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How doo all, SPUTNIK is due in the shop this week, but as a prequel I had my garage check over the front suspension on Friday in case anything needs ordering. It's been suffering from a wheel wobble and a slight knock on drive. Anyhow..suspension came back as ok...but a CV boot is torn. Learning...

I'd go up to around £40<>50 quid for a mega valet, i.e. to the degree such that even the Top Gear forensic team couldn't detect any of my bogeys flicked on the carpet or heavy duty sharts hadn't stained the seat stitching. ( Definition of shart : uncertain mix between a #### and a @@@@ ) But...

For me its about 3<>4. ...thats 3<>4 months since I last washed my car. What can I say...I've got three kids and a nagging wife, so don't have time to ***** these days. A mate of mine said at a supermarket near Halifax he had a mangey old pug 206 full off garden soild on the seat etc, he went...

cheers, I'll print this off and make sure its on the car seat when handed over at the local garage next week :-)

Hi All, just confirmed on another post that SPUTNIK has got a mk-1 verson manifold which is fubar'd. Just got a branny mk-ii version off ebay for £225 shipped, so now can't wait to unleash the true power and ecomony out of my car. I was seriously thinking of scrapping it due to poor ecomony...

Hi All, maybe this post needs transferring to other ones about the exhaust end of the engine. 1) Tonight I refilled with fuel : 456 miles for 56 litres. Thats a lowly 37mpg :-( 2) I decided to try and take off my exhaust manifold heatshield to look underneath it...Think I've found the problem...

My best guage was driving to Heathrow & back to Manchester at cruise 7*mph on the speedo ( 70mph +tol). That's non-rush hour constant running and 530 miles covered. I've never bettered that......so I have to conclude my smokey probs are really costing me in fuel. It's due a service next week...

...I'd chew off my right arm to get this mileage. Best I've ever done from 'brimmed' full to 'coughing on fumes' empty is 530 miles :-(

just out of interest where exactly is the crack ? If I took off my hthree heatsheild screws and the underside of the manifold was all sooty like that..am I safe to ***ume mine is cracked? If so it might be the second manifold as I'm sure the previous owner already had it done under warranty...

Yer but my post might help others in future searches :-)

Hi all, SPUTNIK has had a perpetual aircon issue which I bottomed out myself. Even if this doesn't prove to be the problem....its worth a try to see what happens. Essentially in the engine bay there is a box which contains some relays. There is a map of symbols inside the lid to represent what...

If anyone lives near or frequents Manchesters Traford Centre, there is a model shop located at one end near Debenhams. We might go to the TC every few months and endure having to follow the wife & daughter round the shoe shops etc. But whenever I'm near the model shop I always have a nosey to...