Soop Dogg

I'd doubt that a dealer would do this for an extra £500 on a transaction of £18K, tbh. I could see that happening if the car was for sale for £5K, but not 18. It's much more likely they've found something with the car's history that would place them on a sticky wicket if they sold it. Perhaps the checks they did when they acquired it looked ok, but something else has now turned up such as a finance company has contacted them saying the car is actually theirs as they haven't been paid by the former owner? (Had this happen once when I ran a garage) Or maybe they've discovered a mileage discrepancy or some damage that didn't come back on the checks they did? Whichever, I'd be happy to walk away without insisting that they let me buy it!

Did you hear this in the movie 'Blue Valentine'?

Looks like this one is off. Can anyone do next weekend? (pending snow!)

Looking out at the weather, I think my car will be staying in the garage today I'm afraid. Sorry guys.

Looking at the time you posted this, you only had 1hr 53 mins to get them done. That's nearly 160 motors per minute! You must have a sh!tload of staff. Respect, erm...Dude!

We should be there - although we'll be in the 'vette. 1. Suprakeith 2. Secondjump 3. DamanC 4. inazone (weather permitting) 5. Probrox 6. Soop Dogg (& Angie)

I agree. If I catch the program on iPlayer, I may not have any respect for the officer(s) involved, but that is not to say that I'll not have respect for the Police. I will not judge a whole body of people based on a small sample that I've come across. I guess that's why it annoys me when people say they hate (for example) Americans based on some random encounter with someone (from the country in question) who was a complete tw@t.

Agreed - however that's a Z06. Or was that a deliberate mistake?

Utterly astronomical running costs have killed the car for many owners. I've had cars that cost me an arm and a leg to run in the past and in a short space of time, those costs have taken the shine off owning them. As great a piece of engineering that the R35 is, I for one wouldn't have one.

See my sig. Having owned both the C5 and C6, I can say that there's nothing wrong with how they handle at all. My C6 handles better than any car I've ever owned. (including any of the 4 Supras that I've owned.) Like I say, too much power in the wrong hands can end up in tears.

I take it you believed Clarkson was serious when he referred to shooting public employees on The One Show the other night too? The car that lost it (the C5) claims to be running 600hp. (According to one of the officers that attended the 'accident') If true, then there's the explanation. Too much power, not enough grip, traction control/Active Handling turned off and reactions that weren't fast enough on this occasion. Warrants have apparently now been issued for the arrest of both drivers since the video appeared on YouTube.

Some bint on the BBC news (Karen Jennings - deputy secretary general of Unison) described the comments as 'Totally, totally frightening to anyone who was on the march yesterday' and compared Clarkson's comments to the way Gadaffi would talk about a protest. FFS, get a life! It's Clarkson! Didn't we all stop taking his comments literally years ago?

Pre about 2002 (or maybe it was 2004?) they had no ABS or Traction control - which you'd think on a road car of that sort of power would be considered as an essential. The newer models have it as standard though.

Nice video - I too missed it first time around, so to hell with the 'Repost' comments - it was worth the repost! Thanks for (re)posting.

Aah - the Dan Quayle spelling of 'potato'. Always good for a laugh! [YOUTUBE]Wdqbi66oNuI[/YOUTUBE]

Almost sounds like you were dealing with a machine.

Likely a custom build Harley. Looks like a hardtail rear end and is definitely running a springer fork - these were common back in the 40's but a new computer designed springer fork was developed in the late '80s. (Got a brochure somewhere for the '88 Springer but never bought one) No idea if this one is the old or the new though.

I think you're referring to a polarising filter there - a UV filter doesn't remove reflections or make vibrant sky pictures by lifting contrast etc etc.

There were demonstrations about this in September of this year. CLICKY

Beautiful looking wheels. Scott is I'm sure in the right ballpark with 20lbs/ft. If you've had contact with the manufacturer already then it shouldn't take much to have them confirm this. Are those outer rims bare metal? Would it be worth seeing how much of the damage can be polished out? Mine were like this and I kerbed one once, but was able to use 1000 grit sandpaper , then 1200 grit to take almost all of the visible damage out, then used some metal polish to finish the job off. Even I had to search for where the damage had been after that! Obviously I don't know how bad your damage is, but if it's not too terrible this might be worth a try - you're only going to replace it anyway, so not harm done if you mess it up, eh?

I'd be inclined to ask how many bolts there are first. Best check with the manufacturer TBH - going to tight could eventually cause the flange at the join between the two parts to crack - you really don't want your wheels to start flinging apart at speed! (which could also happen if you don't do them up tight enough) Also what sort of fasteners do they have? Should the be replaced before reassembling? I've had split rims with 70 (yes - seventy!) bolts per wheel - small dome-capped allen key bolts with nylock nuts on the back. These only required to be tightened up to something like 10lbs/ft and I had to replace all the nuts for new (stainless) nylock nuts for obvious reasons. (20 - 25lbs/ft would probably have screwed these wheels completely) Whilst I was at it, I also replaced all the bolts to be on the safe side as they were quite small and had been on there a couple of years. When putting them together, make sure you do actually use a torque wrench to make sure they are tightened nice and evenly all the way round. If my wheels had been like some others I've had with only about 12 bolts per wheel, then the bolts would be larger and require a vastly different amount of torque to make sure they stayed in place. IMHO, the OP needs to show us a pic of the wheels or give more info before a reliable answer can be given. In any case, getting the info from the manufacturer (if possible) is always the best way to go.

Well I could have gone to the memberlist and sorted it by joindate, but I wondered if there were any other members who might see this and think 'Oh yeah - I've been here 10 years this year' and stick their names on the list.

So how many of us are still here that were here in 2001 then? (Seeing as this year is our 10th anniversary!) 1. Soop Dogg.

That's ok. The people referred to by this thread would have trouble spelling GCSE. (Let alone passing one!)

I agree with your choices and the comment about being able to make them go round corners, but there are one or two cars you didn't mention that are worth the bother. '63 - '67 (C2) Corvette (if you can afford it) can be a very nice car and will go well. Still expensive but less than the C2 would be a C3 - pre '74 as by that time the emissions gubbins was dragging them down. They can be made to corner rather nicely for not too much cash too. The main thing is, keep the wheels sensible - forget big rims and low profile tyres on any of these old muscle cars - you'll ruin how it rides! Having said all that, Having had 70's Corvette/Mustang & Camaro I couldn't put up with the old stuff any more - owning one has to be a labour of love, so I'll keep with my C6 thanks! (It still has pushrods - will that suffice?)