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Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: Manual Elite V6 on 13 May 2012, 00:44:51

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Post by: Manual Elite V6 on 13 May 2012, 00:44:51: Hi all, I'm 21 from Swansea and back in January I bought my 3L Elite V6 off my father as he changed cars and I couldnt refuse the chance to buy the car off him for just £800, he was a member on here but didnt post regularly (Big Bri).
He bought the car in March 2008 and in that time we have done many jobs including discs and pads all round, rear shocks and springs, front track rods, steering idler, wishbones, many services, timingbelt, tensioners and water pump, cam cover gaskets, cleaned the breathers and loads more I have missed.
I am a mechanic for a Jaguar specialist and am currently getting the car to my liking cosmetically and mechanically, before this I owned an ex police Vectra SRi V6.
Thought I would join the forum and say hello.
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Post by: JamesV6CDX on 13 May 2012, 00:51:06: Welcome, and enjoy :y
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Post by: Bucko on 13 May 2012, 07:12:36: Welcome to oof :y
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Post by: omega3000 on 13 May 2012, 07:18:41: Hello and welcome to oof , nice that you kept the car :y
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Post by: noel on 13 May 2012, 08:22:06: hi & welcome :y
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Post by: b4ndit on 13 May 2012, 08:32:23: welcome to oof :y
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Post by: The Red Baron on 13 May 2012, 08:36:47: welcome to the forum. :y
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Post by: smithpa7 on 13 May 2012, 08:43:24: Hello, welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: jonnyboyws6 on 13 May 2012, 09:09:43: Hello and welcome. 3 litre manual is good fun, and pretty rare to find a manual box in an elite
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Post by: Manual Elite V6 on 13 May 2012, 09:23:11: Thanks for the welcome, my father was lucky when he first found the car as he found it accidentally for £1800 or thereabouts so we made a trip up to Manchester to buy it, it is very easy to get sideways which is great fun down the country lanes at night when you can see if there is anything coming around the bends, performance is good for such a large car and it does disappoint a fair few people who try it on in their so called hot hatches, I definitely prefer this over most of the Jaguars that I work on whilst in work.
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 13 May 2012, 09:34:18: How do you do V6, welcome. :y
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Post by: Cliffo B on 13 May 2012, 11:12:42: Hello,welcome to the Forum :y
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Post by: sandune on 13 May 2012, 11:15:29: Hiya welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: Big_Al on 13 May 2012, 13:40:38: Hi & welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: PAULCDX on 13 May 2012, 13:44:24: Hi there and welcome to the OOF :y
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Post by: dbug on 13 May 2012, 21:38:18: Welcome to OOF mate :y
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Post by: flyer 0712 on 13 May 2012, 22:46:38: Hi and welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: Elitenut on 14 May 2012, 07:41:58: Hello and welcome to the Forum. :y
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Post by: manabry44 on 15 May 2012, 05:48:02: welcome to oof :)
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Post by: MrMoffat on 15 May 2012, 10:00:53: A very warm welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: PhilRich on 15 May 2012, 14:01:24: Hello & welcome! :y
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Post by: x25dt on 15 May 2012, 18:46:42: welcome to oof :y
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Post by: Kendo1690 on 16 May 2012, 13:02:40: Hello and welcome to OOF
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Post by: Sam Burton on 16 May 2012, 15:39:39: Nice to see our younger generation on here theres a few of us on here now :y :y
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Post by: Manual Elite V6 on 16 May 2012, 23:13:40: Thanks for the welcomes, I never have been a fan of the cars that most people of my generation drive, no matter what I buy insurance is going to be expensive so I'd rather buy a car of a nice size with decent performance than pay through the nose for a small hatchback, Not really a fan of many cars other than Vauxhalls either.
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Post by: jonnyboyws6 on 17 May 2012, 11:13:07: I had a similar attitude when I was your age. My first big car was a V8 Rover SD1 when I was about 20 and my mates were driving stuff like Novas and mk3 Escorts. Showing my age a bit admitting that, when was the last time you saw a SD1???
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Post by: Manual Elite V6 on 17 May 2012, 13:29:19: I used to see a black V8 SD1 quite regularly when I was doing my BTEC in college, I finished that about 3 years ago now and haven't seen it since.