Gen6GT

I'd pay a decent bodyshop a fortune to turn my Gen 6 Vert into a GT4 Vert. Dream car. Don't want an Aston "Old Man's Car" Martin, they've been the dregs since Ford bought them out. Maybe Dave Richards can do a better job, and I loved the Astons at Le Mans, but since Ford still own 10% of the company and the rest is owned by a couple of Kuwaitis, added to the cars being mainly built in Austria things don't look too good. I guess I'd also have one of these:

The missus has recently bought a new 5-door Aygo Blue, nice car but a bit overpriced. And yes, I know these are basically the same as the Citroen C1/Peugeot 107, but I have to admit it's not a bad car. She regularly gets 50-60 mpg out of it, and we've driven all over the Continent in it, it's comfortable, surprisingly roomy and very nippy, provided you use the gearbox a lot. Wouldn't change it for my Gen 6 Vert, though, not in a million years! That's a real, class car!

Looks great, my Desire also takes pretty good pics. Your car needs to be de-tangoed, though!!!

Nothing specifically special about any make - most manufacturers make good and bad cars. IMO most Japanese cars are bland, there are some exceptions, like the Celica and the Honda NSX, but some dogs as well, like the Mazda RX8. Can't deny that in many cases the engineering is pretty good, but certainly Toyota have been having more than their fair share of recalls lately. The problem is that most marques which have "soul" also have lots opf problems - I love Alfa Romeos, but I wouldn't have one as a practical car, too many problems. But that Alfa DOHC 4 engine was a beaut, I had one in a Marlin Roadster I built back in the early 90's, a gorgeous free-revving engine with a sound which would make your hair curl - that was in the days when I had hair, of course

That is really neat. Wonder what it finally goes for, I wouldn't mind getting one myself. This comment in his feedback might be a bit telling, though - "not happy,lift collasped on first day will not be buying again"

Do you have problems with MoT with black-tinted indicators? Mind you, it wouldn't look that great on a silver car - the crystal ones just look great on Silver. Oooh, do tell!

Looks as if Nix or BigB may be getting a pm, then! Good luck - it would be interesting to see a picture walk-through if you go down that path.

LOL! Copycat! On a serious note, I hope you can find some, they change the whole look of the car. Would it be possible to get a facelift front bumper and fit that?

Anyone tried these, or have a view on their usefulness (or otherwise). http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-CELICA-DUAL-TWIN-INTAKE-AIR-INDUCTION-FILTER-KIT-/150561312558?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item230e274f2e

415 miles - not bad for a Yugo

It amazes me how many people seem to think that your insurance premium is based on the value of your car... it isn't, the major part of it is based on third party claims related to sex and age-group. Now the EC has decided that Insurance companies can't differentiate between male and female drivers you can expect to see premiums for the ladies rising slightly, premiums for males either staying still, rising, or more and more companies not prepared to offer insurance for lower age groups.

3rd tankful just finished - brimful to low-fuel light flickering - 368 miles. I'm convinced.

Huge comiserations... I've never had anything like that done to any of my cars anywhere near where I live in Oxfordshire. I think it depends whether you park on a street frequented by drunken yobs going to or from a pub/club. I get the usual dents and scratches in my local Sainsburys car park, just about given up on that now, it seems no matter where you park some short-sighted idiot with no spatial awareness thinks it's OK to ding your car and then drive off - that is, if they actually realise they've hit you> Damned shame!

Very nice. How about some larger pic?

Crappy pics anyway. Don't tell you much about the car.

"Honestly, officer..."

Occasionally, when I'm overtaking one of those little boys in their tinted-windows Corsa who are trying it on. Otherwise not very often, don't feel the need to.

A head gasket is basically a shim which can compress slightly, so that a seal is formed when the cylinder-head is torqued down onto the cylinder block. Unless both the block-face and the cylinder head face are perfectly flat you will always need a head gasket to take-up and slight machining differences between the two. They are not subject to wear and tear, since there are no moving parts to cause them to leak, however if your car has, at some time, run with very little coolant, or has frozen-up, both of these can cause the head gasket to fail, since the engine block and the cylinder head can, under these kind of circumstances, expand/contract at different rates causing warpage, and if the difference is big enough the gasket seal can fail. A compression test on each of the cylinders may point to where the problem lies, also, as has been said, you may well see white crud (oil/water emulsion) forming on the oil filler cap, caused by coolant from the cooling system finding it's way through the failed head gasket into the oil circulation system. If you are not mechanically-minded, and it would seem so, probably your best bet would be to find a local small garage who can advise you.

Any more results from you guys who have been trying it out?

Big improvement - love those wheels.

Personally I don't like them, but you can get a complete set of 5 x 17" ones with new tyres for £689 here: http://www.madmotors.co.uk/fondmetal-tech5-with-insert-t502-17-inc-tyres.html Or 16" ones with budget tryes for £589 here: http://www.madmotors.co.uk/fondmetal-tech5-silver-16-inc-tyres.html

That is one ugly Celica. Why on earth do people ruin a classic shape by sticking rubbish plastic tat onto it? Horrible!

I've beaten several eggs and a carpet...

Thanks for the link. Mer used to make really good products, I still have a 2-litre bottle of their car polish I bought at a motorshow some 5 years ago.

Done... pics sent. Use them however you want.