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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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5th Dec 05 at 15:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what have you learnt the hard way, but only car related things.

mine

-i learnt about tightness and torque setting of bolts after using a really long bar to tighten my sump nut and chewing all the threads up

-not to overtighten locking wheel nuts, got stuck in and had to have em smashed out

-when undoing battery terminals don't let go of spanner letting it fall between the connections and shorting everything out
dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
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5th Dec 05 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
caramel wheel... i stripped the lacquer off most of the rub strip area by rushing into it
Kiddy_Corsa
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Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra VXR
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5th Dec 05 at 15:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
NEVER buy lexus lights
3CorsaMeal
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what are caramel wheels, how they work?
AuroraSport
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Norfolk Drives: Audi B5 S4 Avant
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5th Dec 05 at 15:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dropping a socket in my engine bay then having to remove literally everything to get to it - so yeh dont drop sockets lol
L33 LEG
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Registered: 6th Jan 03
Location: Blackburn . Drove: Dimma Saxo VTR
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5th Dec 05 at 15:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when theres one small problem fix it before u get a big list of problems
dave17
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5th Dec 05 at 15:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont lower your car too much - you will rip your exhaust off.

always hav a pot to put all your screws in when taking stuff apart - i have lost many, my car rattles.

dont bounce your car off the limiter - you will blow a something up

[Edited on 05-12-2005 by dave17]
L33 LEG
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5th Dec 05 at 15:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by dave17
Dont lower your car too much - you will rip your exhaust off.


[Edited on 05-12-2005 by dave17]


hmm, i havnt learnt this, id say never buy suspension kits cos theyre cheaper than coilovers cos ul only end up wanting to lower ur car as much at itl go
a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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5th Dec 05 at 15:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
far to many to list
MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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5th Dec 05 at 15:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont buy a saxo
Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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5th Dec 05 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont waste thousands on a hatchback!
CCA
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Registered: 6th Dec 04
Location: Somewhere Drives: Not a bloody Vauxhall!
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5th Dec 05 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont mod a corsa
Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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5th Dec 05 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't leave it sat outside on the drive for 2 years without moving it, it'll rust and depress you, especially when your best mate's a mechanic and the only thing that needs doing are the brakes
Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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5th Dec 05 at 15:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont EVER buy a car in the dark....
Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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5th Dec 05 at 15:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
buy jap and dont look back...

(untill your wallet is empty )
Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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5th Dec 05 at 15:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
don't travel backwards at 60 through assorted shubbery
Corsa_Carl
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
Location: Darlington
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5th Dec 05 at 15:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
DONT BUY A PEUGEOT !
Corsa_Carl
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
Location: Darlington
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5th Dec 05 at 15:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im sure thats gonna help me sell my car

a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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5th Dec 05 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
never get towed in gear
you get waht you pay for from bodyshops
mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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5th Dec 05 at 15:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont put metal valve caps on without putting grease inside them first - winter comes and they corrode onto the valve so cant check tyre pressures on my rear wheels

dna23
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5th Dec 05 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
what are caramel wheels, how they work?


Caramel Wheel. A rubber Abrasive Wheel

i used it to fast, heated up the lacquer and stripped it
Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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5th Dec 05 at 15:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh yeah and tighten your wheels nuts up properly, both sides they were that loose I thought i'd left tools in engine bay
dave17
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5th Dec 05 at 15:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Dont put metal valve caps on without putting grease inside them first - winter comes and they corrode onto the valve so cant check tyre pressures on my rear wheels



SAME HERE
Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Shropshire, Drives 2.0l 16v Corsa
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5th Dec 05 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
never put a body kit on!!!
ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Don't give a bodyshop a penny unless they have actually done the job you wanted them to do.

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