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Adam Evans

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  1. Couldn't you just set it to where you want and then cut the live to the motors ????
  2. Yes you need help............................. psychological help if you were going to choose a rover over a Lex-eye Who do you think you are ???? Alan "Ccok-Psis" Partridge !!!!! :P (all in good humour !!!)
  3. Using a code reader WILL NOT trigger an error as they only read and clear and do not adjust any settings. so someone has been telling you porkies 39buss As for the LPG service you said that he changed the plugs too and also altered the fuel trims <<<<<<<<<<< there is your problem Plugs may be the wrong ones as well. Just out of curiosity what plugs are now installed ??
  4. Circoli is not OEM however it does come with a 2 year manufacture warranty and also has metal impellers which is better than the original one Allegedly they also have SKF bearings in them too Good price though - it is cheaper than if the belt snaps !!!!
  5. I have mine on all the time too. I will take a photo of my thermometer in the vent sometime this week to show peeps. It instantly goes to about 4C but after recirculation has been on and about 10 mins of driving it drops to about -1C to -2C
  6. Just thought I would do a bit of bragging and tell you that 5 months on after my air-con was gassed I have finally managed to get round to measuring the temperature. On cold the air comes out of the vents at 28F Yes you have read that right -2.2C I can actually eat an ice cream in my car without it melting !!!! Bearing in mind that the outside temp today was 10C I think this is pretty good How COOL is that !! (excuse the pun) Has anyone else got theirs colder than this ??
  7. So eating a cheese and onion pasty in your car is definitely out of the question then ???
  8. Firstly I DO NOT condone street racing however I just couldn't help myself. Come up to the lights and there is a black 10plate Mercedes C350d next to me, Pull away from the lights and he gives it a bit of right foot so i just kept up with him but didn't think too much about it. Next set of lights I could hear him revving it up and thought well lets give it a go. Lights change to green and off we went. To be fair it did give me a run for my money however it is still not as quick as my car. As soon as I realised that he wasn't going to catch me I just slowed down and let him catch me up. Needless to say he went past me like I was going backwards then pulled onto the motorway and shot off so quickly it wasn't worth me catching up to gloat !!!! £800 car vs £15000 car 1 - nil
  9. I have just learnt that setting the value of my car at £5000 rather than £1000 brings my over all premium down from £1250 to £800 Taken from confused.com "We've estimated the market value of your car, based on a few assumptions. If you agree with the value displayed, please continue with the quote. If you believe this value is incorrect please type in the correct amount before continuing. Your car will generally be valued at market rate in the event at the point of a claim where your vehicle is stolen or written off." So basically what this means is no matter what you value your car at in the event of it being written off we will make up a figure !!! So I have wrote that in my opinion my car is worth £5000 to me !!! I think it is to do with over all value to excess ratio and obviously the higher the value the less of a percentage the excess is. I hope this isn't classed as fraud as I genuinely believe that my car is worth £5000 (well it is to me........ honest !!!)
  10. Who are you with Messi I am with direct line When my renewal comes through this time I will be shopping around as I have 6 years no claims and have been driving for 7 years now No crashes that were my fault within the last 5 years and no points on my license either. Yet because I will be 24 my insurance will be about £800
  11. My steering wheel is KNACKERED Totally EFFED But I have a comfy protector over it that I just leave on so I really don't care If that is the only problem after 260000 miles then I am a happy bunny !!!
  12. I had no idea we had a spy until I saw the photos of the car !!! It is really nice though Shame about the bad repair on the exhaust (I wonder who did that !!!)
  13. Right northern commentary !!! I did say it is a bit strong however it is justifiable hahaha I just think the whole video is bloody brilliant
  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5dL4DPm-DE This is bloody brilliant !!! Hope they lost their license for dangerous driving P.S it does have some "colourful" language too !!
  15. I have just bought 2 Nexen 225/50/17 for the front of mine and after reading the bad reviews on the internet I can't see what the problems with them are. They hold in the wet and they don't make too much noise !!! Oh and they were cheap and they are legal !!
  16. I have Triple QX 5w30 C3 in mine. But it is a VVTi (EuroCarParts Happy Shopper range) However it is OEM spec and has all the certificates to prove it I've never had a problem But I know that they have an offer on Castrol at the moment and it works out cheaper to buy Castrol at the moment
  17. For your car Castrol recommend Edge 5w40 Castrol also recommend 10w40 Magnatec However Valvoline recommend all of these http://valvoline-eu.lubricantadvisor.com/AllProducts.aspx?lang=eng&type=5e6ee2abf98d53ce0576a82bb25f2133&comp=ac18b7c2afa4058a&use=ae6cb2491493c496&km=ae6cb2491493c496 This is totally your call what you put into it but all that we know by what you have told us so far is that it has the wrong oil in right now Good luck on making your choice My personal choice for the MK1 would be a good quality 10w40 but don't let that sway you. Ask the garage what they would recommend or even consult the handbook too.
  18. Well for starters your car has the total wrong oil in it The later VVTI require 5w30 C3 (according to Castrol) and the earlier ones require 5w40 For the earlier ones http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7073092 http://valvoline-eu.lubricantadvisor.com/AllProducts.aspx?lang=eng&type=5e6ee2abf98d53ce0576a82bb25f2133&comp=ac18b7c2afa4058a&use=ae6cb2491493c496&km=50659839b914134e For the VVTi http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7073092 http://valvoline-eu.lubricantadvisor.com/AllProducts.aspx?lang=eng&type=801e3911ca1d39cb9f9f3c4a6109a967&comp=8e188643266bee6d&use=ae6cb2491493c496&km=50659839b914134e No-where does it say to use 5w30 A1 for either engine Going by Castrol and Valvoline I think a full oil change is in order
  19. I put 5w30 C3 in my car It has an oil leak that actually appears to be awful - either from the oil level sensor or from the oil pressure switch (think its the sensor) however my car lose VERY little as in less than a cup full over 4000 miles !!! Maybe someone has put in Bermuda Oil one minute its there and the next its gone without a trace !!!!!
  20. I thought red was for danger as the only red number plates are in Belgium and they are Europe's worst drivers Kinda like "danger, please give this car a wide birth !!!!"
  21. Mine did this once in Europe After a long 6 hour run at an average of 95mph I parked it up over night and when I came to it in the morning it would go in to drive but not reverse. Left it ticking over for 5 minutes and still no difference. Walked away from it effing and jeffing. Came back to it about 6 hours later and tried it again and after 1 minute of ticking over went straight into reverse and its been perfect ever since
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