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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:20 am Post subject: It's been a while, what have i missed?
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Alright boyos, anything interesting happened in the last 4 odd years?
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Xpajun Mud Obsessed
Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Odometer: 3245
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:13 am Post subject:
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Welcome back - you've missed 4 pages of banter in the lounge although 2017 didn't quite manage a full page to itself
Mods seem to have stopped posting but no one really misses them
Loads of spam - we see more now cuz GED seem to have given up fuming at them
Enjoy your return
BTW watcha been doing for 4 years?
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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:36 am Post subject:
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Steady away really. Part way through building a fast road /tarmac terrorist Jimny for a giggle. Getting close with the handling then it's finding it some more go, it's quite therapeutic.
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Xpajun Mud Obsessed
Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Odometer: 3245
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:58 pm Post subject:
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You know we need more information and millions of pics now!!
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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:55 pm Post subject:
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Pictures are a lot thin on the ground im afraid. But surprisingly if you spend just a few hundred quid on some decent dampers and the same again on some proper tyres a Jimny actually has a really sweet chassis, add lightness and it starts to work. The ride is terrible but it corners like a spaniel. Great fun on twisties. Next on the list are some 18s to further destroy the ride, then as time and money allow I am lusting after a 1.6 vvt out of the swift sport, easiest way to a hundred plus hp and a 0 to 60 measured in seconds instead of phases of the moon.
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Xpajun Mud Obsessed
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:01 pm Post subject:
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Whenever I do modifications etc I get so involved in what I'm doing that I always forget about the camera
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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:40 pm Post subject:
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Got it in one. Too involved in the moment.
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** GED ** Mud Obsessed
Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Odometer: 2039 Location: Scouser
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:42 pm Post subject:
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meh
ullo.
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lambert Articulating
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:47 pm Post subject:
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Ello to you too.
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Nightbar Difflock Royalty
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Odometer: 20799 Location: In a state of anticipation...
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:19 pm Post subject:
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Still here
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** GED ** Mud Obsessed
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:59 pm Post subject:
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occasionally.....
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lambert Articulating
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:56 am Post subject:
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Hello nightbar.
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lambert Articulating
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:58 am Post subject:
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** GED ** wrote: | occasionally..... |
I take it from that that this place has become a little bit quiet?
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** GED ** Mud Obsessed
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:31 am Post subject:
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it would appear so my friend.
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lambert Articulating
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:30 am Post subject:
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That's a shame, still I'm back now so it could yet pick up.
Loving the avatar btw ged.
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Scrunt44 Just got MTs
Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Odometer: 137 Location: Scotland.
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:50 pm Post subject:
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Welcome back.
Are you going to maybe start a thread in the Suzuki section on your build, or the build section, i am interested.
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What engine is in the Jimny now?
I have ran one and gone to the drifting track with it on 16" & lower profile tyres, as to 18" i would just never have bothered with those.
I was trying to run the car lower,
and i have had 15" on and lower profile road tyres to get the speed i was after,
this is with an Autobox though.
I have driven a couple of Comp Safari Jimny with 1.5 VVT engines and auto boxes, but also a 1,328 CC with some tuning that was actually quicker.
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** GED ** Mud Obsessed
Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Odometer: 2039 Location: Scouser
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:04 pm Post subject:
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lambert wrote: |
Loving the avatar btw ged. |
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Nightbar Difflock Royalty
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Odometer: 20799 Location: In a state of anticipation...
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:56 pm Post subject:
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Ged? - never!
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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:12 pm Post subject:
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Nightbar, your signature is making me feel all nostalgic and homesick for somewhere i have only ever been on holiday for less than a week. Naples really is the only place outside of the north coast of Scotland where I have ever felt comfortable and serene and at one with the world. Thank you for reminding me.
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Nightbar Difflock Royalty
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:12 pm Post subject:
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No worries my friend - I lived there from 2005-2011. Miss the place.
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** GED ** Mud Obsessed
Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Odometer: 2039 Location: Scouser
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:20 pm Post subject:
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Nightbar wrote: | No worries my friend - I was exiled there from 2005-2011. Miss the place. |
edited for accuracy
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Nightbar Difflock Royalty
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:01 pm Post subject:
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But worth it for the pizza...
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lambert Articulating
Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Odometer: 751 Location: the crown subsistancy of yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:16 am Post subject:
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Mmmmm pizza. Drool.
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