VAG Café - If Carlsberg made forum threads they wouldn't be as good as this one - 3500 posts, pah, onward!

[Sam]

Wooo - the 2000th reply is mine.

Combover gets the cake though, edited his post.

[Combover]

Wooo - the 2000th reply is mine.

Combover gets the cake though, edited his post.

Thanks Sam!! :)

[bora(ing) nick]

Morning VAGgers. Tell you what it sure is busy on here, I always used to go straight to New posts after looking at threads I had contributed too first. I no longer have the time for new posts and just look in appropriate sections.

Do you not use the subscription menu in user CP?

It only brings up the threads that you have contributed to, (or subscribed to) and saves having to remember what you posted and where

:beerchug:

[MalcQV]

Do you not use the subscription menu in user CP?

It only brings up the threads that you have contributed to, (or subscribed to) and saves having to remember what you posted and where

:beerchug:

Aye I do, but being old I couldn't remember what it was called :p

[hagis]

2000 posts of sheer gibberish, well done all :)

Is this officially the largest thread on the site?

[Combover]

Can i just say.....

Joe Kinnear!!!!??????? :D :D

[Sam]

2000 posts of sheer gibberish, well done all :)

Is this officially the largest thread on the site?

<gets an idea for a revised thread title>

Malc, Sir, may I change the title?

[prolfe]

Thanks. i noticed the QR earlier tonight as i was tucking it up in bed. i'll move it before i take it on the trails

Get a DCD as well or a lizard skin for the chain stay. That way the stay won't get all damaged. I had a DCD for years, no chain slap at all.

[Combover]

Interesting....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7635486.stm

[paul b]

Happy Birthday Malc, although it's a little late. :Blush2:


Paul, i spotted your A6 this evening as I was driving down the A34!

You are right, you have every 'reflective' wing mirrors!

Wahay! They do shine a fair bit... I'm wondering whether to keep them or get the sort of matte aluminium ones - funds permitting. ;)


They definately stand out those chrome mirrors... I like the spoiler myself ;)

I like the spoiler myself too. I always thought the rear end on the A6 Mk2 was slightly boring, but the spoiler has changed that. Hard to think the spoiler was only £17 plus paint and various treatments such as primer etc!

I saw 2 silver A6s parked together on somebody's drive in Gatley, they both had spoilers like mine. Glad to see others take pride in the car they drive, and refuse to be forced into the G-Wizz's that the Government would like to see.

Paul

[Combover]

It was looking good.

I so need to clean mine - just not had chance!

[paul b]

It was looking good.

I so need to clean mine - just not had chance!
Oh aye.

Mine needs washing, a polish and I still need to sort out that scar the wife put on the front bumper (offside).

All this is taking so much time to do, while customising my T5 at the same time. The A6 has had its bits and I'm running out of ideas as to what to add without spending a fortune, so now it's the T5's turn! :D

Paul

[RichardCranium]

Get a DCD as well or a lizard skin for the chain stay. That way the stay won't get all damaged. I had a DCD for years, no chain slap at all.


Managed to blag a neoprene chainstay protector along with a computer FOC. Hoping to get out on it on Sunday

[prolfe]

Managed to blag a neoprene chainstay protector along with a computer FOC. Hoping to get out on it on Sunday

cool.

anything free is a bonus these days.

[onzarob]

I've had a lizard skin on my RockHopper for 9 years excellent piece of kit ;)

The QR should be pointing backwards, if you put it forward it can catch...or am I missing something????

[prolfe]

I've had a lizard skin on my RockHopper for 9 years excellent piece of kit ;)

The QR should be pointing backwards, if you put it forward it can catch...or am I missing something????

if it's tucked in between the chain stay and seat stay then it won't catch. 19 years of mountain biking and i've not caught mine on owt.

[onzarob]

if it's tucked in between the chain stay and seat stay then it won't catch. 19 years of mountain biking and i've not caught mine on owt.


that makes sense, I've always pointed mine backwards with no issues. I don't do allot of miles these days :(

[prolfe]

that makes sense, I've always pointed mine backwards with no issues. I don't do allot of miles these days :(

all this mountainbiking talkie has made me take my bike by the horns and give it a quick service.

New gear and brake cables. New boots for the brakes, new pads and a bit of a clean.

although i've not finished doing it all yet.

[RichardCranium]

First outing on the new bike this morning. Went well. Bumped into two other guys who showed me a really nice piece of single track in some local woods. Loads of fire roads to bomb up and down too. Great fun. Need to work on the fitness levels though:o

[Crasher]

Do you often bump into other men in the woods? All sounds a bit Broke Back Mountain to me. :D

[prolfe]

Do you often bump into other men in the woods? All sounds a bit Broke Back Mountain to me. :D

guess it depends on which side of the woods they are riding and which way they are coming

[MalcQV]

<gets an idea for a revised thread title>

Malc, Sir, may I change the title?

Feel free mate and a kind thankyou for asking ;).

What a weekend. Ferrari can't get an F1 car to finish or at least in a decent position :(

My pal came to visit on Sunday as he had just replaced the alternator on his Charger. About 5 mins after leaving mine as I was about to clear my garden pond then wash the Pasty he phoned. His engine bay had caught fire on the East Lancs road, his car was on lane 1 (dual carriageway) and there were dumb *** (though I guess you don't expect parked cars there) not looking where they were going cars trying to rear end him. I stuck the Pasty a good few yards back with the hazards on and deployed my triangle :p What a difference that makes.

We managed push his car totally of the carriageway (it was half on half off after a previous motorist had stopped to help, before I got there).

Anyway it turns out the wire from the alternator to the battery acted like a fuse, we reckon the alternator has shorted to earth. Lucky as he had a fire extinguisher in the car. I am tonight off to replace his and buy two myself. One for Mrs QV's MX5 and one for my Pasty, which will also be used in the Mondy (maybe I will buy four :p).

[Sam]

I got money for the birthday this year and bought myself a new bike.

http://www.cyclesuk.com/img/X/430385.jpg

One of those ^

Put another 20 miles on it over the weekend taking the total to around 250. When things are costing so much, and everyone is moaning, nothing beats jumping on the bike and heading down to the seafront and hammering along the trails.

Pics (and maybe a video of the view) to follow tonight.

EDIT: Thread title changed :D

[paul b]

The Ferrari pit "traffic lights" have to go IMO.

That's the 3rd time a pit stop has gone <insert expletive>.

Paul

[bora(ing) nick]

My pal came to visit on Sunday as he had just replaced the alternator on his Charger. About 5 mins after leaving mine as I was about to clear my garden pond then wash the Pasty he phoned. His engine bay had caught fire on the East Lancs road, his car was on lane 1 (dual carriageway) and there were dumb *** (though I guess you don't expect parked cars there) not looking where they were going cars trying to rear end him. I stuck the Pasty a good few yards back with the hazards on and deployed my triangle :p What a difference that makes.

We managed push his car totally of the carriageway (it was half on half off after a previous motorist had stopped to help, before I got there).

Anyway it turns out the wire from the alternator to the battery acted like a fuse, we reckon the alternator has shorted to earth. Lucky as he had a fire extinguisher in the car. I am tonight off to replace his and buy two myself. One for Mrs QV's MX5 and one for my Pasty, which will also be used in the Mondy (maybe I will buy four :p).


No way!! i seen the charger and your patsy on sunday morning, (well about 2 ish) on the grass at the side of the east lancs, just down from the woodside. I think that area is called Ellen Brook. When i spotted it, it was being winched onto the back of an AA flat bed.

Small world ey malc :)

:beerchug:

[MalcQV]

No way!! i seen the charger and your patsy on sunday morning, (well about 2 ish) on the grass at the side of the east lancs, just down from the woodside. I think that area is called Ellen Brook. When i spotted it, it was being winched onto the back of an AA flat bed.

Small world ey malc :)

:beerchug:

T'was us indeed mate! I live at Ellenbrook literally 5 mins from where we were. :fing02:

[bora(ing) nick]

I was stopping at a friends on ladyhill view in ellenbrook on the new estate? (behind the school), after a night out on the tiles staurday... i'm there quite often.

I'll keep an eye out for the cars next time i'm round there :)

[Sam]

I was at a friends ladyhill view behind the school. i'm there quite often.

fnar!

[MalcQV]

I was stopping at a friends on ladyhill view in ellenbrook on the new estate? (behind the school), after a night out on the tiles staurday... i'm there quite often.

I'll keep an eye out for the cars next time i'm round there :)

Just behind us. We are off Longwall

So Sunday morns will be lookout for Nick day!

[bora(ing) nick]

Just behind us. We are off Longwall

So Sunday morns will be lookout for Nick day!


twas a one off this week... i missed football (play for a sunday league team) and the lads weren't too impressed that i turned up for the food after the game :D

[Crasher]

(behind the school), ... i'm there quite often.
:)

You could get arrested for that

[bora(ing) nick]

Has anybody heard of this cool trick you can do with 2 mobile phones..... :D

(sorry, that's one for the seasoned VWAF member)

[Crasher]

Funnily enough I was just thinking about that.

[paul b]

Has anybody heard of this cool trick you can do with 2 mobile phones..... :D

(sorry, that's one for the seasoned VWAF member)
Heheeeeee! :biglaugh:

Paul

[RichardCranium]

Quick question. My daughter (honest);) really liked the song that Cherie Lunghi was dancing to on Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing. I know the tune/song but have no idea who its by. Any ideas anyone?
Ta

[buster]

Over the weekend I got on a train in Sheffield and after a nightmare 6 hour journey to Essex, I bought a new car :D:D:D

6 hours there, 3 1/2 hours back

Ok, it isn't actually new, it was made in 1975.

But it does have a brand new 4 litre V8 wedged in the front :D

[Crasher]

Quick question. My daughter (honest);) really liked the song that Cherie Lunghi was dancing to on Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing. I know the tune/song but have no idea who its by. Any ideas anyone?
Ta

I feel I am going to get some serious stick for this but it was my wife that answered the question, not me!

Gabriella Cilmi 'Sweet About Me' http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ElY5Gr845Fw

[RichardCranium]

I feel I am going to get some serious stick for this but it was my wife that answered the question, not me!

Gabriella Cilmi 'Sweet About Me' http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ElY5Gr845Fw


Thanks Mrs Crasher. Whats to get stick about? Not a bad song. Dont mind it

[MalcQV]

Over the weekend I got on a train in Sheffield and after a nightmare 6 hour journey to Essex, I bought a new car :D:D:D

6 hours there, 3 1/2 hours back

Ok, it isn't actually new, it was made in 1975.

But it does have a brand new 4 litre V8 wedged in the front :D

Sounds good what you got?

[Sam]

I feel I am going to get some serious stick for this but it was my wife that answered the question, not me!

A likely story;

http://www.sticksite.com/carvings/carved-stick.jpg

[Eshrules]

A likely story;

http://www.sticksite.com/carvings/carved-stick.jpg

No way! How vain can you get, modelling walking sticks on your own face??? :Blush2:

[Crasher]

Your looking a little wooden there old man, been at the bottle again?

[buster]

Sounds good what you got?

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s61/quattro_album/100_5248.jpg

:D:D:D:D:D:D

[bora(ing) nick]

can't view the pic (damned internet police!)

What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it?

:D

[buster]

can't view the pic (damned internet police!)

What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it?

:D

This vehicle is a Rover P6 3500 V8 automatic and has been modified and improved in the following way.

General Description

This is a 1975 model having covered around 4,400 miles since major works having been carried out. Total mileage is 96823 miles since new. Speedometer was replaced at 92423 miles. The V5 shows 2 previous owners. Lunar grey with black box pleated cloth interior. Structural condition is very good with no visible corrosion in the normal areas and still looks like new. Some body work corrosion is present around the front side light units, on the top of the right rear wing, edges of the front valance and around the edges of the left front door. Dissimilar metal corrosion is visible on the bonnet around the washer jets and badge. I have 4 good solid wings, left front door and front valance to go with this vehicle. The body and paint work is presentable and the interior is very presentable with only the normal wear visible to the driver’s seat. Apart from the wheels it looks standard; however it is more than capable of keeping up with modern traffic weighing around 1300kg with 178bhp at the rear wheels. That’s about the same power to weight ratio as a Focus ST.

Modifications and Improvements

New 4 litre cross bolted V8.
Pair of stage 1 unleaded RPI engineering cylinder heads.
Piper RP4 high torque cam and followers.
New rocker shafts.
Steel rockers.
Cloyes duplex timing chain and sprockets.
New oil pump.
New water pump.
Lightened and balanced flywheel.
New 3 piece clutch.
New clutch master and slave cylinders.
High torque gear reduction starter motor.
Mallory dual point distributor.
RPI engineering A&P electronic ignition power amp.
Correct ignition coil and ballast resistor.
Magnecor 8mm plug leads.
Offenhauser dual port inlet manifold.
Weber 500 carburettor.
K&N air filter.
Facet red top fuel pump.
Malpassi fuel pressure regulator.
In car mounted fuel pressure gauge.
PRI engeering/J&P stainless exhaust manifolds with 13/4 primaries.
Custom 2 into 1 front section of exhaust.
JR Wadhams high capacity 3 row radiator.
Kenlowe electric radiator fan.
Rossini up rated front brake discs.
Green stuff front brake pads.
Aeroquip brake hoses.
New power steering box.
Overhauled power steering pump.
Stripped and rebuilt LT77 5 speed gearbox.
Calibrated speedometer.
Recent rolling road set up showed 178bhp at rear wheels.
Up rated Cibie headlamps.
Cibie front fog lamps.
Genuine Rover 6JX14 Minilte wheels (part number CRC 3628) fitted with Hankook 185X14 90H tyres with nearly new tread.
Locking wheel nuts.

[MalcQV]

Superb!

[bora(ing) nick]

sounds guuurrrrrrddd :D

[buster]

sounds guuurrrrrrddd :D

You think it sounds good?

You should be standing behind it when I fire it up :D

[MalcQV]

The Rover V8 has always sounded good. So long since I have seen a P6. When I was a kid.....

[Crasher]

Ahh a P6 3500, bolt on panel and skeleton frame restoration heaven.

Quick test of your knowledge then, why did Spen Kings team design the rocker arm longitudinal horizontal strut front suspension?

[bora(ing) nick]

to get to the other side? :D

[MalcQV]

Ahh a P6 3500, bolt on panel and skeleton frame restoration heaven.

Quick test of your knowledge then, why did Spen Kings team design the rocker arm longitudinal horizontal strut front suspension?


Aero engine or something?

[buster]

Ahh a P6 3500, bolt on panel and skeleton frame restoration heaven.

Quick test of your knowledge then, why did Spen Kings team design the rocker arm longitudinal horizontal strut front suspension?


To enable the engine bay to be wider so the preferred engine - a gas turbine unit - would fit.

They decided against this and fitted a four cylinder OHC engine, and then upgraded to the Buick 215 which later became known as the Rover V8

[Crasher]

Superb!

Not it isn't, it's a Rover not a Skoda!:D

Some clever buggers on here!

OK, what was the offset V8 mid engined prototype called then?

[buster]

Not it isn't, it's a Rover not a Skoda!:D

Some clever buggers on here!

OK, what was the offset V8 mid engined prototype called then?

Rover P6 BS (Buick Sport) Grand Tourer?

[Crasher]

OK, I give up :biglaugh:

[buster]

<chortle>

I know my stuff as far as the Old P6 is concerned.

Know sod all about Audis, but P6s? I can rebuild them in the dark.

[hagis]

Nice, I've always liked those old Rovers, I remember my granddad having one years ago. Funnily enough, a friend of mine who is into his retro-70's stuff bought one about 5 years ago. He had a few problems with it and had to sell it on as he's not a technical person. Pity really, it was a great looking car.

[Dudey Head]

fnar!


You could get arrested for that


:biglaugh: hee hee...

[Dudey Head]

Feel free mate and a kind thankyou for asking ;).

What a weekend. Ferrari can't get an F1 car to finish or at least in a decent position :(

My pal came to visit on Sunday as he had just replaced the alternator on his Charger. About 5 mins after leaving mine as I was about to clear my garden pond then wash the Pasty he phoned. His engine bay had caught fire on the East Lancs road, his car was on lane 1 (dual carriageway) and there were dumb *** (though I guess you don't expect parked cars there) not looking where they were going cars trying to rear end him. I stuck the Pasty a good few yards back with the hazards on and deployed my triangle :p What a difference that makes.

We managed push his car totally of the carriageway (it was half on half off after a previous motorist had stopped to help, before I got there).

Anyway it turns out the wire from the alternator to the battery acted like a fuse, we reckon the alternator has shorted to earth. Lucky as he had a fire extinguisher in the car. I am tonight off to replace his and buy two myself. One for Mrs QV's MX5 and one for my Pasty, which will also be used in the Mondy (maybe I will buy four :p).

That's a full blown horror story!
Was there much damage!! :(
Charger, car of the gods!

[Dudey Head]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s61/quattro_album/100_5248.jpg

:D:D:D:D:D:D

Not a charger, but nonetheles exceptionally coooooool!!!! :approve: :D

[BDT]

Nice rover, but i always fancied a P5 3.5 myself... ;)


Ahh a P6 3500, bolt on panel and skeleton frame restoration heaven.

Quick test of your knowledge then, why did Spen Kings team design the rocker arm longitudinal horizontal strut front suspension?


Didn't they have some mad gas turbine in mind, but it was later dropped due to cost?





Not it isn't, it's a Rover not a Skoda!

Some clever buggers on here!

OK, what was the offset V8 mid engined prototype called then?



http://www.rover-v8.nl/dutchroverarchives/p6/bs/bs002.jpg

I thought the BS stood for bull .... :biglaugh:

[buster]

Not a charger, but nonetheles exceptionally coooooool!!!! :approve: :D

Saw a nice charger at the local classic car show about a fortnight ago.

Bright yellow and 'as new', even better than new perhaps.

It turned up on one of the many ford owners clubs stands. Shhhh no one has told them it isn't a ford;)

Giving the old P6 a run up on the rollers next wednesday, so will have some power figures!! :D How old am I? chortle.

[MalcQV]

That's a full blown horror story!
Was there much damage!! :(
Charger, car of the gods!

Don't think so, damaged ego, a few singe marks and lots of extinguisher powder.

There is a little more to it as he replaced the alternator but it was slightly different to the original but is off a Mopar probably of similar year . He needs to replace the cable between alternator and battery (with a fuse this time :)). Replace the cable to the starter and a couple to the rev counter that were next to the damaged wire. Hopefully after all this he will get power back.

He is looking at an upgrade kit now that uses modern Jap components with an installation kit. Until all this is complete he won't know for sure.

[hongkongstuey]

quick question, does anyone know where ive put my xbox 360 games? i have 4 missing and have promised one of them to someone at work!! :confused:

rovre p6, anyone remember 'the gaffer' tv series, he drove one with hundreds of parking tickets that he discarded to the back seat, think it finished in 1981, good memory for useless information!!

another one, first car sold in the uk to have 100hp/litre? :biglaugh: there are several that are wrong

[bora(ing) nick]

quick question, does anyone know where ive put my xbox 360 games? i have 4 missing and have promised one of them to someone at work!! :confused:



in that cupboard in the bedroom? the one in our house is like the bermuda triangle... anything that goes in there is guarenteed never to be seen again!



another one, first car sold in the uk to have 100hp/litre? :biglaugh: there are several that are wrong

Guessing at the sierra cosworth?

[buster]

quick question, does anyone know where ive put my xbox 360 games? i have 4 missing and have promised one of them to someone at work!! :confused:

rovre p6, anyone remember 'the gaffer' tv series, he drove one with hundreds of parking tickets that he discarded to the back seat, think it finished in 1981, good memory for useless information!!

another one, first car sold in the uk to have 100hp/litre? :biglaugh: there are several that are wrong

Have you looked down the back of the bed?

Bill Maynard as Fred Moffat or Selwyn Froggit? drivng a battered old white 2000 - back seat always full of parking tickets.

[Crasher]

Under the TV stand pushed to the back behind those dust balls.

[hagis]

Maybe your missus has "tidied them up" and put them somewhere you'd never expect to find them.

Either that or you hallucinated having bought them, though that's stretching things a bit.

[Crasher]

In that case, if she's over 40 or blonde (or both), check the freezer.

[hongkongstuey]

i'd better go and check the bin to be honest! all very good suggestions, decorating at the mo so cant find a thing stuff everywhere!! even asked my dad an he lives 30 miles away. seeing as the mrs is 26, brunette and a pharmacist tech, shes a lot brighter than me, shes probably taped them to the back of my head :aargh4: or dangled them from string wedding style from the back of the car.

well done on getting cosworth! damn it, right, obscurity here we go.

what is my last name :biglaugh: and which police officer from a tv show is it linked to? should get some good guesses.

[bora(ing) nick]

well done on getting cosworth! damn it, right, obscurity here we go.



:biglaugh: Can't believe i was right!... first time for everything :D


what is my last name :biglaugh: and which police officer from a tv show is it linked to? should get some good guesses.

not a clue.... i'll do some digging ;)

[hongkongstuey]

ahem, without looking at my sign up details! dont know if they asked for my surname? :biglaugh: got millions of useless facts for people to guess to keep this thread spiralling out of control!

[bora(ing) nick]

ahem, without looking at my sign up details!

Busted!

A lot of your IP's go back to London..... and you have used somewhere very public to sign on before now..... Theres a few members that have signed on with the same IP... :D

I'm going to stop now.... i get the feeling that i'm abusing my powers.

:beerchug:

[Crasher]

Do you wear a dirty rain mack and dark glasses whilst spying on us?

[bora(ing) nick]

Do you wear a dirty rain mack and dark glasses whilst spying on us?

Only in your dreams steve :D

:beerchug:

[Combover]

Busted!

A lot of your IP's go back to London..... and you have used somewhere very public to sign on before now..... Theres a few members that have signed on with the same IP... :D

I'm going to stop now.... i get the feeling that i'm abusing my powers.

:beerchug:

We'll start calling you Big Bora Nick

[bora(ing) nick]

We'll start calling you Big Bora Nick

Took me a minute.... but i got it in the end;)

The Mods are watching you all!

[buster]

We'll start calling you Big Bora Nick

Are you related to Arora Bora Alice?

[prolfe]

what is my last name :biglaugh: and which police officer from a tv show is it linked to? should get some good guesses.

Spender

:)

[Crasher]

Only in your dreams steve :D

:beerchug:

No, that thought has damaged me!

[hongkongstuey]

Spender

:)
no thats the mrs :biglaugh:

a lot more famous than that broken nosed greasy haired geordie.

a clue: the car in the series was more famous than the policeman

[NickPicks]

Is it Gene Hunt, from Ashes to Ashes, with the UR Quattro?

[hongkongstuey]

nope, i will check back later to find out if people have got it. time to sleep, damn night shift!!

[Sam]

no thats the mrs :biglaugh:

a lot more famous than that broken nosed greasy haired geordie.

a clue: the car in the series was more famous than the policeman

Starksy or Hutch?

[MalcQV]

He was a Janitor but in the cop shop :p

http://images.elfwood.com/fanq/b/r/brebo/hong_kong_phooey.jpg

So I reckon Phooey

[NickPicks]

So, "Is it Henry? The mild mannered janitor"

[hongkongstuey]

that would be so cool, thats why i have the hongkongstuey as im a big fan :biglaugh: but sadly no, played by a human actor,gotta go work now, so will check back about half 8 am :aargh4:

[buster]

what is my last name :biglaugh: and which police officer from a tv show is it linked to? should get some good guesses.

Is it some sort of code?

[hongkongstuey]

no code, famous tv cop, cant say what car was in it, wasnt his car though, the car make and model has been talked about very recently somewhere on the site. its not vag though.

stuey starsky would give me a porn star name i reckon :beerchug:

[buster]

no code, famous tv cop, cant say what car was in it, wasnt his car though, the car make and model has been talked about very recently somewhere on the site. its not vag though.

stuey starsky would give me a porn star name i reckon :beerchug:

When I asked if it was some sort of code, I was meaning, 'is it Morse?'

Not Bergerac is it?

[hongkongstuey]

ha ha sorry, nope.

he had a dog

[RichardCranium]

Columbo??

[BDT]

With all the talk of Ferrari's recently, i had thought of Magnum, but he's a private investigator..... hmmm

Which had me thinking, if the car in the series would give it away, it must be one of about 10 programs, and as some of you have guessed the less obvious ones, i'm going to have guess your surname is "Carter", and the answer is the Sweeney?

[hongkongstuey]

as roy walker once said, its close but its not right,

its a lot funnier than that :biglaugh:

there was a famous ruling dj with a name the same and a tennis player, am i just confusing you here? :beerchug: oh there is a beer too called red ......... (dont count the dots cos it isnt a clue)

[bora(ing) nick]

red stripe?

[hongkongstuey]

nope, forget about the beer, googled it and its nowhere, too hard, unless there are proper real ale fans here who know their 'very obscure' dark ales

concentrate on the cop stuff and the car will lead you to it, well, you'll be on the right twisty path, wether you get it, i dont know, he never did in the series :beerchug:

definately the last clue now.

[bora(ing) nick]

nope, forget about the beer, googled it and its nowhere, too hard, unless there are proper real ale fans here who know their 'very obscure' dark ales

concentrate on the cop stuff and the car will lead you to it, well, you'll be on the right twisty path, wether you get it, i dont know, he never did in the series :beerchug:

definately the last clue now.

Do you have a Facebook account??? I'd like to add you as a friend ;) :D

[hongkongstuey]

yes i do and no you cant :biglaugh: im sure someone will get it and i'll bow down to them for getting it

oh i see your from manc nick, thats where my relatives with the name live, but sadly my dad had to move out of woodhouse park wythenshawe for 2 reasons, 1, its a s**t hole, 2, he got barred from every pub in manchester for fighting in his days as a rocker

not saying it was rough round there but some lad was holding a knife to a girls throat and my gran stepped in between them, she was only i her 70's back then and the guy stood down :) hard as nails my gran ;) god rest her soul

[hagis]

red stripe?

Wattley's Red Barrel?

[hongkongstuey]

stuey barrel, got a ring to it :biglaugh: n01 is gonna get this. given about 8 clues now, even some hidden ones!

[Crasher]

I must be ill, I don’t know why I did it-it is a mystery to me but I ask your forgiveness. Today, at approximately 5pm I was on a test drive with a customer (flippin car!) and approaching a junction when I slowed and allowed another vehicle out of a junction. All I can say is my senses must have been impaired, to allow myself to let a car of the devil out from a side road, I still can’t quite come to terms with what I have done, I mean-it is a written law of the road, “ thou shall not allow a BMW out of a junction”.

[prolfe]

tut tut tut.


go on....... get to the back of the class...<whole class shakes their heads n utter disgust>

:newbie:

[buster]

I must be ill, I don’t know why I did it-it is a mystery to me but I ask your forgiveness. Today, at approximately 5pm I was on a test drive with a customer (flippin car!) and approaching a junction when I slowed and allowed another vehicle out of a junction. All I can say is my senses must have been impaired, to allow myself to let a car of the devil out from a side road, I still can’t quite come to terms with what I have done, I mean-it is a written law of the road, “ thou shall not allow a BMW out of a junction”.

A BMW let me out of a junction the other day :aargh4:

I am now in a state of stunned shock which may remain with me for all time.

My immediate reaction was that I had accidentally and unknowingly dropped out of this state of consiousness, into a parallel universe, where things happened in a reverse like manner. People were born old and grew steadily younger, MPs were honest hardworking people, and councils encouraged the use of cars.

But, perhaps he just stalled it, or was driving it for someone else. Who knows.

All I know is that I am now scared to go outdoors on my own :confused:

[MalcQV]

You guys and BMW's have issues :p

I really do not seen them in any different light to any other driver.

[Crasher]

You guys and BMW's have issues :p

I really do not seen them in any different light to any other driver.


24 hour ban for not towing the party line :D

[BDT]

I see a capri racing into the distance.................Doyle?

[BDT]

You guys and BMW's have issues :p

I really do not seen them in any different light to any other driver.

Thanks MalcQV, i was beginning to think it was only me........

[hongkongstuey]

seeing as no-one got it, i'll tell you, its........


Roscoe

as in sherrif roscoe from dukes of hazard :beerchug:

clues were hidden like 'whoever gets it, i'll 'bow' down to them, bow bein a duke

and n'01' has got it, 01 being the number of the general lee.

roscoe tanner was the tennis player
emporer roscoe was the dj
red roscoe was the beer

some good guesses though guys :biglaugh:

[MalcQV]

Thanks MalcQV, i was beginning to think it was only me........

No mate, as the sig says. I love cars.

All cars are equal, though some are more equal than others :p

[Combover]

Well, its happened.

Scraper
DeIcer
Heated Seats

All required this morning for the trip to work - bring on the madness!

Oh, and whoelse has a significant other who sees you scraping your car, then shouts down from the balcony for you to do hers too!?

[MalcQV]

Balcony? wow :p

[Combover]

^^^^ I've got 2!!

:)

[omegadirective]

:O I have missed a lot! A lot happens in just over a week! :)

I too, in my 1,000 mile trip around the United Kingdom encountered some very nice BMW drivers. I was shocked. However, I also met some complete and utter a***s. Shame. The world is balanced once again.

[omegadirective]

First day back at work. :(

I am cold. :(

And bored. :(

No ones about. :(

I have NOTHING to do. :(

Should have stayed on holiday! :(

[paul b]

I must be ill, I don’t know why I did it-it is a mystery to me but I ask your forgiveness. Today, at approximately 5pm I was on a test drive with a customer (flippin car!) and approaching a junction when I slowed and allowed another vehicle out of a junction. All I can say is my senses must have been impaired, to allow myself to let a car of the devil out from a side road, I still can’t quite come to terms with what I have done, I mean-it is a written law of the road, “ thou shall not allow a BMW out of a junction”.

On Saturday afternoon I was on my way to watch a local football match. While pulling out of the layby beside my house, I was about to pull out when some ignorant 8astard in a 'car of the devil' 520d estate simply carried on going and refused to let me out. The traffic had stopped! :zx11: You did all that to gain another 2 metres? Numpty!

And then, on the M60 (the same journey!) another clown in 520d estate (how odd? :p) cut me up ON THE SLIP ROAD doing about 85mph. Needless to say he had to stamp on the brake pedal quite hard about 600 yards down the road.

Nobody else annoyed me on that journey, just 'car of the devil' drivers!


You guys and BMW's have issues :p

I really do not seen them in any different light to any other driver.

Malc my estimations of you are slipping. ;)


24 hour ban for not towing the party line :D

Agreed! *waves the banner of ban*

Paul

[prolfe]

Well, its happened.

Scraper
DeIcer
Heated Seats

All required this morning for the trip to work - bring on the madness!

Oh, and whoelse has a significant other who sees you scraping your car, then shouts down from the balcony for you to do hers too!?

Was she in the West Wing bedroom?

[Combover]

^^^ Ha - no she was on the living room one!

Its not all glamour, she had to move the airer full of clothes to get to the french window!

[Crasher]

Oh, and whoelse has a significant other who sees you scraping your car, then shouts down from the balcony for you to do hers too!?

I don't need asking I just get on with it, warm the engine , clear the glass, warm the (unheated-burrrr!) leather seats and hand her the packed lunch I have just lovingly prepared. Why, because I am just that sort of guy http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_2_6.gif

[bora(ing) nick]

I don't need asking I just get on with it, warm the engine , clear the glass, warm the (unheated-burrrr!) leather seats and hand her the packed lunch I have just lovingly prepared. Why, because I am just that sort of guy http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_2_6.gif

Is your other half the "Bread-Winner"? :D

[Combover]

I wouldnt mind but I'm up and out way before she is so it probably refroze anyway!

She leaves the house at 8.30 and it home by 4.30.

I leave the house at 7am and get home at 7pm............but dinner will be on the table when I get in! :)

[hagis]

With us having the baby and my wife changing her work times she now leaves for work before me.

You can guarentee that I'll still be out there de-icing her car before she leaves....

[Crasher]

Is your other half the "Bread-Winner"? :D


She does earn more than me.

[paul b]

I have one thing to say...

:aargh4:MALC SORT YOUR SIGNATURE OUT!:aargh4:

Your sig is just minging. :puke:

Paul

[Combover]

Oh......my............................GOD......... .....

Who has hijacked MALCs account!?

[paul b]

Oh......my............................GOD......... .....

Who has hijacked MALCs account!?
I think we can rule Crasher out... ;)

What about that other guy who says he doesn't mind BMWs? I can't remember now... he either had Mark or Golf in his username I'm sure? :confused:

:p

I think Malc needs a 24hr ban. :naughty:

Paul

[prolfe]

^^^ Ha - no she was on the living room one!

Its not all glamour, she had to move the airer full of clothes to get to the french window!

you have a french widow working for you with a bad leg, so your wife had to move the airer into the west wing.

My god man, just how big is your house?

Just googled Combover french maid west wing.

Clicked on Images and found:

Your front door:

http://www.auburn.edu/forlang/russian/churches/002.jpg

Your living room:
http://www.eugenewei.com/images/misc2004/hollywoodbowl.jpg

And what looks like the side of your house, the swimming pool, kitchen and hallway:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_61djkGwfEZo/RoZ3zrxMDRI/AAAAAAAAA6U/HjEeL2ugJ_0/s1600/Grammer_PICS.jpg

:)

[Combover]

Oh my god, how did you find pictures of my house!?

;)

Oh and quick edit - my missus is from Alderley Edge - her parents neighbour but one was Ronaldo for a year!!

Landed on my feet with this one!

[hongkongstuey]

it could be like this

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42481000/jpg/_42481044_arrest_ibra_moh203pa.jpg

when i opened the front door i was met with a very icy car, thick ice!! temp gauge said it was 0.5 degrees!! that was 6.20am though

oh and my aunty lived in alderly edge before the chavvy lot moved their poodles and shitsu's in, got well out. exclusivity means nothing if your neighbour is a ******

[Dudey Head]

24 hour ban for not towing the party line :D

Yes, definitely off to the Eastern Front for Herr QV me thinks!!

[Dudey Head]

Found a pic of Combover's quaint little pool-house at the end of his garden:

http://www.webcultura.net/images/taj-mahal-india.jpg

[Crasher]

That's nothing. This is my garage.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd20/Crasher1964/autostadt.jpg

[MalcQV]

Hey guys outcasted I feel I am somebody at last, not just furniture. ;):p

Sometimes to be bad is to be famous.

[Combover]

Did someone say something guys?!.........................

:)

[prolfe]

There was a funny smell just now.

Not sure what it was.

oh well

:D

[omegadirective]

I like BMW's too! :p

It's the people driving them I normally have a problem with.

I have to admit though, the build quality of BMW's just isn't as good as an Audi!

*waits to be stoned* :(

[MalcQV]

http://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/lipsrsealed2.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/lipsrsealed2.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/tombstone.gif BMW http://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/smitten.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/tumbleweed.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/worm.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/hang.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/shakeass.gif

[Combover]

Did you just click on every icon you could find then!?

[MalcQV]

Did you just click on every icon you could find then!?
http://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/no.gif There are a few more.

[Crasher]

There is only one car manufacturer I despise more than “The Car Manufacturer to the Devil” and that is Ferrari. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_6_3.gif

[bora(ing) nick]

There is only one car anufacturer I despise more than “The Car Manufacturer to the Devil” and that is Ferrari. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_6_3.gif


LOL

*waits for Malc to bite :D

[Combover]

The hook is baited.........

[Crasher]

Ohh, I feel a nibble http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_3_202.gif

[Desertfish]

I have to admit though, the build quality of BMW's just isn't as good as an Audi!

Thants probably the reason why a lot of BMW driving plonkers are switching to Audi's... :biglaugh:

[onzarob]

Talking of build quality and the lack of it, Why have you (malcqv) a picture of a Chrysler as your avatar?

I had an Avenger for a hire car in Canada and the build quality was shocking...seem sealer no not me ;)

[hongkongstuey]

i used to like my bmw when i had it, 325i straight six, full leather and mucho slidyness and

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2562/leftfrontquarterdx8ei3.jpg

[Crasher]

Stop posting pics of evil cars! Makes me nervous.

[hongkongstuey]

Stop posting pics of evil cars! Makes me nervous.

it was an evil car, would spin the wheels with a shift from 4th to 3rd at 80mph, terrible in the wet!!!

[BDT]

Stop posting pics of evil cars! Makes me nervous.

Be afraid, be very afraid.....

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/8865/smallver1zo6.jpg

[Crasher]

If I had the power...

[hongkongstuey]

If I had the power...


this guy has the power :beerchug:
http://www.blinkx.com/video/bmw-m5-e34-1129bhp-1130nm-gatebil-mantorp/-HJTFJ_3Qqr8J4SqaXgI1Q

[Crasher]

Devil worship!

[BDT]

If I had the power...

If you had the power, you'd be.....

http://www.gamers-underground.com/forum/attachments/news/3278d1200981295-you-now-have-power-070704cartoon_heman-jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsHUel04dY

[Dudey Head]

Devil worship!

Cue the music in The Omen that I'm too ignorant to know what it's actually called!! :p

[Combover]

Its called Carmina Burana: Fortune, Empress of the World: O Fortuna

I have it on my iPod

[MalcQV]

There is only one car manufacturer I despise more than “The Car Manufacturer to the Devil” and that is Ferrari. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_6_3.gif

The proverbial pain in the *** cars. They have character but no where near the reliability of a BMW ;) With BMW you get both.

[MalcQV]

this guy has the power :beerchug:
http://www.blinkx.com/video/bmw-m5-e34-1129bhp-1130nm-gatebil-mantorp/-HJTFJ_3Qqr8J4SqaXgI1Q

Fantastic. The red smoke though ? Proper RWD none of this Nancy FWD stuff :p

[Combover]

I'm just online at the MEN Arena trying to book tickets for War of the Worlds in June. I've waited years for it to come back here and am 100% getting tickets.

They are priced at £55 each, which is fine, however, each ticket, they are charging £7.25 booking fee.

Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous!? Its not going to stop me booking them, but for the 2 tickets on the same transaction I'll be paying £14.50 booking fee! Why not just say that the tickets are £62.25 each?


Grrrrr...I hate hidden charges!
EDIT...... and they add £2.00 delivery charge!

So 2 tickets cost £126.50! :(

[Sam]

The other day I was cruising along as usual in my BMW coming onto one of my motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars.

First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road! I had to squeeze into a barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! (The driver of the car behind me did realise his mistake though and honked an apology to me with a long blast of his horn.)

Unbelievably, I had to do the same again before I could get to the BMW lane. (Why do underlings use this lane? Surely everyone knows it is for BMW drivers only?)

Anyway, once I was in the BMW lane and posing along at 110mph enjoying the adulation that the inferior car drivers were giving me, I noticed an inferior car ahead of me which was not only in the BMW lane of my motorway, but was driving at a ridiculous 70 mph!

Naturally, I got to within a foot or so of his rear bumper and flashed my headlights to remind him he shouldn't be in the BMW lane of my motorway and to get out of my way.

Of course, once he realised it was a BMW behind him, he did just that, but I could hardly believe it when he pulled straight back out behind me! He also tried to keep up with me but when he realised I would out-run him, he put on some blue lights in his front grill and urged me to get onto the hard shoulder so that he could congratulate me on my excellent car.

Needless to say, I was eager to oblige and when we had stopped, the man gave me a piece of paper confirming what I already knew - that my car goes fast!

Apparently he wants everyone to know what a superior car I have, so I had to take my driver's licence to a Police Station to be sent away to have some points put on! (They're not free points either - they're £20 each and I was only allowed 3.)

But the man at the Police Station said that because I drive a BMW, it won't be much longer before I earn the full 12 points, and then I won't even NEED a driving licence, so they will take it off me!

See, now THAT's the sort of respect you get when you buy and drive a BMW.

[Crasher]

Nice but you forgot that you came upon a sign that told you your special BMW only lane was closing in 2 miles and by your Devil given right you exited your special lane only at the last possible moment before pulling in front of the car in the Volvo cruising lane which bowed to your superiority and applied emergency braking to allow you to enter the lane without any inconvenience to your evil self.

[prolfe]

The other day..............blah blah blah

See, now THAT's the sort of respect you get when you buy and drive a BMW.

Have a reward:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4638/conceptcarfin05di6.jpg

[hagis]

It's quiet on here today, where is everyone?

[Combover]

I'm presenting a tender in Reading tomorrow so I'm in my meetings about that - except for now when I am eating a butty and checking up on whats happening!

[bora(ing) nick]

'tis quiet....

i should be working.... most importantly, i need to complete my expences.... otherwise thats 2 months i'll have missed!

Prioritise :D

[prolfe]

Think Malc and Now Sam are keeping a low profile:
http://www.modbargains.com/images/Products/Beyern%20Wheels/m%207%201.jpg

this is him between his two new best friends:

http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/pics/z4/11338_1024.jpg

[Sam]

I'm here

Working hard <cough>

[prolfe]

I'm here

Working hard <cough>

Are you in the middle of an examination? Or on the TV set of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Or is Working Hard a euphemism for something else?

[hongkongstuey]

Fantastic. The red smoke though ? Proper RWD none of this Nancy FWD stuff :p

special tyres, they do all colours, mainly for drifting fans and americans who have more money than sense, looks good at shows though

[MalcQV]

Auditors in this week.

[Crasher]

What happens when the auditors find those bills for Ferrari bits hidden in with the stationery invoices?

[MalcQV]

What happens when the auditors find those bills for Ferrari bits hidden in with the stationery invoices?

Being a Systems Admin, they won't ;) and we are a paperless office.:p

[dansansome]

still have the internet police installed :(

[MalcQV]

still have the internet police installed :(

I sort of am the internet police, though not directly.

[dansansome]

*shudders*

[hongkongstuey]

im back at home,did 2 hours work, new million pound plus crankcase wash machine, about 10-15m long and 4-5m square, meant to revolutionise the process and churn them out every 20 mins or so, we got 3 out in 8 hours and the guys who fitted it wont let us use it while they arent there!! they were gonna try an get 24 out in 8 hours today, we had no engines out on the line. oops, holiday form please boss :beerchug:

[paul b]

I like BMW's too! :p

It's the people driving them I normally have a problem with.

I have to admit though, the build quality of BMW's just isn't as good as an Audi!

*waits to be stoned* :(

They are the ugliest thing on the road. Have you seen the front of them? And that awful super shiny silvery-chromey dash inserts? Minging!


There is only one car manufacturer I despise more than “The Car Manufacturer to the Devil” and that is Ferrari. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_6_3.gif

I shall have to disagree. :p


Honestly now what has got into the lot of you recently? BMWs? You guys make me sick!

And you Sam, as a moderator of the VWAF! Be ashamed of yourself! :p

Paul

[Desertfish]

The other day I was cruising along as usual in my BMW coming onto one of my motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars.

First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road! I had to squeeze into a barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! (The driver of the car behind me did realise his mistake though and honked an apology to me with a long blast of his horn.)

Unbelievably, I had to do the same again before I could get to the BMW lane. (Why do underlings use this lane? Surely everyone knows it is for BMW drivers only?)

Anyway, once I was in the BMW lane and posing along at 110mph enjoying the adulation that the inferior car drivers were giving me, I noticed an inferior car ahead of me which was not only in the BMW lane of my motorway, but was driving at a ridiculous 70 mph!

Naturally, I got to within a foot or so of his rear bumper and flashed my headlights to remind him he shouldn't be in the BMW lane of my motorway and to get out of my way.

Of course, once he realised it was a BMW behind him, he did just that, but I could hardly believe it when he pulled straight back out behind me! He also tried to keep up with me but when he realised I would out-run him, he put on some blue lights in his front grill and urged me to get onto the hard shoulder so that he could congratulate me on my excellent car.

Needless to say, I was eager to oblige and when we had stopped, the man gave me a piece of paper confirming what I already knew - that my car goes fast!

Apparently he wants everyone to know what a superior car I have, so I had to take my driver's licence to a Police Station to be sent away to have some points put on! (They're not free points either - they're £20 each and I was only allowed 3.)

But the man at the Police Station said that because I drive a BMW, it won't be much longer before I earn the full 12 points, and then I won't even NEED a driving licence, so they will take it off me!

See, now THAT's the sort of respect you get when you buy and drive a BMW.

:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: class... Damn I missed this place.

As Paul pointed out in some other thread, I'm back indeed... Needed to go into VWAF-Rehab for a little while. Was spending too much time on here. (lol)

No, seriously... I've been a very busy boy in trying to set up my own little company. Is about a hundred times more work than I thought. Still, I'm glad to see that all the same old faces are still around. Even Mr Creacky Bits made it back... What's with all the Internet Police man? You mean to tell me that another systems engineer got the better of you and restricted your tinterweb access at work...?

[MalcQV]

:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: What's with all the Internet Police man? You mean to tell me that another systems engineer got the better of you and restricted your tinterweb access at work...?

If that was meant for me then no no. We do log all t'interweb activity but unless the sites looks dodgy nothing happens. Course we have now been acquired by an American company whose policy is a little different on t'interweb usage on company time and property so all may change. Mind you by then with the economic problems today we may be all out of a job anyway soon!

Well come back Mr Fish.

[Combover]

Morning all

Went to Reading yesterday. 5 of us in a Golf GT Tdi - not pleasant.

On the way, I looked out of the window into a field and saw a huge black cat shaped animal jumping around! The other 4 in the car didnt believe me but I know what I saw!

And then on the way back, some woman decided she wanted to threaten to chuck herself off the bridge at J15 of the M6 - so sat on there for ages.

But to top it all off, the client we went to pitch to, just wasnt interested in hearing what we said. Quite disheartening after THEY invited US!

[omegadirective]

:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: class... Damn I missed this place.

As Paul pointed out in some other thread, I'm back indeed... Needed to go into VWAF-Rehab for a little while. Was spending too much time on here. (lol)

No, seriously... I've been a very busy boy in trying to set up my own little company. Is about a hundred times more work than I thought. Still, I'm glad to see that all the same old faces are still around. Even Mr Creacky Bits made it back... What's with all the Internet Police man? You mean to tell me that another systems engineer got the better of you and restricted your tinterweb access at work...?


Congrats! What does your shiny new company involve? :)

I think with the bad economy, the companies are trying to improve their spending by killing off the people who use the internet too much! :p

[Desertfish]

Congrats! What does your shiny new company involve? :)

I think with the bad economy, the companies are trying to improve their spending by killing off the people who use the internet too much! :p

I'm going into the illustration business, hopefully successfully targeting computer games developers and publishers to create artwork and packaging materials for them. I'm basically all set up to start the business so apart from spending a few hundred quid on company registration, getting the stationary done and do some advertising, I have no additional costs. So in these uncertain times, its not much of a risk. And if I can set up a company like that and keep it afloat in these uncertain times, I'm certainly will be doing well once the whole economy is starting to recover.

Besides, computer gaming is the immediate future for entertainment (I hope), because with Joe Blogs monthly budget getting squeezed to almost 0, I reckon more and more people will be looking into online gaming for their entertainment. Because of the replay value, its almost the cheapest form of entertainment available to them. And people need to escape from from time to time from all that is happening around them do they? It can't be all working, worrying and no play...

[Desertfish]

If that was meant for me then no no. We do log all t'interweb activity but unless the sites looks dodgy nothing happens. Course we have now been acquired by an American company whose policy is a little different on t'interweb usage on company time and property so all may change. Mind you by then with the economic problems today we may be all out of a job anyway soon!

Well come back Mr Fish.

Erm... since when are we allowing people on here with BMW logo's as their avatar? Stu...! You meaning to tell me that the VWAF financial situation is that bad we need to allow BMW owners on this forum...?

[MalcQV]

Erm... since when are we allowing people on here with BMW logo's as their avatar? Stu...! You meaning to tell me that the VWAF financial situation is that bad we need to allow BMW owners on this forum...?

Nothing in the rules about it, anyway I don't own a BMW (yet).

Great day in F1 though...

Alonso 1st - Ferrari are missing out big time without this chap.
Kubica 2nd - beloved BMW
Raikkonen 3rd - Fantastic Ferrari :grouphug:

[paul b]

All the best to Mr Desertfish, I know what its like having recently set up my own property maintenance business.

And on the Alonso thing, I would not like to see Alonso in a Ferrari. For years in Schumi's era the Ferrari team was built around teamwork, high morale and determination. Those 3 bought the huge success in the early 2000s. I cannot see Alonso being able to add that to the team.

I would rather see some young blood at Ferrari in future, either Kubica or Vettel for me, possibly even Timo Glock.

Paul

[MalcQV]

All the best to Mr Desertfish, I know what its like having recently set up my own property maintenance business.

And on the Alonso thing, I would not like to see Alonso in a Ferrari. For years in Schumi's era the Ferrari team was built around teamwork, high morale and determination. Those 3 bought the huge success in the early 2000s. I cannot see Alonso being able to add that to the team.

I would rather see some young blood at Ferrari in future, either Kubica or Vettel for me, possibly even Timo Glock.

Paul

Maybe, Kubica would be good.

[onzarob]

Nothing in the rules about it, anyway I don't own a BMW (yet).


I too have had special thoughts for a rear wheel drive car, I am :confused:

[MalcQV]

I too have had special thoughts for a rear wheel drive car, I am :confused:
:beerchug: Top Gear say you need to have an Alfa to be a petrolhead. Bolox I reckon you have to RWD. You need to be a full time mechanic to own an Alfa :D

[bora(ing) nick]

I have craved for a large RWD lately.... ever since taking a ride in a skyline a few weeks back ....

[MalcQV]

I have craved for a large RWD lately.... ever since taking a ride in a skyline a few weeks back ....
So is it a Skyline you want or any RWD? Or are we talking the Berlin Motor Wagens?

[Combover]

My RX8 is RWD and its fantastic. You can chuck it into all sorts of corners and the front wheels dont have to mess about with power and steering!

Plus, you are being pushed along instead of pulled!

[bora(ing) nick]

Sadly, insuring a skyline would mean i'd have to sell 1 of my legs on ebay.

I do like the 320d/330d or possibly looking at getting a gas converted petrol, or getting a petrol and converting it myself!

For financial reasons i'll be keeping the Bora for at least another year. It's a good car and i have no reason for change, other than to appease my lust for RWD :D

[MalcQV]

My RX8 is RWD and its fantastic. You can chuck it into all sorts of corners and the front wheels dont have to mess about with power and steering!

Plus, you are being pushed along instead of pulled!

:fing02:


Sadly, insuring a skyline would mean i'd have to sell 1 of my legs on ebay.

I do like the 320d/330d or possibly looking at getting a gas converted petrol, or getting a petrol and converting it myself!

For financial reasons i'll be keeping the Bora for at least another year. It's a good car and i have no reason for change, other than to appease my lust for RWD :D

Smart motors, I know there are a few about but the 3 series are IMHO one of the best looking.

[hagis]

Afternoon all. Good weekend? I finally got round to doing the headlight bulb on my A4 - bloody hell! I didn't think it would be that complicated. I ran out of time before I had a chance to do the brake switch and have another look at the stereo.

[paul b]

Aren't a lot of Skylines 4WD? :confused:

I can see Nick is joining the VWAF converted to BMW brigade. Oh well... :(

Paul

[onzarob]

:beerchug: Top Gear say you need to have an Alfa to be a petrolhead. Bolox I reckon you have to RWD. You need to be a full time mechanic to own an Alfa :D

Actually I have already owned an Alfa, was a 155 1.8 T.Spark. I bought it in 1997 sold it in 2001 great car and reliable, just depreciated like a stone and no one would buy it :(

So RWD is the next step on from the Audi, but I may just go Quattro instead.....

I seen a cheap 323ci but just not sure i could cope with the visits to the petrol station as the A4 only needs to go once every 600 miles:D

[MalcQV]

Aren't a lot of Skylines 4WD? :confused:

I can see Nick is joining the VWAF converted to BMW brigade. Oh well... :(

Paul
They are Paul, but probably biased to the rear wheels.

BMW's are good cars, I am not just saying that I believe it. I nearly bought a 3 series instead of the Passat, though I nearly bought an Alfa and a Legacy and was sooo close to a V6 Cougar. I only stopped myself cos I already had a 2+2.

[Combover]

I seen a cheap 323ci but just not sure i could cope with the visits to the petrol station as the A4 only needs to go once every 600 miles:D


I'd kill for that many miles from a tank!! This week I finally got more than 200 miles from a tank!

[MalcQV]

I'd kill for that many miles from a tank!! This week I finally got more than 200 miles from a tank!

That is in the Mondial's park! I reckon about 18-20mpg from the 3.0 V8.

[Combover]

That is in the Mondial's park! I reckon about 18-20mpg from the 3.0 V8.

I'm thinking the 2.0TDI A3 or A4 might be closer than first anticipated!

Diesel for the week, Rex for the weekend maybe

[MalcQV]

I'm thinking the 2.0TDI A3 or A4 might be closer than first anticipated!

Diesel for the week, Rex for the weekend maybe

RX8 are great cars, I probably mentioned Mrs QV's boss has one and loves it. He bought a diesel as an every day motor and kept the RX8 for special occasions.

[Sam]

:fing02:

Smart motors, I know there are a few about but the 3 series are IMHO one of the best looking.

If I had to have one (and honestly, it wouldn't be a long conversation if this one was on offer) I'd go for either;

M5 (E28) from around the late 80s - if it had to be tuned, then the Alpina B10 version would make me dribble.

or

745i (E23) from around 1983 in black.

[MalcQV]

If I had to have one (and honestly, it wouldn't be a long conversation if this one was on offer) I'd go for either;

M5 (E28) from around the late 80s - if it had to be tuned, then the Alpina B10 version would make me dribble.

or

745i (E23) from around 1983 in black.

I really like the 840, 850's. They are not such a daft price now either.
Modern Beemers then a 6 series, though the front is ugly they look superb in profile and go like stink.

When I was contracting a fellow contractor was selling a 750 (I think). It was tempting but 180 miles round trip a day meant not a chance for me :p

[Combover]

RX8 are great cars, I probably mentioned Mrs QV's boss has one and loves it. He bought a diesel as an every day motor and kept the RX8 for special occasions.

Yeah I recall you saying when I announced my new arrival!

Are you still thinking of getting rid of your Mondial?

[Sam]

Totally forgot about the 8 series.

Alpina B12 - yes please!

[Crasher]

I give up with you lot, a lost cause that's what you are. Talking up The Car of the Devil.

[MalcQV]

Totally forgot about the 8 series.

Alpina B12 - yes please!I agree

Crasher, don't loose any sleep over it :p

[bora(ing) nick]

I give up with you lot, a lost cause that's what you are. Talking up The Car of the Devil.

I wondered how long it would be before you commented :D

If the VAG group did a modern day rwd i'd be interested?

[Combover]

Mk6 Golf could've been the ideal guinnea pig for RWD

[Sam]

I wondered how long it would be before you commented :D

If the VAG group did a modern day rwd i'd be interested?

Get yourself a 4mo Passat (W8 estate) and disconnect the front drive ;)

[MalcQV]

Get yourself a 4mo Passat (W8 estate) and disconnect the front drive ;)

Might be a reliability problem though :D

When I bought the Passat as usual I did sod all research. Got the car home saw the in-line engine and thought... hmm it felt like FWD. It is of course but for a minute I thought I had hit the jackpot :p

[Hex69]

To enable the engine bay to be wider so the preferred engine - a gas turbine unit - would fit.

They decided against this and fitted a four cylinder OHC engine, and then upgraded to the Buick 215 which later became known as the Rover V8

Ah, but where were the gas turbine unit's fitted to the P6?

As my grandfather's both worked for the Rover, I do know this one!!;)

[onzarob]

I give up with you lot, a lost cause that's what you are. Talking up The Car of the Devil.

Its the rear wheel drive thing, thats all.

I've just been looking on autotrader at A3 TDI Quattros and I think I may be cured, I get 4 wheel drive and missus can't complain as its a diesel and the dog fits in too ;)

PS and the children ;)

[Sam]

Its the rear wheel drive thing, thats all.

I've just been looking on autotrader at A3 TDI Quattros and I think I may be cured, I get 4 wheel drive and missus can't complain as its a diesel and the dog fits in too ;)

PS and the children ;)

Missus can't complain.

Let's hope she doesn't read this bit though;


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[Desertfish]

I give up with you lot, a lost cause that's what you are. Talking up The Car of the Devil.

At least one person left here with some sense... Well, make that two now... :D


I wondered how long it would be before you commented :D

If the VAG group did a modern day rwd i'd be interested?

Probably the reason why VAG is not looking into it is because as long as its dry, a RWD is a lot of fun. As soon as its getting wet they are absolutely dangerous to drive. How many people have died in car accidents in the wet with RWD cars... I remember in the early 80's there were quite a few of the top football players who wrapped their cars around lampposts or trees. The cars went to the scrap heap and their drivers ended up on the grave yard... And what was common about all these accidents? They were all RWD cars (i.e. Porsche or Beemers) and all accidents happedned in the wet...

Its easy for a bunch of "I think I'm hilarious" TV presenters to state that you need to have a RWD to be a petrol head. I ain't got anything against Top Gear, but the kinda talk they come up with from time to time is suitable only if you're going to take your car on tracks or if you like to do doughnuts on Tesco's carpark on a sunday afternoon... But if I want to give my car some welly in public traffic I'd much more prefer a 4WD...

[onzarob]

Missus can't complain.

Let's hope she doesn't read this bit though;

:biglaugh:

I don't know what came over me........maybe thought of a 3 door car:biglaugh:

[Combover]

At least one person left here with some sense... Well, make that two now... :D



Probably the reason why VAG is not looking into it is because as long as its dry, a RWD is a lot of fun. As soon as its getting wet they are absolutely dangerous to drive. How many people have died in car accidents in the wet with RWD cars... I remember in the early 80's there were quite a few of the top football players who wrapped their cars around lampposts or trees. The cars went to the scrap heap and their drivers ended up on the grave yard... And what was common about all these accidents? They were all RWD cars (i.e. Porsche or Beemers) and all accidents happedned in the wet...


I drive much more cautiously in the wet than the dry for that very reason. Even RBs are approached with much more caution than in my Golf

[paul b]

I give up with you lot, a lost cause that's what you are. Talking up The Car of the Devil.
I don't know what's got into them all! :biglaugh:

Paul

[onzarob]

At least one person left here with some sense... Well, make that two now... :D



Probably the reason why VAG is not looking into it is because as long as its dry, a RWD is a lot of fun. As soon as its getting wet they are absolutely dangerous to drive. How many people have died in car accidents in the wet with RWD cars... I remember in the early 80's there were quite a few of the top football players who wrapped their cars around lampposts or trees. The cars went to the scrap heap and their drivers ended up on the grave yard... And what was common about all these accidents? They were all RWD cars (i.e. Porsche or Beemers) and all accidents happedned in the wet...

Its easy for a bunch of "I think I'm hilarious" TV presenters to state that you need to have a RWD to be a petrol head. I ain't got anything against Top Gear, but the kinda talk they come up with from time to time is suitable only if you're going to take your car on tracks or if you like to do doughnuts on Tesco's carpark on a sunday afternoon... But if I want to give my car some welly in public traffic I'd much more prefer a 4WD...

I don't think RWD was droped just because they have different handling to front wheel drive, its got as more to do with cost as front wheel drive cars are easier to make, less complex and give more room to the passenger cabin.

I'm sure half the reasons footballers wrapped their cars round trees is through inexperence in a powerfull car and not just the rear wheels are driven. Front wheel drives have a nice habbit of being self correcting which is great for the normal motorist, but in the end a rear wheel drive car can carry more spped through a corner than a front wheel drive...but as you point out it needs skill to achive it ;)

But saying all that my 1964 cooper S would allways out handle a Escort rs2000 mk2 :biglaugh::biglaugh:

[hongkongstuey]

when i had my 1400 zetec fiesta i outhandled a huge amount of rwd cars, may be down to the driver :biglaugh: but a lot of them were much more powerful cars, not to upset anyone in perticular but an rx8 had a devilish time trying to lose my 90 rampaging minature shetlands over 10 miles of wet country roads.

when i had my 325i e30 i hated it from the word go and has made me never ever want a rwd car again!! sliding on roundabouts at 15mph that my fiesta later took at double that in wetter weather. fwd all the way i say, 4wd is too many things to go wrong.

with the fwd frees up internal space, not so with most of the audis and vw's with longitudal engines driving the front wheels. clarkson knocked audi's for having all the weight in front of the front wheels, i certainly have no problem in my passat even with the d engine up front

[Dudey Head]

:beerchug: Top Gear say you need to have an Alfa to be a petrolhead. Bolox I reckon you have to RWD. You need to be a full time mechanic to own an Alfa :D

I considered getting a GTV a few years back, a mate of a mate who's a mechanic for Alfa Romeo advised that unless I had a bottomless pit of money (to quote!) then I shouldn't bother! Needless to say I didn't.

[MalcQV]

I think with RWD in the wet they can be a handful, but as Rob says in the right hands they are far superior to FWD and far more fun IMHO of course. The reason manufacturers make cars FWD is purely down to cost, don't think for one minute it is for your safety and besides I mentioned it here the other day mine lost traction to the point it would hardly move from standstill, they are far from perfect.

Another thing with FWD is understeer, I know it is supposed to be easier to control but when those front wheels go wide and light I simply **** myself.

[Desertfish]

I don't know what's got into them all! :biglaugh:

Paul

Hehe... still a few people around with some sense... Maybe we should start our own forum. Something to do with Vdubs maybe... (erm... hang on a minute...Something doesn't seem right with that statement but I can't put my finger on it...)

[MalcQV]

Hehe... still a few people around with some sense... Maybe we should start our own forum. Something to do with Vdubs maybe... (erm... hang on a minute...Something doesn't seem right with that statement but I can't put my finger on it...)

I won't be there. If I ever move away from the Pasty and do stay with VAG it will be an Audi!

Though with me the car usually stays with me until it is worthless anyway..... time to get rid :p

[Combover]

when i had my 1400 zetec fiesta i outhandled a huge amount of rwd cars, may be down to the driver :biglaugh: but a lot of them were much more powerful cars, not to upset anyone in perticular but an rx8 had a devilish time trying to lose my 90 rampaging minature shetlands over 10 miles of wet country roads.

:biglaugh:

They are a git in the wet!! In the dry it loves corners and you can literally chuck it into them - in the wet, I find myself being attacked by all sorts of FWD things (including A3s and Golfs!)

[BDT]

But saying all that my 1964 cooper S would allways out handle a Escort rs2000 mk2 :biglaugh::biglaugh:

********!

The only way a Coopers S handles better then a RS2000, is when the Cooper is being driven by the better driver.

Match the pair up with equally skilled drivers, and a RS2000 will show a Cooper S a clean set of heels, over most surfaces.

[prolfe]

********!

The only way a Coopers S handles better then a RS2000, is when the Cooper is being driven by the better driver.

Match the pair up with equally skilled drivers, and a RS2000 will show a Cooper S a clean set of heels, over most surfaces.

Don't sit on the fence, really tell him what you think.

:D

[Combover]

:biglaugh:

Do we think BDT is a former RS2000 owner!?

[bora(ing) nick]

:biglaugh:

Do we think BDT is a former RS2000 owner!?

Whatever gives you that idea :D

[Combover]

Hmmm......dunno...... :D

[BDT]

:biglaugh:

Do we think BDT is a former RS2000 owner!?

Holds hand up! :Blush:

I have owned a number of rapid Mk1's & Mk2 in my time.....

(I've also had a couple of quick mini's too)

[Crasher]

I still have a rapid Mk1 and Mk2, if You mean Golf's and not Fords.

[BDT]

I still have a rapid Mk1 and Mk2, if You mean Golf's and not Fords.

Terribly sorry old bean, I should have said i was on about old Fords and not old Dub's (although I too have had a few Mk1 & Mk2 golfs):D

[paul b]

Hehe... still a few people around with some sense... Maybe we should start our own forum. Something to do with Vdubs maybe... (erm... hang on a minute...Something doesn't seem right with that statement but I can't put my finger on it...)

I have an Audi, that's what is wrong with it. :biglaugh:


Anyway on the FWD/RWD/4WD thing, my A6 handles like its on rails! It's FWD with 130bhp and big fat 235/45/17 Bridgestone Potenzas (on the front) and Michelin Pilot Primacys on the back. And the Sport suspension is a dream on A and B roads (providing the roads are of good quality! ;)). It's like a big go-kart!

I've not had a car for a while that handles as well as the A6, but I am looking for a RWD older Toyota Supra as a few of you might know. But having just bought the Octavia that's gone on the backburner. :(

Paul

[omegadirective]

I've not had a car for a while that handles as well as the A6, but I am looking for a RWD older Toyota Supra as a few of you might know. But having just bought the Octavia that's gone on the backburner. :(

Paul


An S4 would be nicer! ;)

[paul b]

An S4 would be nicer! ;)
I could get a Supra for £1,000 but an S4 would be about 10x that. :(

Wishful thinking though. :D

Paul

[omegadirective]

:) Didn't realise they were that cheap these days! Not bad price at all! The S3 is slightly cheaper, why not one of them? :p

[paul b]

:) Didn't realise they were that cheap these days! Not bad price at all! The S3 is slightly cheaper, why not one of them? :p
S3s aren't that cheap either... and they're not RWD. :D

I want a proper Supra, not the modern chav Supra.

I'd buy one, possibly both of the following two and restore them to their former glory:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160292131864&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160291893354&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006

Or if I wanted a proper manual ;):

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150279982097&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005

And how does 1,200bhp sound? :biglaugh:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170270537797&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

Paul

[hongkongstuey]

:biglaugh:

They are a git in the wet!! In the dry it loves corners and you can literally chuck it into them - in the wet, I find myself being attacked by all sorts of FWD things (including A3s and Golfs!)

and 1400cc fiestas :biglaugh:

drove an rx8 at bruntinthorpe and loved it, it was dry :beerchug: i drove the mx5 and beat my mate in the rx8 though, better driver i guess:biglaugh:

got to chuck the mx5 round the go kart track and got a 27.13, the 'pro' race driver that set the time to beat got a 27.05, think i was 3rd!!

[Combover]

Looking out of the window now, its nice and wet so another 'interesting' drive home!

[paul b]

Looking out of the window now, its nice and wet so another 'interesting' drive home!
As long as you keep it out of my wall on Kingsway... :p

Paul

[Combover]

^^^ lol

No Kingsway tonight for me! M62; M62: M56 for me.....can't wait.........

[Crasher]

I have an Audi, that's what is wrong with it.

Driven by ex BMW driving ***** :biglaugh:

[paul b]

Driven by ex BMW driving ***** :biglaugh:
No they drive Mk4 Golfs :biglaugh:

You should be being nice to me... just got an Octavia! :approve:

Paul

[Crasher]

You should be being nice to me... just got an Octavia! :approve: Paul

Top chap that man! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_68.gif

[paul b]

Top chap that man! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_68.gif
It's broken too.

Some clown has put some 6 litres too much oil in it! It's already had £3k worth of parts and labour spent on it at Skoda by the previous owner, but I've got a few ideas about how to fix her already.

I take it you could build an Octavia standing upside down? :biglaugh:

Paul

[Combover]

Some good news at last!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7672069.stm

[Crasher]

It's broken too.

Some clown has put some 6 litres too much oil in it! It's already had £3k worth of parts and labour spent on it at Skoda by the previous owner, but I've got a few ideas about how to fix her already.

I take it you could build an Octavia standing upside down? :biglaugh:

Paul

Yes I could, blindfolded! Is it a 1.8T?

[hongkongstuey]

Some good news at last!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7672069.stm

got some unleaded for 104.9 today for the girlfriend. diesel is at 114.9, local texaco

it is very good news!!

[Dudey Head]

Was that tumble weed that just went by? :p

[Hex69]

DAYTIME DONKEY :fest30:

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