What have you done to your car today?

Frozennova · 6 May 2020 at 16:33

InvaderGIR said:
Please provide him with a moon-tune instead.

Moon tunes on MX5s usually end up something like this, based on my experience

MrKnifey · 6 May 2020 at 19:01

Frozennova said:
Ping me a message if you want me to go over the tune for you, at least to get a decent basemap in there.

I'd rather not see you kill it already

Buzz me a message on the book and I'll send over what I got on there now

vanpeebles · 6 May 2020 at 21:21

Clay barred the Disco, polished, then waxed twice. And did all the plastics etc. Polished up well for an old girl

Rroff · 7 May 2020 at 15:56

Changed the wiper blades - not exactly worth posting pictures. Also went over the door rubber with some stuff to try and restore it a bit as it is drying out badly

not even that old.

Jamauk · 7 May 2020 at 17:01

Washed the Focus as it was well overdue. As above though, it's not worth pictures. Took most of the day but it certainly looks better for it.

daz · 7 May 2020 at 19:23

Went for my weekly food shop. Or as much as I could get in here any way... should have enough until Tuesday

LuckyBenski · 10 May 2020 at 16:40

Kerbed my wheel turning around at Sainsbury's Click and Collect

Wheels are not in very good nick anyway but not too sure about this flap of tire.

MrKnifey · 11 May 2020 at 07:43

Thats fine buddy, cut it off and carry on

tres · 11 May 2020 at 08:00

Swore at it and listed it on Gumtree for spares and repairs

Approaching a roundabout at approx 30mph, begin to slow down, no brakes, just a knocking noise when i hit the brakes. ?master brake cylinder
Luckily roundabout was empty thanks to the lockdown, so some engine braking and a touch of handbrake got my home

Akagi · 12 May 2020 at 04:23

tres said:
Swore at it and listed it on Gumtree for spares and repairs

Approaching a roundabout at approx 30mph, begin to slow down, no brakes, just a knocking noise when i hit the brakes. ?master brake cylinder
Luckily roundabout was empty thanks to the lockdown, so some engine braking and a touch of handbrake got my home

Seems like an overreaction... What car? I'm assuming this isn't the only issue it has?

Meaker · 12 May 2020 at 08:41

Bought this adaptor and now my android headunit is using my car's in built GPS so much more accurate now.

tres · 12 May 2020 at 09:20

Acme said:
Seems like an overreaction... What car? I'm assuming this isn't the only issue it has?

Just an old 2008 ford focus
Otherwise it works well but I needed a car for work so picked up something else
Just need to get rid of the focus now. No interest on gumtree for £200!

LuckyBenski · 12 May 2020 at 10:03

tres said:
Just an old 2008 ford focus
Otherwise it works well but I needed a car for work so picked up something else
Just need to get rid of the focus now. No interest on gumtree for £200!

Careful, Acme will buy it if you keep making it sound so tempting

mikehhhhhhh · 12 May 2020 at 11:38

I ruined my M2 with a 300 cell cat, intercooler, charge pipe and Stage 2 BM3 map to the M2

Intercooler

Downpipe

Mapping the car with a 99p Ethernet to OBD adapter

acemastr · 12 May 2020 at 13:36

Put an H pipe in to replace the middle resonator... she sounds perfect now.

MrMarvelous · 12 May 2020 at 13:44

What have you done to your car today?

Nothing.

Akagi · 12 May 2020 at 14:03

UnLuckyBenski said:
Careful, Acme will buy it if you keep making it sound so tempting

I am tempted

BananaDunka · 13 May 2020 at 22:16

I tracked down why my passenger wiper blade was slightly erect at the wing end... Turns out the wiper arm had slightly bent! Bent it back after taking the arm off (a right mission on an E46...) and ended up re-aligning it so the blade fits perfectly in line with the driver side (was slightly lower by default).

Perfection, just how things should be.

No pictures, eat my shorts.

Raymond Lin · 13 May 2020 at 22:37

Question -

I meant to ask this years ago but the registration number of my car is etched everywhere, alloy, light cover, windscreen, window etc.

I guess this is for anti-theft purposes but is it something people often do? I have never seen it elsewhere.

Ev0 · 13 May 2020 at 22:47

It used to be a thing, can’t say I’ve noticed it relatively recently on things.

That’s not to say it’s not still done, just that I’ve not noticed

I bought some front and rear pads, and rear discs for the RS3. Just need some front discs now then will decide whether to buy the bits to fit them myself, or take it somewhere to get them fitted.