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When changing from gear 3 to 4, how many revs do you usually go up to? How many is it *safe* to reach? :o

i'll check today. i think it does get worse in 5th. it mostly happens, when i am speeding up... say from 30 to 40

all in the name of saving petrol!

nope. i am fairly sure it comes from the engine area

Let’s say I am doing 30mph in 4th gear. The car sits at around 15 hundred revs. I get a really annoying rattle sort of noise. Like two pieces of metal scraping together!! It happens mostly when starting to accelerate from 30 in 4th. Any ideas?:nono:

oh my! why do that

i read the thread title and was nearly sick! big nono if you ask me! :dead:

i keep seeing a really nice black clio around the skipton/keighley area! anybody's here?

i gave my car £10 worth of juice today, then drove 10 miles and half of it had already gone! surely this is wrong? just recently i have found myself filling up far too much. don't 1.4s give about 40 mpg? ideas? :rasp:

cost me about £40 a week ago

get an old coat-hanger, the metal ones cut it in half and bend each half round insert the four bits of coat hanger into the four small holes leaving them in, pull the whole thing :)

flipping lovely

looks good would look better lowered and some rear tints get it polished up too

1.4 mk2 ph1 all standard. no faults

very, looking at 1500

is it worth working on a car that has over 100,000 on the clock? been given an offer for an Mk2 Ph1 :)

i've read up on spraying bumpers etc. it seems that it is not very difficult just very time consuming. needs sanding down, priming a couple of times ensuring a smooth finish is given. colour sprayed and then a few layers of clear finish spray i'll give it a go on a spare part and let you know

i am seriously thinking of colour coding my bumpers but don't want to take it in anywhere. how difficult is it do at home and where can i get the required sprays etc?:rasp:

By the way, how much is your full re-spray costing?

to be fair i think they meant to actually get it colour coded. ie. sprayed here is what it would look like, sorta. it's very hard to get the colour's spot on mind you

what do you mean when you say 'dead'?

yea, change the fluid first. then get the pads checked out.

MotorWorld quoted me £30 for an adapter.. just so you know

Yep, got the discs changed and fluid changed and all seems well and good.

Just recently my brakes have been feeling slacker than usual. I am guessing this is a bad sign? On another note, I've had two flats in two days! Gr, how annoying:mad:

Did you go up to Hebden Bridge? Some fantastic roads that way!

Do all/most new CD/MP3 Car Radios come with steering wheel command compatibility?

I currently have the crap grey plastic bumpers. Would it be cheaper / easier to re-spray them rather than have new ones fitted? And where can this be done?

Was driving past what looked like a garage and spotted a lovely silver, I think it was a mk2 with reg FH 51 ***... anyone here?:cool:

Does this for me too. Mostly when going down the gears fast.