What have you done to your car today?

Bradmax57 · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:07

NVP said:
Yeah sure I'll take one tomorrow Although it might be too low for a good look so might have to wait till the weekend to raise it again for a decent pic.
Another question, how the hell do you wash off all this bloody car grease/muck from your hands?!

Swarfega does the trick

and I read that soap (fairy liquid even) with some sugar in does the same thing?

NVP · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:08

Awesome, will pick some up. Cheers

I did try fairy with persil powder for the grit, helped the majority but still a little grimey.

acemastr · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:24

NVP said:
Yeah sure I'll take one tomorrow Although it might be too low for a good look so might have to wait till the weekend to raise it again for a decent pic.

It is a much larger single pipe and merges pretty much straight away after the pipes join. The two pipes are staggered lengths at the join, more secure?

Another question, how the hell do you wash off all this bloody car grease/muck from your hands?!

WD removes everything from your hands and washes off nicely with a bit of soap

adam cool dude · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:51

Lagged my charge cooler.

A lot cooler and no more heat soak from the engine. All part of my track preparations/more boost. Next up is the engine coolant system (3rd tank and swirl pot).

bitslice · 2 Aug 2013 at 09:19

Tax disc arrived, I had a look at the old ones as they were stuck in there too. The current one is £260, but go back 2 years and it's £130. What a rip off :mad:

Door mirror arrived to having spent 3 days in a posting office somewhere.
Heater contacts do not match the original but can be bodged to fit.
Looking at the plastic backing I wondered why they make such a ball ache of the fitting, clipping two plastic parts together should not be this fiddly.
Looks nice and shiny though and it's only taken me two months to get around to sorting

bitslice · 2 Aug 2013 at 09:22

NVP said:
Awesome, will pick some up. Cheers

I did try fairy with persil powder for the grit, helped the majority but still a little grimey.

I use soap and sand.
Before doing an oil change, dig your fingernails into some soap, then they don't get clogged up with oil.

Renton · 2 Aug 2013 at 10:13

bitslice said:
Tax disc arrived, I had a look at the old ones as they were stuck in there too. The current one is £260, but go back 2 years and it's £130. What a rip off

That sucks, but to make you feel better my tax was £490 this year and its only a 3.2l damn them emissions

LiE · 2 Aug 2013 at 10:31

Recent had to replace the air con relay, was damn warm in the car while I waited for the part.

£25 for a little relay, crazy.

^JP^ · 2 Aug 2013 at 10:41

Renton said:
That sucks, but to make you feel better my tax was £490 this year and its only a 3.2l damn them emissions

Snap, just done mine, £490 tax, £950 insurance and service next week but already paid that for the first three years.

shr3k_uk · 2 Aug 2013 at 11:21

Golf mk4 tdi 115 . Just changed head gasket and cambelt- 800 quid .

geekman · 2 Aug 2013 at 17:27

Got my wheel back from Lepsons, they've done an amazing job. It's currently decorating my hallway until my friend comes on monday to help with the studs

Matt82 · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:44

shr3k_uk said:
Golf mk4 tdi 115 . Just changed head gasket and cambelt- 800 quid .

At that price i take it someone else did it for you?

[TW]Fox · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:54

Muffin` said:
Isn't the only BMW engine the 2L Diesel?

You're the one with the chip!

He likes to get the word BMW into every post he makes about a 75 about 4 times, I've no idea why

shr3k_uk · 2 Aug 2013 at 19:03

Matt82 said:
At that price i take it someone else did it for you?

Garage .

Lunatic Dreyfus · 2 Aug 2013 at 19:17

Had to drive in to work today, rather than cycle. On the way I realised I have become increasingly annoyed at people wanting to sit on my boot lid the whole way, regardless of wether I'm doing 50 or 75 on a deserted country road.

It's a 9 year old, rather worse for wear TT, not a Ferrari. Keeping up with me doesn't make you a driving god, no matter what POS you're driving. Overtake or go away. :mad:

I was in bad mood this morning.

opstrat · 2 Aug 2013 at 19:27

took a closer look at the tires today. had the car for 3 weeks now and only just noticed they are all different makes.

ive got a bridgstone turanza and falken ziex ze914 on the front

and a dunlop sp sport 2050m and nexen n blue eco on the back.

all with good tred still left on them.

Clarkey · 2 Aug 2013 at 19:31

Must drive like crap with 4 different makes on :/

NVP · 2 Aug 2013 at 20:00

acemastr said:
WD removes everything from your hands and washes off nicely with a bit of soap

bitslice said:
I use soap and sand.
Before doing an oil change, dig your fingernails into some soap, then they don't get clogged up with oil.

Cheers, good tips

lordrobs · 2 Aug 2013 at 20:16

My Clarion removal keys arrived so I tried to get my old cassette head unit out. Right hand side went in with a positive 'click' left hand side went in with a *ping* that sounded like a piece of metal being fired off into the centre console.

Head unit wouldn't budge. I give up, I'm not cut out for manual labour

Pabl0 · 2 Aug 2013 at 22:45

Clarkey said:
Must drive like crap with 4 different makes on :/

Unless he's pushing it or its a performance car then no, highly unlikely.