What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

gleyland44

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gleyland44
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Conlig
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Noble M12's
After seeing @NickR having the BiTdi up for sale and the man maths not working out that I needed one for the wife to do the school run in I decided to give her car a refresh. She liked the black edition look so got it de-chromed and the wheels refurbed (sent her up to powdertek to pick what colour of anthracite she wanted and she came away with bronze). Not everybody's cup of tea but she likes to be different 😂.
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finn28

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Newry
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350z
Having a backlog of project cars and not enough time or motivation to look at them, I decided that after sitting for over a year I needed to send the A3 off to a mechanic. Found a guy literally at the end of my road that was happy enough to take on the work.

I had already stripped out most of the brake booster but gave up when I realised I needed to drop the engine to complete the job. At the same time I noticed the timing belt was old and cracked. Found a full timing belt and water pump kit on ebay for £25.

Sent the car off with a ziplock bag full of bolts and got it back a couple of weeks later, all done and dusted.

I was a bit shocked when I looked at my trello board and seen that I started working on this about 2 and half years ago, and it had been lying up for about 5 years before that.

Couple of minor things to do and then she's off to MOT.

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McFall1984

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McFall1984
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Dungannon
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To many cars
lennyd said:
Surprised a ramp won't work in there.

You going for a mid rise?
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I measured my mk2 cavalier an had 2" spare, it's quite low as is standard so anything now a.dahs would be higher an my dispatch wouldn't go up, I work in jack an axle stands for now, most of the donkey work is done to my cars so a lift isn't needed. I spoiled myself with it
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Great space there!
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Was worth it for the bathroom alone 🤣🤣 has to drive 3.5mile home from my old shed for a sh!te an when I got home I made tea then said ah I'll go out to the shed tomorrow 🤣
 

JH86

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JH86
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Carrickfergus
JH86 said:
Bought my mk5 GTI daily beater a plate on Friday day in work when I was in a good genuinely sober mood 😂

GI5 YEE 😂 mortified, but hey Cert hasent arrived yet so it's like it never happened

Supposed to say GIS YEE,

I'll get my coat 😂
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Still need someone that can modify the 5 slightly, but it's on as cringy as it is 😂

It also could do with a wash or being sold either or suits me 😂
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AidanMcG

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Tyrone/Down
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6R
New head unit fitted with wireless CarPlay - went with an Erisin unit after seeing a few good comments on another thread whilst also OEM looking. Some glare / reflections so might need to look into a screen protector for it
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Also an evening run to Spelga Dam via Hilltown (Chippy) for dinner
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RevT

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I have one of those wee A3’s here at the minute, it’s diesel but it’s a class wee car and really nice to drive. I know yours is an S3 by the way, just surprised how nice this is to be fair, I really like it.

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Boydie

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Co.Antrim
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S3 Revo
RevT said:
I have one of those wee A3’s here at the minute, it’s diesel but it’s a class wee car and really nice to drive. I know yours is an S3 by the way, just surprised how nice this is to be fair, I really like it.

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Bar the badge at the front, from the front to side, nothing is different really bar the wheels and brakes. You really do have to know what you’re looking at to know what it is 😔

Clean A3 for sure!
 

collyirwin11

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Did a quick oil change on the Focus because what else would you do on a lovely sunny Saturday evening. I’ve bought the service stuff for the others, so I’ll get to them at some stage over the next few evenings/weeks.
 

Cossers

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collyirwin11 said:
Did a quick oil change on the Focus because what else would you do on a lovely sunny Saturday evening. I’ve bought the service stuff for the others, so I’ll get to them at some stage over the next few evenings/weeks.
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When you service it do you keep all the receipts for proof? Tbh I’d love to just start serving my cayman myself as Its a keeper but I know if I ever did take the notion to sell it the full OPC history beards would have a ****ing fit.
 
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