lee noble is a ****
lee noble is a ****
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cabbron

Original Poster:

416 posts

246 months

hollowpockets

5,910 posts

245 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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hmmm, sacked and with a chip on his shoulder? out of date info also, the later cars did get the throttle cable re-routed.

smile

Graham

cabbron

Original Poster:

416 posts

246 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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bad form if he did send cars out with a known serious fault though.

2.5bluenob

1,620 posts

205 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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Nice use of the "c" word

joust

14,622 posts

288 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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Mr Bennett. Hold a grudge. Never.

I suppose if Lee is a C, then Caparo must be a FC given the picture of brake failure at 270kmph on his photos.....

andygtt

8,345 posts

293 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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3r/m400 wheel issue is far worse imo


paulcundy

1,897 posts

294 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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Correct, Lee Noble is not a faultless human, he is not a God. He's mortal, just as we all are. In some areas he's brilliant and some he's not.

Oh and if he's so bad about safety recalls then who else would you point a finger at .... Toyota? (didn't they have a throttle pedal issue)

Go one then oh brave one, put up on facebook that Toyota are a bunch of c***s.

Oh perhaps you won't because Toyota are not an individual down on his luck and who's not got mega millions of legal backup and a global prescence.

Raking over this old ground 10 years later adds nothing and detracts from his undoubted acheivments.

Regards
Paul C


F.C.

3,901 posts

237 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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Classy write up!

The wheel problems were / are known about but hey ho lets just re-paint over the cracks and hope for the best seems to be the way these days rolleyes

TuxMan

9,011 posts

267 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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What a prat writing crap like that !!! Is there any need for it ???? Yes the car had some issues but it's still a cracking car !!! And it gives us something to fix !!!

dudleybloke

20,553 posts

215 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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toyotas problems are not so much the throttle pedal but the fat american foot pressing down on it!

Adrian W

15,449 posts

257 months

Wednesday 25th May 2011
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TuxMan said:
What a prat writing crap like that !!! Is there any need for it ???? Yes the car had some issues but it's still a cracking car !!! And it gives us something to fix !!!
Phil Bennet, has a huge chip when it comes to Nobles, but he is right about the attitude to safety and recalls/retrofits, I had a front upper ball joint block fail, Lee stood two feet from me and said he knew nothing about it, It turned out that dealers had been complaining to him personally about it for months, this fault was lethal. I still believe that every car should be formally checked and a record kept.

bernhund

3,798 posts

222 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Only MY opinion of course but, low volume high performance affordable car. Who would expect anything else? Don't remember seeing any airbags or side impact protection... er.. crumple zones? Nope. It goes with the territory. Why do you want a fast car? To make you feel safe? I got one because is exciting and that excitement is what all adrenalin sports is about..... am I about to die?!!!
You could always spend lots more and cook yourself in a 458!
I'm happy to take the risk, and..... none of you lot will now be putting your Nobs up for sale.
The article sounds like it's from a bitter man who should've slept on it before sticking it on Facebook.

snuffy

13,202 posts

313 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Adrian W said:
I had a front upper ball joint block fail, Lee stood two feet from me and said he knew nothing about it, It turned out that dealers had been complaining to him personally about it for months, this fault was lethal.
At the first service I had at a main dealer they replaced the ball joint blocks. They said they knew that they were likely to fail so they always checked them. The one I saw that came of my car had a bloody great crack in it.

snuffy

13,202 posts

313 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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bernhund said:
. Who would expect anything else? Don't remember seeing any airbags or side impact protection... er.. crumple zones? Nope. It goes with the territory. Why do you want a fast car? To make you feel safe? I got one because is exciting and that excitement is what all adrenalin sports is about..... am I about to die?!!!
There is a massive difference between airbags/side bars/crumple zones etc and things that break or fail, and you simply can't draw a comparison between the two.

Adrian W

15,449 posts

257 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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snuffy said:
bernhund said:
. Who would expect anything else? Don't remember seeing any airbags or side impact protection... er.. crumple zones? Nope. It goes with the territory. Why do you want a fast car? To make you feel safe? I got one because is exciting and that excitement is what all adrenalin sports is about..... am I about to die?!!!
There is a massive difference between airbags/side bars/crumple zones etc and things that break or fail, and you simply can't draw a comparison between the two.
If someone had died, and it transpired that Noble directors were aware of those faults, they would be held responsible for corporate negligence, which I believe is now a criminal offence, it was in their own and their customers interest to resolve safety issues expediently. this wasn't about airbags and safety stuff, this was about design defects.

snuffy

13,202 posts

313 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Adrian W said:
...this wasn't about airbags and safety stuff, this was about design defects.
That's what I mean, airbags etc are by design, not design defects.

Mike Tuckwood

1,261 posts

228 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Chapppers

4,483 posts

220 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Pressure issues blowing door seals and drumming at 80mph? Not had that! It's loud but the only thing mine does it inflate the handbrake gaiter.

sean j g

619 posts

252 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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why now if he had these such concerns that someone could be killed why not say all this years ago and make a stand sounds like he is just trying to discredit mr noble imo also wouldnt surprise me if all this was to stop him getting a new car to the market because if he did i think the m600 would be in doubt due to the 200k+price tag as if the truth told lee does no his stuff as if i am right in thinking he has just helped out on the chasis set up of the zagato!

mgbond

6,749 posts

261 months

Thursday 26th May 2011
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Chapppers said:
Pressure issues blowing door seals and drumming at 80mph? Not had that! It's loud but the only thing mine does it inflate the handbrake gaiter.
That must be beacuase you have the tunnel mod wink

Bondy