Miscellaneous Car News

Can't be all bad. At least it's fibreglass and blue!

 

always hard to tell what fell off in the crash and what would have just fallen off naturally, TVR have a terrible quality issue , test drives are forbidden I'm told

 

Lucky that piece of wood didn't spear in through the side of the door.

Hope no one was hurt mate.

 

McLaren spider v 458 Spider v some other OHOS

Top Gear Season 20 Episode 3 by LanciaDeltaRally - Car Videos on StreetFire

 

Well worth watching until the end, unless your Greg, who tells me it doesn't work on an iPhone.

Surprise ending, and surprising insight into Spain, if you can believe it.

 

Unless your Greg what?

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ8DHtR9P7w]Engine Extraction: McLaren F1 - Jay Leno's Garage - YouTube[/ame]

 

boring engine, like everything else to do with McLaren .... they have the perfect MD in Ron Dennis, he's boring as well, and grumpy

Just more proof Leno is NOT a real car guy

 

I'll bet they BOTH know how to check the oil in a car.

 

Zagames Specials

WHEEL REPAIR AND REFURBISH

Are your wheels damaged?
Our alloy/wheel repair service provides solutions for the following;
- chipped wheels
- curb damaged
- gutter scrapped
- scuffed
- pot hole damaged
- recolouring
Vehicle will be required for a minimum of 2 days.
Cost: $295 per wheel

WHEEL ALIGNMENT

Regular wheel alignments can save your tyres from unnecessary damage and extend their lifespan. Offer includes vehicle balancing and alignment of all 4 tyres.
Cost: WAS $299 NOW $199
FULL CAR DETAIL & PAINT PROTECTION

Treat your car to a full car detail and paint protection and get it shining like new again!
Offer includes;
- Full paint touch up to remove stone chips
- Hand and buff polish
- Interior leather reconditioning treatment
- Exterior paint protection treatment
Cost: WAS $750 NOW $395

 

bottom 2 keen $, other.........meh

 

Massive difference between tarting up a wheel for some curb rash and stripping and restoring a wheel properly. It's fiddly and labour intensive to strip the old paint off, most places don't do it properly. Compromised base equals compromised finish that likely won't stand the test of time either. If the wheels have high magnesium content a special process is required or you will have your pretty paint cracking and bubbling from underneath in short order. Have a look at the wheels on a lot of those expensive vintage V12's at the next FCA concour.
I've seen how they do these wheel refurbs at the dealers first hand. A light rub back over the damaged area and a quick squirt of a vaguely matching colour from an airbrush, job done. As with all things in life you get what you pay for. I would consider that OK on a race car; but that's about it.

I restored the wheels on my 308 GTB in the early 1990's. Seem to recall it was about $400 a wheel way back then. Twenty years later and they still look magnificent.

 

Did mine two years ago. 3 look good...one looks crap!!

Of course, I did it the cheap way, but didn't mean to. Lack of knowledge at the time.

 

It happens. Before the internet it wasn't as easy to get information as it is now. And as we all know, most people in the car game are dodgy, so it's all to easy to get ripped, careful or not.
Hopefully JM will get them sorted with flash new stickers and they will be good until he is pushing up Daisy's

 

I was talking about my 308.

The black challenge wheels which I painted 10 years ago with your stickers are still fine.

 

Thanks for the decals Scott, will have the wheels done before getting them put on by a professional

 

*shakes head*

 

you wouldn't understand .... it's a poofter polishing thing

 

I'm scratching my head working out where to mount my camera on the March (can't use the roll bar as on the Lola) and after watching this, using a front wing end plate looks like the go.

The best way to get a sense of the speed of an open wheel car.

(not saying that I'd get within cooee of the lap Button does here!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4XVF3jJL5Q

 

Can't mount it on the helmet ?

 

No need to be vulgar.

 

you been peeking in the loo again

 

Hmmmm, I set the oil level in Moretti's car, I checked it three times, just to make sure, because it was being picked up by a dumb, and I had to get it right.

So I hear today, about the oil level saga. All he had to do was call the previous owner, or me!

DUMBER!

 

well you lot, I was at the concourse up here and one of the 355 owners gave me some false advice and I erred on the side of caution by putting in a litre

Then took out the litre when I realised it was over the full mark .... all is well now, thanks for the concern and well wishes on my lowering IQ status