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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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Seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:12 PM
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lol ace! mug shot as well
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:20 PM
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If it's alternator fault I hear the RAC can do a good deal on the roadside?
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:24 PM
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mmm I can say much this was in the ford fair que

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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 06:32 PM
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I used to drive all the time with the bonnet off lol never up though
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 10:48 PM
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I got suspended from college for arsing about on the field in my mini. The letter to the parents was funny as; "driven recklessly, and on one occasion with the bonnet up!". We had to have it up to keep the temps down, the stat was pissing steam out!! Them were the days.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by little bram
mmm I can say much this was in the ford fair que



my brother.
Kick your mates arse for having his foot on your clean dashboard.

I like the AA guys opinion of the driver "outside the mould of normality".
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 05:21 AM
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Ive driven around my works compound with the bonnet open but not on the road.The divvy.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 05:22 AM
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Little Bram was it getting a bit too hot.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 05:45 AM
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Yeah mate my car hates ford fair que. Was just trying to cool it Down why'll waiting that's cool for my car mate.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by StephenC
I got suspended from college for arsing about on the field in my mini. The letter to the parents was funny as; "driven recklessly, and on one occasion with the bonnet up!". We had to have it up to keep the temps down, the stat was pissing steam out!! Them were the days.
Lol I did the other day tuning a green innocenti mini driving about tuning it with the bonnet off its just easier lol
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 09:13 AM
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At the ring a few years ago we took SiB's bonnet off and cable tied his fuel pressure reg to the strut brace to check the fuel pressure on boost but the bonnet was removed
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by little bram
Yeah mate my car hates ford fair que. Was just trying to cool it Down why'll waiting that's cool for my car mate.
Lol.My cossie over heated when I went to ford fair a few years back.Someone had bodged the wiring to the fan switch and one of the bullet connectors came off.

Ive fixed it properly now.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 11:40 AM
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Ive fixed it properly now.
Scotch locks this time then glenny babes?

Why would the dude in the picture be driving a new merc with a jump pack connected anyway?
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 12:09 PM
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My guess is battery had given up completely and would not hold any sort of charge. Especially with modern day automotive electronics, how the fuck did he manage to get away with it without cooking every single circuit on that Merc or blowing the pack up?!
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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What an idiot lol. I've driven with my bonnet up on my old mk1 mexico when it flipped up and bent in half when I forgot to put the bonnet pins in, I shit myself lol
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