Just test it. Go on a 70mph road and floor it. If you die in a horrific crash be sure to tell us

**** YES THE STARION IS IN


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all i can say it. BRAKE! Engine off. Put it in neutral let the engine kill it self and if in a manual down shift to first.

can we have a dry docked aircraft carrier aswell. Eg the HMS invincible so we can jump off the ramp :P

the Starion is doing well. Comeon /me wants an xrt in forza 3

bit off topic. was just watching survivors. Must be like 6 months now since everyone died (on the program) and an Alfa (YES an Alfa Romeo) actually started. How is that possible. How. And to make matters even more unrealistic it was an 08 reg. Ok so it was a MiTo. But still. An alfa starting after being left for that amount of time. That was a major plot hole. Now away from the sarcastic part. How the hell was the battery not completely dead.

Oh and on topic. Don't buy a pre 2000 Alfa. It will break.

come on capri.

come on mustangs

come on starion

Last edited by Luke.S, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 23:59.

it's quite a short journey.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Low Mileage cars should be avoided - it almost certainly means either a lot of standing, or a lot of short journeys. As such the engine will never have been warmed up properly, the rings won't be bedded in, the valves are probably worn (don't seal properly), the head gasket will be deteriorating, the exhaust will be rotting from the inside out...

Ideally the car should have about 8k to 12k miles per year (slighty more for a diesel - 12k - 20k). Less or more isn't going to be great.

Other than that, general condition is important. Looking at the trim will give an idea of how well it was cared for.

saying that though my dad's car 55 reg got it in 06. Mileage is less than 15k but his journey too and from work involved a 70mph road. The first part of the journey is 30mph roads. And one stretch of 60. Then there is the 70mph road. When he gets off that there are more 30mph roads. So it is given chance to warm up on the slow bits and then stretches it legs on the 70mph bit. And while it was less than 1000 miles on the clock it wasn't driven roughly. It also had a good stretch when we went to lego land in 2006. So AFAIK the engine is pretty much perfect. (condition wise)

reported. Arox this is getting beyond pathetic.

Quote :

and my mom says he dont buy S2 FOR ME

lol I found the problem

lol banned

IT LIVES WOOOT IT LIVES.

seems like the cmos got ****ed up when the psu died. with the new ocz psu it boots. First time. Just pulled the cmos battery for a min and it is good as new.

for some strange reason i like these

when it is done can we try said game?

Quote from Jakg :

Ok you know what I mean - I'm all in favour of ABS and ESP being fitted to all cars however you should be able to switch it off - ABS does need a switch (because in snow its useless) and similar for ESP I personally feel if a car was starting to get out of shape, the last thing i'd want is a computer trying to alter the throttle / brakes for me - imagine trying to drive in LFS, and whenever you got near the limits someone cut the throttle / put on the brakes in an attempt to "save" you...

ABS I can deal with simply because instead of using cadance braking you just have to stamp the pedal and hope for the best, knowing ABS will stop you quicker (with a mutl-channel system of course).

Have I tried a car with ESP? I must admit no. ABS? Yes and I was very impressed.

And at the "save it for the track" comment. I'm not saying "turn it off it will slow me down" i'm saying "I dont want to have to fight against a backseat driver when I need control".

yes you have. Your Dad's Ceed. All Kias come with ESP as standard iirc.

Even my dad's kia rio has ESP. How can cars more expensive than a kia not have it?

must be

i know i was just messing with you. Only problem with Skoda is the doors ****ing hurt they are that heavy. My mate trapped her fingers in the door of her mum's Octavia and they swelled up so she couldn't write for about 2 days.

For example last week when the snow was really bad we had to get up a hill in my mum's little picanto (1.1 gutless thing) (which is right below me [sorry picanto :P]) the mondeo behind us couldn't get up but the little picanto some how did it.

Last edited by Luke.S, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 23:26.

lol. nice one

still a 10k car. And before you say it. They aren't a kia dealer they are a Kia service centre who also sell some cars. They are mainly a fiat dealer and my parents both used to have clios where they got from there. http://www.bsmarson.co.uk/