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olly22n
11,771 posts
75 months
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CampDavid said: olly22n said: CampDavid said: The Esprit is the only car I've sat in that I couldn't drive. Not just difficult, impossible without modification Funnily, and fortunately, the Esprit fits me like a glove. The one I tried was a late 80s car, no leg room at all I sat in a yellow one.
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L100NYY
26,785 posts
112 months
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Coffee is really rather good yes, Nespresso machine and a cafietere too. Just had my lunch made for me too. Which was nice 
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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Are there receptionists like at BMW and Porsche in Mayfair?
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olly22n
11,771 posts
75 months
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Chrisw666 said: Are there receptionists like at BMW and Porsche in Mayfair? Or Mercedes Peterborough. 
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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olly22n said: Or Mercedes Peterborough. Or the two posh girls on bikes I saw yesterday.
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crazy about cars
2,322 posts
38 months
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olly22n said: Chrisw666 said: Are there receptionists like at BMW and Porsche in Mayfair? Or Mercedes Peterborough. Pics??????????
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richtea78
2,697 posts
27 months
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Chrisw666 said: Or the two posh girls on bikes I saw yesterday. Sounds like the title of one of Ben Dover's films!
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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crazy about cars said: Pics?????????? The sad thing is you're serious aren't you?
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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TEKNOPUG said: W00DY said:  French electrical bork has struck. Look like it'll be a long game of cat and mouse. In what way? Well, judging by putting various symptoms into 205gtidrivers and reading the tales of woe when everything that fixed everyone else's cars with similar problems doesn't seem to work. It started with a weird loss of power at 1500rpm in the lower gears where it would suddenly either smoothly drop until stalling or I'd dip the clutch and release it again above 1500 and it's be okay. Then it started to become difficult to start (takes a while and even longer if accel pressed at all) and would stall when coming to a stop when cold. and it started getting really lumpy if revs were held at 1900 and 3000. Now it it's lumpy all the way through with weird flat spots and it cuts out and struggles to restart at all. Any ideas on what to go for first and guides to various things would be much appreciated. Going to check for air leaks, adjust TPS (not sure how), tweak timing and AFM, look at some earths etc. The other issue is the fact I am completely broke.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Loon, if you need a massively enthusiastic salesman for a couple of months 'til you find an experienced candidate, I know of a great guy with great natural ability  , Also he's really good at baking.
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olly22n
11,771 posts
75 months
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TEKNOPUG
7,468 posts
74 months
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W00DY said: Well, judging by putting various symptoms into 205gtidrivers and reading the tales of woe when everything that fixed everyone else's cars with similar problems doesn't seem to work.
It started with a weird loss of power at 1500rpm in the lower gears where it would suddenly either smoothly drop until stalling or I'd dip the clutch and release it again above 1500 and it's be okay. Then it started to become difficult to start (takes a while and even longer if accel pressed at all) and would stall when coming to a stop when cold. and it started getting really lumpy if revs were held at 1900 and 3000. Now it it's lumpy all the way through with weird flat spots and it cuts out and struggles to restart at all.
Any ideas on what to go for first and guides to various things would be much appreciated.
Going to check for air leaks, adjust TPS (not sure how), tweak timing and AFM, look at some earths etc.
The other issue is the fact I am completely broke. The usual suspects - AFM, Battery, Coil, Fuel Pump. Also, have you checked/replaced the ignition amplipher?
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S3_Graham
10,685 posts
68 months
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L100NYY said: Form an orderly queue then....! cant we just have another kart race? 2nd place (as loon will be first) gets the job?
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olly22n
11,771 posts
75 months
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S3_Graham said: L100NYY said: Form an orderly queue then....! cant we just have another kart race? 2nd place (as loon will be first) gets the job? Already got a job, thanks though.
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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olly22n said: What an awesome auction. Far too much stuff to post all of my wants here but I love the functioning concepts that are there.
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L100NYY
26,785 posts
112 months
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Crikey. I didn't think my old job was quite that desirable 
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BluePurpleRed
748 posts
95 months
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carreauchompeur said: I'm always cruising the classifieds to reassure myself that all of the money my lovely, lovely M3 is swallowing is actually making it perfect and it's all worth it... Stumbled across this one though. Sold?? Jeez. 15k E36 M3SMG too. I'm all for low-mileage cars but a 5-year gap between services doesn't please me... Urgh. that will be a headache when someone starts to use it more than driving between services and MOTs :P OMG!! I take it back... it has the BMW Torch and mud-flaps! Also the previous owner was skilful and awesome enough to not to have used the spare!!! I mean how can one buy a car where someone has used the spare!  ha ha
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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L100NYY said: Crikey. I didn't think my old job was quite that desirable We're all car geeks, and you only post the car bits on here so of course it is desirable. My job seems great to other people, I got paid to spend Monday and Tuesday on a hillside in the moors, and am spending the weekend canoeing and climbing in the lake district, things most people do for the sheer hell of it.
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LHD
16,023 posts
56 months
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L100NYY said: Chrisw666 said: L100NYY said: olly22n said: - Never trust a car salesman
 You're not a salesman more a custodian  What am I then?
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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TEKNOPUG said: The usual suspects - AFM, Battery, Coil, Fuel Pump. Also, have you checked/replaced the ignition amplipher? Thanks. I loathe to spend out on coils/ignition amps unless they are genuinely the issue. If I had more money I'd just do it, but I don't. Initial tests show an air leak somewhere (idles with blocked AMF, perhaps better than normal), could that be my only issue or are there likely to be others?
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