Save it for the black stuff... OcUK Manchester Meet 3

Lopéz · 24 Feb 2006 at 18:03

agw_01 said:
Lopez, that sounds great mate. I've got a bit of work to do to my car before the meet but nothing as major as what you said.

That's called "routine maintenence" on French cars, not "major work"

Firestar_3x · 24 Feb 2006 at 18:08

hahah, sounds about right, good news, hope you do make it

paradigm · 24 Feb 2006 at 19:20

Going to see if I can get my clutch release bearing sorted in the next week, then its a case of new rear pads & disks, joy.

Need to sort out the exhaust rattle, but thats more of an "if I can be bothered", as its not a huge problem, more an annoyance

agw_01 · 24 Feb 2006 at 19:32

I know what you mean El. There's nothing more annoying than holding the revs at 3000rpm in 2nd gear waiting to come out of a bend to get the power down than hearing a horrible metallic grinding sound.

I think the only way for me to fix mine, is to gut my cat :cool:

agw_01 · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:34

*bump* for the night posters

Gilly · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:45

agw_01 said:
There's nothing more annoying than holding the revs at 3000rpm in 2nd gear waiting to come out of a bend to get the power down than hearing a horrible metallic grinding sound.

I can tell you with authority that this is not the case. I can think of a more annoying noise.

paradigm · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:54

Yeah, would that be the noise or some numpty RAC man dragging your car sideways up his truck, cracking bodywork in the process?

Gilly · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:54

That'd be about right.

agw_01 · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:57

lol, awwwww

cymatty · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:57

Gilly said:
That'd be about right.

That was a very sad moment.

paradigm · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:59

It was indeed, I felt so sorry that it had to happen to one of our members

Shame you got raped with the insurance too Gilly.

thedazman67 · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:02

I couldn't watch it, i had to move when they started to drag it up.

thedazman

cymatty · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:02

The only plus point was we got free coffee.

thedazman67 · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:04

tea actually

thedazman

paradigm · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:07

Well another perk was being a traffic cop for the afternoon

I'm actually 100% amazed that the police never turned up to shift an incident that was blocking a main road on a blind bend, up a hill! Most times they would be there in an instant to annoy you!

agw_01 · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:09

I'm sure Gilly remembers my expression as I got out of my car and walked towards him.

It was a shocked/almost crying/feeling sick expression

But still, it's fixed now and we have to move on. I'm sure MM3 will help him to recover fully

I'm going to be quite on edge though. I'm having my suspension changed the weekend before. Seeing as how I don't have a ball-joint seperating tool, I'm going to have to crack the joint with a hammer

L0rdMike · 25 Feb 2006 at 15:59

My front bumper has 99% pushed its self out now, just got a small dent and a mark on it.

Bad thing is I now have a dent in my rear bumper which I hope will push its self out and I lost part of the indicator cluster. :rolleyes:

Coco · 25 Feb 2006 at 16:03

Is anybody going to this meet with a mint car!
Sounds like's everybodys is battered in some way!!!

Coco · 25 Feb 2006 at 16:05

Opening Post:

agw_01 said:
Definite Attendee's
"Coco - Clio 172"

That would be "Coco - Clio 172 Cup" please!

Crickey, I didn't forego Xenon's, AirCon & a civilised ride for no reason!

Simon · 25 Feb 2006 at 16:05

agw_01 said:
I'm going to be quite on edge though. I'm having my suspension changed the weekend before. Seeing as how I don't have a ball-joint seperating tool, I'm going to have to crack the joint with a hammer

just dont hit the top too hard, you'll distort the threads.

infact why are you even removing the ball joints you dont need to