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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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Just heard they've shut the doors?

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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:23 AM
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pile of shit company anyway going by the horro stories on here. Never mind lol
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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Good news
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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should save a few peoples engines!
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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Probably because the snow makes hard to wrangle engines.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:48 AM
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I await ian @ raceteck to post
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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I await ian @ raceteck to post
He already knows , and is already pissed from the 2 bottles of bubbley he has drunk in celebration
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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LOL he rung me straight after he spoke to you Will, with the news.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Good ridance!
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:08 AM
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Oh well nevermind
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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lol o dear
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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oh well what a shame sure they wont be missed
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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Do you think my engine advantages chip will be worth more second hand now as you cant buy them new anymore?????? lol
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by carlo
I await ian @ raceteck to post
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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4,3....
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RS Bowk
LOL he rung me straight after he spoke to you Will, with the news.
snap...................2
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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I had a car mapped there and it went into limp mode every time i drove it hard glad to her there gone.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:47 AM
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Im sure this post will bring alot of their handy work up
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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where they realy that bad ?
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bad boy rs
where they realy that bad ?
The stories don't lie...
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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i remember the one about the 14mm socket floating around under the rocker cover


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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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never had owt to do with them but they fooked my pals escos and charged him well for the pleasure.............
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:13 AM
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WHO lol ...
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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prob gonna get my arsed ripped for this BUT
i been there fair few times with the starlet's, and he is spot on with the unichip and starlet's, never ever had prob with him and sorted me out with prices on a few things,

BUT now i still have the unichip fitted and no one else maps them around london,
any idea's of ecu's?
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Shocking

The best one was leaving a 14mm Allen socket in the rocker cover of a skyline
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
He already knows , and is already pissed from the 2 bottles of bubbley he has drunk in celebration
Hic. I sho pleashed about thish. I will pash hic more comment when ive finished partying.....
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy



LOL!!!!!. Oh my f***ing god. My sides are hurting from that.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Heard they were 'moving' to Maldon? (a Chinese whisper?)

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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Theres a Maldon in China?
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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Theres a Maldon in China?
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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In all seriousness now, I'm very surprised they lasted that long. After the disgraceful way I was treated I could have sued them but decided against it. Others may have. At least I can say that I had nothing to do with their demise.......it was all self inflicted!!

You know what they say.....a little knowledge is dangerous!! But some of us know that it can also be downright expensive!! I learned the hard way.

I say good fucking riddance. I know it sounds nasty but I really am not saddened by this news. And certainly not surprised.

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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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Don't really need to say it as everyone else has anyway, but good riddance !
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Kerbey
Do you think my engine advantages chip will be worth more second hand now as you cant buy them new anymore?????? lol
yes, put it up on ebay as "priceless"
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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Cheeky cunt was still using pics of my car to advertise his business on his website. As Granny would say......"Whhhhhat a fakkin liberty!!"


http://www.engine-advantages.co.uk/contact_us.htm
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Originally Posted by dojj
yes, put it up on ebay as "priceless"

No......priceless will be the quote he gives you to fix your car after he had demolished it. Then doubles it when he gives you the final "hit" !!

Could always tell when he was about to bullshit as he used to have a nervous twitch in the form of a "sniff" before he'd say a figure. It was as if he knew he was about to rip you off.

Well Ian......fitting your turbo will be "sniff" 1800 pounds.

Rebuilding your bottom end would be "sniff" 5 grand.

Etc "sniff" etc......

I recall this nervous sniff now all throughout my dealings with him. It only dawned on me recently.

Another tuner in the same immediate area also has this "sniff". And I've heard he is about to go bang as well!!

I think he and Paul Hills both went to the school of doing a small sniff before saying an exhorbitantly high price. Its like the Monty Python Ministry of Funny Walks......only much more fuckin expensive!!

Does anyone else now recall this nervous twitch? Im being serious lol!!
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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perhaps they have both caught colds as a reslut of working on cars in the cold of that particular locality?

or perhaps it was that "thinking" pause, you know, like on the computer when its thinking of stuff o do and gives you a little houglass while it prepars to dazzle you with lots of nothing going on?
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dojj
perhaps they have both caught colds as a reslut of working on cars in the cold of that particular locality?

or perhaps it was that "thinking" pause, you know, like on the computer when its thinking of stuff o do and gives you a little houglass while it prepars to dazzle you with lots of nothing going on?

Hmm...yes, I can relate to this. So you are saying its a kinda greedy essex tuner hourglass thinking sniff?
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