Lordy..

Sticky problem.. Do you know any local traders who might be willing to haggle a bit as you are well known in Carlisle ??

*cough*Gordon Box*cough* springs to mind.

I've an MR2 in the Garage for sale at a reasonable price

MR2 a Family friendly car

Midlife..

PS

Abbeylad...e-mailed JB and await reply

 

Midlife beat me to it - sounds like you have

If you buy a new recon engine, you get some warranty on it (I assume ) and you know the rest of the car is sound. spend the same money on a second hand car and the whole thing is an unknown quantity. If you are planning on keeping it another couple of years, get replacement engine...IMHO

If you are considering replacing engine to immediately sell whole car...just bin it instead


On a brighter note...was in Workington this evening and saw a rather tasty STi 5 in custard yellow I did wave but combined passing speed would have been >120mph and did not see them wave back. Sportsman was also rather busy tonight but they managed to squeeze Tia and I in a rather nice table in the corner

 

maybe i might have to go the MR 2 route
dont know how i will put my gear/furniture/garden waste/women/mates to go to the pub inside

but it would look smart on the drive

 

Rusty, you probably wouldn't get a wave from him anyway, he's a arrogant s**t. That cars been prangged once and had a new motor in it cos he ran it on ordinary unleaded!

Who stamped your passport for these parts? It wasn't a CS meet was it?



Oh, BTW its an STi 6!

 

ROTFPMSL

I was up to check out a potential new employer, forgot I needed to get a work permit too

Thought that was teh same Custard STi I had heard popped an engine and stuufed it in a fence - sounds like he does not deserve it...should give it to me

 

Rusty, make him an offer

[Edited by Abbylad - 8/2/2003 11:19:54 PM]

 

Lordy, just a guess but i reckon all you`ll need is a new block as all the bits that bolt on the engine will be ok (won`t they???) Surely replacing a block can be done for 600 notes including the block. You don`t NEED a re-conned block, just a 2nd hand one. It was a few years ago but i had the block on an orion ghia replaced after the cam belt snapped and it cost £250

 

Yeah Rusty, that Scoobs going for sale I hear. Something to do with err, driving with no insurance? And the last quote he got was something like £3700!

 

Don't like the history of it all ready

[Edited by Rusty Festa - 7/27/2003 10:37:41 PM]

 

happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me..............

I know its hard to believe due to my youthfull good looks but i`m now 27!

Mark, what pads and discs should i be looking at getting? cheers

[Edited by Abbylad - 7/28/2003 12:47:08 PM]

 

Happy birthday Abby

I'm 28 in August - 22nd <hint hint >

 

Ta Rusty

Special run out for Rusty`s birthday??????????????

 

Midlife,
Guess what me and my missus are coming to see you on wednesday or I think its you there cant be many sean whiteheads in carlisle who work for the nhs.Its for the wife not me mate she showed me the letter and I saw the name and put 2&2 together. The wife is bothered now cos she knows what us scooby owners are like for modding so she thinks she will come away with a dump valve fitted in her gob instead of some tooth correction work,only joking mate.If it is you midlife I will see you wednesday.

 

Hi Gussy

I'l bring in the latest "Top Gear" mag for you to read at the same time...No True Grip for a couple of months now

I have a total catchment area of about six hundred thousand people so I guess meeting a Scooby owner had to happen sometime

Are you thinking of getting a new Turbo (TD05), it seems that Abbey lad and me are going the same sort of route for a bit more "get up and go"....safety in numbers

Midlife....


[Edited by midlife-crisis-scooby - 7/28/2003 9:40:39 PM]

 

I will not be going the big turbo route yet Shaun,brakes will be first and then finish stiffening up the chassis handeling and stopping counts more than bhp in my mind anyway as I found on my old Harris magnum Z1000 but that was in my youth.......last year.....ok then when I was 20...22 years ago??god is it that long ago. see you on wednesday.

 

The way you're spending money at the minute, phone Prodrive! I'm sure they'll advise you and relieve you of more cash!

 

lol

 

But what were the ones you said the other night? were they Pagid group N discs and Ferrodo DS2500 pads? Or should the scoobysport group N+ kit be ok?

Cheers

Ab

 

Just buy braided hoses, Pagid RS4.2 "blue" pads and some decent fluid like Silkolene Pro race 2000. If your discs need replacing buy group N ones from Questmead. By group N I mean standard. Ones with grooves or drilled holes are NOT group N, so I don't know why people try to sell them as such No need to go spending vast amounts of dosh when you can quite easily shop around and get just as good results!

 

wonder if i`ve got the corner????????

Cheers Mark

 

gussy have a look in drivetrain, a have a look at a thread called Standalone ECU Monitor could be of some interest.....could take some time reading it all

mike

 

nice corner abby

 

me got six pot brakes plus braided hoses ( best of all mods and cheap) large discs and large pads . Stops well but needs to

steve

 

Mike,
I have just had a quick look at that thread very intresting when I get a spare half hour I will finish reading the rest and see what other ideas/plans they come up with.

 

Gussy, any chance of getting those brackets before you disappear on holiday? Dad's itching to fit his mudflaps. Cheers, mate.

 

No problem Mark I will pop round with them on thursday night and pickup the scaffold planks as well if your not about I will leave them on your doorstep ok.

 

Mark

I looked at Gussy's mudflaps today and the alloy brackets...SMART. Well worth waiting for..
I forgot to ask Gussy how he managed to get the Subaru logo on....

Midlife....

 

Stickers! Done by a local sign maker.

 

is ANYONE going like?
6:30pm Esso garage at Cockermouth for West Cumbrians????? let me know

Rusty, get on the blower to :-
NRL 01946 820002 www.nrl.co.uk
and possibly Rullion 01946 518900 about possible agency/contract IT/Software type jobs at BNFL Sellafield
Got to be worth a shot



[Edited by Abbylad - 7/9/2003 3:10:38 PM]