First service done

First service done

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highway

2,352 posts

275 months

Thursday 6th February
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Numerous good points well made. One error. Yellow is obviously the best colour. And the fastest.

coolchris

987 posts

217 months

Thursday 6th February
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Yes thats me had my car at RCM a couple of years back.and I still use the gym next door to there.Think your car looks stunning.Bell and Colvill are a great outfit bought an s2 elan from them in the early 2000s (Norfolk yellow) and they were always very helpful and reasonable on cost too.

Chris

mr momo

149 posts

246 months

Thursday 6th February
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highway said:
Numerous good points well made. One error. Yellow is obviously the best colour. And the fastest.

jamesgareth

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303 posts

211 months

Thursday 6th February
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coolchris said:
Yes thats me had my car at RCM a couple of years back.and I still use the gym next door to there.Think your car looks stunning.Bell and Colvill are a great outfit bought an s2 elan from them in the early 2000s (Norfolk yellow) and they were always very helpful and reasonable on cost too.

Chris
Well well well. I go to that gym too. Small world.

jamesgareth

Original Poster:

303 posts

211 months

Thursday 6th February
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highway said:
Numerous good points well made. One error. Yellow is obviously the best colour. And the fastest.
As my gran always used to say - takes all sorts to make a world.

jamesgareth

Original Poster:

303 posts

211 months

Thursday 6th February
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coolchris said:
Yes thats me had my car at RCM a couple of years back.and I still use the gym next door to there.Think your car looks stunning.Bell and Colvill are a great outfit bought an s2 elan from them in the early 2000s (Norfolk yellow) and they were always very helpful and reasonable on cost too.

Chris
So did they fix you your Nobel? When I saw it it was up in the air with half its guts out around the workshop - looked like some serious money was being spent sorting it out.

coolchris

987 posts

217 months

Thursday 6th February
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Long story but I had some work done on the car a few years back at a specialist I used to use.Basically had the engine lifted chassis area refurbed and engine rocker covers and all other exterior visual parts powder coated so the engine looked like new.That garage had the car 6 months car was delivered back and I suspected that the car came back smoking which it was not doing when I took it to the mentioned garage.Well cut a long story short everything pointed to worn piston rings.Having been bitten I thought I would use a local outfit I had used RCM on my work vehicle fair pricing and good service.They did an engine rebuild (car was on around 120k miles before rebuild)but to be honest they did drag the job out they also had the car nearly 6 months went in January got it back end of May.I now use a guy who actually worked in the factory when they were building the m12.We must have crossed paths in Hone Gym at some point.When the weather picks up could catch up for a drive and a coffee if your around sometime

jamesgareth

Original Poster:

303 posts

211 months

Friday 7th February
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coolchris said:
Long story but I had some work done on the car a few years back at a specialist I used to use.Basically had the engine lifted chassis area refurbed and engine rocker covers and all other exterior visual parts powder coated so the engine looked like new.That garage had the car 6 months car was delivered back and I suspected that the car came back smoking which it was not doing when I took it to the mentioned garage.Well cut a long story short everything pointed to worn piston rings.Having been bitten I thought I would use a local outfit I had used RCM on my work vehicle fair pricing and good service.They did an engine rebuild (car was on around 120k miles before rebuild)but to be honest they did drag the job out they also had the car nearly 6 months went in January got it back end of May.I now use a guy who actually worked in the factory when they were building the m12.We must have crossed paths in Hone Gym at some point.When the weather picks up could catch up for a drive and a coffee if your around sometime
Interesting story.

Sure - when the weather's not quite so foul we can take a drive somewhere and get a coffee and compare notes on cars and whatever else comes to mind. I'm at the gym pretty religiously Mondays and Thursdays around 11am. So if you want to 'bump into me' that's the time to aim for.

coolchris

987 posts

217 months

Friday 7th February
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Sounds like a plan James for a drive out and a coffee somewhere.I am only able to get down to the gym after work in the week or early doors Saturday mornings

SFTWend

1,168 posts

90 months

Friday 7th February
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PH is not an Internet dating site!

jamesgareth

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303 posts

211 months

Friday 7th February
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coolchris said:
Sounds like a plan James for a drive out and a coffee somewhere.I am only able to get down to the gym after work in the week or early doors Saturday mornings
Fair enough. Well let's wait as discussed till the weather's a bit nicer and then we could meet on a Sat some time around lunch and go somewhere.

jamesgareth

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303 posts

211 months

Friday 7th February
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SFTWend said:
PH is not an Internet dating site!
Oh hush.

ChocolateFrog

31,798 posts

188 months

Friday 7th February
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There's no way that goes under the radar.

Looks great, better than the yellow.

jamesgareth

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303 posts

211 months

Friday 7th February
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ChocolateFrog said:
There's no way that goes under the radar.

Looks great, better than the yellow.
Well it goes more under the radar than that yellow thing I had to drive for a day!

But heck - each unto their own, it's a free country etc.

(next time I'll take their vauxhall something or other as the courtesy car and save myself £50).



Beachbum

2,561 posts

246 months

Saturday 8th February
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jamesgareth said:
Well it goes more under the radar than that yellow thing I had to drive for a day!

But heck - each unto their own, it's a free country etc.

(next time I'll take their vauxhall something or other as the courtesy car and save myself £50).
Test drove a Seneca Blue and a lot of people would point/stare at it. I have a Meridian Blue and virtually no one takes a 2nd look.
The brighter the colour, the greater the attention