RobinJI Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'm really not interested in ruining the thread with pointless arguments though, and forteh always seems a pretty intelligent chap, who says he mostly agrees with me, so all's good I like bikes, I'll never own one, but I've got nothing particularly against them, and certainly no delusions about how damn quick they are on the road. My only issue with them's some riders attitudes in traffic, but then car drivers piss me off just as much on that front. I'll never own a fast road going bike for the same reason I'm not smashed on coke right now, but I can completely understand why other people do want to take the risk, and fair play to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Perkins Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Views on passat cc's, 2.0 gt tdi, I believe it's the 140bhp.... Any experience anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Simply no. Just accept it from me before Robin comes back with a degree and rapes your arse. Sorry, I need to put a generic joke smiley in - Tis ok, I got my degree over a decade before robin got his, a moot point though I'm really not interested in ruining the thread with pointless arguments though, and forteh always seems a pretty intelligent chap, who says he mostly agrees with me, so all's good I like bikes, I'll never own one, but I've got nothing particularly against them, and certainly no delusions about how damn quick they are on the road. My only issue with them's some riders attitudes in traffic, but then car drivers piss me off just as much on that front. I'll never own a fast road going bike for the same reason I'm not smashed on coke right now, but I can completely understand why other people do want to take the risk, and fair play to them. Agree with you again, hooning on bikes is great fun, however in traffic is a big no no in my eyes, too much happening to fast to prevent the eventual accident. IMHO bikes like supermotos are the most fun you can have on two motorised wheels, 60bhp, 130ish kg and geared for not much past a tonne top end and you have a bike that is most fun at legal speeds, will hit 60 in 3-4 seconds and will constantly make you smile - on the down side, anything bigger than a B road is generally pretty boring to ride on, you need to stop every 10-20 miles to shake the vibrations out your feet and fuel range is 60-80 miles on a tankfull Much like your mini (I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I may have just been given an MX-5 to strip bare and start racing... Just waiting for a bit of confirmation that I can have it and all will be good! My stepmum drives one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 My stepmum drives one of them. Forgetting that that post is nearly 2 months old, your point is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Forgetting that that post is nearly 2 months old, your point is? I think his point might be that his stepmum drives an MX5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Operative word being 'drives' rather than 'races'. Also, it's coming from someone who isn't old enough to drive, so probably shouldn't be taking the piss out of something which is probably used to get him from A to B more reliably than the bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Operative word being 'drives' rather than 'races'. Also, it's coming from someone who isn't old enough to drive, so probably shouldn't be taking the piss out of something which is probably used to get him from A to B more reliably than the bus. Maybe seeing that you and his step-mother have a similar taste in cars he was trying to set you two up? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Winner. In car-related new; My turbo decided to die yesterday. Denied. This means several things; 1. I need to spend part of the Leon budget sorting it. 2. I should have a fully sorted and serviced car ready to sell by the end of the week. 3. f**k the Leon budget, let's just buy one anyway... Turns out that the turbo is absolutely fine, and the issues I was having were just the after effects of having changed a leaky leak off pipe. Have replaced all and after getting a little air out of the system the car pulls like a train and is faultless again. Time to flog it and move on to more fun things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Forgetting that that post is nearly 2 months old, your point is? I don't really have one, maybe that I want to say you're a lady. I felt left out,this is one of the only topics i've never posted in. Operative word being 'drives' rather than 'races'. Also, it's coming from someone who isn't old enough to drive, so probably shouldn't be taking the piss out of something which is probably used to get him from A to B more reliably than the bus. hehe, calm down man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Had a f**king scary near-miss last night in the Leon. Coming off the M25 onto the A21 there's a big sweeping corner, was going a little quicker than I should have been and it was wet - felt the back end coming out so steered into it and let off brakes and accelarator and it snaked back into grip. So sketchy having pretty much no control over the car for a few seconds. So nearly spun it - Sheryl went mental too, she wasn't at all impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I had a good 'un there last night as well as it happens, coming off to go to Biggin Hill. Better off keeping some right foot in there if the back end starts coming round in a FWD car though mate, shift some weight over the back and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Got a vw bora. Its the 1.9tdi version that has been chipped to 150bhp. It is now losing water and over heating at anything over 70 on the flats and if you try to go up hill it starts to over heat like a bitch. Also the heating seems to be going on it to. Like it will just randomly go cold for no reason. I know a wee bit about cars but not that much so any help will be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Any idea where it's losing water from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Havent had it in the shed yet. Artic trailer is going its test the morrow so thats been in since i've been home. It will be going in tonight and left to dry to see if can find out. But had a good look the day and everything seems fine. No cracks in the header tank and no drips from any of the pipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Blockage somewhere in the cooling system? In other news, ere's a pretty lengthy video from Silverstone on Friday. It was damn slippery early in the morning, but dried out a bit towards the end of the day. But here's a brief 'map' so you can skip around the video: 0:40 me nearly falling off the track (and then a BMW doing the same 2 laps later) 1:10 me wet lap 5:15 Adam driving sideways 6:00 me GTR-chasing 9:00 Adam 2 laps by himself 14:10 Tom driving 18:50 me with some dry-er laps at the end of the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 that looks awesome fun. how the hell did you see in that condition? in other news: if you can't find it, griiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind it. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 With difficulty! Haha, you need to diss Bessell about that next time you see him :wink2: I nearly cried when I saw the video, haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I bought a VW Motorsport Billet alloy shifter For a moment there I thought you were going over to sequential. Really nice shifter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Man that car sounds so epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Turbos for the lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Turns out that the turbo is absolutely fine, and the issues I was having were just the after effects of having changed a leaky leak off pipe. Have replaced all and after getting a little air out of the system the car pulls like a train and is faultless again. Time to flog it and move on to more fun things... What did you do to lose the trapped air in the system? I think I have the same problem with mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 car sounds fantastic adam, head issues all sorted now I assume? Very jealous of all the track time you're getting Turbos for the lose feck off. I'd offer you a race, but I imagine the westy will have more power:weight than me still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Cheers dude - yeah I think so. Was a bit nervous taking it all the way to Silverstone without a prior 'smaller' track day, but it ran perfect all day. Did a full cooling system re-hose and changed all the routings, temp was rock solid. Winter trackdays are where its at! Cheap as chips (relatively), Oulton this Saturday too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Looks like the back end steps out a bit easy in it! Or is Bessell too heavy footed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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