marzman

Hi all, Im after a first car for the missus as she's learning to drive at the moment. I've been looking for a small diesel hatchback for about 3 weeks now without any luck. I'll also be borrowing it every now and then for work as i do a lot of miles, so it needs to be big enough to be comfortable on the motorway. My criteria is: Reliable Up to 10 years old Diesel Hatch back (ie. no sticky out boot, so its easy for her to drive) Under 100k miles. Not too small. I would like a civic, but they're around £3k at the mo (and i dont want to spend too much, because i just know she'll crash it - everyone does when they start driving!) Not interested in anything french... Anyone? I've spent the last 3 hours on autotrader/ebay looking for options... i've called about 10 people and they're either all sold, or sound like a scam (crap excuses why i cant come to the garage to view

mate

Happy birthday nix.

Nice work Al...

WTF is the white thing on the center cubby?

Useful info that Chris...

Cosmetic.

They are US spec headlights... HID's are standard on UK cars but optional on JDM and US cars.

I thought the help required would be with how to spell 'Suspention'... And yes,

Has your friend got any pics of his lights? I would try refurbing before buying new ones... He can take the plastic lens back several layers with wet dry paper, and then work with finer grade papers before polishing with a machine buffer and that should restore the lens quality. Failing that, those that you have linked to - there's no mention that they are for HID equipped cars - if they're not you will have to retrofit your existing ballasts and wiring to them. If they are non-HID the location for the ballast (under the light) will be blanked over, so you will have to cut the hole using a dremmel or similar. The other problem you may experience is with the connector plug - it's probably a different shape - but you can cut off your existing plugs and retrofit them to these lights, although you'll probably lose the auto-levelling feature...

Excellent choice

Yeh that cop is a knob on a power trip. He probably pulled them for something stupid in the 1st place and thats why they were pi**ed off...

I agree, it's an intake modification, and i believe that is one of their categories...

I use the cheapo Turtlewax Nanotech Extreme Speed Wax... because there's a picture of a zed on the bottle... I find it works excellently.

+ 1 to that order, but the weight is a good shout too. Im not a fan of the axis wheels...

Is there anoter thread anywhere for this?? If it's at Donnington, im up for that. 1. Jak + 1 2. Tarmac 3. Marzman

Someone was after a set of these the other day... Cant remember who though...

His last visit was and if he's switched off email notifications, he wont know you've pm'd him until he next visits.

Brilliant.

Beautiful...

I've listened to Radio 1 for maybe 15 years now, and have listened to the Chris Moyles show since he was on in the afternoons. I used to really like him and the team, but i cant bare to listen anymore... Seriously, its exactly the same jokes, the same games, the same punchlines, the same sound clips, the same everything as it was 5 years ago... it just annoys the @*!# out of me now so much so that i cant bare to listen.