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:D Don't know if I could stretch to 2 balloons and a goldfish! Thanks for the advice, I think the save a tad more and by better sounds like a good idea, I'm toying with the idea of a trip to Germany, I have a German friend who will help me out with the finer points and www.mobil.de seems to have lo...

What distresses me is how VW top management has become so inept as to miss the importance of heritage vehicles in the success of their company. Couldn't agree more Pat. As I mentioned above VW UK don't even seem to know what they are, let alone want to provide any genuine support, but then today, s...

I have had loads of Toyota Celicas, and one design had a "pooh" engine...always failed the rubber seal front pulley one. Toyota wanted 14 quid for it, but i went to city seals n bearings in sheffield and less than a quid...and its the same as sold to Toyota!

DiscoDave wrote:got it sorted yet?

no. has more damage now than when they took it away at the scene of the accident

DiscoDave wrote:

sheffieldcoljules wrote: .mines a early one so cant just add the relay..

thought yours was in the scrap yard????

no, sat outside my house getting wet

forgot about that scrap yard there....mines a early one so cant just add the relay..

Well...the paper got it slightly wrong, it wasnt a restoration project as such, it was a German one i brought over in Jan but we made in the inside better and just right for us, it passed the MOT thur, DVLA fri for documents and UK reg....Sat hit by drunk driver and Mon new tax dick and reg arrived....

Well im in Germany in a few weeks, i could pick them up if im passing by not a problem...

got a replacement vehicle next week due to this happening
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Crash-rui ... 4050687.jp

what part of Germany?

DiscoDave wrote:is it??

yes it is, and yours aint

DiscoDave wrote:

sheffieldcoljules wrote:
i've heard good and bad about flux, they don't seem to fair all the time when it comes to paying out so get an agreed value, but on the other hand £500 for joules' van seemed more than fair, let alone £1500!!!

At least its a T3/25

If i am correct, which i rarely am...a T3 is a German one (mine is), a T25 is a UK one. I am with Adrian Flux..pain in the backside, take payments when they shouldnt, promise to return it, they do..they take it straight again, im down in cash for over a month for which i cant afford. I got mine MOT ...

Well i got my new documents and reg..the following monday...BUT when i took the forms in (and yes i left most blank!) thye didnt ask for 50quid fee etc etc etc...i couldnt even find the engine number...

well i have a nice new tax disc...but nowt to stick it on!

have to complete this for tomorrow...er where do i start? 7 type of body 11 variant big van???? 12 version transporter??? 16 num of seats...at the moment 2, cos i took the rears out last week. 14 HC blah blah g/km 15 unladen weight. is there a basic figure for a empty T3? 17 max net power kw 20NOz g...

I put a frozen two litre pop bottle in mine without using the 12v... lasts for hours and hours 2 problems... 1 where the hell do i put my vodka!!! 2 if i did that as you said...would have defrosted long before i got to Berlin or Milan :lol: In my cars, i had to use German BASF coolant, cos even the...

BMW made a mistake in the early 80's they tried to save a few quid and fitted plastic impellor in there water pumps...they ALL failed at about 150,000 miles (i had 3), so off to GSF for a metal German one...last BMW i sold had 300,000 miles and still sweet.