World's first Diesel Noble!
World's first Diesel Noble!
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AMG Merc

Original Poster:

11,955 posts

282 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Wow,the world's first "350bhp V6 TWIN TURBO DIESEL" Noble biggrin

Good on them for providing such detail but, having done so much prep, they could have fixed the headlamp bulb (MOT failure)!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/03-NOBLE-M12-GTO-3-TURBO-350...


ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

269 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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eBay ad said:
Covered 22k MOTORWAY MILES which is nothing to this industructable engine
then

eBay ad said:
...last but not least the engine has been fully rebuilt from top to bottom...
Not that 'industructable' then. I quite liked :-

eBay ad said:
This has got to be one of the most fastest race cars I have driven...
If English isn't your first language best get someone literate to do your ads.

Gadgeroonie

5,362 posts

265 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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yeah i saw that and nearly fell off my chair with laughter

a dealer that really knows his cars!

Jenx

11,579 posts

271 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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How old is the report?

Quote:-

"REVIEW REPORT

Things are going well for Noble. When I wander into its workshop in Barwell, Leicestershire, there's a snake of a dozen or so M12 GTOs lined up for completion, the last in line wearing a little strip of masking tape on its rear spoiler that reads '165'. It shows that from a standing start a couple of years ago, this small company is close to fulfilling order number 165. And it's a strong, steady demand now; when I drop in a couple of weeks later, the last car is numbered 170.


However, the model I've turned up to drive probably won't be made in such numbers. It's pretty much the original M12 GTO but instead of the 2.5-litre twin-turbo Ford V6, it's a 3-litre. Called the M12 GTO 3 and with power up from 310 to 344bhp and torque rising from 320 to 340lb ft, it should be even more rapid.

The GTO 3 has a quick shift five-speed 'box and the GTO 3 feels fantastically muscular with a whopping 344bhp" - unquote.

F.C.

3,901 posts

237 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Blimey a full re-build from their local Lamborghini specialist costing 6K alone!
Perhaps someone should have told him it's a Ford.hehe

D_G

1,939 posts

238 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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'everything works as it should'

With the photo of the front showing only one headlamp on laugh

Edward9000

168 posts

214 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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D_G said:
'everything works as it should'

With the photo of the front showing only one headlamp on laugh
rofl

nice spot

art411y

832 posts

249 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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seeing that its 22k motorway miles the brakes seem to have had a very hard life.never seen aps that discoloured unless itstheyve been thrapped around a track or two

Ian J Howes

969 posts

260 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Give the bloke a break he's trying to get an online punter to bite your're just so cruel but funny,now get of and do somthing constructive go clean your're wives cars.

AMG Merc

Original Poster:

11,955 posts

282 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Edward9000 said:
D_G said:
'everything works as it should'

With the photo of the front showing only one headlamp on laugh
rofl

nice spot
Old spot (see my post) wink

art411y

832 posts

249 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Ian J Howes said:
Give the bloke a break he's trying to get an online punter to bite your're just so cruel but funny,now get of and do somthing constructive go clean your're wives cars.
im sat here while the wife cleans my car.god i wish.talk about cleaning cars,one of my mates owns an electrical contracting company and got the 1st year apprentice to clean his car as they are a little bit slack.the lad in question walks back in an hour or so later saying its all done .my mate the boss just happens to notice he has a couple of brillo pads in the bucket and asked why did he need the pads?to clean the car with cause it was really mucky replies the lad.the car is a black 58 plate golf gti that is now satin black.i couldnt stop laughing.its taken nearly 2 days to power polish it back to its glossy finish.its the 1st time the young lad had ever cleaned a car and i would think the lastlaugh

AMG Merc

Original Poster:

11,955 posts

282 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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art411y said:
its the 1st time the young lad had ever cleaned a car and i would think the lastlaugh
One seriously smart kid clap

LongQ

13,864 posts

262 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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"– you really couldn’t ask for more of a second hand car."

Hmm. Have I misinterpreted that?

heebeegeetee

30,138 posts

277 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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It's done 22,000 motorway miles, yet has needed £9,000 spent on rebuilding it and still all the lights don't work. Hmm.

andygtt

8,345 posts

293 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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well it must be the diesel conversion that cost the 9k lol