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The lad who had the accident never registered it. It was ( I am lead to belive ) nothing too major structural just body panels, rads etc..

Some of you might remember that I sold my soop to help fund the purchase of a buisness. The lad who bought my car then promptly destroyed it by wrapping it round a lamppost 2 days after buying it. Well some kind person took pity on her when he bought it from a scrappy and she is now looking pretty again. Check out the pics.

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/galleries/other/detroit_2007/03/ What you guys think?

I used to have an omega 2.5 v6 auto, and as soon as you got to about 30mph she went quite well. Off the mark, you lose out, but bang it into sport mode and floor it. You might get 16's in it with a tail wind! Dont forget to do and auto launch though. Foot hard on the brake and gun the throttle. You'll kill the torque converter doing it, but its a vauxhall so who cares eh?

Redex was originally made for carb engines. It is a cleaning agent that helped remove lead deposits. You only got it smoking if you used too much in your petrol. I used to use it in my moped as that always used to have a sticky jet. It probably does nothing in cars that run unleaded. Proper injector cleaner will do the job better if you think redex is cleaning your injectors, because it is obviously formulated to clean injectors. duhh!

Recirculating dump valves make a multiple tsh.. tsh...tsh sound. More quieter than standard atmospheric dump valves though.

My soop had a mines ecu. Rev limit lifted, speed restriction removed, mapped to 1.5 bar ( if your MAP sensor will go that far ). Dont know about injectors. Mine were standard (330cc ) I think. I was told I could go to 440cc no probs, but never got to try it before selling my car. HTH

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Mazda 323 MKi 1.4SP Astra 1.3 MKii MR2 1.6 twincam Montego 1.6HL (sweet!) Rover coupe 1.6 Honda Beat (660cc 2 seater convertable, 0-60 8.5sec, Maxed out at 105mph, cornered like a go-cart) Omega 2.5CDX ( mile muncher ) Various lease cars including:- Freelander ( poo! ) Focus 2.0ghia Mondeo 2.0Tdci Mondeo 2.5 Supra TT Alfa 146 2.0Ti Once the business is running well, I have promised myself another supe.

Yes, you can track day it, but obviously you will need to trailer it to and from the tracks. At least you get to drive it spose!

Nice when blinged up, but in standard form, they look quite boring (apart from the gullwings of course) Bit old and dated now also. I remember seeing them 10 years ago and thinking wow! looks really cool, gullwings reminding me of Lamborghinis, but now, with so many ppl having lambo door conversions, it just looks like another jap hatch that someone has done a convo on!!. Stay away! no money in them. Now if you really want a gullwing car that is unbelivably rare, go for a Mazda AZ1. Dinky 660cc turbo engine. 2 seater mid-engine, RWD. I know of 3 in the uk, but they are so rare in Japan, I dont think any more have come over. Obviously not in the same league as a soop, however they are so rare they command a premium

Never ever go to a main dealers for a service. every time I did, I used to mark up parts that they should replace( oil filter, tippex seal on the brake fluid cap etc.. ) took my car in for a service to Bicknells ( vauxhall ) when I had an astra, and they didnt replace a single item. I checked the oil on the dipstick, and it was still dirty. Promptly went back in showed them the evidence, asked them to explain why? and got their YTS numpty the sack!! Plus two free services to shut me up.

I feel for you Gaz. I watched mine a month ago being driven off, and I had to fight back the tears as well. Then a few days later I found out the bloke who bought it wrapped it round a lampost. Gutted doesn't quite describe it. Count yourself lucky that all your car will have to put up with is a little ketchup spilled out of the new owners fat burger!!. Mine is rusting away in some scrapyard in Edinburgh!