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General Discussion Area / Re: How bad are Sintra's
« on: 21 August 2006, 09:07:13 »
They do....the disco has quite an iffy transmission and low ride.....
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General Discussion Area / Re: How bad are Sintra's
« on: 20 August 2006, 21:49:42 »
If your going Frontera you need the 96/97 onwards unit which is basically the old Isuzu trooper and has the proper ladder chassi....plus a good 2.8 diesel power plant......they still murder Discos off road.
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General Discussion Area / Re: How bad are Sintra's
« on: 19 August 2006, 10:17:11 »
You need a few more posts yet.....
Remember that the Sintra i basically a US van so handling is the biggest let down on them.
The 3.0 V6 goes like stink though, got to say it sounds a little pricey as they don hold their money.
Remember that the Sintra i basically a US van so handling is the biggest let down on them.
The 3.0 V6 goes like stink though, got to say it sounds a little pricey as they don hold their money.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Think im asking for trouble now
« on: 20 August 2006, 21:52:18 »
No reply........anybody spotted it yet?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Think im asking for trouble now
« on: 20 August 2006, 21:37:47 »
I await a nice pm......
.....you will find out why....ow the POWER!
.....you will find out why....ow the POWER!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Think im asking for trouble now
« on: 20 August 2006, 20:56:46 »
That didnt last long
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General Discussion Area / Re: Think im asking for trouble now
« on: 20 August 2006, 20:36:41 »
Why does it say minus in front of it then, you been a bad lad! 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Crash
« on: 20 August 2006, 16:26:40 »
I saw a title of 'Crash' and your name Martin and thought....not again
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General Discussion Area / Re: Heads up! RAC windscreens
« on: 20 August 2006, 16:20:28 »
The most likely cause of rust around that area is due to the screen being replaced in the past and them being a bit careless with the bonding removal tool and damaging the paint work.
The rubber trim around the screen actual does very little sealing at all.....
The rubber trim around the screen actual does very little sealing at all.....
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General Discussion Area / Re: chances of finding a gas converted estate chea
« on: 20 August 2006, 14:57:39 »
Gas every time on a V6 for me......diesel smiesel
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General Discussion Area / Re: 500 posts, the results.....
« on: 15 August 2006, 08:34:48 »
I have more posts than that and 5 stars....ow yes, I have always had five stars!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Impending wedding
« on: 11 August 2006, 13:25:50 »
All you need is three more weddings and a funeral and you could make a film....you could call it 'A wedding, a funeral and 3 more weddings'....or something along those lines....
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General Discussion Area / Re: What oil do you use? Petrol engines only
« on: 19 August 2006, 15:46:30 »
Vx fully synth, at 5K service intervals, I prefer it over the semi synth.....both engines are as sweet as a nut on it.....as was the old Nova 1.2!
Plus for what little extra it costs and in relation to the cost of the car I dont think its worth cutting corners on oil.
Plus for what little extra it costs and in relation to the cost of the car I dont think its worth cutting corners on oil.
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General Discussion Area / Re: STOLEN - MY PROJECT/BABY IS GONE
« on: 08 August 2006, 14:07:31 »
Bad luck that.
Once played a prank on somebody many years ago who had an old jag in a row of 20 lock up garages, we swapped the number and pad lock for the one next door (one of his neighbours), the look on his face was a picture....
I hope you get ti back, clearly its somebody who has seen it all being done.
Once played a prank on somebody many years ago who had an old jag in a row of 20 lock up garages, we swapped the number and pad lock for the one next door (one of his neighbours), the look on his face was a picture....
I hope you get ti back, clearly its somebody who has seen it all being done.
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General Discussion Area / Re: 3.0 elite vs bmw 320
« on: 16 August 2006, 14:48:35 »Quote
QuoteI was sat at traffic lights on Sunday on my was to Greenock when a BMW pulled along side. Knowing I had a 250 mile plus drive I thought I would be a good boy and take it easy but the BMW driver kept edging forward more and more which wound me up. So lights go to green and were off foot to the floor and the BMW is still with me. No problem wait till the revese rise and the old girl gets into her stride bye bye BMW. Nope instant licence losing speed and ive only gained 20ft anyway next lights and onto the M6. The BMW is going south look at the rear of the beemer and bugger me its a diesel. Is there something wrong with my car [smiley=cry.gif]
Problem is that todays modern diesel engines are getting more powerful, particularly with their advanced turbo's. With my limited knowledge I assume this means they get much more low end torque whereby the Omega's V6 needs to be wound up much higher in the rev range before the power really kicks in. I got to admit though, it's a trifle embarassing being seen off by a smaller engined oil burner- no offence to you guys with Omega TD's
It doesn't help the low down torque as the compression ratio is lowered to allow the higher boost to be run (hence the feeling of nothin, then loads and then nothing again) producing a very peeky engine.