What have you done to your car today?

[Akagi]

Don't like BOV noise. Blank it all off and enjoy the flutter. People have proven that its not that bad for the turbo. Worth it.

 

[-westy-]

Got the Golf MOT'd today - no advisories apart from the rear tyres, those were on the radar for replacement anyway, so all good. It's ticked over 100k now

 

[Gaygle]

I guess not what I've done, but had stage 1 done on my Fiesta ST by Sabre Tuning. Much more lively and pulls really hard from 3.5k rpm. Didn't get stock printout but it was at 204bhp 220lbft to this:

Wow that loses torque quickly through the rev range! Shouldn't the torque curve be nice and flat from about 2500-6000?

 

[zia]

Had the Motec M800 and knock control unit fitted to the Evo V

The car made 466 @ 1.6 bar, looks to pull all the way to the redline! (Not driven it yet).

What turbo are you using??

Zia

 

[Martynt74]

Having some issues with the boot struts, it's the first time i've had an electric boot and it keeps stopping and either requiring lots of button presses or me having to force it closed. Had initially just put up with it as an irritation, then when looking for something else, i found a Warranty fix replacement for boot struts dated around 5 months before i bought the car, so clearly an issue.

Booked it into Lexus and turned up this morning, however it seems the Toyota garage i bought the car from haven't registered the extended warranty correctly. I was told that since it was all "Toyota" i could just take it to Lexus for any work as i've bought it from a dealer in Nottingham. Seems they've registered it on the "Toyota" system and not the "Toyota Group" system.

They're having to work together now to get it all resolved, but was a very annoying wasted journey this morning

 

[Frozennova]

Wow that loses torque quickly through the rev range! Shouldn't the torque curve be nice and flat from about 2500-6000?

Tiny turbo aimed at low rpm torque production as the diesel like torque deliver is what feels fast to average joe. Looks fairly typical of a tune on a Fiesta ST

 

[Gaygle]

Here's my before and after. I mean, I always had smiles when driving this car, now it's even better

Both sound good tbh. Is that piped in fake engine noise or the real deal?? Sounds like a 5cyl Audi/Volvo!

 

[Silent_Scone]

What turbo are you using??

Zia

Owens 71HTA

 

[zia]

Thats a very good torque band,no tail off.love the car

Zia

 

[Silent_Scone]

Thats a very good torque band,no tail off.love the car

Zia

thanks, goes well. 1202kg on weigh bridge. Plan to leave the car alone till next year as I’m already fairly deep lol.

 

[adam cool dude]

Absolutely phenomenal. Cannot be many cars faster point to point over a British road .

Not so much what I have done to my car but have dug up my front garden and gravelled the area to make parking. Back is totally ruined but totally worth it. A main gripe of having a garage is playing musical chairs when trying to a) get stuff out of the garage or b) to tinker on my Celica.

 

[dessimpson]

I put my R53 Cooper S in for a service to get it ready for sale. Had only done 500 miles since last service. Tempted now to sell the EP3 instead and keep the mini.

 

[Gorbash12346]

I put my R53 Cooper S in for a service to get it ready for sale. Had only done 500 miles since last service. Tempted now to sell the EP3 instead and keep the mini.

The EP3 will be worth more if you keep it.

 

[Akagi]

The EP3 will be worth more if you keep it.

This.

 

[Gilbert89]

Got in my car from work and noticed a large crack appear so will need a new windscreen

I decided to wash, machine polish and seal the car this evening.

Gave the interior a treat to a Turtle Wax Odour Bomb.

 

[cheesefest]

Was driving down the main road of a suburb. It was stop/start traffic. Idiot in Citroen C3 who was parked in one of the few bays on the other side of the road, parked in the opposite direction to the road, drove into me as was leaving the bay. No idea why they did this as no car sized gap front or back of me. Didn’t get the details. Then reversed back to join the queue 3-4 cars behind me.

Got a large dent on rear right wheel arch and loads of scratches. Fortunately the dent is on one panel and rear passenger door unaffected.

Not going to claim on insurance as cost will be a few quid more than the excess fee.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

If it was truly the other parties fault you claim through their insurance and hence no excess for you own, and even if you had paid the excess to initiate repair whilst fault was being determined then if other party proved to be at fault you could claim excess back from the other parties insurance.

 

[cheesefest]

I don’t have the reg of the car. May ring the supermarket which was by the incident as may have camera footage of the car parking outside.

Got the time, make and colour of car.

Didn’t look at the driver - make, female, young, middle aged or old.

 

[AWPC]

Drove it for the first time in 3 weeks. Started first time drove like a dream but the roads....constant heavy downpours, hail, lightning, darkened skies, aquaplaning galore good weather for ducks!

Some really dangerous drivers out there in these conditions...most sensible people slow down take extra care but some seem to do the exact opposite & speed up

 

[LuckyBenski]

I don’t have the reg of the car. May ring the supermarket which was by the incident as may have camera footage of the car parking outside.

Got the time, make and colour of car.

Didn’t look at the driver - make, female, young, middle aged or old.

Why didn't you just turn the engine off and walk over?

Some really dangerous drivers out there in these conditions...most sensible people slow down take extra care but some seem to do the exact opposite & speed up

I actually really like rainy days because everyone seems to drive a bit more sensibly! I'm more than happy for roads to be 5mph slower due to weather, seems to keep flow going and reduce stopping.