Most high performance car owners don't carry laptops around with them and if they do the don't go anywhere near their engine with them. Home mechanic and supercar tend not to go hand in hand I'm afraid.
This could get interesting.
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Most high performance car owners don't carry laptops around with them and if they do the don't go anywhere near their engine with them. Home mechanic and supercar tend not to go hand in hand I'm afraid.
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Yea, even the old late 80s/early nineties Corvette ZR1 had a 'low power' setting, you had to put put a secondary key into the dash and toggle it to get the full 375-405BHP (whereas in 'valet' mode it ran at 250BHP).
....Cool feature. Great for loaning it to newbies too
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How does that help? I mean really. Anything they change is recorded on the machine, if they have loose nut etc. then that is down the the spanner monkey and not the alignment.
I really don't see how taking a car for a drive after a proper 4 wheel alignment is going to show up anything that's wrong, the whole point of the alignment is the car is being put right.
All 'loosened' components are not loosened, they are adjusted, so they are still tight, just running a different camber etc.
4 Wheel Alignment. OMG MUST be a backstreet place as they DON'T drive your car.
I didn't take it there, I'm in Reading, point stands, no need for them to test drive it.Hunter's about alignment and Hunter Homepage.
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just had a quick look again. still not interesting.
id like to know what got broken. it would be a funny claim if it was for hurt feelings and 25 miles of fuel at a low mpg. if so he mugged himself when he didnt accept the 100% refund on his "detail"...
id like to know what got broken. it would be a funny claim if it was for hurt feelings and 25 miles of fuel at a low mpg. if so he mugged himself when he didnt accept the 100% refund on his "detail"...
Exactly. At the moment it's just some city banker/lawyer that's got a bit hot under the collar about a detailer he won't name and a problem that he won't describe.
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And the threads been locked so now it's going nowhere 
i can see some people are just nosey, but for people who are into daft things like paying someone to wash your car, it would be good to know because i certainly wouldnt take my car to them if they took the cars out. taking the cars out isnt part of the agreement.
so by keeping schtum he is doing the dodgy car washer a favour.
daft pointless thread, but if it vented steam for him then all well and good
so by keeping schtum he is doing the dodgy car washer a favour.
daft pointless thread, but if it vented steam for him then all well and good
Ironic post of the month...
How does that help? I mean really. Anything they change is recorded on the machine, if they have loose nut etc. then that is down the the spanner monkey and not the alignment.
I really don't see how taking a car for a drive after a proper 4 wheel alignment is going to show up anything that's wrong, the whole point of the alignment is the car is being put right.
All 'loosened' components are not loosened, they are adjusted, so they are still tight, just running a different camber etc.
4 Wheel Alignment. OMG MUST be a backstreet place as they DON'T drive your car.
Hunter's about alignment and Hunter Homepage.
This really depends on what settings you are putting onto the car. If you are simply having a 4 wheel alignment to factory settings then I would agree that a road test should not really be needed. However it is often useful to uncover other issues and a good specialist should be able to uncover things in the handling characteristics of the car that may not be directly down to alignment. If your alignment is bang on it is useful to know if other issues exist that would not become apparent on a ramp but this comes down to a proper specialist I would suggest who has extensive experience of the characteristics of your sort of car.
If you are moving to bespoke settings then a road test is prudent as you may uncover things under load that are not apparent when the car in on the ramp. When my GT3 was done first time around it looked well on the ramp and all seemed great. When we road tested it, which I sat in the passenger seat for, it was obvious that under full lock in reverse the front wheels were catching the air vents for the brakes, which needed a few mill removing from them to make this problem go away. I was also getting arch rub at medium lock which again didn’t really show itself until under load. When you do it properly and start to get into corner weighting and ride heights you must road test it really to ensure that everything is true and well.
was a funny thread though. i dont post on piston heads, ive never signed up, but ive seen some great willy waving threads and epic flame wars on there
i couldnt beleive the rubbish about "well youve not posted on any forums about yours cars so you must be a nobody" (because the whole world starts and finishes car forums?)
I wouldn't take that too serious, it was posted to get a rise from someone not to make a valid or credible point.
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So for the most part and normal applications I'm about right. I had mine done for factory settings/making sure it didn't have retarded camber and wonky wheels.
I get for proper performance cars they need testing properly.
In essence, both Lord-Jaffa and I are right I guess depending on the application.
So for the most part and normal applications I'm about right. I had mine done for factory settings/making sure it didn't have retarded camber and wonky wheels.
I get for proper performance cars they need testing properly.
In essence, both Lord-Jaffa and I are right I guess depending on the application.
The important thing is I am ALWAYS right......even when I am often VERY wrong
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The important thing is I am ALWAYS right......even when I am often VERY wrong
Hence why I said Lord-Jaffa and I were both right, and avoided saying you were right or wrong.
clown... sure he is a "lawyer"?
i take it he has never heard of pre action protocols. they court will LOL when they see is claim for hurt feelings, fuel consumption when he has unreasonably issued it within days of the news coming back from the OPC without taking any reasonable steps to remedy the matter before totally wasting court time (i cant stand the term OPC either).
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