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  1. Surrey-Paul

    Warning about SE 'We will buy your car.com' guys

    Just thought I'd post a head's up if you ever think of using these in the South East. My neighbour has had enough of the UK & is leaving UK to go an live back in his wife's country, he has numerous cars & bikes for sale at the moment. Anyway he did the online thing for his megane and one of...
  2. Surrey-Paul

    Bargain RS197 - 08 in east london

    Spotted this while being nosey to see what a neighbour has his 09 megane up for sale at. Either bargain of the century or something dodgy but 2k for an RS197 with 18k on clock well someone might be very happy...
  3. Surrey-Paul

    Rémi GAILLARD - Funny guy

    Came across some video's by this guy, worth a mention as his stunts might be stupid but cheered my day up :) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OsWqXQcqj4E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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    Think I'm gonna produce new reality TV program

    called Arrogant German Car Owners in Britain :) <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k8zqNe0ujwE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  5. Surrey-Paul

    one less unmarked car to worry about

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16716617 Also goes to show why the police should be forced to drive cars no more powerful than 1.8 diesel's ;) Mentions test drive, so hopefully he wasn't testing it out in a 20/30/40 zone as the state of the car is as bad as any of those...
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    Alfa Romeo Mito Quadrifoglio Verde

    Don't know if anyone else has seen this but personally having a soft spot for Alfa's came across on it during some surfing and amazed at it having a little 1.4l turbo which produces 170BHP, styling wise I like although the front prob. isn;t to ever ones taste but none the less it stands out...
  7. Surrey-Paul

    Top Gear India Special tonight

    BBC2 8pm, India Special, was wondering what had happened to their christmas special for this year and perfect as pretty much nothing else on tonight
  8. Surrey-Paul

    After the VXR is better than - this will make you laugh

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4013654/Driver-ends-up-in-a-ditchnext-to-careful-driving-sign.html
  9. Surrey-Paul

    Questions about centre silencer delete

    I've got some Questions which hopefully those who have done the centre silencer delete could answer for me as I'm a bit stuck at the moment. I tried a few local exhaust centres (chains) and got no joy with request to getting the silencer removed and replaced with a straight tube as they just...
  10. Surrey-Paul

    Dangerous Dog Act, what a waste of time that is

    Bit of a rant here regarding the above law which I think was created back in 1871 and the reason for this I've just got back from my sisters after she had taken her 2 small and cute Cavalier King charles out for walk (on their leads) when some local Chav Skinhead appeared with his pitbull (not...
  11. Surrey-Paul

    Wheel Paint who's managed to get it

    I've found the paint codes but so far not found anyone who can help with supplying the paint, they say the codes don't match up with anything. All I'm after is a touch up bottle as want to repair some minor marks on 2 of the wheels and where some of the paint on centre caps has worn off...
  12. Surrey-Paul

    White van Nutter rams parked Clio RS

    I'm pretty sure this is an RS, not sure whether 182 or 172. but the Van driver obviously hates Renault & is a complete nutter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15025176
  13. Surrey-Paul

    FBI is saying I've won a lottery - OMG I'm rich

    Just had an email from the FBI ;) some guy by the name of Sadik ****tu (replace stars with common 4 letter swear word start's with S) is running a lottery and FBI are saying he is a diamond geezer, but the attachment the FBI want me to open and use to reply with is a window's trojan, Muppets...
  14. Surrey-Paul

    Door handles and those annoying lock buttons

    I know i'm not alone here but the external door locking button (keyless) I've read many posts about these being temperamental & bad design so failing due to water ingress. Problem I have is the passenger side button has been temperamental in operating but now seems to have stopped working...
  15. Surrey-Paul

    Securing RS mats to earlier models using VW stud kit

    Found on Ebay a stud kit which is actually for VW/Audi's but as it included a screw in stud and also the retainer bits, decided to order to see if I could fit, to stop the drivers mat from riding up under the pedals and jamming when pedals fully depressed. I've just fitted them and all that is...
  16. Surrey-Paul

    Front speakers +magnetic fields

    Has anyone else experienced this little problem I've currently got, I fitted a set of 13cm components that I had fitted in my previous car and the mid-bass woofers, depth wise fitted OK so went ahead and fitted them. But after fitting my drivers door window at random would no longer go down...
  17. Surrey-Paul

    Ultra Red 197 :)

    We'll all went well yesterday and I picked her up, although journey home on M25 was more of 2 hours of crawling, but the MPG is still double what I was seeing with old car, so very happy. Spent this morning cleaning, waxing and took some pictures, glad I went with the Red as it really suits the...
  18. Surrey-Paul

    Newbie in Surrey

    Quick post to say Hi and soon to be proud owner of a full fat RS 197 in ultra red which i'll be picking up this weekend. Although I joined up last week and been using the site in between work (very busy) getting info on what to look for and other info about the RS197 before buying and must say...