can confirm it's a lie. The amount of welding and prop shortening and general fucking about makes it very much not bolt in. That's the reason it was OTR for so long! Ah right, soz. Is that the same deal for G60 supercharged lump? (Mind you, probably as rare as rocking horse shit) |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:54 ] |
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DBSnappa wrote: Grim... wrote: Here are three souless, mass-produced, tiny lumps of heritage-poor tin hammering around a racetrack like fucking superstars. There are only twelve cylinders in the entire photo! It's no wonder we hated every minute of it. Attachment: IMG_2030.jpg How much Vaseline and shoe-horning was required for you to get in that Grim... Not as much as it required this morning! (I've hurt my neck) |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:20 ] |
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Cavey wrote: krazywookie wrote: I tried this(agu engine conversion), can confirm it's a lie. The amount of welding and prop shortening and general fucking about makes it very much not bolt in. That's the reason it was OTR for so long! Ah right, soz. Is that the same deal for G60 supercharged lump? (Mind you, probably as rare as rocking horse shit) No that was actually fitted to this chassis so it works pretty easy (but yes, very rare), the agu is from, like a mk5 golf or Audi S3. Plenty people have done it right enough but I see a lot for sale as part finished projects. I think it's somehow become a myth that it's a piece of piss. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:20 ] |
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I've still got the engine in a box of anyone wants to try it
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:24 ] |
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The Puma only has three cylinders? Amazing.
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:27 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: The Puma only has three cylinders? Amazing. Uh... |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:27 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: The Puma only has three cylinders? Amazing. Er, 3 x 4 = 12 cylinders... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:28 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: The Puma only has three cylinders? Amazing. Um... |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 13:27 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: The Puma only has three cylinders? Amazing. Um... I thought I saw a fourth hidden behind the second car. Jesus, I need my eyes testing. *Goes back to ignoring AceAceBaby* |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 13:32 ] |
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The rabbit hiding in the grass is a three cylinder rabbit. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:41 ] |
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Apparently even producing a reliable clock is beyond the wit of SEAT. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:58 ] |
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Perhaps the VAG time servers are running off the Serbian power supply. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:05 ] |
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SAP system here is telling me it needs 105 minutes to change its clock. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:40 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Perhaps the VAG time servers are running off the Serbian power supply. Hopefully it'll correct itself when I turn it back on. The old reboot magic. |
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