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General => New forum members => Topic started by: Peaches on 05 December 2006, 14:48
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Hi guys!
I got sold a mk2 gti 8v on saturday and it broke down before i got it home! it ran like a dream then , well didnt... so i am here to fix her up and gain some knowledge which i know i will!
cant wait to get her out the garage and start lol and send the heavies round to the guy that sold me it and said it was fine just needed some tlc ...... pffft :cry: :wink:
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Welcome to the forum :cool:
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Welcome Peaches!
So where ya from and why do ya need a recon head?
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well apparantly a common fault..... theres a 20 thou gouge between piston 3 and 4.
which i didnt know when i bought it :smiley: until it started missing and there wasnt any compression on the way home lol. so i think it was temp fixed to get rid of it ............. what goes around comes around as they say
so the plan was to find a cheapish recon and get it fitted but i decided to much hassle get it done and dusted properly so went for a repair which should be done tomorrow! then i can start on my long list of problems with the aid of some brainiacs on here in the mk2 section :grin:
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welcome and good luck with your project :wink:
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welcome to the forum
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Arrow. :cool:
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welcome to the forum hun :smiley:
Dinx :kiss:
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hello and welcome :smiley:
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welcome :grin:
bad start but i hope u sort it soon
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s'all uphill from here! good luck with the project!
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movin' to the country... gonna eat a lot of peaches..
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i have heard that so many times on xbox live it is unbelievable!!!
(gamertag is peaches 112)
cheers for the support btw
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o rly. i think i've played halo 2 with you before. i dont play xbox live anymore though.
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halo 2 was my game lol u probably have then
did i whoop u :grin:
nah neither do i bit to much of the cheating goin on .... what was ur gt?
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tag was topher<some random numbers which i dont remember>
i got pwned a lot, so yes you probably whooped me :grin: . i've now returned to my roots in pc gaming and stick to games that i'm actually good at.. and when not playing competetively i stick to public servers where i have admin status so i can ban the cheaters.
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lol thats cool , yeh its a bit frustrating with all the sh!t people that exploit it!
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toph.... you nerd!
welcome peaches
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A whole new side to Topher! surprising what slips out eh? :rolleyes:
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new ? i thought my nerd status was common knowledge.
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lol oi video gamers are actually um very cool and sophisticated for their age :undecided:
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yes but playing games online with people generally much younger than yourself! :rolleyes:
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Thats half true , they're little sh!ts anyway pfft ... its the adhd kids lol
(car back today, fingers crossed)
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Its cool Peaches I aint havin a dig at gamers, just at our Christopher!
He's not as ancient as me but he really should get out more! :laugh:
So from that I deduce that you dont work on cars yourself!
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well basically, i need to borrow tools off a mate this weekend then i will be . but i have no garage , just a drive with an m3 and subaru on it so its been a bit hard. i work full time, (as u can see) lol get home at 6 so its pitch black !
i didnt have the tools to get the head off , so i was a bit stuck. just got the bill £800 :smiley: great eh
plus well i only got the car last weekend , so on sunday we sort of looked under the bonnet and realised we had no chance when we didnt even know what was wrong with it to start with . .
but yeh this weekend will be hopefully ticking some problems off the list then i'll be a bit happier :grin:
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just being nosey to see if you are willing to get your hands dirty so to speak!
Was it just the repair to the head for the £800 or did they do anything else to it?
Tools are a problem if you dont have your own. Taken me years to build up a decent set and even then you keep seeing things to add or have to replace something.
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yes but playing games online with people generally much younger than yourself! :rolleyes:
i know plenty of guys into it that are older than you len, im actually the youngster of the group. i'd recommend it but your reflexes and coordination are probably shot by now :smiley:
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You know guys older than me!? Now I am surprised!
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its true.. they do exist !
(http://www.voices.com/blog/uploaded_images/grandpa-video-game-interactivevoices-blog-766442.jpg)
i'd ask you if you wanted a Wii but I fear that a discussion about your incontinence would follow.
Okay I'm done with hijacking your thread now Peaches :grin:
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lol all cool,
they r doin all oil change and new sensor, spark plugs .........
its labour they get you on though 50 quid an hour pfft
i should go n demand a new car for it
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I know what Wii is topher! Just dont interest me in the slightest!
So Peaches - no b/f, brothers, dad to help with work on your car then?
The Project could get expensive then!
£50 an hour is probably normal. try and find a cheaper garage.
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my dad and my mate chris basically, he lives in chippenham nr bristol so hes just packing his stuff atm and going do we need a jack?! lol . my dads a bit busy so he will generally come and stand watching us while he has a fag . and sort of poke at some stuff .
its the cheapest we could find near cuz we had to tow it aswell :grin:
Indeed , well i've had a look around and its been molested by people who dnt know what their doing really...... the wiring is a bit sh!t on everything so i have to find some shorts...
passenger window jammed , hopefully just from no use
1st gear has to be punched in hopefully just linkages etc
rust on the rear passenger door at the bottom because
the seals on the windows are worn so waters leaked and sat
paintwork needs doing stone chips etc
seat trim needs replacing on driver
right light has sunk in
think theres a bald tyre....havent had a proper check yet
it has siat alloys on it :rolleyes: ...........
a bit of a shameful panasonic stereo but no worries there cuz the wirings not working for it lol
sunroof doesnt open ..... so some investigation there!
thats off the top of my head so yeh i am hoping it doesnt get to expensive and its simple to fix
its not even insured or taxed yet :laugh:
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I know Chippenham well, near to me in Swindon.
Thats an impressive list! At least you know the way forward.
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yeh cool , swindon's boyo land lol good place to race, "just follow the neons and ripspeed stickers". chris has just had completed an interview at Honda's facotry there, so i think hes got that which is good stuff they pay decently. then he can get his corrado vr6 :rolleyes:
i should be getting pictures of my lovely shed up soon hehe sort of before and after pics i think i'll go for and any inbetweens... like "this is when we realised the gearbox needs replacing" me sort of approaching the car wielding a spanner in rage :grin:
i was lookin at events before , which get the best turnout ? i usually just go to he car shows local to me um and Santapod last year which was uh interesting . especially the lapdancing tent , was guna go for it until i saw an 8ft ginger stripper with a fag and a pint of beer on her break :shocked: goin nurberg next year :grin:
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boyo land! :laugh: They dont bother racing me so its fine! :wink: :laugh:
Yea Honda is a good place to work, after a while he'l get a virtually free Civic! (or CRV)
And you mentioned photos before I had to ask! :grin: Yea please do!
I know the Santa Pod one ur on about - a mate of mine went this year and spent all his time in the lapdancing tent!
Us lot usually go there for Bug Jam in July.
The other main favourite is E38 at beginning of Sept.
There are others either camping ones or one dayers. Take a look in the Shows and Events section.
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its is common knowledge!
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Whats common knowledge Jamie? :undecided:
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this thread still goes on ?!! crazy stuff, but yeh i would like to know about the common knowledge
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Oh these can drag on and on! Think the longest was 25 pages!
Pretty young ladies tend to attract a bit of attention! :wink: :laugh:
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lol :embarassed: :smiley:
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Usually cos he keeps on posting in them. I suppose cos they are the only ones that listen any more.
edit: \/ \/ I know.
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well now you have ................ :laugh:
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Usually cos he keeps on posting in them. I suppose cos they are the only ones that listen any more.
edit: \/ \/ I know.
And words of wisdom from 3 times forum romance burned.
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still one up on being forum letcher though eh :wink:
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youre better off being a forum letcher than a forum dater me and one other have found this out the hard way it doesnt work!lol wasted a good 6 months of my life with her il stick to letching thanks!lol you only end up working on there sheds instead of your own!lol and hers was a shed!lol the kind you'd get from wilkinsons!lol not that they sell sheds but if they did they would probably be the worst sheds in the world!lol
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Me? letch? Nah have absolutely no need to! I still lust after my wife thank you! Its a service I provide for you young bucks, as I will ask the blatant questions because I have no interest in chasing after the pretty young things!
This forum's romances do have successes, just some are not very lucky or rather rush in where fools tread or something like that! :grin:
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youre better off being a forum letcher than a forum dater me and one other have found this out the hard way it doesnt work!lol wasted a good 6 months of my life with her il stick to letching thanks!lol you only end up working on there sheds instead of your own!lol and hers was a shed!lol the kind you'd get from wilkinsons!lol not that they sell sheds but if they did they would probably be the worst sheds in the world!lol
i just like cars :grin:
lmao at sheds , i have no idea where that came from , oi and dont diss wilko's its pretty good!! i have spent many a time idling around their shop........Focus do good sheds though :cool:
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i just like cars :grin:
Probably the best line I've seen from a newbie lady. :laugh:
If I've not said it before, welcome to the forum. :smiley:
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thanx v much lol
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they maybe good to look at but once you get them home it all goes down hill!lol you could of had my car peaches!saved you all the trouble!lol
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they maybe good to look at but once you get them home it all goes down hill!lol you could of had my car peaches!saved you all the trouble!lol
aw cheers damit! why didnt i do that lol..........
also ladies or sheds go downhill once you get them home...... with sheds i suppose it depends on how slanty your garden is
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Women go down hill from the second ya meet them
apart from the ones that you dont know long enough to know there names
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Women go down hill from the second ya meet them
apart from the ones that you dont know long enough to know there names
yeh but u do live in Widnes.......... so you know
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ive found with sheds that if you stand them on a pile of brick in each corner theyre pretty good but if you stand you motor shed on bricks its not alot of good at all which in a rounderabout kind of way is abit like a wilkinsons shed..........................sh!t!lol
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Whats this fixation with shed Jamie?
And on a pile of bricks? Women on pedestals????? :huh:
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he is obviously enjoying himselfand giving his knowledge to thos eless fortunate, yeh there was this guy that collected sheds . i heard it on radio 1 .... he put up 250 or something, cuz well he was a bit wierd ...........and liked sheds. like jamie :smiley:
lmao
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Jamie's not that weird! well not quite! :grin:
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lol hes funny
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i dont believ on putting women on bricks as they would only get a rise out of it!lol or complain they were too high!lol.im not into motor sheds they consume too much time but normal sheds are pretty useful unless its a wilkinsons shed then its probably about as usefull as an ash tray on a motor bike! and to get a gooden would be as rare as chicken lips!so you dont want to save yourself the hassle and buy my motor peaches?lol its not a shed honest! lol well not a wilkinsons shed anyway!lol
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How u know im from widnes :huh:
an more importantly how u know the reputation of some of the girls round here :grin:
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der!!! its on your profile dude!lol
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What reputations Stu? :rolleyes: :laugh:
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Well len myself a non melted welly lookin type manages to................................................................. you really dont wanna know
lets just say , couple of bottles of WKD blue n they are anyones
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Blimey getting classy with WKD Blue! With some its a glass of wine and lemonade!
But I must say I was thinking more of the What reputation!
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it ses on your profile..... :grin: ... had to get my ammunition n all that lol . i have been there , have a lot of friends and parents friends n stuff
also people i have pix of my car n stuff on my myspace page because i have no idea where to put them on here abouts.... and i thought their isnt a point in doing a project cuz it isnt finished so i would rather do it then type thing
but u have to have an account to look at them so in some respects may be a bit pointless ... but anywho heres url:
http://www.myspace.com/silverswirl
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wich jamie already sed,, but the posts just suddenly appeared cuz they werent there b4 :huh:
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no wait i have managed to post in the car and what u look like thing!!
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OH MY GOD!!!!! wot happened to that door? looks like its opened with a tin opener!lol nice little unit and the car dont look too bad in the pics either lol.whats the insurance on it it says youre only 17 on myspace lol you'd need a mortgage!
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OH MY GOD!!!!! wot happened to that door? looks like its opened with a tin opener!lol nice little unit and the car dont look too bad in the pics either lol.whats the insurance on it it says youre only 17 on myspace lol you'd need a mortgage!
i know, when i took the doorcard off i was like umm wtf ... probably just cuz the solanoid has gone aswel
yeh well i am going on named driver with the father, basically direct line said 400 quid.......... so we phoned them up then they said no :angry: . but nah it isnt that bad abvout 800
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800???? blimey thats loads of wedge!when did you fall in love with golfs as youre quite young its more of a retro thing god that maks me sound really old!lol
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Peaches the "what reputation" wasnt aimed at you!
And the wine and lemonade was a dig at Dinx but she aint bit! :sad:
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Well Peaches im sure me n some of ya friends may have crossed paths at some point :evil:
only playin :wink: , Widnes is a dump and if i had a choise id start a large fire somewhere around ICI an what the place blow up :angry: :shocked:
An Amunition against me already , ive not even opened my mouth
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welcome
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good luck with the project - dont rush it I had my first one 20 years and have just bought another exactly the same - its really is so much fun to drive - I much prefer it for shorter journeys to my 5 series M Sport which cost me 30 times more !!!