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cornet

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  1. Happy 5 Anniversary cornet!

  2. Happy 4 Anniversary cornet!

  3. Happy Anniversary cornet!

  4. Yes and no. If you're selling a car then they are not selling If you're trying to buy one then they are going like hotcakes (I suspect this is always the case but is frustrating at the moment - going to look at a car tomorrow, fingers crossed)
  5. New tyres/brakes/clutch recently too - got to be worth £650 for those parts alone
  6. I can't believe the price of this.. Someone buy it quick! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-Toyota-Celica-1-8-VVTi-coupe-April-TAX-July-MOT-Full-Leather-/321077412926?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4ac1b4843e&clk_rvr_id=453051866716&afsrc=1
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    Happy Anniversary cornet!

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    Happy Anniversary cornet!

  9. After your advice I did this road on Tuesday. Great recommendation, no traffic and great fun. Needs full attention though but well worth it. Will be doing it again. Was on return journey so did Woodhead as well which I've not done in a while. I'd say it is almost as good as snake pass although it does get a bit boring towards the end.
  10. Average of 200 a week. Every other week we travel down to our narrowboat for the weekend which can mean anything from 150 - 200 mile round trip (depending on where we left her). Should really make more of an effort to take the OH's MX5 down there more but I normally have a boot full of tools to do maintenance on the boat.
  11. Just adding my name to the list of people that are convinced this works. Added can to last tank of fuel. Within 1/2 tank flat spots during acceleration had gone. Not noticed any increase in MPG but I've not been taking note really since the amount I get out of a tank varies wildly. Have followed the recommended course of action and serviced after running a tank of fuel through. New Oil (Fuchs Pro-s) and sparks - car is like new. Perfectly clean acceleration through the full rev range. Will be getting some for my other 1/2s MX5 soon.
  12. Search youtube for cat and fiddle, plenty of videos on there. Maybe not worth the drive up *just* to do that road but if you're ever up that way then well worth a trip.
  13. Thanks for the tip, will definitely give that a go. Might even do Woodhead Pass and this on the way to Bolton next week.
  14. Did catch wagon with 4 or 5 cars following at one point. None of cars leaving space for overtake so pulled into lay-by and waited for a few minutes. Still caught them up again eventually though. Fingers crossed I'll get a clean run at it next week.
  15. Had to drive from Sheffield to Bolton and back today for work. Snake pass on way there (which I've done many times before) then took opportunity to do Cat and Fiddle and way home. Brilliant hoon, even with the 50mph average speed cameras. Highly recommended if you're out that way. Unfortunately it looks like I've got to make the same trip next week
  16. Currently have continental sport contact 3s on mine. Great traction but not cheap! Buy the best you can afford, especially if you like to drive hard
  17. Just got myself 2x5L 5w-40 for £79 http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60117-fuchs-silkolene-pro-s-and-pro-r-special-offer.aspx
  18. I bought this kit recently http://www.screwfix.com/p/2-tonne-combi-kit/66742 seemed a good price and does the job
  19. We drive up through Nuneaton quite a bit as we have a narrow boat which is normally to be found around rugby area. Will let you know next time we are passing through.
  20. Mates wedding down in Cirencester last night and decided to take the scenic route home avoiding any motorways. Logical route would have been M5 -> M42 -> A42 -> M1 but that looked all a bit boring. This is the route we took : http://tinyurl.com/3ojn4z7 Highlights were: A429 Cirencester -> Coventry A515 Ashbourne -> Hartington Middle Quarter Spotted a Silver Gen6 parked up on the road with club stickers somewhere along the route home between Coventry and Burton on Trent (I think). All in all a good day, driving time was about 5 hours according to google, probably took us 7 with a few stops and a quick visit to the girlfriend's relatives.
  21. I went for the expensive adapter as I read various bad things about some of the cheap ones. Works really well though, am impressed. Only put the MPG display on if you're actively wanting to get a lot of miles out of your tank. Otherwise it'll just depress you
  22. Upgraded to the non-free version of torque. Much better Improvements include: * MPG now looks accurate (70MPG was a tad optimistic I feel) * Can easily see what sensors work and which don't. Only annoying one that doesn't work is oil pressure - need to do some research on PID for that. * Proper interface to ECU error codes - mine still showing now errors (woo) * Logs MAP of your trip colour coded depending on speed * Interface diagnostics such as speed of readings, whether it's functioning correctly etc... Bad points so far: Only one really, status light on the ODB connector stays active after you turn the engine off meaning there is still power to it. Apparently it should shut itself down after 2min but doesn't appear to. Worst case I'm gonna have to rig a relay up to turn it on/off when the ignition is turned on. £18 !!! I paid £2.95 for it from the Android Store... Maybe it's dropped in price recently I've still not tried the Windows software supplied with it yet, need to borrow the girlfriend's laptop for that as I don't run Windows. This is a long shot, but does anyone have the full toyta OBD2-PID list ?
  23. Using torque or something else ?
  24. There are indeed apps for the iPhone, take a look here there are a few mentioned: http://www.avforums.com/forums/motoring/1220714-iphone-obdii-reader.html You can get the bluetooth adapters much cheaper but personally I wasn't prepared to take the risk as some of them are really badly made and could damage your car. Considering most garages will charge you up to £80 just to read the codes then the one I bought is still good value.
  25. Got it connected up to my HTC Desire HD running the free version of torque with no issues. Quick blast home from work showed at least the rev counter was accurate. However the MPG was way off (showing 60mpg when i got home). Just paid out for the non-free version of torque to see if that fixes the issues. Non-free version also gives fault code read outs. Will update tomorrow after I've tested it some more.
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