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Hi guys, My Supra's battery seems to suffering a dead cell 2 years into its 3-year warranty, which is all well and good. The trouble is that it was bought from a company in Lancashire and shipped to Kent. As some of you can probably imagine, nobody wants to touch it to send it back! It's a...

Hi all, Further to my For Sale where I concluded that Wildcat is unsaleable as a roadworthy car (unless someone is interested in it as a project), I'm going to have to sell it for parts. I've done a bit of research and determined some prices for things now. Photos are up here...

Hi all, Well, the time has come. I'm getting rid of Wildcat. People who've seen my posts will know why, but in the spirit of honesty, it's not the car for me any more. I'll be concentrating heavily on my Supra for the foreseeable future. The car is in great condition. Mechanically it's totally...

Hi guys, So this marks the beginning of the end of my Puma ownership. No doubt some of you remember my long complaining threads and my epic rant in Therapy. I'll admit, if I could make a career out of complaining, I'd be a rich man! Anyway... Wildcat. It pains me to have to get rid of it but I...

Wildcat's p!ssing me off again! This is it, the deal-breaker. I want to do the bare minimum necessary to get the car in a saleable condition then get rid of it. I've had enough of the atrocious build quality of these cars. This time, I've got three issues to fix - rubber boots split on both...

Hi all, I try not to post the panicked need-help-right-now questions, but this one could use a quick answer please! Is it safe to drive a car with an 'evaporative emissions control valve' issue? I've just driven Wildcat about 25 miles (20 on motorway), and when I got to my destination I...

One problem after another... I put Wildcat back on the road last week after the ignitor in the Supra died - still searching for a replacement. And it's back to the old problem/fix routine, yay! I got it out to France with minimal fuss, then got sideswiped by a careless French idiot who couldn't...

Hi all, Been a while. This isn't an issue with my Puma (please don't kick me off, I still have the Puma in the garage!) but with my current daily driver. It's got a leak in the petrol tank around or near the filler neck. A local mechanic's had a crack at it, but I think he's made the problem...

I've had enough of cars, to the point where I've considered cutting my losses and giving up with driving. Last year, in September, my precious mk4 Fiesta was written off after being rear-ended by some careless twat driving a company Astra (which annoyingly received only superficial damage). The...

Hi all. Wildcat's currently off the road pending some MOT repairs, and I don't have a job so I have no income as of now, but I want to outline the mods I want to make to it to give myself some incentive to get a good job! :D Wildcat's in fairly good condition, so it would probably be a good...

Nice looking green R-reg with turbine wheels. Anyone on here? The silver Thunder that went bombing past you was me on my way home from Portsmouth! :D

Hi all, Wonder if anyone here has some experience with quads or carburettors in general. A few years ago we bought (new) a cheap no-name 150cc sports quad off eBay. It's not been particularly wonderful, but with a top speed of 40MPH and some crazy acceleration it's great fun to ride around on...

Hi all, My wonderful local mechanic, whose services I will no longer be requiring (for several reasons related to this latest job), managed to gunk up one of my ABS sensors when he changed my cambelt or did the clutch - at least I hope it was one of these, as he's had all four wheels off the...

Hi all, I'm slowly working through the checklist to bring Wildcat back to fully-functioning condition - there've been some small issues to work out and things not working, which are probably acceptable for what I paid for the car. It's currently having the cambelt, aux belt, water pump, clutch...

Hi all, I went out for a drive a couple of nights ago, and I noticed something odd - having been driving for over an hour, I pulled up at lights and felt a distinct thump through the steering wheel. I felt for it and discovered it occurs regularly, about every four seconds, and is preceded by a...

Hi all, Back in September, my precious Mk4 Fiesta was rear-ended by some careless !@£$%^&*() in a brand-new Astra, completely mangling the rear driver's wing. It took the insurance companies a month of arguing back and forth to do anything about it, meanwhile they gave me and my mother (who was...