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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #15 on: 19 August 2015, 19:12:18 »

Double check you haven't broken a spring. The roads are shocking.

Checked spring when changed shock bushes. All good  :y

Does appear to be more on passenger side  :-\

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

That was a looooong time ago  :o
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #16 on: 19 August 2015, 19:14:09 »

Double check you haven't broken a spring. The roads are shocking.

Checked spring when changed shock bushes. All good  :y

Does appear to be more on passenger side  :-\

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

That was a looooong time ago  :o
I tried it after you LPG'd it, no idea why I was in your car, but got cheesed off with the constant bleeping every time it hit 4000rpm...
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #17 on: 19 August 2015, 19:37:37 »

Double check you haven't broken a spring. The roads are shocking.

Checked spring when changed shock bushes. All good  :y

Does appear to be more on passenger side  :-\

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

That was a looooong time ago  :o
I tried it after you LPG'd it, no idea why I was in your car, but got cheesed off with the constant bleeping every time it hit 4000rpm...

Too tight to pay for the higher spec vap :-X ::)
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #18 on: 19 August 2015, 20:32:29 »

Came with kit  :)

Always goes over 4k rpm for me  :D
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #19 on: 20 August 2015, 21:33:48 »

Came with kit  :)

Always goes over 4k rpm for me  :D

Didn't work when I tried it either :-[ ::)
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #20 on: 21 August 2015, 09:16:16 »

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

Keeping a TVR honest in a desmond? :o

What was your strategy? Try desperately to keep it from going over the horizon whilst hoping it would break down or run out of fuel? ;D
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #21 on: 21 August 2015, 14:11:31 »

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

Keeping a TVR honest in a desmond? :o

What was your strategy? Try desperately to keep it from going over the horizon whilst hoping it would break down or run out of fuel? ;D
I knew traffic always hinders the first car the most, so I was doing surprisingly well for the first 3 or 4 miles...  ...when the traffic cleared a lot and I never saw him again.

So my strategy was to rag the nads of his 2.2 (more to see if I could lose tunnie in his V6, than keep up with the TVR), and accept I was always going to be a loser ;D
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #22 on: 21 August 2015, 14:13:06 »

And last time I proper thrashed that 2.2 was when I was trying (and failed) to keep that TVR honest the day we picked up that purple elite shed...

Keeping a TVR honest in a desmond? :o

What was your strategy? Try desperately to keep it from going over the horizon whilst hoping it would break down or run out of fuel? ;D
I knew traffic always hinders the first car the most, so I was doing surprisingly well for the first 3 or 4 miles...  ...when the traffic cleared a lot and I never saw him again.

So my strategy was to rag the nads of his 2.2 (more to see if I could lose tunnie in his V6, than keep up with the TVR), and accept I was always going to be a loser ;D

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #23 on: 21 August 2015, 14:14:44 »

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
You need more fire in your belly.  Just because you're the underdog doesn't mean its not worth trying ;)
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #24 on: 21 August 2015, 14:17:31 »

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
You need more fire in your belly.  Just because you're the underdog doesn't mean its not worth trying ;)
Yes, that's what I always say when I'm driving my 4 pot.  ;D
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #25 on: 21 August 2015, 14:19:48 »

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
You need more fire in your belly.  Just because you're the underdog doesn't mean its not worth trying ;)
Yes, that's what I always say when I'm driving my 4 pot.  ;D
That may explain why you needed a new chassis ;D.  But I admire your passion for trying :y
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #26 on: 21 August 2015, 14:22:40 »

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
You need more fire in your belly.  Just because you're the underdog doesn't mean its not worth trying ;)
Yes, that's what I always say when I'm driving my 4 pot.  ;D
That may explain why you needed a new chassis ;D.  But I admire your passion for trying :y
Yes, I was trying to keep up with a Megane doing 20 MPH at the time. That'll teach me. ::)
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #27 on: 21 August 2015, 14:23:29 »

That's what makes 2.2 so nice to drive, you aint going to win anything, so you don't bother.  ;D
You need more fire in your belly.  Just because you're the underdog doesn't mean its not worth trying ;)
Yes, that's what I always say when I'm driving my 4 pot.  ;D
That may explain why you needed a new chassis ;D.  But I admire your passion for trying :y
Yes, I was trying to keep up with a Megane doing 20 MPH at the time. That'll teach me. ::)
She had the advantage that when playing dodgems, she was bigger and heavier than you....
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #28 on: 21 August 2015, 14:25:47 »

Actually, my bad, it was following a commute on a very cold day that you needed a new chassis, not the day you were racing a Renault
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Re: Still crashing a bit at the back
« Reply #29 on: 21 August 2015, 14:38:19 »

Actually, my bad, it was following a commute on a very cold day that you needed a new chassis, not the day you were racing a Renault

I think I was following a Renault on the cold day too..  across a sheet of ice that had been liberally sprinkled with water, although my mind was more concentrated on the futile application of full opposite lock at the time. Maybe there's a pattern emerging.. :o

The Renault won that time as I'd not been successful in destroying its' driveshafts. >:(
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