jonnyboyws6

Hi Shaun, if you put a jumper cable straight to the starter (bypassing the solenoid) then it should spin but not engage if the motor is ok. If you put a jumper to the solenoid (small terminal, not the big battery cable) it should click, but if it's not spinning at this point it may be the contacts in the solenoid as already suggested. So, if you need the car running, use the jumper cables to engage it then spin it, but make sure it's not in gear when you do it because you will be bypassing the inhibitor. Also worth checking earths as bad connections can cause the same symptoms, try a jump lead from somewhere on the engine block near the starter back to the battery negative. If it is the contacts in the solenoid it can usually be sorted by cleaning them up with emery/sandpaper, never done a Toyota one myself but have stripped a number of other starter motors and solenoids, fiddly job but not rocket science.

They are replacing all old style blue ones, automatically send you out the new red one. It's because they had about half a million blanks stolen.

You should be able to pick up a running but tatty 5 or 6 for that money, I've just sold a fairly tidy SSII with long MOT for not a lot more. Will keep you posted if I see any.

Autodata specify 5/30 for cold climate, 10/30 or alternatively 10/40 for moderate and 20/50 for hot climate for a gen 6 GT so take your pick

Think I saw that today when I was driving round Barnsley/Rotheram, only a quick glance though so can't tell you anything about it

Logically the lighter MR2 with less transmission losses is the quicker car assuming everything else to be equal. But, whilst theories and logic are great in the classroom they don't necessarily hold true on the street as there are too many other variables to consider. Traction depends on conditions. MR2s are tail happy, GT4s are grippy buggers. Perfect conditions favour the MR, the worse the conditions get, the more the advantage swings to the Celica. Do you want to race on a warm summer afternoon, or on a rainy night? If it snows I would bet everything on the Celica because there's a chance the MR doesn't even make it to the race! I've had a few 200+ hp rear drive cars and even the difference in traction from warm sun in the afternoon to a cool evening later the same day can mean the difference between a good launch or 20 yards of peeling. Incidentally the grippiest tarmac you will find on the street is the funny colour stuff near junctions and crossings, then compare it to the start line at Santa Pod where you can watch people walk on it and lose their shoes. These are old cars. How quick they were when they came out the factory doesn't mean they are that quick now. Is an MR2 that has had a hard life still quicker than a GT4 that has lead a sheltered, cherished existatnce? Even if you take two brand new identical cars off a production line, one will be quicker than the other. Also sometimes the official figures are just not attainable in the real world, E type Jag, Pontiac GTO and Maestro Turbo all being well documented examples of this. From the figures quoted on here it seems the MR2 is at best about half a second quicker to 60. That means the driver of the slower car in the other lane could go on amber and tell everyone he saw you off. Is half a second all there is to it when choosing between two very different cars?

As it's a cartoon not a real car I suppose there's no such thing as a "replica" although a gen 5 has a similar profile so could maybe carry it off? Pop up headlights are wrong though. Also it looks a bit like an MX6 to me. My opinion is that it's a bit tacky to have a replica of a movie car, but each to their own. In most cases I think the standard car is much nicer: I'd love a 69 Charger but mine wouldn't have a nudge bar and rebel flag on the roof. Wouldn't mind a 3rd gen Trans Am but I wouldn't want loads of pretend computers in it and a red light on the front like KITT. Delorean or time machine, it's a long list. What does amuse me is tongue in cheek movie car inspired stuff: I've seen a Bedford Rascal A-team van, and yesterday on the M62 I saw a yellow van with a fin on the roof and big flower pots for rocket boosters on the back doors pretending to be Thunderbird 4!!! It made me smile but I wouldn't want to own it.

I need new discs. Firstly, let's be honest, it's a road car not a track car, it will get driven but my idea of fun is accelerating not repeated heavy braking, so I don't actually NEED an upgrade. But grooved/drilled/dimpled do look the part don't they? What are the pros and cons of either grooved, dimpled or drilled, or any combination of? Really all I'm after is something for day to day use, low maintenance, long lasting, pretty, and reasonably priced. Or am I better off with standard discs?

Bumblebee isn't a Camero... it's a Camaro. Perhaps instead of sitting at the computer being such an anorak about GM F-bodies I should go back in the garage and fix them! As for Lightning Mcqueen, if you want little kids to point and wave at your car go for it, if you want grown ups to respect you don't

Definitive answer from Bill T, and it also confirms on the V11: "You will have an extra five working days to display your old tax disc if you have taxed the vehicle online or by phone on or before 30 June 2011" Nice to see that some common sense has been used to ammend the "failure to display" law (as mentioned by Razorjack) I worked in my Zafira without a tax disc for about 2 weeks in December due to christmas post, strikes and snow delaying postal deliveries. Nothing came of it but I assume common sense would have prevailed if I did get pulled, as I had paid for it and was just not displaying due to circumstances beyond my control, and surely they couldn't put me out of work in the run up to christmas.

I'm not very familiar with gen 7 seats, but on 6s you can swap the seat backs side to side, they are only fastened on by 4 bolts. That puts the unworn inside edge on the opposite side, and the worn bit on the inside edge where it should have an easier life. Any help? Or, an upholsterer should be able to re-dye the scuffed bits

I have two 6s, pretty much identical cars: same spec, same colour, same dent in nsr quarter on both when I got them! And obviously same broken ariel on both too.