terrabytetango

Love this guy's cynicism.

Yeah I heard about this on the radio, there was one fatality. I bought the wheels for my van from here, they were very helpful helping my dad select the proper wheel offset. They even gave us free center caps when we went back early last year after two had got pinched/lost during a service.

I'm assuming you guys did clean the battery terminals yes?

Check your engine mounts. You should have minimal vibrations in N and P. The 'krrrrr' might be something rattling caused by this. Check all the plastic trim pieces on the front, and any plastic inside the engine compartment (valve garnish etc).

Our 2C powered Townace exhibited a similar behaviour. In the morning I would always wait for the "tuck" sound, thats actually when the glow plugs switch off. Sometimes I would heat it twice just to make sure. I also experience the difficulty to start after the engine became warm. AFAIK, the glow plugs do not switch on when the engine is hot. I attribute the difficult starts after engine warm up to the fact that compression is reduced by way of expanding cylinder liners (ours was rebuilt twice).

Hamilton has been behaving much more civilised this season. He allowed Grosjean to pass without any fuss. Last year, he would have banged tires been way more aggressive. Maldonado was already off the track, I don't think Hamilton should have given him any space, it was up to Pasta to enter the track behind him. Also Pasta has been handed a 20 second penalty for the whole incident. But honestly, too little too late

My dad's voice says that, not the car's. Car just goes vroom.

Thanks must keep them in my wish list for my next purchase.

Would you happen to have a sample of the packaging your bulbs came in? Or an SKU code? I'm curious about these Koitos. Edit: For a price comparison, the H4 and H3 Nightbreakers cost me LKR 2651 and 3211 respectively (yes the H3s are more expensive). This includes all charges for them to arrive at my doorstep.

Avoid Sylvania if you can, they're like B grade Osrams. Sylvania is mainly an American brand, they use the same nomenclature as Osram i.e. Nightbreaker, Silverstar etc, but if you browse the US forums, they're inferior to their Osram counterpart. That's why I specifically went after Osram on ebay UK.

I too agree, buy a car you're going to keep. Just buy one you'd be comfortable driving. With your budget you have a good choice, and you needn't necessarily spend it all to find a good car.

When you opened up the key, did you notice the switches? if they're micro switches you can try using contact cleaner to clean them. My car has a third party system and a few switches were behaving erratically, so I soldered on new switches (its a common type and they're freely available in SL, I just showed the guy a switch I had previously desoldered) and now it works perfectly.

My former CEO's Harrier used to say greetings and the time when the vehicle was started up. we had to use google translate.

Yellow is the best for fog lights IMO, they were actually required in Japan right up to the early 90s (which is why you see some of the older JDMs with yellow lenses i.e. isuzu trucks, 130 series Crowns etc).

I can tell you how effective 55w Osram Nightbreaker H3s are once I fit them in this weekend.

I recant my last post, I believe my inebriation plus whatever it is I'm smoking amplified my exteme bias against Alonso.

No doubt Alonso would have placed podium, but the only reason he placed 1st was because Grosjean's car crapped out. Had it not, I believe he would have taken it all the way home. Recanted

Worst race ever Both Vettel AND Hamilton non-finishers. I bet there will be some heavy drinking tonight by them. Maldonado needs to be penalized for that, he was still overtaking once he was off the track. And this is not the first time he has deliberately crashed into Hami either. Alonso had a ton of luck this race, considering how he didn't even make it to Q2. Schumacher was just in the right place at the right time.

I actually pressed F5 twice :/

Check if the rim is warped.

It isn't very good. I had to take one to our plant in Agalawatta recently, tank was 3/4 empty by the time we returned to colombo. The driver said its awful on fuel. This was a high roof delivery van with a rear A/C conversion and 3 rows of seats.