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    Car wont start help and toyo manifold questions

    Some of you may have noticed in the manifold price check thread I have just replaced my OEM manifold for a toyosport manifold after mine failed. They have put the manifold onto the car..... and now it wont start. I've just popped in after work and the steering wheel will lock but not every...
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    Exhaust blowing

    A bit of advice needed. My exhaust has just started blowing yesterday morning :@. What is the likelihood of it being the flexi on the exhaust manifold? I cant get it looked at until tuesdays/wednesday. Its sounds so much worse when its cold, it seems to be alot quieter once the engine warms up...
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    197: Best place for cheap front disks and pads

    Afternoon all, Having just changed job and losing a substantial amount of income (Playing the long game with a change in career) I need to find some cheap disks and pads. I could do with replacing the pads and disks upfront. Could anyone point me in the direction of a cheap option, OEM...
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    NSFW- Car crash vids

    I was talking to a friend yesterday. He openly admits he drives like a knob, he says he enjoys the risk/adrenalin rush he gets from pushing things...sometimes too far. He has wrote off 3 of his own cars and 5 other cars he's hit. I was trying to find a video to try and convince him his wanted...
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    Dumbfounded..

    At my colleagues attitude to buying new tyres... We have two brothers that work with us, the younger brother has just noticed he needs 3 new tyres. (They are nearly tread bare!) They have been ringing around getting qoutes for 3 new tyres. Cheapest they have got is £155 for super budget...
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    The Noise..

    Vtec kicked in YO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_71kNTqrZM&feature=related The sound of the S2000 is epic!
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    The dreaded MOT time...

    Why do I always get so worried when it comes upto MOT time... I've just booked mine in for its MOT tomorrow and to say I'm worried is an understatment. It sailed through last year, only advisory was tire tread. (Its had 4 new tires so no worries there) I've stripped and cleaned the rear...
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    Rear brake Bias..

    Well after finally putting it off (read being lazy) I've just had a look at my handbrake. I've been able to pull it to near vertical since the bad weather earlier in the year. On looking at the handbrake cable in the cabin, one of the cables had jumped out of the connector, so the handbrake...
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    Boot Net?

    AlloAllo, I want to put a boot net into the clio, not one onto the floor but rather the back of the rear seats. Anyone tried it and have a recommendation for which net to buy? :blink:
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    Albi 200 M1/M62 Junction

    Hello Back! Got my first wave from a fello Albi (all be it a 200) driver tonight. Car looked very clean if it was someone off here, Hi!
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    Whats Behind the bumper- passenger side?

    I've just replaced my plates for stamped ones. In doing do so I've found some accident damage that was hidden by the reg plate. (Nice of the dealer to tell me about it, they would have seen it while placing on there own branded plates) So I've now I've got a ruddy great 8" crack that extends...
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    Whats your Job?

    In response the the Salary thread. Whats everyone do to pay for the expensive fuel bills that come hand in hand with our little french motors. I'm a purchaser for a Water and waste water data collection company. (We measure the flow of Poo basically..:tongue_smilie:)
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    White 197 Cup- Wakefield

    Spotted a White 197 Cup Parked up on Standbridge lane @ 6.30pm ish. Looked very clean. :jase2:
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    197: Close Calls...

    I love the car I really do, but due to the nature of the engine by the time your getting the engine to sing its heading well into illegal figures.. Today was my closest call to date...ever and its rattled me a bit. Drove past a parked police car...doing 110 leptons... and not only that, It was...
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    Wakefield/Leeds today

    Spotted a Black 200 heading into leeds at about 7.40 this morning (up the m1 just as the M1 splits into the A1 link). Think it was a 59 plate but I was hustling along so only gave it a quick glance. There is a red 11 plate 200 parked about 4 houses down the road right now (Woodmoor drive...
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    Nimbus 197- Calder Grove, Wakefield.

    Spotted a 197 parked up that I've not seen before. Anyone off here? :thumbup:
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    Gordini 200- Costco Leeds 20/01/2012

    Parked next to a 10 plate Gordini 200 in Costco Leeds today at about 12pm. Anyone off here?
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    Seatbelts.. removal?

    How easy are the front seat belts to remove? I want to give mine a proper full clean and then dye them :thumbup: I know the bottom is simply a bolt, but what about the reel part of the belt
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    I've developed a rattle...

    or at least the car has. I've got a rattle/creak coming from the passanger side near the glove box/corner of the window. Its like plastic rubbing on something. Has anybody had this before or know how to remove/solve it.. Its driving me utterly mental :jumpon::bored:
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    Spotted- Sandal Wakefield

    Spotted a Silver 197 in the Toby Carvery next to New millerdam. SA08 *** is all i Spotted. Anyone off here?