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garethreece
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by garethreece » 30 Jan 2008 02:38 pm
After several months of inactivity I jumped into the 340 down the yard the other day and just out of curiosity turned the key.....
..... It started without so much as a jump start, and it continued to run around the yard untill... I ran out of petrol

. 1 trip to garage later and it was off again.
Now the 106 been out of service less than 2 months and its dead to the world!!
B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road

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petavius
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by petavius » 02 Feb 2008 05:46 pm
Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
340GL 1984 B406 AJO - scrapped (sob)
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by swordfish210 » 02 Feb 2008 09:22 pm
petavius wrote:Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
What...batterys

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garethreece
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by garethreece » 04 Feb 2008 10:31 am
I know shame the 360 wont do it as well
What do you think, get it road worthy and see if Pimp my Ride interested?

B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road

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SteveP
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by SteveP » 04 Feb 2008 10:51 am
The first part yeah...

Looks like a nice car that 340 of yours.
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by redline » 04 Feb 2008 12:28 pm
garethreece wrote: What do you think, get it road worthy and see if Pimp my Ride interested?

Gareth on no account let winker westwood anywhere near your car Dog.
kiss the ring blah blah blah
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by Ronnie » 04 Feb 2008 11:46 pm
Westwood rocks!
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by redline » 05 Feb 2008 08:36 am
Ronnie wrote:Westwood rocks!
what, in his chair at the old folks home maybe .
those who know me know that in no way is this a racist comment but
I'm sorry ,I have a real problem with white people trying to be black especially someone of his age .
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by petavius » 05 Feb 2008 10:25 pm
swordfish210 wrote:petavius wrote:Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
What...batterys


340GL 1984 B406 AJO - scrapped (sob)
340GLE 1987 E880 UUX

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by swordfish210 » 05 Feb 2008 11:45 pm
sorry but at the end of the day if a car starts after being stood up for x amount of weeks/months it's really down to the battery thats cranking chucking the amps in to the starter motor, not the car that it's attached to
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by garethreece » 07 Feb 2008 10:38 am
redline wrote:Ronnie wrote:Westwood rocks!
what, in his chair at the old folks home maybe .
those who know me know that in no way is this a racist comment but
I'm sorry ,I have a real problem with white people trying to be black especially someone of his age .
Yep I agree, dawg, that man trippin' out he a 30+yo white bloke acting like a black teenage

. Its not racist, it is a fact
But a chance to get the car done up and sell the bits that are too bling afterwards
Yea the battery does make a big difference but if da car no good it still wouldnt go !
B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD
And only 2 of them are on the road

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by Ronnie » 07 Feb 2008 11:26 pm
I think Westwood is what he is, to say his identity is representative of an ethnic group not his own is, I feel, insulting to him and the ethnic group in question. He's a showman, an entertainer, and a free man - he can talk anyway he likes.
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by foggyjames » 08 Feb 2008 12:08 am
30+? He's FIFTY!
Rumour has it that Sacha Baron Cohen saw him warming up the (predominantly black) crowd on a stage at the Notting Hill Carnival a few years back with the line (and I quote...excuse the n-word...)...."Yo, where's my big dick niggaz at?". From that moment, Ali G was supposedly born...
To be fair, the FWD French diesel tat will almost certainly have an electric fuel pump, so IF it had a decent battery, it'd probably start far faster than the 340, which will have to fill the carb with fuel as it cranks. Of course it didn't have a decent battery...so it was just funny

We parted out a 106 a while ago. I'm sure they're fun to drive on a twisty road, but it was a naaaasty car to be in.
cheers
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by petavius » 12 Feb 2008 09:26 pm
swordfish210 wrote:sorry but at the end of the day if a car starts after being stood up for x amount of weeks/months it's really down to the battery thats cranking chucking the amps in to the starter motor, not the car that it's attached to
Ok Mr Swordfish - t'was a simple 'yey, go Volvo' comment, we all know a battery's role.....
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by redline » 12 Feb 2008 11:14 pm
Ronnie wrote:I think Westwood is what he is, to say his identity is representative of an ethnic group not his own is, I feel, insulting to him and the ethnic group in question. He's a showman, an entertainer, and a free man - he can talk anyway he likes.
Sorry Ronnie ,
its not often we disagree but I think Westwood is an insult to the very ethnic group he trys to impersonate and funnily enough so does my afro carribean foster son .
having met him he is shallow and false and makes empty promises he has no intention of keeping.