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Yep you'll probably find on a diesel that the oil is black in a couple of hundred miles. My Skoda superb did 360k on regular oil changes never needed topping up between before i sold it, every 5k for my piece of mind. Never used engine flush. 360k... and you sold it? Didn't you get attached? I bought it with 250k on it so i wasn't that attached. Gave it death constantly for a year and got rid to a Polish guy who still has it apparently.
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Feb 13, 2018 16:34:32 GMT
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Yep you'll probably find on a diesel that the oil is black in a couple of hundred miles.
My Skoda superb did 360k on regular oil changes never needed topping up between before i sold it, every 5k for my piece of mind. Never used engine flush.
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Feb 13, 2018 14:53:57 GMT
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The Japanese do go above and beyond with postage! I ordered a small key ring from Tokyo and received a hand written thank you letter aswell, the keyr ing was £5 ish!
The anticipation for arrival must be killing you, its getting me and its not my car!
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Feb 13, 2018 14:51:18 GMT
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This car looks very familiar.
Should be a little missile when its done!
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Feb 13, 2018 10:23:37 GMT
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Thats a smart looking car to start with! Waiting with bated breath.
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That’s cool man. I’d love to set up on my own in the near future. Any tips? When i say garage and workshop i mean at home as a hobby! Sorry for misunderstanding haha.
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Bookmarked this, well up for a tale of M3's
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Feb 12, 2018 14:45:42 GMT
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I started fiddling with my own stuff at 17 then college to become a professional spanner twiddler. With my own apprentice by 19!!
y fathers passion for his first cars is what made me fall in love with classic minis I rememeber having laminated photos of all his cars on my bedroom walls and that led too this site, which is single handedly responsible for my addiction to rusty old rubbish.
I also have a love for the 90's Japanese market stuff but i think that is down to me being of that age at 26 now!
Now being a home owner with a garage and workshop i'm in heaven and if i do ever end up with kids i will well and truly ruin their fragile infant minds with my old car addiction!
This said i have always been interested in how things work and how i could fix them which I suppose makes taking cars to pieces the logical progression.
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Feb 12, 2018 13:43:24 GMT
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Very sad news. Dogs are little miracles.. Sorry for you.
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Feb 12, 2018 10:18:14 GMT
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That was sudden progress! Looking great.
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Cor blimey that's a good looking thing with those wheels. Lovely.
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Oh my, why have i not looked here sooner!
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Jan 31, 2018 13:39:39 GMT
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That's a very very smooth finish on the varnish! Is that brushed on? Great job looks much better darker. It is brushed, it was stripped with 80 grit then smoothed down to IIRC 500ish then stained and varnished. It's had 3 coats of PU lacquer, it levelled very well. It's not perfect, it could do with a flat, final coat and polish but I figured just driving it will help flat the varnish Wooden wheels, it turns out, are easy to refurbish. That is great to know, time to try and find a battered old Nardi for myself.
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Jan 31, 2018 13:38:48 GMT
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Exciting news, any idea of an arrival date? Not yet. I assume it will arrive at Huston somewhere on Thursday. And from there when they will load it into container I have no idea. It was said that pickup will take 5-10 days - it was 1 month after chasing calling and mailing. Therefore I am not putting bets on this either. I assume month or two from now I will be able to see it. This is why i can't import anything, i am far far to impatient.. Must be infuriating.
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Jan 31, 2018 10:53:57 GMT
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Exciting news, any idea of an arrival date?
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This thread is going a smidge off-topic as I believe the OP is asking for pictures of AFTERMARKET 80's wheels, not OE ones, however cool. I treated the E28 to a re-stained and re-varnished Nardi Torino the other day, refurbed it a lot darker than original as I felt otherwise it was out of place with the black leather. (Wheel was in a bad shape, the varnish was totally blown so I hadn't wrecked a good wheel before anyone says anything) That's a very very smooth finish on the varnish! Is that brushed on? Great job looks much better darker.
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Finish line must be in sight, can't wait to see the finished article!
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I found out to my partners cost that making bread shortly after really pulls the dirt out from under your nails that nothing else will shift.. The kneading just pulls it out! and makes the bread inedible.
I also use WD40 if its really bad or i have found anything that says de-greaser on it works wonders, maybe not great for your health mind.
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Jan 30, 2018 16:48:04 GMT
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Inspired way to find a colour choice! Hah.
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Jan 30, 2018 16:38:26 GMT
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Looks great with the lowering. Lovely thing in general and the blitz intercooler is a lovely bit of JDM kit.
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