Shame the windscreen didn't get damaged AFTER you bought insurance for it with windscreen cover

Then you'd only have to pay the excess of 50 or 60 quid...

I said £80, not £180.

If you can get a friendly guy to fit a second hand windscreen (or do it yourself), it could be a lot cheaper.

cheers

James

unless I'm missing something, the mot will cost closer to £50 not £30 I'm afraid.

I think he said he worked in a garage Jason

might explain the cheap ticket

Nope thats the price i pay for my MOT's. A friend of my mums owns a rather sucessful garage and he does cheap MOT's for me, mainly because he can afford the £20 loss

lucky buggers!

yeh swordfish said £180 for windscreen! which is bit heafty. will pop into work later to get price from there at trade price. if any1 else knows of any dont hesitate to put up just cos i rele like thsi 1 doesnt mean i wont look at others

so yeh u guys really think ill get 35mpg from a 2.0ltr?? my m8 that had one said he got 25

A 2.0 360? In town they're not that clever (20-25mpg), but they're better on a run, especially the B200K carb versions - as I said, I could get 40-50mpg on the motorway at 60-70. The B19A engine in this car may not be quite that efficient, but it shouldn't bankrupt you...and you might actually move

cheers

James

foggyjames wrote:I managed 45-50mpg over a few hundred miles from mine several times.

People like you make me sick!



Without an odometer it's hard to tell, but I am certain mine is on the rough side of 25, and that's when I'm driving it like a nun!

mine does 19.5mpg all the time (dont let this put you off, I have yet to tune the carb properly as I'm soon to take more drastic action and would rather she runs rich than lean), it makes no difference if I drive like a nun or am thrashing it on an event. I have a feeling it keeps chucking the same amount of fuel in all the time and the amount of air I give it controls the power

d3k4y0 wrote:

foggyjames wrote:I managed 45-50mpg over a few hundred miles from mine several times.

People like you make me sick!



Without an odometer it's hard to tell, but I am certain mine is on the rough side of 25, and that's when I'm driving it like a nun!

Fix the flipping thing then Moar powerz and moar fuelz!

Jason is running the wrong cam and ignition for his carb tuning, so he's knackered to begin with!

25-30mpg too from a GLT, a guzzler really

TBH, Foggy's case of exceptional MPG from a 2.0 is a rarity, and no 300 is that economical unless its a late 5 speed 1.4 or 1.7 which is fully warmed and at a steady cruise. May as well forget it in town

For a 50 mile round trip I'd not choose a 2.0, the other two engine choices will be more economical for that type of journey imo and a 1.7 is pretty much even with a B200K in terms of performance

My B200K wasn't broken, you mean

The downside to the 1.7 vs the 2.0 cars is maintainance / reliability. Quite of them have running problems one way any another. Anyway, it's a bit beside the point, now the green car is sold.

I'd choose your stallion based on how you want to drive. If you're a cruiser, you may as well have a 1.4 5spd. They're not *that* slow, and the cheap tax is always welcome. However, they drink like a fish when thrashed, so if you wanna go fast, get a 1.7...

cheers

James

If *hypothetically* you do 100 miles per hour in a 1.4 340, I swear you can actually see the fuel gauge moving.

I managed to double Nessy's fuel consumption (i.e. halve the MPG) when I decided to put my toe in to get home in time for Top Gear. I was probably only going 15mph faster...

cheers

James