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From: Whitley Bay the Falaraki of the North! sold CTR bought another scooby, got refund after legal battle
Originally Posted by prezaperve
Got to get 1000 miles on my car. (running in)
Any sugestions for interesting drives?
Any sugestions for interesting drives?
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From: Zed Ess Won Hay Tee
1000 running in miles killed me
and then the car nearly killed me when i first opened it up after all that time
i can remember driving away fron alyns with the very slightest waft of throttle to get moving, i was scared of useing any kind of power.
if i am honest i am still a lot more warey of useing full power, its rare for mine to go over 5500 rpm these days
and then the car nearly killed me when i first opened it up after all that time
i can remember driving away fron alyns with the very slightest waft of throttle to get moving, i was scared of useing any kind of power.
if i am honest i am still a lot more warey of useing full power, its rare for mine to go over 5500 rpm these days
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
1000 running in miles killed me
and then the car nearly killed me when i first opened it up after all that time
i can remember driving away fron alyns with the very slightest waft of throttle to get moving, i was scared of useing any kind of power.
if i am honest i am still a lot more warey of useing full power, its rare for mine to go over 5500 rpm these days
and then the car nearly killed me when i first opened it up after all that time
i can remember driving away fron alyns with the very slightest waft of throttle to get moving, i was scared of useing any kind of power.
if i am honest i am still a lot more warey of useing full power, its rare for mine to go over 5500 rpm these days
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From: St Louis, Missouri. USA./Newcastle UK.
the match the morra
ok then who is gonna go to the match the morra will u be taking the scoob down. I will ,fancy meeting up b 4 or going 4 a pint in shearers bar.Chance to get to know some ov u guys b 4 the next meet
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From: Zed Ess Won Hay Tee
Originally Posted by richiewong
I blame it on driving the Super Mudburner
i went on a bit of a shine fest with mine today
gave all the red bits a good cutting back with some autoglym polish (i don't really like autoglym TBH but i have had a full bottle for over 2 years so i opened it up ??!!??) then i waxed all the red parts with meguires gold class liquid wax, after this i then used meguires tech wax paste over the top to see what kind of result it would give (slightly different results from tech and gold class IMO)
gave a nice shine, although i was finishing it in the dark at 6.30pm (cold)
when the back end was painted red, i think there may have been a run in the boot lid that the body shop buffed out, and i never realised, i think i started to uncover a very faint white line across the bootlid
looks like all them people who jokingly said "you will polish the paint of that thing" were right
i had planned to either get the entire car redone in white this summer, or have the red redone anyway (few chips here and there and a large dent dent), so all is not lost
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From: Zed Ess Won Hay Tee
actually i have just had a thought, the cloth did not turn red while buffing the car, so how can i polish the faint white line in with the clear-cote still on 
must have been a dodgy reflection from the floodlights
must have been a dodgy reflection from the floodlights
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From: Newcastle
Originally Posted by HowiesPreza
up near kielder is nice or head along the A69 then across to the lakes but on both u'll be tempted to boot it!
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From: Newcastle. 330bhp-289lb/ft @ 1bar boost - 12.4s @ 105mph
Originally Posted by richiewong
Bit late in the reply but I'll be there as per usual.
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From: Newcastle TTS
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From: Grew up and don't drive Scoobs anymore!
Originally Posted by EVOLUTION
just out of interest, when any of you drive past tyneside college, how does your temp guage compare to theres, mine is always 2 degrees below, wonder whos right lol
john
john
Wish they would finish it
When I got into the car this PM it had been sitting facing the direct sunlight and reached a balmy 6degrees C, woo hoo
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From: never the same place twice
Originally Posted by richiewong
Whan ever I'm driving past the college I'm worried about my front splitter catching due to the uneven road surface along the Scotswood Road.
Wish they would finish it
When I got into the car this PM it had been sitting facing the direct sunlight and reached a balmy 6degrees C, woo hoo
Wish they would finish it
When I got into the car this PM it had been sitting facing the direct sunlight and reached a balmy 6degrees C, woo hoo
scotswood road, think im lost, i meant the coast road to north shields, past the wills building???
john
, was Newcastle College I was thinking about
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From: never the same place twice
Originally Posted by StickyMicky
do you think the windchill factor affects the car more as your driving along>?
i dont know how they work a windchill factor, i thought it was a guesstimate anyway.
as for it being the weekend, mine started last friday, i had myself a week off lol
john