What have you done to your car today?

geekman said:
I managed to spin the wheels in an 88BHP Astra, you're clearly not trying hard enough :p
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I can spin my wheels quite easily if I want to, but I don't.

Hypernuts claimed that spinning the wheels is "unavoidable" in his 120HP Fez. :D
 
very recently installed new wheels, changed from stock! yes knowing ocuk I'll get a beating but I like the look!



Also installed a new android headunit! very good fit, stock looking with all the steering wheel controls etc working fine :o :)


and finally fixed the airbag light I had on for a few weeks, by replacing the duff front airbag sensor.. part from mazda -;

£120 + £150 for diagnosis??

part from ebay, germany? £20ish! and 30 minutes to fix.

 
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I do like the Mazda 3 MK1, very good looking car in my opinion, though many don't seem to think so!

Lower that puppy and change the centre caps so it isn't obvious that the wheels are knock offs! :p

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I do like it too but then again I might be a little biased ;)

Hehe, yeah the centre caps are coming off once I get replacement ones delivered ;) looks great with that amount of drop but I'd need coilovers for that and I'd prefer to keep the ride reasonable :o
 
Replaced the four door speakers today on Focus - What an ass of a job - Put it all back together and found drivers door was hard to open -Grrr

Get the card off tomorrow after get slow puncture fixed - Those blasted hedge cutters trimming Hawthorn hedges round here. If I knew which one it was I would claim off them.
 
Acme said:
I can spin my wheels quite easily if I want to, but I don't.

Hypernuts claimed that spinning the wheels is "unavoidable" in his 120HP Fez. :D
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It is, if you're heavy with your right foot. Just as it is with your car. When you come to my house you'll understand how much of a pain in the arse it is to get out, it's such a busy junction I'm often waiting for >5mins so in the rain I usually end up with a bit of wheel spin.
 
Wheelspin isn't unavoidable, you just choose to spin the wheels a bit so you don't have to wait for ages. :p

Although if you ease it on, you should still be able to avoid it. ;)
 
Acme said:
Wheelspin isn't unavoidable, you just choose to spin the wheels a bit so you don't have to wait for ages. :p

Although if you ease it on, you should still be able to avoid it. ;)
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It can be with naff Chinese tyres, I've driven a Volvo 940 with "Taganka Butterfly" which I think were Russian & made of what must have been plastic, could light the tyres up in 1st & 2nd pretty easy in the wet even when already moving, hit a manhole cover going uphill and it'd wheelspin.
 
On reason I take my astra off the road for winter now. It's wet 99.99999% of the time, and 350 horses through the front wheels is pretty pointless in the wet. Will spin up 6th gear with a hard gear change.
 
Ryan-3 said:
I've done that in an 83HP Yaris. And it was dry. :p
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I've done it in a 54HP Polo, but it was difficult in the dry. Usually you could only just make the tyres chirp. I did get first through second wheelspin in the wet when I had cheap tyres though. :p

Hyburnate said:
I enjoy it though :D
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I know ;)

andy_mk3 said:
On reason I take my astra off the road for winter now. It's wet 99.99999% of the time, and 350 horses through the front wheels is pretty pointless in the wet. Will spin up 6th gear with a hard gear change.
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What on earth are you doing to give it a hard gear change into 6th? Land speed record? :D
 
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