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Re: Anyone selling anything reasonably interesting? -
05-22-2007
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sounds like from what i'm told an import LS400 but what year fuck knows. called a toyota cuntelis or something  ok so i dunno how you spell it... |
like an LS400 with Toyota badges on it. Hmmm, Maybe I should tag his
new motor?! ha ha, of course I wouldn't, I'm not that much of a vandal!
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In article <sdydnQWV8csOtc_bRVnyjQA (AT) bt (DOT) com>, Matt (AT) matt (DOT) com says... I think I like them because all the modern aids aren't there, you feel more in touch with the road, you don't see another one every 100 yards and how well you get up the road is purely down to your ability. Thanks for the post. Must be nice having a unique car. I do hate the fact I see so many of my car all over the place. Wouild be nice to have a car thats not run of the mill. Although I have gotten used to the modern aids You need an Elise: no tractioncontrol, no ABS, no brake assistance, no power steering, no sound proving, no central locking, no parking sensors, no airco, no electric windows, most of the time no roof! Getting soaked du to a raincloud out of nothing (and because hard and softtop were at home) feels OK. You'll get thumbs up from other drivers who consider your madness. 3 Extra bonus points: girls and kids love it. The kids of the neighbourhood all come to inspect and to be driven around. Secondly: getting in and out requires a bit of souplesse but improves with exercice and finally fuel: it hardely uses any. It makes you younger and certainly wilder. I like it. ;-) Tom De Moor |
So, you're saying, I should get a VX220 not a Mk1 Clio V6 :-p ?
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Dan
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On 21 May, 23:02, "Vamp" <N... (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote: sounds like from what i'm told an import LS400 but what year fuck knows. called a toyota cuntelis or something ok so i dunno how you spell it....Is it a blue-ish Celsior? I think I might have seen it! Just looks like an LS400 with Toyota badges on it. Hmmm, Maybe I should tag his new motor?! ha ha, of course I wouldn't, I'm not that much of a vandal! |
Lol, yeah, I'm busted. it is a Celsior.
Dark silver grey. Apparently was an ex embassy car.
1991 not bad nick for £800, runs nice, no big rust/dents/odd noises.
Due a cambelt anytime soon and no history, but the early 250bhp ones
are non interference, the later 280bhp ones went interference. So if
it breaks you get a 9 hour belt change bill, and a tow in fee, rather
than the need for new heads. Very lazy relaxed motor that can kick up
it's heals nicely.
On the subject of the rangie, I mention the ignition fault on the
difflock forums, how I thought it was the damp, but not, then the
coil, but not, then ignition module but not.
BTW, the EM9 ignition module actually came off a Rover 114. it was the
2wire/3 pin version so I snipped the loom off the 114 too and used
some spade connectors to join it.
one of the guys posted that he had exactly the same fault. He had done
the usual ignition service. And it had run great for a month, on a
Halfords cap. then it started misbehaving, then it failed completly.
Guess what, I swapped the cap, plugs and leads not long after I got
it. The plugs wouldn't even fir the engine, so the originals went back
on. The plugs were NGKs but the cap was a Halfords. that was roughly a
month ago. So I might get a new cap, put in a rotor arm and see about
hooking up that vac module again over the weekend.
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On the exception of the Q4, a very very fragile Delta Integrale cloon with less power, all are FWD. Engine power is down significantly : who said 16V was better than 8V? |
Standard power of a 155 is 150bhp vs 143bhp for the 8v.
The 8v lump was quite effectively strangled by the catalyst.
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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So, you're saying, I should get a VX220 not a Mk1 Clio V6 :-p ? |
Have you ever driven a V6 Clio?
I test drove one last year and the noise inside is not something I could
live with as an everyday car. Loud cars don't bother me and my Westfield was
much louder but the sound inside the Clio was unbearable. It was actually
okay around 6000rpm but anything lower just created an annoying drone that
went right through you, even ticking over in 4th or 5th at 40mph was
unbearable.
It wasn't that quick either and drank around £10 of fuel within 25 miles.
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That one looks OK, actually - so long as it's had a belt change on 72k miles. How much is a belt change on one of these Steve? Is it an Alfa specialist job or could my local indy do it ok? He's pretty good with everything I've taken to him so far:-) |
do it.
Budget £250-ish.
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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Mike P <privacy (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote: There are a handful of 75s on ebay at the moment ;-) What about 155s? Or are they shit? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-ALFA-ROME...RED_W0QQitemZ1 60119092944QQihZ006QQcategoryZ9834QQrdZ1QQcmdZView Item Cracking cars, can be fragile - they drink oil and lots of owners didn't bother checking it.... also cambelts need doing every 36k, which, again, most owners don't bother doing. However, most of the rough ones have died by now, leaving only the decent ones. That one looks OK, actually - so long as it's had a belt change on 72k miles. |
job or could my local indy do it ok? He's pretty good with everything I've
taken to him so far:-)
Mike P
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Mike P <privacy (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote: That one looks OK, actually - so long as it's had a belt change on 72k miles. How much is a belt change on one of these Steve? Is it an Alfa specialist job or could my local indy do it ok? He's pretty good with everything I've taken to him so far:-) Don't need to go to a specialist - any decent mechanic should be able to do it. Budget £250-ish. -- |
collecting Saturday. Also told him that if it's not as described he's not
getting any money, which he was happy enough with.
Mike P
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