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locost brake fluid anyone?
02GF74 - 26/6/06 at 10:27 AM

unbelievable!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/5110270.stm

Howlor - 26/6/06 at 10:38 AM

I don't think that ATS were exactly 'Due Diligent'.

Appalling to think what is driving on the road with you.

graememk - 26/6/06 at 10:41 AM

cooking oil as fuel would be more locost.... this guys a nutter.

Hammerhead - 26/6/06 at 12:02 PM

rolled up carpet as a bumper?? whats wrong with that

James - 26/6/06 at 12:03 PM

I like the ''carpet used as bumper'' bit!

Do you think it sprang back to shape better than the Mercedes 9mph system?

Cheers,
James

[Edited on 26/6/06 by James]

02GF74 - 26/6/06 at 12:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by James
I like the ''carpet used as bumper'' bit!

Do you it sprang back to shape better than the Mercedes 9mph system?

Cheers,
James


nah, but he had it covered....


anyway, we all know cooking oil is rubbish as brake fluid ..... butter is much better!

[Edited on 26/6/06 by 02GF74]

James - 26/6/06 at 12:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74


anyway, we all know cooking oil is rubbish as brake fluid ..... butter is much better!

[Edited on 26/6/06 by 02GF74]


Butter, I find it's great for priming the oil pump and crank/cam journals myself.

ch1ll1 - 26/6/06 at 12:48 PM

they do a thing like that in africa
carnt remember what it is mixed with

but because of the cost they make there own !
i bought real fluid for my car over there!

but since it went into a garage over there
its now about 300% less reliable

will try to find out what they do !

iank - 26/6/06 at 12:52 PM

Butter, are you mad? I though everyone used talcum power mixed with baby oil for bedding in oil pumps these days.

In mini circles people like that are often called FTM's (standing for Finger Tight Malcolm) but the original site with dozens of such stories seems to have fallen off the web now

Danozeman - 26/6/06 at 06:11 PM

quote:

David Wyn Williams, 25, already has a conviction for using a rolled-up carpet as a bumper on his old Rover.





I like that. Veg oil makes better fuel!!

Aboardman - 26/6/06 at 08:19 PM

quote:
In mini circles people like that are often called FTM's (standing for Finger Tight Malcolm) but the original site with dozens of such stories seems to have fallen off the web now


here is one storey

http://www.spagweb.com/gallery/spag_ftm/index.htm

Alan B - 29/6/06 at 07:33 PM

quote:

David Wyn Williams, 25, already has a conviction for using a rolled-up carpet as a bumper on his old Rover.


Other than looking a complete dickhead, I don't see where the offence is here....I didn't think bumpers were a legal requirement....and if not can't you carry rolled up carpet at the fornt of your car, assuming you don''t obscure your number plate?