Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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The biggest concern for me is I was half way through selling £800 worth of slick tyres to someone in Greece. I don't know his username as it was Greek. Last message I had from him was him sending me a change of address to that he previously sent.
Now my PM's have been removed I have no way of contacting him.
The moderators response "It's your problem" That was it, nothing more.
So i put in my signature. If you need to contact me please email - ****@yahoo.co.uk
That was apprently a blatent attempt at attracting business so now any posts i make need approval. I don't know where to go from here.
Sent you a PM with that forum you can have also.
[Edited on 13-12-2011 by Rob B]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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What they've done with you sounds fair. You've flaunted the rules.
Sounds anal outside of that right enough.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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I completely despair that places like that get massive when they're run as commercial cash cows and the support is terrible.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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I've now been banned from the forum due to Dan who i work with creating an account and leaving it logged on, on my laptop whilst he uploaded pictures. Going insane here!
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Its fucked.
These big places are buying up forums, all fine so long as they get search traffic and clickthroughs, doesn't really matter if you lose a few people along the way.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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It's crazy, I've been on 12 different forums normally with 2000 + posts on each and nothing so much as a warning.
On there banned twice and now banned permanently. Time to contact internet brands and tell them they're missing out on money. Not that they'll care at all 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Hate forums like that, run by twats who were bullied at school
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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i think these people on the puma forums do the strangest things iv ever seen, this is the latest
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It's very cold at the moment.I use a large piece of card that sits in front of the radiator and effectively blocks off half the rad. that seems to work nicely and the car warms up quicker, which will help increase your mpg.
you can obviously remove when the weather warms up.
really odd how people convince themselves when they do this stuff it actually makes a difference, when in fact it wont make a slightest bit of dofference because the thermostat stops the coolant circulating the rad until the car is warm anyway
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Only need to do that when it's fucking cold out - was driving in France once in winter, when I turned the heating on the engine would cool down so I had to turn the heating off and on. Could have done with covering part of the radiator really, it's an old taxi driver trick but they do it so they can drive around with the heating on full whack all the time as they like their cars to smell of sweat.
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ed
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Not entirely sure how it would increase your MPG though 
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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covering the radiator (in a puma anyway) wont do jack shit as the coolant doesnt circulate round the radiator until the car is up to temp, the thermostat controls it
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Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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awesome thread, not sure how I missed it till now.
Naming cars is a bit annoying, but even CS is guilty of that in the project thread
I reckon there is a post on every car forum ever titled "Cleaned the banana today". Every yellow car does not have to be called 'the banana'... honest!
Some Civinfo members actually go around putting laminated flyers on windscreens of civics without a civinfo sticker telling them to register 
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Corrado has the option of two front grilles, one is.open slats, the other has all but one closed up.
I have both types
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Cardboard in front of the radiator works on older Land Rover Defenders or you end up with no heating in the winter
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Do you ever reply to these people and tell them how stupid they are?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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I like going back on Seatcupra every now and then to update the idiots, who told me I'd die with my £27 Mintex pads, that they're perfectly fine and I prefer them to the £100+ Ferodos
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
I also find Steve obnoxious and sarcastic,& have spoken to many on the forum that carry the same view.I like what he has done with the car but his attitude stinks.Thats just my opinion,im entitled to it,but a lot of members find him intimidating
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John
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at intimidating, big bad Steve.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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scubasteve? they must have the wrong one.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Sounds about right, apart from the intimidating bit
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Skinz
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Registered: 15th May 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
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I also find Steve obnoxious and sarcastic,& have spoken to many on the forum that carry the same view.I like what he has done with the car but his attitude stinks.Thats just my opinion,im entitled to it,but a lot of members find him intimidating
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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idiots, the guy that instigated that was the same twat making colour coded lists about changing his oil in the prem lounge i posted
joined the forum aftera few days tried to give it large to me in another thread then cried about it when he got some back, and announced his project thread would be closed
you can read it for yourselves
http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=15056&start=125
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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thread where he started kicking off trying to right the world
http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=14404&start=50
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Steve flapping like fuck here
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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not sure what it is, but notherners, namely people from Durham/Newcastle area, cant seem to conduct themselves over the internet in a normal manner, either getting far too excitable, or throwing there weight around
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