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Yeah this Pioneer one is pretty bright even when in DIM mode. Luckily in the Townace it's low enough not to distract, but in some cars it would be horrific at night!
Spend most of my morning selecting light settings. Hundreds of colours, and can choose separate colours for the display and button sections. And for when the phone rings. And the pattern for flashing when there's a call. And disco light effects.... Really, who needs this lol.
On the plus side I got it cheap coz I teach some folk that work at Halfrauds:-)
Jonnie- sticker bomb books look good:-) I bought 30 random stickers off eBay and it cost a tenner! Hardly made an impact on the gaps lol
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Starting to prep for MOT. Rear plate had a crack and didn't fit into slot properly so got a new one. Old: New: Rear fog light rusted away inside so will need to locate a replacement:-/ After making progress now gonna give fleet a wash lol:
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Nice looking bus. I've been tempted to get one of these in the past as I love forward control vans and the options for engine swaps are better than the estima I have at the moment.
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I've seen a V8 one, rotarys are popular in aus too. That eBay one would make a cool support bus.
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I've seen a V8 one, rotarys are popular in aus too. That eBay one would make a cool support bus. V8 would be an interesting drive lol. Despite the TEMS suspension the handling is...full of character. You get understeer, oversteer, dive, pitch and bounce- sometimes all at once lol:-)
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May 11, 2013 13:35:03 GMT
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Is that a ridiculously huge exhaust?!
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May 11, 2013 17:22:54 GMT
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May 11, 2013 20:27:38 GMT
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Is that a ridiculously huge exhaust?! It is- somewhere between you selling it and me acquiring it :-) it's a 5" tailpipe which is LOUD! I originally was gonna replace it but it's now part of the character:-) My god it's loud though:-/ Did I mention how LOUD it is? Lol
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May 11, 2013 20:32:52 GMT
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That's amazing! What a sleeper lol I bet it's fun (I mean frightening) on a run:-)
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May 11, 2013 22:03:50 GMT
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To be honest I would imagine mpg is probably not much worse than your petrol one. I don't know what you're getting but my diesel estima struggles to get mid twenties around town.
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Yeah filled tank yesterday and calculated mpg properly for the first time- 26mpg which included one nice long run:-( Partly my driving I guess- that exhaust seems to encourage me to hang on to lower gears lol
Maybe a nice little V8 wouldn't be so bad:-)
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May 17, 2013 15:12:22 GMT
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Still struggling to find a door handle and boot lock for the MOT. BBC Spares want £110 for a handle and £60 for a lock! Been busying myself with this: Handy having a techy department at school:-) Total cost so far £2 - Working on a leg now and a way of securing it to the curtain rail:-)
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Clear laqcuered now:-) Feeling happy:-) This may be short lived - booked in for MOT next week:-/
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May 21, 2013 19:43:42 GMT
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Spare wheel won't inflate- leaking like a sieve round the rim lol. Will be leaving that off for the MOT then:-)
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May 21, 2013 19:50:58 GMT
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I'm not suprised. That's furrier than a seventies porn film. Spares not an mot-able item though.
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May 24, 2013 16:36:13 GMT
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Another pre MOT job - rear fog light had rotted away inside. Everything was rusted so decided to reverse up ramps to give a little space. But.... NSR couldn't get on ramp due to size off exhaust:-/ NSF ramp wouldn't fit behind wheel coz battery compartment too low! Had to reverse at an angle whilst fighting wheelspin which amused the neighbours:-/
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Those fog lights are rubbish, they only ever last a couple of years. I got rid of mine by rewiring one pair of stop lights as fog lights. My van had four stop lights, two in the rear quarters and two in the tailgate. A friend of mine did also did it to an import prelude by using the O/S reverse light, just bought some red bulb paint.
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May 26, 2013 14:36:49 GMT
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Those fog lights are rubbish, they only ever last a couple of years. I got rid of mine by rewiring one pair of stop lights as fog lights. My van had four stop lights, two in the rear quarters and two in the tailgate. A friend of mine did also did it to an import prelude by using the O/S reverse light, just bought some red bulb paint. Funnily enough I had wondered about that. This has 4 brake lights too so considered trying to rewire two on the tailgate. That's a job for after MOT time- would tidy the back end up a bit:-)
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