i know how you feel - i had my first lesson last week in a new golf, after driving around in a zafira for a little while i was used to the brake pedal having a little bit of travel in it before i felt anything. With the golf, it takes the smallest touch and the brakes come on pretty sharply. 2nd lesson tomorrow, hopefully i get used to it some more

Done a few bits to my little corsa - Debadged the rear and swapped the rear lights for some smoked sxi ones, tinted the rear fogs, sprayed the chrome grille black and put some new numberplates on it.



Just cleaned and waxed it -





pretty decent reflections for a silver car i think. 2 days and i can finally drive it

she's on the road

Quote from k_badam :

these are really realistic textures but i wouldn't download these without realistic snow physics

knobbly tyres with full pressure?

looks nice, but i see dirt!

Quote from 5tag :

Eww... not only does it look weird, that silicone stuff will never completely soak in but happily collect every bit of dust it will make contact with. :thumb3d:

it's Autoglym tyre dressing, says it can be used as an engine dressing too, so gave it a try, shiny

done a few bits for it's MOT; o/s/f coil spring, both anti-roll bar links, brake pads and a n/s/f c.v boot. Oh yeah, middle & rear exhaust and also a washer pump.
Only both rear wheel bearings to do and it'll pass an mot. 2 months until i can actually drive it though..



cleaned up the engine bay abit more

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

Brazilian 2001 Corsa, no fog lights, no stereo controls, no alloy wheels, 1 litre 8v (4 cilinders), 75k miles: £3067.24

Based on the current average price of one-way economy tickets for Sao Paulo-London flights, I could travel there, buy 5 of those cars and still have enough money to buy a few drinks at the closest pub.

bloody hell! i paid almost 30x less than that for mine. So im sure any guesses will be close now


i spent 4 and a half hours cleaning it today inside and out + engine bay.

Quote from R34GTR :

Please not HID's

nah, the headlight bulbs i have in just shine a nice white colour. Yellow is ugly

put led sidelights and better headlight bulbs in, y0

Quote from Eclipsed :

So you got paid to take it?

heh, no, i'm an apprentice in a garage so you could probably guess how much it was considering she was going to scrap it

i'll give another clue; it failed mot...

Quote from Bose321 :

Are those things considered as extra/luxuriously?

alloys, fogs and steering wheel controls, yes

It's a 2001, has fog lights, stereo controls on the steering wheel, alloys and it's a 1l 12valve. 77k miles and loads of history. Keep guessing

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lets play guess the price!

any luck yet Matt?

Havent been on here ages, missed lfs so i'm getting a g25 on monday again, £105 with original box

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

First thing I checked was the mail address. Bam.

which was also different on the one i received;

Quote from Bose321 :

Lol, seems totally legit.

Should I post all the spam e-mail I get daily in my mailbox to warn people?

i know that one doesnt look that legit cause of the font, but that's the picture Royal Mail published. Font was the proper Royal Mail font on the one i got

Just warning and letting everyone know, that if they have received an email from Royal Mail (probably in spam folder) called 'ATTN: Lost / Missing package‏'. It is a virus, so do not open it! It's a legit looking email for those who may be unaware but it is not them. Royal mail have confirmed this

looks like this:

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Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

Nice iPhone. I can see why you guys buy them.

i hope they're not that skinny