Pseicho
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 04:51 PM |
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What do you guys like/dislike about your car?
Like the title says.
What do you like and dislike about the car you built yourself, except for that you built it yourself ofcourse.
Like not having a roof, not having doors. The car being very low etc.
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graememk
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 05:12 PM |
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i dislike how much its costing me, i'm a bit over my £250 buget.
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joneh
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 05:51 PM |
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I hate that its a diesel van. 
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Krismc
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 05:57 PM |
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Yea way over budget!! after all my months reading up- not relising that a full kit doesnt actually mean full!!!
Budget was 6k
....total spent so far £14-16k
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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marcjagman
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 06:11 PM |
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Fed up with bloody grinding and getting sun burn from UV off welder, and why is it that when the welder decides to have a "moment"
it's always in a soddin' visible place?
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shades
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 06:14 PM |
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Like that I can escape to the garage 
Thanks
Adrian
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 06:17 PM |
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There is nothing I dislike about my car!!!!
I've just had the best day of tuning my MegaSquirt, now that I have got my wide band controller back from Bill.
Plus I've just found a fantastic road in my area that I didn't know existed 
Life is Good at the moment!!!
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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scutter
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:19 PM |
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Just the oil leaks, a 4age will sort out that Nothing else.
ATB Dan.
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Pseicho
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:29 PM |
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Thanks for the replies guys, but they are almost all related to building.
How about the things you encounter when you're using it?
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:31 PM |
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i love the wind in whats left of your hair and the go-kartesque handling,the peeps you meet and the bacon rolls you eat.
i dont like it when it rains and you have no roof
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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DIY Si
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:35 PM |
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People not seeing you coming round the corner they've just cut. Or, as donut knows, pulling out on you.
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Marcus
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:40 PM |
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Love the sound of the rattly old crossflow, love the acceleration, love the kids pointing and shouting, love the attention it got in France, love the
colour, love the smell, love using it every day to go to work, love the fact that it only cost 1500 quid to build, love the fact that it's a
LOCOST.
There's much more, but I'm getting boring now
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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raccoonradar
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:55 PM |
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I hate that I'm selling mine
Love the kids shouting "nice car "
Hate the teenagers shouting w**ker love seeing they faces as you broad side it out of the roundabouts
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t.j.
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 08:26 PM |
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I Hate that i haven't got enough time to work on it!
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Lightning
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 09:49 PM |
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Love going fast, hate going slow.
Hate coming across caravans, volvos, people with one brake light, holiday makers, police, old people, holes in the road, traffic lights, speed
cameras, motorways, cyclists, tractors, and people called simon.
Steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 10:21 PM |
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Holes in the road, got to go with that one! Also traffic humps which exceed 100mm high and/or less than 900mm long.
..oh and being waved at by young women when the mrs is in the car
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Agriv8
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 10:56 PM |
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like the subaru slaying. dont like the filling up at very regular intervals.
do like the kids that forget what they are doing to stop and stare !
Dont like saxo/corsa wide wheels that decide they are going to prove there that they are faster through a 30 zone while there are kids / families
about
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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greggors84
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 12:35 AM |
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I dislike the fact that it makes my road car really boring to drive now. And the fact im waiting for a letter from Ford so i can get a SVA retest!
14 - 16k?!
What spec is your car if you dont mind me asking. I went over budget with my car, but only by about £500.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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DarrenW
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 02:46 PM |
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Likes
Meeting up for convoys.
Attention you get from everyone when youre out.
Arms and face getting a good tan.
Long list of tweeks and mods to keep the project alive.
Open top motoring in general.
The build process.
Mac#1 motorsports and being a member of the owners club.
Locostbuilders.co.uk
Meeting up with other 7 owners at the ne7ers meets last Weds of every month.
Dislikes
Moths exploding on your forehead.
When it rains.
The colour i chose (Oxford Blue) - way too dark.
Teething problems that make it conk out - hopefuly all sorted now.
[Edited on 31/7/06 by DarrenW]
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Krismc
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 03:36 PM |
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quote:
What spec is your car if you dont mind me asking. I went over budget with my car, but only by about £500. quote:
2.0 RT plus, inboard suspension, carbon dash and tunnel,Raceleda hubs and r16 callipers, custom seats and guages and a GXSR 2.0 zetec with around
200BHP
Hubs = £850, alloys and guages £900, carbon fibe £200 and the list goes on
[Edited on 31/7/06 by Krismc]
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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smart51
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 07:43 PM |
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I love the acceleration but I hate that 4.5 seconds to 60 now seems normal.
I love the bike engine noise as it revs up towards 12000 RPM but hate the 6600 RPM drone on dual carriageways.
I love that it is so open that you can feel and hear everything, except that time when it hail stoned and I pretty much hated it all the way home from
Oulton Park 80 miles away when it rained heavily for the whole journey.
[Edited on 31-7-2006 by smart51]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 09:16 PM |
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I love the sense of "being there" as you drive along, instead of being insulated from reality in the tin-top.
David
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DIY Si
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 09:30 PM |
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I love the acceleration but I hate that 4.5 seconds to 60 now seems normal
This is now the main reason that I don't mind driving the works van everyday. Every time I drive the wee beasty I get that just out of the box
feeling.
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Benzine
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 09:50 PM |
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I hate my hair getting so tangled. Hats fly off and I look stupid wearing a bandana. Any long haired people with a solution?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 1/8/06 at 07:18 AM |
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How about...
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