21-09-2012, 08:28 AM
(21-09-2012, 08:16 AM)Arron Wrote: Just a lil update on the car.
Should be attending the rr on the 13th but before that I need a boost controller fitting. The car has ran out of mot.I got mixed up and didn't realise so its given me the chance to tidyup/clean/respray bits on the car, keep it fresh.
Had an interesting argument with my nieces fella the other night, if older cars are worth keeping over newer cars, he seems to think a seat Leon tdi or golf would be more reliable, tried to explain how much it would cost to find a winner then the vag hike on parts, so I'm going to try and list everything I've had to change on the car since I've had it. So here goes....
Heater motor
Heater control panel
Clutch cable
Crank shaft pulley
Idle tensioner
Aux belt
Power steering hydrolic ram
Drop links
Rear silencer
Rear beam mounts
Hand brake cables
Rear offside caliper
Drive shaft
Brakes all round
They're the things that I've had to change to keep the car roadworthy. Its never actually left me stranded... well not properly.
I get the car on finance its new with warranty thing, but I'm much happier in my old Peugeot. Suppose were all similar minded??
yes, some people seem to have a strange notion that new=won't break down . . . . . . . i'm more of the frame of mind, old= teething problems out of the way, amount of newish BMW's Audi's Ford's etc . . i've seem at the side of the road and i just keep trundling along in my well maintained 16 year old piece of French tin, tool box in the boot just in case . . . . . less to go wrong here old lad . .
Phase 1 D-Turdo, K14@24 psi, De-cat, meaty backbox, Bosch pump, grinded LDA pin, duel air fed K&N =133.7bhp & 188ft/lbs