Ollie said ^^^ somewhere that he can hear the fuel pump priming, so the battery isn't flat Chris. As to the efficacy of the 'mechanic' I have no further comment!

Took it out for another 30 minute run to support a local business and charge the battery a bit more. Now almost down to 1/4 tank of fuel left from the last fill on 15th March... Who says they drink a lot!

Failed to start it at around 07:30 as the battery was pretty low (lights came on and it tried to turn over slowly first time, but then went click click click). Felt annoyed as it's a brand new battery and it's only a few days since it last went anywhere... With the immediate need to go places otherw...

Black 57 plate in south east Milton Keynes at around 08:30. Headed in the direction of Red Bull.

Had to read that a second time to check it wasn't a Nigel post!

ChrisHolmes wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:24 pm

LOL! It’s the week before mine!

Have you told Kathy about getting married again Chris?

Yeesh! Doesn't sound like a fun way to end your day. Glad it wasn't worse and hope the lingering issues clear up soon enough

Welcome. Also, PMs stay in your outbox until they get picked up by the recipient

Welcome to the forum! Still looking nice (but I do like a good Velocity Red)

Take a file to it and make it a good 21mm?

But by then he'll be all married and will have sold all his tools for new cat toys (John rather than Chris)

...on an RX8 forum, who'd've thought?...

It suggests the coolant is leaking into the combustion chambers and being expelled through the exhaust, which would require the engine to be stripped down and rebuilt with replacement parts. If you don't know whether it is losing coolant then first you should make sure all the fluids are properly to...

If it's using coolant and there's no pool of it under the car then that doesn't bode well for the engine.

Well this afternoon I - Made sure the new Varta E53 was fully charged - checked what the oil level said cold - gave it an extra half litre as it looked pretty low - checked the other fluids were at a reasonable level - checked the tyres had some pressure in them - swapped the dead battery for the ne...

Hi Dovecote,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for joining the club.

Enjoy your Welsh freedom guys.

Did you paint the camera lens too? (Nice work on the panels!)

From an external perspective, my ideal cyclist lights were a system I saw in the early 00's - Static lights front and back on the bike itself (wide spread so they can be seen from the side) along with wheel reflectors, with flashing red rear light on the back of the helmet / backpack, AND a chest li...

SmuttyHutty wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:47 pm

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As for unicorn juice - when I find some I'll share it!

Just make sure you get a certificate of authenticity, otherwise you might just get any old knocked-off bull...

It's smaller than a greater spotted...?

Freddie wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:50 pm

Yes....me...picked it up today. Its white, but says its perlescant, and looks perlescant, but the FAQ says it was only made in crystal white....is it as special as the previous owner says?

So it is! Sorry Freddie - I hadn't added you to the main list at the time I checked!

Hi Freddie - thanks for joining. Hope you've got the car now and had some fun. You shouldn't need to go for a mini map with the R3 as it should already have the variable red line to stop you over-revving it when cold (though as New Duke said above, just give it 20 mins or so to warm up before trying...

Nope sorry - nobody's ever joined with a VKM reg.

Context is always key, and frequently missing from online discussions. Thanks for sharing - it's interesting to see and makes me consider what's beneath my garage floor... (don't mention it to the missus). Folks generally intend to be helpful but it's not always easy to avoid taking something as cri...