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I think we have all worked with that eijit, unless you are that eijit. 🤔
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On 5/18/2022 at 7:25 PM, dim33 said:
I'm guessing I'm one of the unlucky 3.
Having gone through the pain of the rebuild, I would definitely have the cylinders scoped if I bought another.
Not a reason to not buy, but the downside is large if you're dead unlucky as I was.
When the engine was in pieces the ims bearing was checked and it was fine. It had the later larger bearing.
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3 hours ago, Scubaregs said:
Have you seen Caddyshack.................
I was thinking more carrot....
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I had a rodent issue in my garage, chewed through my golf bag to get at some chocolate I left in it and destroyed a bottle of chain saw oil. Then I had a cat issue which seemed to cure the rodent issue but it liked to sleep on my Boxster and made a right mess. I got a cat scarer and cat is now gone and rodents have not come back.
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42 minutes ago, Stuno1 said:
Had mine paint corrected and ceramic coated. Looks amazing.
https://i.postimg.cc/Mp7YGLMk/24-D14-E8-B-2-A7-F-4372-8-D69-BCFE92-EC5378.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/vmGtxvf4/93-D90-DC2-8173-4-A05-83-FC-3-F4-E7496-F23-B.jpg
Were did you get it done.
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The worry I would have with WBAC is the instances where they take your car for an agreed value and then three days later once you have cancelled your road tax and insurance you get a call to say they have changed their mind and request you come back and collect your car.
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Filled her up with fuel at a cost of £90.
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Almost as mad as trying to fit an Audi TT engine in a Boxster. Wait someone did that didn't they.
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5 hours ago, fewtrees said:
I've ordered 4 x Michelins PS4 - I'll hang onto the Hankook's and try and flog them, they're brand new and could be exactly what someone else wants i.e different car 😉
Good man and now I can say with your new tyres fitted the fewer trees you hit the better.
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17 hours ago, fewtrees said:
Whadya think?
What do I think, I think I finally get to hand over the award for having the worst tyres on a Boxster.
Unfortunately I can't tell you what I replaced them with as while I was dithering about it I spun of the road and wrote it off.
However if I was pushed on my choice it would have been Michelin Pilot Sport 4.
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2 hours ago, Paul P said:
My daily has a version of this, it reads roadsigns, sometimes, and you can tell the car to limit its speed to its reading of the roadsigns if you want
Sometimes it works, sometimes it sees a 50 sign on a side road to a 70 dual carriageway and panics because it thinks I am speeding, it reads some overhead signs, but misses the "end" word - so carries on thinking its 40 or whatever for a while.
As an aid - it's OK - but it's not as good as some I have seen, perhaps if it was supplemented with an accurate mapping of speed limits to GPS location, with proper, consistent, realtime data of temporary limits then there is a use case, so interested to see how effective the compulsory systems are ( and how cheaply the manufacturers can implement something that fits the rules).
Mandating it as a feature is a way of making the tech better/cheaper - of course - eventually they will make it more difficult to ignore/disable.
I get this in my car as well sometimes. It uses Google maps to monitor my speed against the GPS location to get the speed limit and if I exceeded I get a right ear full of abuse. But the wife does not always come out with me all the time so I get some fun now and again.
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19 minutes ago, martyn said:
Apparently these will be monitoring driving, and using GPS and street signage will moderate your speed to the limits specified, only allowing temporary speeding to satisfy safety reasons if for example you need to accelerate to overtake another vehicle in an emergency.
Is trying to elude a nutter that intends to ruin your day chasing you in their car making all sorts of whining whooping noises and flashing their blue lights at you classified as a safety reason.
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23 hours ago, Photogirl said:
They do look very nice. Agree the price is huge. It's hard to know whether they'll pay for themselves over time versus non-titanium ones which might start to rust. Although titanium is resistant to rusting, when I had some titanium parts on my bike years ago it did oxidise quite quickly which was a bit unsightly - I was always having to polish it.
I asked a fiend, anything he does not know about Titanium does not exist.
All titanium is oxidised that is why it does not corrode. However it only oxidises on the surface above about 500C. so it depends where on the bike it is. If it is below this ther will not be any significant oxidation. Even if it changes colour a bit nothing to worry about.
Of more concern is what is the grade of titanium. I.e. what alloy is it. This determines the mechanical performance. If it is pure titanium it is rather low strength. Most common alloy is titanium 6 aluminium 4 vanadium.I can ask more but can't guarantee an answer.
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1 minute ago, rowbos said:
Quite right. Crocs should be worn naked (with regards to feet)...
Well you know what Mr Dead Pool calls his. Wipe clean you know.
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12 hours ago, Scubaregs said:
Nic's t*ts are looking good though.
She had to find some where to hide the new oil drilling platforms she has approved from the Greens.
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I used to own a red porsche and all that I remember disappearing was picture of that elderly lady on bits of paper I used to keep in my pocket.
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On 3/24/2021 at 6:53 PM, ½cwt said:
Get one and pop over to me in Kettering one weekend and I'll fit it for you. Should only take a few minutes once ready to jack the car up so budget for half an hour. Payment taken in the form of red wine or other similar battering currency 😉.
A very big thank you to Chris for taking the time this morning to fit the @bally4563brace for me. It literally is a 30 minute job.
I've no idea if it's made any difference as Chris convinced me to switch PASM to sports mode for the first time ever and what a difference that made. Will need to find the time for a local run now without switching PASM to see what diffence the brace makes on its own but I'm now sold on PASM for when having a invigorating run.
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I always get 20.6 or 20.7, it does not matter if I cruise at 50 or rag it hard.
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On 3/24/2021 at 6:53 PM, ½cwt said:
Get one and pop over to me in Kettering one weekend and I'll fit it for you. Should only take a few minutes once ready to jack the car up so budget for half an hour. Payment taken in the form of red wine or other similar battering currency 😉.
OK if 1/2cwt can fit it for me then I'll take one.
Payment in chocolate hobnobs.
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21 minutes ago, bally4563 said:
Dead simple , if you can replace a plug you can do this, knock two bolts out and install brace , there is a how to on here , and no need to touch anti roll bar
I can't replace a plug.
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I'm very interested but have no hope of ever fitting one myself.
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27 minutes ago, Darkstar said:
Have you thought about getting yourself a breathalyser. Not the disposable type as that could prove expensive if your going to use it regular but just to be sure if your man maths per hour have worked.
19 minutes ago, bally4563 said:Most definitely, the maths come from the Drivers awareness course I did, most enlightening
I think if I was in your citation I would have bought one before now and tested it out against the maths to see how confident I felt about it all.
Thinking about it I probably should get one as in some peoples eyes I am an alcoholic as I find it very difficult to go a week with out a beer and can easily put away 20 plus pints in a good session. I don't drive the morning after one of those nor for most of the afternoon.
Starter motor funny noise on startup
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Two of my boxsters had exactly this issue. One on warm restarts and other totally randomly every 20 to 30 starts. I asked about getting it cleaned but was told the starter is relatively cheap and since its a remove job to clean better to put a new one in as there is no guarantee how long the cleaned one would last.