Recent content by SOates82

Not bloody far off! I am stuck at the moment, my head says stick with the 325d for 12 months until the move to canada. The heart says... 4.3 Vantage thats in the local aston dealer, 19k miles in black with red leather... should be hearing about a contract on thursday, so this weekend might...

SOLD! In the end I have take a loss of about £500 on it but I just wanted rid, loved the car, hated the nasty fairy that lived in the engine bay.

;) Decided that it is, should be back on the road as soon as new the manifold arrives from vw germany. Then Im selling it! :eek: :lol: Going to lose plenty of £££ on it, but it is bloody cursed :evil:

Dont remind me! Apart from the exhaust manifold and the main engine block + radiators the engine bay is new! I have decided not to bother with the bodywork, just leave it bog standard (cant justify throwing another £2k at it!) So next up is fitting the race haldex controller a re-map plus if i...

A call from the garage has confirmed what i already knew... Its not a split hose, its a fooked intake manifold :-( The real pain in the ass is i think i might have caused it when i swapped the cooling fans over :-( 6hr Labour so far... This will be a big bill!

Just a quick update... After fiddling with the fans it seems i have upset something :-( the idle was bouncing between the usual 800rpm and 1200rpm, the consensus is that i have split a vacuum pipe somewhere and so air is leaking in (again!) so i decided rather than fanny around looking for the...

It is a resistor problem, but the resistor is in the fan motor housing itself, so for a 5p resistor failing you have to replace the fan... God bless the Germans! Cant recommend the EBC pads enough, squealed like a bugger for 150 miles and now have bedded in well and can take a real hammering :-)

2 things, 1, the tyres i got from quick fit, so your local one should do the same deal. and 2, dont use VW fans, they fail over and over again, euro car parts pattern ones are cheaper £170 a pair and have so far lasted well on R32s ;-)

Im going to keep the seats, im not looking for a R32 replica, just some bits on the R32 are much more to my taste. resonated milltek, i still want to be able to blast around in comfort! The goodyears are great, did a deal £406 for all 4 fitted ballanced and the tracking sorted. Onto...

As i bought her for just over £4k 2.8 V6 4 Motion 204bhp 2003 Plate 60,000 miles Then the messing began: Oil + Filter - VW Haldex 4 wheel drive Oil + Filter - VW 6 Plugs - NGK MAF sensor - VW Air filter – K&N Pollen Filter - VW Wiper Blades - Bosch Discs and Pads all round – EBC Discs...

Just had a call from him, they were playing silly buggers saying he had to pay for the repairs... A call to the repair place he was happier, they were authorised to repair it by the insurer so he can pick it up once its done and they bill the insurer direct. I told him to call back and mention...

Estimated mileage.

Thing is hes had the same car on the same policy for 3 years and never claimed, and never done more than about 2.5-3k miles a year because its just used to run the 1mile to work when its raining.

Brother in law drove as his own car policy covers him 3rd party, i think he did notify his insurer though to check it covered him in Europe. The strange thing is that they authorised the repairs to his car and only now are arguing the point?!

Ok, so a friend insured his car saying he does about 5000 miles a year, Normally this is the case. However he has recently rear ended someone, comparing the milage on the last MoT to now, the insurance company are kicking up a fuss because he has done 8000 miles since the start of the policy...