deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Sorry, Meant Head gasket.
No, it's fine. I took it to the garage, he used this funky suction syringe thing with blue liquid in it. It didn't turn green after about 15mins. The car was pretty much cold and the fan turned on whilst he was doing the test, so it got pretty hot whilst idling. So that was panic over 
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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good news there deano 
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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gooooooooooood stuff
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Aye, saved my credit card a bashing and going to Uni on the train and coach.
Just have to take it easy now, in case it does go 
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lil_g
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did you get a quote for it mate? Might be able to help you out if it does go 
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deano87
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About £250 iirc. Wasn't extortionate.
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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lower the car and dont tell them?
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deano87
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Originally posted by corsa_rob
lower the car and dont tell them?
I can't afford not to tell them, if that makes sense. I use the car for going to Uni and can't really get there without it. If I had an accident (god forbid) and I wasn't insured, I'd be well and truly fucked. Lets face it, insurance companies don't like paying out as it is. So if they find something wrong with the car, it's their perfect excuse.
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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right but ure car already had them on when u brought it mate, so how the hell did u know 
plus in my experience...if u claim on the insurance even if it aint ure fault...ure premium is fucked for next year, if i was to have an accident i wudnt be claiming, brought the car for £1450, was worth £1890, and i wud end up paying more than that for just the insurance the following year
if the car aint worth alot it aint worth claiming
[Edited on 01-11-2007 by corsa_rob]
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deano87
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I've already enquired though, so it will probably be on the system.
Also, when I had my last crash. I had no choice but to claim. The radiator was blown. The AA wouldn't pick me up because I had crashed, or wanted £150 which I didn't have. So phoned insurance, sent a recovery truck, car and me taken to accident repair centre, I drove off in courtesy car.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_rob
right but ure car already had them on when u brought it mate, so how the hell did u know
plus in my experience...if u claim on the insurance even if it aint ure fault...ure premium is fucked for next year, if i was to have an accident i wudnt be claiming, brought the car for £1450, was worth £1890, and i wud end up paying more than that for just the insurance the following year
if the car aint worth alot it aint worth claiming
Its Fucking BOUGHT!
why do people keep saying bRought?
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Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_rob
right but ure car already had them on when u brought it mate, so how the hell did u know
plus in my experience...if u claim on the insurance even if it aint ure fault...ure premium is fucked for next year, if i was to have an accident i wudnt be claiming, brought the car for £1450, was worth £1890, and i wud end up paying more than that for just the insurance the following year
if the car aint worth alot it aint worth claiming
[Edited on 01-11-2007 by corsa_rob]
how can you say that though. What happens if you crash into a third party and you have to claim  you will have no choice will you?
Also if its th other persons fault your premium doesnt go up
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Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
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come on Deano i've been waiting to see photos of our handy work.....are you trying to convince us your "busy" at uni or something???
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deano87
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I will take some pictures
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deano87
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And, for my next trick.
Genuine GM additional brake light
I do quite a bit of motorway driving, which often has tail backs, at weird places. I know that when I'm following a car, I often look for 3rd or additional brake light in front, not what is actually in their clusters. So thought I'd give myself less chance of being rear ended
And a HUGE THANKS to Fonz (Pete) for fitting it. I had no idea mechanical engineers could do electrical engineering (eventually!) 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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you check the insurance
messin
would look sweet with a spoiler on it
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deano87
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Funny you should say that. High level brake light is an modification in their list but this is GM, and was on the car when I bought it - I didn't know it was a modification
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Fonz
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
And a HUGE THANKS to Fonz (Pete) for fitting it. I had no idea mechanical engineers could do electrical engineering (eventually!)
ooooh the cheek!!
i could give excuses it was cold, Sunday and the rest but i wont!
looks good
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Chris F
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
you check the insurance
messin
would look sweet with a spoiler on it
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Smoked interior light WITH map lights 
Got this off eBay about 1 year ago, never got round to fitting it. Was going to wash the car but the weather is miserable so did this instead. Less effort tbh
Thanks to ChrisBoom for the instructions
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Simon_16v
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Easy peasy to do aint it. Got one in my old car, would like one in my sport but its got an alarm
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deano87
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Originally posted by SRi_Si
Easy peasy to do aint it. Got one in my old car, would like one in my sport but its got an alarm
What is having an alarm got to do with it?
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Simon_16v
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Because the light is different. It has 2 sections and in the middle is the sensor for the alarm
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lil_g
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How hard was the 3rd brake light to do deano?!
I've wanted one for ages!
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pow
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Deano, electric sunroof time
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