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!!!!!!! PANIC TIME !!!!!!!
matt.c - 7/11/08 at 09:13 PM

Got a SVA date on the 21st!!!

Got loads to do and yes i will be driving it in wing rain or snow!


dogwood - 7/11/08 at 09:26 PM

The 21st....

you got loads of time
2 weeks.
14 days
336 hrs
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welderman - 7/11/08 at 09:37 PM

Matt, all the best, 2 weeks can be a long time.


locoR1 - 7/11/08 at 09:45 PM

And about time to Good luck matt!


RickRick - 7/11/08 at 11:58 PM

just out of interest when did you send in your form, and were are you off to?


Simon - 8/11/08 at 12:04 AM

Two weeks?

My advice would be DON'T PANIC

Do, do a list of everything, even if if takes a whole evening going over the car (and don't get intrerrupted by doing the odd job along the way).

When you've finished making the list, make a start on it, but keep it (or a copy) with you so you can add to it as you go along.

Don't try and do three jobs at once (that's multitasking and it means three jobs get started and three jobs don't get finished)

Oh yeah, don't panic

ATB

Simon


[Edited on 8/11/08 by Simon]


caber - 8/11/08 at 06:57 AM

Go get a full face helmet if it rains on the way you will need it! I drove mine to SVA in full Scottish winter rain in January. The road salt did untold damage to the aluminium skin and started rust in lots of places AARGH!

Caber


thepest - 8/11/08 at 08:45 AM

start the coffee brewing, looks like you're going to need it! Oh and a pillow and blanket next to your car so you can get an early start.


speedyxjs - 8/11/08 at 08:50 AM

As said make a list and good luck with SVA


adithorp - 8/11/08 at 09:08 AM

Ditto...make a list.

Once you've made it, have a good think about the best order to do the jobs then cross then off one at a time as you do them. Get the big stuff done first and leave adjustments and trim to the end. If worse comes to worst then you can fiddle on the test or have an "easy fix" failure list. If something isn't going right, stop, have a brew and come back to it; Usually fits easy then.

I had 3 weeks and a huge list of jobs when my date came through. I was stuggleing to find something to do the last week. You'll be suprised how it goes when you have a deadline. Passing first time is nice (I assume) but a failure is just a deffinatve list of jobs to do.

adrian


thebull - 8/11/08 at 11:48 AM

2 weeks is a lifetime --- if your 6


quinnj3 - 8/11/08 at 04:20 PM

I would make a list as everyone has said but also take a note of all materials needed to finish and then check in your storage area and cross off all the materials you have. Anything you don't have get it ordered straight away. There is nothing more annoying than being half way through a job and not getting it finished because you were one bolt short!

Oh and Good Luck


matt.c - 8/11/08 at 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by thepest
start the coffee brewing, looks like you're going to need it! Oh and a pillow and blanket next to your car so you can get an early start.


Tell me about it!! Im leaving just before 6 am!!!

I havent driven the indy further than the MOT station (1 mile!) So im getting scared of it as i will be driving in the dark, cold and probabily raining, no windscreen or wet weather gear!

SVA Norwich is only 45 miles away!