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Try this with a corsa

Post 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 :oops: . 1 trip to garage later and it was off again. :lol:

Now the 106 been out of service less than 2 months and its dead to the world!!
B980EAV '85 340 GL
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And only 2 of them are on the road :(

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Post by petavius » 02 Feb 2008 05:46 pm

Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
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Post by swordfish210 » 02 Feb 2008 09:22 pm

petavius wrote:Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
What...batterys :?
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Post 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?

:lol:
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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Post 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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Post 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? :lol:
Gareth on no account let winker westwood anywhere near your car Dog.

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Post by Ronnie » 04 Feb 2008 11:46 pm

Westwood rocks!
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Post 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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Post by petavius » 05 Feb 2008 10:25 pm

swordfish210 wrote:
petavius wrote:Nice one Gareth - they never cease to amaze!
What...batterys :?
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Post 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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Post 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 :roll:. Its not racist, it is a fact :roll:

But a chance to get the car done up and sell the bits that are too bling afterwards :wink:

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



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Post 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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Post 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.

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Post 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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Post 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.
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