red rag to a bull
red rag to a bull
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alfa phil

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2,316 posts

236 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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do you sometimes find that no mater how quiet a drive home you want , you get riled by some nomark climbing all over your back side ,and blasting his horn because you are slightly In the wrong lane going round one of them big big roundabouts in Milton Keynes, it never never happens in my van. hehe

Zyp

16,070 posts

218 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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You need to pedal a bit quicker.

alfa phil

Original Poster:

2,316 posts

236 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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I know, a little wave and 4000 revs sorted it.

Mr Ping

262 posts

165 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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I get annoyed by the guy in the 997 turbo that jumps the traffic on the Leeds outer ring road / kirkstall area and then cuts in front of everybody on the roundabout. Does it on a daily basis!

Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
I get annoyed by the guy in the 997 turbo that jumps the traffic on the Leeds outer ring road / kirkstall area and then cuts in front of everybody on the roundabout. Does it on a daily basis!
Is it a black one?

supersport

4,630 posts

256 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
I get annoyed by the guy in the 997 turbo that jumps the traffic on the Leeds outer ring road / kirkstall area and then cuts in front of everybody on the roundabout. Does it on a daily basis!
Once would be ok as the roads in Leeds are un-navigable. I consider myself reasonably intelligent with some common sense, but I get lost and confused driving in Leeds. Never been anywhere like it.

alfa phil

Original Poster:

2,316 posts

236 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
I get annoyed by the guy in the 997 turbo that jumps the traffic on the Leeds outer ring road / kirkstall area and then cuts in front of everybody on the roundabout. Does it on a daily basis!
I honestly try not to cut people up but there are so many different lanes, its mind boggling, it they were not right on your arse, when its always clear to me if someone is not to sure which way they are going. smile

wycoller

568 posts

207 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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yes a bloody Carrera 4s got under my feet yesterday on the road up to kirby lonsdale had to blow him off and show him the nice butt and grand farting sounds from my red SC Griff 500

FarQue

2,339 posts

227 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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wycoller said:
yes a bloody Carrera 4s got under my feet yesterday on the road up to kirby lonsdale had to blow him off and show him the nice butt and grand farting sounds from my red SC Griff 500
"Blow him off". Are you sure? ;-)

mollytherocker

14,460 posts

238 months

Thursday 22nd May 2014
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FarQue said:
"Blow him off". Are you sure? ;-)
Showed him his nice butt too...

medieval

1,499 posts

240 months

Friday 23rd May 2014
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Ooh this thread has taken a rather unexpected tack.......

Someone mention big ends ....oh please do.......

alfa phil

Original Poster:

2,316 posts

236 months

Friday 23rd May 2014
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Thought it was going to turn into a, My Trevor is quicker than your Porker, post for a moment

medieval

1,499 posts

240 months

Friday 23rd May 2014
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alfa phil said:
Thought it was going to turn into a, My Trevor is quicker than your Porker, post for a moment
Ahh.........the good old days when the lines were more clearly defined.....

Mr Ping

262 posts

165 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Sexual Chocolate said:
Is it a black one?
Yes it is - is it you? smile

Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
Sexual Chocolate said:
Is it a black one?
Yes it is - is it you? smile
LOL. Not me, mine has a bigger wing wink But I too see him several times a week pulling the same trick. In my porker today so was hoping to see if he fancied a go wink

Mr Ping

262 posts

165 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Ha what colour is yours and is it a 997 turbo? I'll be in a broken looking silver 996 cab waiting in the traffic queue listening to music on my tinny broken phone due to my broken stereo smile

Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
Ha what colour is yours and is it a 997 turbo? I'll be in a broken looking silver 996 cab waiting in the traffic queue listening to music on my tinny broken phone due to my broken stereo smile
Is there nothing thats broken on yours? biggrin

Mr Ping

262 posts

165 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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It also has the following features;

1) squeals when I first set off on a morning if it has been raining
2) Makes a weird grinding ish if i put a full left lock on whilst reversing
3) When the roof retracts, once the fabric has gone all the way down and it is time for the cover / lid to lower itself back onto the car it sometimes just gets stuck and whirrs away doing nothing, have to click up and down a few times to make it work
4) The windows occasionally decide to lower themselves after going all the way to the top, either side, for no apparent reason.
5) The windows do point 4 except not whilst i am in the car, they might decide to just fully lower themselves for no apparent reason overnight or whilst i am out shopping
6) One of the plastic bits under the front bumper is actually held on with double sided velcro which i found in a drawer - I CBA to get it fixed properly and used it as a temp solution - this has been like this for 5 years now
7) The headlights keep steaming up
8) Headlight bulbs go pop every couple of months
9) Sun visors have had the covers snapped off by my little boy
10) Centre console broke, got the repair kit in my wardrobe but CBA sorting it out

and I still refuse to sell the thing cos its great biggrin


Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Thats some list of broken things.

If I see you parked up at the side of the road in a big ball of steam I'll wave as I drive past wink

Rockster

1,515 posts

189 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Mr Ping said:
It also has the following features;

1) squeals when I first set off on a morning if it has been raining
2) Makes a weird grinding ish if i put a full left lock on whilst reversing
3) When the roof retracts, once the fabric has gone all the way down and it is time for the cover / lid to lower itself back onto the car it sometimes just gets stuck and whirrs away doing nothing, have to click up and down a few times to make it work
4) The windows occasionally decide to lower themselves after going all the way to the top, either side, for no apparent reason.
5) The windows do point 4 except not whilst i am in the car, they might decide to just fully lower themselves for no apparent reason overnight or whilst i am out shopping
6) One of the plastic bits under the front bumper is actually held on with double sided velcro which i found in a drawer - I CBA to get it fixed properly and used it as a temp solution - this has been like this for 5 years now
7) The headlights keep steaming up
8) Headlight bulbs go pop every couple of months
9) Sun visors have had the covers snapped off by my little boy
10) Centre console broke, got the repair kit in my wardrobe but CBA sorting it out

and I still refuse to sell the thing cos its great biggrin

(1) is the serpentine belt slipping. Either it is getting wet or damp when the car sits out overnight or the belt is worn or the tensioner is loosing its tension. Belt is supposed to be changed every so many miles or years.

(2) is normal as the inside front tire is skipping/scrubbing as you back the car out.

(3) I do not know offhand.

(4) and (5) reads like water is in the doors.

(6) is because you are a cheap and lazy so and so. (Welcome to the club: I have to admit I had a wheel liner hanging down and I "fixed" it with some tape while on the road. I drove the car that way for a long time. The car was hit -- while stopped at a light -- and the front bumper was damaged. But the other driver's insurance company refused to pay for a new bumper cover because of the tape. The insurance company argued the bumper was damaged to begin with.)

(7) IIRC the headlights are vented. Reads like the vent tubes are blocked. A Porsche tech would know for sure. This will corrode the contacts over time and possibly ruin the connector of the wiring harness or the connectors at the light. A new light can cost, in the case of my 996 Turbo, almost $2K.

(8) See (7) above.

(9) Kids.

(10) Laziness.