SMARTLY
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Goodbye my friend it's hard to die .......................
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
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As well as the twisting is it a mistake because it goes up and not straight down, so could trap air?
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Here is a deal and a half if you haven't sorted out what you are getting:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...yId_165727#dtab
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As long as it's moving I don't mind, I'll listen out for traffic on the radio and if it's busy diert to J1 of M40 - thanks.
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What's it like between the M40 and Chorleywood about 10:30 in the morning on a weekday? Only I am coming down to visit my mum on her b'day this week.
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Not sure what to make of this!!!
the words on the boot or the re-routed exhaust?
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That's dreadful, couls have been really dangerous if they hadn't brought it to you. Is the owner going to report the MOT test station and show these pictures?
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I can see now, the only way to get it on ramps would be to lift it up and slide them in. It's low and the big end pipes on the exhaust.
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Don't normally like Ferrari s if thye are not red but that looks wicked. You wnet to all that trouble with the number plate coiver up then put up the video with it on
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That will give about an 18 inch lift. In the ebay listing though it says
, so what does that mean?We sell these for £56.00 when availableThe 2 ton jacks tend to lift 12 inches. But you can get these for about £30.
At the end of the day it depends what you want to do, I'd be inclined to go with jack and ramps but that's because I've never used axle stands. Presumably you can use axle stands at the front.
So the question is what height do you want to leave the car above the ground and are you going to use a creeper?
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Was jacking the car up on a brick ok
Yes, it's only while you slide the ramps under - not when you are under the car
You can always use a kerb on one side 
Is yours a bottle jack? Mine used to leak so I am now on my second trolley jack and this one has never been used.
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Those caravan ones are only 14 cm high, that's less than 6 inches. What about getting some car ramps and jacking the car one side at a time to get them underneath? I remember doing something like that with my Mk1 Jaguar, I drove the rear wheels onto bricks then jacked it up on a brick and slid the ramps underneath.
Screwfix have some that are 8.5 inches wide.
Or try these on ebay for £42 at the moment, adjustable height and 245 tyre width item no. 130335114064, probably owrth nearly £200 !!
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I went and looked at mine today, they are only eight inches wide but have no sides ( just an end stop ) so would take wider tyres but would they need support on the outside if they are supported for the middle eight inches?
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I've still got a set in the roof of my garage, haven't used them for years. But they are wide enough for modern day tyres and very stable. You just have to be 100% sure you are lined up and go up it steady but not too slow as they will move. If you can put them against something or hold them with something then so much the better. make sure you have somebody to guide you and say stop .... there is a stop bar but if you keep driving
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Probably until the next service
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Dazz I don't mind going to have a quick look at it for you, if it's Telford it's only 30 miles away from me. I don't know anything about them but can give you an opinion on how it looks and sounds. I've bought a few cars in my time ( nearly 40 cars now ) so I know the basics.
I'm not working at present, so I could go day time or evening.
PM if you are interested.
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I worked there until two weeks ago, There ia a straight through service from London on the railways. I think it to Shrewsbury amongst other places.
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I don't know anything about Hondas, but looks a nice clean modified car. No pictures of interior. I thought this read weird:
There are currently 79,800 miles on the clook but the car is still in use -
All looking good here today
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Nice one, I'll see if it starts afresh in the morning.
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Here you go there is a difference in the code between the old and new skin for "View New Posts" link:
old skin - href="http://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/forum/index.php?act=Search&CODE=getnew"
new skin - href="http://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/forum/index.php?act=Search&CODE=getactive"
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That looks impressive stuff. I'd be inclined to put something over the inner stuff unless what you are using leaves a protective coat. You have a fair bit of rust there for a nine year old car ( even a Mondeo ).
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Spot on with the zoom, I didn't even no I had it on !!
Previously if I shut the forum down and go back in later that day it wouls only show New Posts, it doesn't do that now.
Keep up the good work
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and the New Posts link works but doesn't give new posts since last visit, it gives new posts since yesterday afternoon.
and "Mark all forums as read and return to index" doesn't mark as read.
and no edit function ( thought there was before ). How weird there is on this post but not my previous above !!
When club track days go wrong
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So the marshalls didn't red flag it