Conference terri::cars_uk

There's a blue Skoda which drives around Basingstoke from time to 
time. This has luminous pink wiper blades. I'll see if I
can track down the driver and give him your number.

Ian

Rich 

     I think the wheel trims that would really do your audi justice would be 
     plastic chrome spoke wheel trims (at halfords for about twenty quid )
     while your there you could get some of those wonderful christmas bits  
     
     1. a plug in twelve volt xmas tree for your rear window.

     2. some spray on snow for your windows (perhaps even lead windows)

     3. a jolly santa pine air freshener

     4. a compass, thermal blanket,twelve volt flask kettle ,snow chains 
        
     5. a turbo and 4X4 sticker...

     
     enough is enough... 




                             clayton 
  

I just knew it was April 1st.

Thanks for the Sanity Clauses

    >>>Thanks for the Sanity Clauses
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    Ha ha ha, very funny Mike. Nice pun. Far too good for this time in the
    morning !!!
    
    Colin

	...but there aint a no a such a thing as sanity clause...

	Courtroom scene, "A night at the opera" (or maybe 
	"A day at the races"

	Dave

    Clayton,
    
    	    I don't feel it necessary to put the 4x4 or turbo stickers on
    the car as I already have a quattro badge on the back and one of those
    bolt on twin exhaust pipes. This really makes the car stand out now.
    I've also recently acquired one of those illuminous light strips for
    the back window. 
    
    	Rich

Would you please remove the Audi badge. I also run an Audi Coupe and would
prefer to have as little association as possible with this vehicle.

Dave 

    
    Ah hah!
    
    It's a cunning plot to get the Audi good taste police to buy it from
    him!
    
    Nigel
    

rich 
      how about a sticker in the back window saying 

                     (my other car is an austin allegro estate )



                            clayton.

    clayton,
    
    	going back to them wheel trims i fancy putting a set on them, those
    wire ones cos I think they would be easier to clean than these steel
    wheels on at present. I could probably pop them in a dishwasher to get
    them clean. How much would they set me back?
    Re: Austin Allegro estate sticker - I don't think I would put that on
    the back window, I mean it would be pretty embarrassing wouldn't it.
    
    
    		Rich

rich 
      I like the dishwasher idear :would you girlfriend wash my wheeltrims as 
      well ....

              
                      clayton

  Have you thought about getting one of those neon underbody lighting kits?

this conversation seems to be around car add on's..reminds me of when i was 
young the was a chap at the end of my road he had a bedford ha (beagle i 
think) anyway it had just about everything you could buy on it bright red 
axle jacked up lit up at night. two cosmic mk4 alloy's on the back fur dash 
chain stearing wheel and all sorts of stickers on the back windows, remember 
the ones triangle flags saying : i've been to hayling: etc it was finished in 
global flake purple (very large metal flake paint job) the reason i remember
it so much was because the starter motor used to whine every morning at about 
 6:00 am  and my brother used to threaten to torch the motor boy did he curse
 on and on this motor used to go.. till it started..

                            more later   
                                    clayton  

    Those neon underbody lighting kits, where can I get them from?
    I've just been out at dinnertime and got myself one of those
    Knightrider flashing lights thingies for the bonnet. It looks good,
    easy to install. I'll let you know how I get on after the weekend with
    it.
    I didn't realize how much fun you could have when doing up a car. Last
    weekend I decided to replace the carpeting. Ever so easy, and as I had 
    a piece left over I covered the rear shelf as well. I think the lime
    green colour really sets the interior off a treat.
    Any other suggestions on how I can improve things?
    
    	Rich

    �Any other suggestions on how I can improve things?
    
    Yeah Rich, get a crowbar from Halfords. It will come in very handy for
    things like removing the tongue that is in your cheek.
    
    Royston

    � Yeah Rich, get a crowbar from Halfords. It will come in very handy for
    � things like removing the tongue that is in your cheek.
    
    Just in case we were in any doubt, eh Royston?
    
    Phil Gill.

rich 
      best thing to do!   join the audi owners club im sure they will be very 
      interested  specially the carpet. how about treating yourself to a nice 
      flat cap (felt safty cap ) 

          
                                   clayton  

Rich,

    i cannot believe that you intend to do such wonderful stuff to your car
but have not mentioned what colour the furry dice will be !!!!!

I am disappointed.


warren

ps  clayton -  what's a safty cap ?

    is is referring to some weak and feeble human being, or is it a device to 
    stop sexually transmittable diseases - bit like an Allegro Estate me thinks !

I used to have some old car magazines from the forty's and fifty's which
contained adverts from that time, now the felt safty cap was 
basically a flat cap made of felt that sat firm on your head the advert said
in the event of a crash this safty cap will help prevent damage to ones head 
the was a picture of a guy wearing a flat cap, handle bar mustache and a pipe
with a strapping big scarf on... if he was around today i think he would own 
a allegro estate....don't you  also i think his wife would have one of those 
hat's  that looks like a bowl of fruit...


                                  clayton 

    I prefer the Biggles flying hats to the safety cap. Of course I used to
    wear one of these back in my days as Barrington Hawthorne when I
    whizzed around in an MGB GT. Ah those were the days.
    
    	Rich

 What about the "Just imagine if....." sticker?

 Maybe Digital could use it in their campaign!

        AHHH!  I was just reading a review of Biggles Hat and Goggles last night.

Made by Mazda, cost �69.00 the pair, I think it was.

The reviewer complained of the quality of the Goggles, 'cos the frame was cheap
plastic instead of proper metal!

        I just thought - Grossly overpriced!

                                Malcolm.

How about adding:

- a tiny statue glued to the bonnet of the car.

- Furry dice

- Stick-on James Bond bullet holes ( showing my age here )

- Nodding head dog on the rear parcel shelf

- Back-end of a car stuffed into the radiator, tail flapping around

- Black vinyl roof cover

- Air intake on the bonnet

- White wall tyres

- "Arm" indicators embedded into the doorpost

- Flat optical lens on the back window

- Static electicity discharge rubber strip dragging along the road

- Fake mobile phone

- "I've been to Alton Towers" skicker

- "Baby on board" sticker

- Dashboard Electic Fan

- Compass

- Fake leather steering wheel cover

- Beaded seat cover

- Porsche Gear nob

- MGB key fob

- Playboy "rabbit" emblem

- Personalised number plate

- Passenger ejector seat

- Catalytic converter with optional Hydrogen Sulphide emitter

Re: -1
>>>  Back-end of a car stuffed into the radiator, tail flapping around ??????

Could it be ..

 Back-end of a Dog stuffed into the radiator, tail flapping around


Can't imagine the tail of a car flapping around.


Sorry couldn't resist it...


Andy

>Can't imagine the tail of a car flapping around.
    
    You've obviously never driven a Calibra !

    Re nodding dog.
    
    Somebody was advertising in VTX wanted for one of these.

Re:26

Have driven a Calibra actually Terry, thought it handled really well. Although 
I hear the 16v doesn't handle as well as the 8v due to tyre width or something 
like that.

But on reflection I know you are a Golf man and I have to agree the Golf does 
handle incrediby well. 

Andy

    You forgot the Tiger tail attached to the fuel filler!
    What about the 10ft long whip ariel with lots of triangular flags
    attached?

re .28 & .30

I confess, it was me who (seriously) advertised for the nodding dog

I need one for my TVR 

I'm sure I could also accommodate a tiger tail...

Sandi :-) :-)

    

    Additions for an Audi - Got to be a stick on Garfield, or how about
    some magnetic fingers for that special touch on the boot lid.
    
    
    Sandi - If your still serious about a nodding dog there's a gift shop
    called Macdonalds in Camberley High Street that sells them.
    
    Andy.

>>    Sandi - If your still serious about a nodding dog there's a gift shop
>>    called Macdonalds in Camberley High Street that sells them.

Also saw them in LES SMITH near the Butts Centre in Reading
(opposite McVicar's the butcher, next to the Co-op)

Phil.

    
    Thanks Andy and Phil, guess what I'll be doing on Saturday...
    
    Sandi
    

re.34:

Blimey Sandi, you must have been after that nodding dog for about 5 years! 
I remember making enquiries for you amongst the gift shop suppliers I once
had contact with.

Dave.

    
    The Disney shops do some nice nodding dogs as well, Hamleys in London
    have some more upmarket examples also. Whilst your in Hamley's you
    could check out the E type jag for �6500 suitable for over five year
    olds but alas unsuitable for 35 year olds. ;-(
    
    

    Blimey Gary you're over 35 - when I knew you you didn't look a day over
    20! 

Re .35

>> Blimey Sandi, you must have been after that nodding dog for about 5 years!

Yes, I have! I didn't realise they were still being made

I must say the thought that there may be herds of people driving around with 
new nodding dogs put me off for a few seconds, but I've wanted one for so long.
At least now I may be able to get a spotty one (well 3 - one for Beastly, one
for the Celica and one for the lounge...)

Signed

Her Naffness, old enough to remember them first time round ;-)
                
    

    
 �   				when I knew you you didn't look a day over
 �   20! 
    
  	Still dont Dave, still dont. ;-0
    

    
    A saw an addition to a car that nearly made me cry a couple of weeks
    ago, a brand new Calibra complete with tigerskin design seat covers!
    
    If I had a car like that I certainly would'nt deface it like this, but
    I guess every one has their own taste.
    
    Wayne.

    
    I suppose this should be in the Corsa note but as nobody here seems to
    have one i'll put it here.
    
    
    This morning I started the car and thinking that it was only water on
    the screen I switched the wipers on.I heard a small thump and one of
    the wipers (drivers side)stopped working.I got out and lined it up with
    the other wiper,it did a wipe and instead of returning and starting
    again it went past it's initialising point and stopped.
    
    Can anyone tell me why?
    
    Have I buggered the motor (if so,what a light weight motor!)or have I
    just lost the rod.
    
    Or am I wrong?
    
    Can anyone help?
    
    Andy..

Sounds like you've stripped the cog on that side of the mechanism.  Solution,
new wiper mechanism and possibly motor.

    
    I had this happen on an old style Astra, and all it was was that the
    nut which holds the wiper arm onto the shaft had loosened. I just
    tightened it up again, and away we went.
    
    You get at the nut by lifting the cover at the bottom of the arm.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    Nigel
    

    
    Thanks all,i'll let you know!
    
    
    
    Andy
    

Andy,

I agree with Nigel.  However, DONT overtighten this nut.

I sheared one off once.  It's quite annoying to have to remove the whole 
lot to put a new wiper stud in place.


Rob.

    
    I tightened the nut last week and all was fine,for a few days that is.
    Took it in to Wadham Kenning yesterday and it was fixed while I waited.
    
    
    Andy.