Recent content by alanr

  1. A

    keyless entry problem

    interesting point -- just tried it without the phone near me and it opened and locked only weird thing was when I opened it the was an intermitent buzzing noise I'll keep you posted because it does sometimes unlock and lock for a little while and then starts playing up ( I think the phone...
  2. A

    keyless entry problem

    Hi All Got a problem with my 197 -- the key card has started to play up I put a new battery into it but it still is temprimental, sometimes unlocking and locking, sometimes not Yesterday couldn't get into the car so used the emergency key -- opened passenger door but alarm went off...
  3. A

    Yipeeee...just got up to 30mpg!

    Quite agree -- did an accurate check on ours and the dash reading was 3.5mpg low It averages at 27.5 throughout the year so we are really doing 31 and that's giving it some as well -- the cars for driving A
  4. A

    Exhaust tips

    We've got these on our 197 -- but we have a Yozza system and the tail pipes are just over 75mm outside dia so fit perfectly and look brill A
  5. A

    What exhaust?

    We've gota Yozza system -- sounds good without being too much I've fitted 80mm chrome tail pipes and sets the back off really well contrasting with the black paintwork
  6. A

    faded grills

    quality black shoe polish can work quite well Alan
  7. A

    RB 197 Kettering!

    my wife has a deep black 197 -- blasts to and from Huntingdon on the A14 every day A
  8. A

    V-Power - What do you pay?

    nothing -- I've got a company fuel card
  9. A

    Over taken in a car park

    that's why road side executions should be made law
  10. A

    Rep Mobiles!

    my other half in her black 197 beats up BM's on the A14 every day -- it's the law
  11. A

    Whats the best pads for standard disks?

    yellowstuffs are good -- work well from cold and don't create hardly any brake dust and don't squeal
  12. A

    Fuming!

    The few times I've ever taken my Elise into a car park, I always parked at the far end away from any cars and each time I've come back to the car, loads have parked round me It's as though the car is a magnet --- but it can't be as it's made out of plastic
  13. A

    Rear Defuser/ Exhausts - like a clio cup

    Our 197 is Deep Black and with privacy glass -- with the chrome badges on the back, the 80mm Chrome tail pipes just sticking out of the diffuser makes the back look awesome A
  14. A

    Rear Defuser/ Exhausts - like a clio cup

    this is the web page -- they've got loads of different sized tail pipes www.aftermarketsounds.com
  15. A

    Rear Defuser/ Exhausts - like a clio cup

    Sorry, not able to as pics are on phone and I can't download them I'll take some proper pics and download them -- pictures don't do it justice, best seeing them in the flesh A