James
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 01:40 AM |
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SVA Today
Well, 2nd attempt to get to the SVA will be today.
6 hours exactly till d-day. 
Have to leave in 4 hours so bit of luck there's only a couple of small jobs to do! 
Thanks once again for the invaluable help of Ned. He stayed till 2:30 and spent hours helping me with stuff that would have been nigh-on impossible
with only two hands and probably would have taken me another week!
My girlfriend even chipped in... she's now a dab hand at putting edge trim on seats and fitting nut-covers!!!
Wish me luck!
James
P.S. Oh, and guess what, like the last time, in the middle of a heatwave and drought it's started pissing it down!
Fortunately Ned was on hand with his camera!!!!
Took it for a spin on my private drive anyway!
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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ned
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 01:44 AM |
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take2 - 2am
 
take2 - its finished!
 
take2 - 2am testdrive in rain
beware, I've got yellow skin
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alister667
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 02:14 AM |
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Well done on the prep work, and all the best for the big day from the nightshift here in sunny NI!!
Good Luck
(not that you'll need it!)
Ali
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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James
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 03:37 AM |
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Right, want an early night before the test so better get to bed....
plus.... bored of sticking bits of bloody u-trim on the car!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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donut
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 06:29 AM |
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VERY BEST OF LUCK MATE!!!!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 06:55 AM |
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good luck
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big_wasa
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 07:25 AM |
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ATB....
Out of interest how long was it in the making, just to make me feel better...
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graememk
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 07:56 AM |
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best of luck, not that you'll need it.
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Pezza
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 08:16 AM |
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Good luck dude!
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 08:49 AM |
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Yup he should be there now! Good Luck James, and well done to Rach and Ned.
DLT and Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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MikeR
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 09:07 AM |
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good luck mate, the car looks sweet!
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 10:49 AM |
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Good luck fella! The car looks great!
Rupert
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mike smith1
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 11:41 AM |
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Best of Luck
Mike
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DavidM
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 11:44 AM |
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Good luck James.
Another excellent colour choice.
David
Proportion is Everything
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Scotty
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 11:51 AM |
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so, any news (good, hopefully) yet ?????????
waiting in anticipation
PLEASE NOTE! All comments made by this person are to be considered "Tongue in Cheek" and are not meant to be taken seriously in any way - so there!
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Fozzie
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 11:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Scotty
so, any news (good, hopefully) yet ?????????
waiting in anticipation
I do know that after a very minor glitch, emissions have passed, and the last I heard it was going onto the ramps............
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 11:58 AM |
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Is this the first instance of a SVA test running commentary?
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Fozzie
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:07 PM |
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LOL, no not quite David! but errr almost. 
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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MikeR
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:13 PM |
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just out of curiosity, who's sat next to james?
Just wondering if, unfortunately, James fails, will his g/f leave him (for being a failure). If so, she's welcome round my place to stick bits
of trim on anytime. Not so sure about the savante (or what ever its called) sounds a bit painful.
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donut
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:18 PM |
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any news?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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bob
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:20 PM |
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Its all gone very quiet on the texting front,not sure if thats good or bad.
Anyway i would think james has finished the test and should be well on his way home.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:28 PM |
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I know, but won't post the result......I'll leave that to James
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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ned
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:34 PM |
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Well it was a fail, but all considering a very good fail - very little to do - I'll leave the explanation/detail to james when he gets home. I
work half way home for james from sva centre so he might be a few more minutes yet.
got loads of pics, will post later tonight when i get home. The tester (Ian) was a real star, very fair and explained a few things for us.
oh and the retest was booked there and then
Over to james...
Ned.
ps james don't forget to tell them about the chassis number
[Edited on 26/7/06 by ned]
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James
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 02:30 PM |
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Blast! Ned pipped me to the post! You stole my wind!
Okay, well we nearly had a very nasty disaster right at the start but will come onto that in a moment....
As for the result... yes a fail. 
Pretty bad, with a massive long list of things to do......
1. Fix the indicator bulb that blew on the journey there....
2. Raise the front indicator height by 20mm (I knew the height was 350mm but the extensions I'd fitted to the indicators to get them inside the
400mm limit had caused them to 'droop' down below the height limit.
3. Show him pictures of the lower outer seatbelt mount (guess which muppet took photos ages ago then forgot to take them to the test...)
All in all a pretty bad fail list and could take me a long time to fix!
Cheers,
James
Oh yes, and the disaster.... I nearly forgot to mention it.... first thing Ian asks me is where's the stamped chassis number?..... you
can't do test without it and instant fail....
Oh yes.... that'd be the thing I'd got some laser cut plates made specially for and also borrowed Ned's stamps for...... bugger!!!!
Ian says he'd have a quick look around it anyway so I'd have some things fixed for when I re-book.....
As you can imagine I was a bit annoyed with myself at this point.
He then looks round for a few minutes and says "that looks pretty well put together, why don't you run round to some of the garages up the
road and see if you can borrow a stamp set and hammer"
So off I run like a scalded earwig and come back £10 lighter and one mobile phone (as depoist) lighter, but with stamps in hand.
I do the stamps there and there and then he carries on with the test. Blinder!!!!
So all ok in the end! Nice one Ian.
Anyway, re-test is booked for Friday lunchtime!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Fozzie
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 02:42 PM |
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Brilliant! well done James.....
Last time we were over I remember a conversation about chassis numbers/plates...
No doubt you will be working around the clock to get that extensive fail list sorted by Friday then!
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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