Iron Chef

Crawfy did you send me an email the other day? If so I'll get back to you very soon!

That appears to be an N1, that chassis, but I always find R32 model codes hard to decipher on FAST. A mate an I are in the process of gathering data on all N1s to make an online register (and other rare Skylines for that matter). When I get time to scratch myself, I might devote a bit more time to it!

You're looking in the wrong country

Ooohh I'm shopping for a new car too. I still have dreams of a manual 350S with an APS twin turbo kit...

"Iron Chef Imports - where even the crap cars they buy are half decent" Added: actually, given that coilovers and other bits are readily available, you could turn it into a half decent drift car...

lol It's an LM edition - they released the R33 V-Spec as a limited edition in Championship Blue, aside from that and a few other cosmetic mods, it's a normal GT-R V-Spec. There was only one road-going version of the LM track car built, and believe me, that ain't gonna be in Australia selling for $42K

*sigh* PM me, Dermo.

Added, not sure on the last two.

It's marked as "For the Cold Districts" which presumably means it had an optional pack for snow country (R33 experts, help me out here!) After that, Super Fine Hard Coat and rear wiper are the only two options listed.

^^^Bingo

Looks great!

I also have half a dozen cars sitting in Japan, where the customer pulled out of purchasing AFTER we bought the car at auction. Businesses go through this all the time - if I made a thread every time I got shafted by a customer, there wouldn't be any other topic on the front page of this forum.

No problems finding a workshop to do the C35, just problems finding the article to make them eligible under SEVS. It may have to wait till my next Japan trip to test one and write the damn thing myself.

No that's $11K landed and complied, not drive away.

Let me know when it hits 85

Two words - Chris Rogers.

I've never had to supply a de-reg paper to Customs before, hence I'm smelling a rat. If you know who your customs broker is, speak to them direct.

Where are those pics you promised????

I was gonna add sex to the list Terry, but talk of parents having sex is kinda gross...

Bingo! The fact that you have your car without having paid the bill puts you in a much stronger position Dave. Duly noted lol

In scientific terms - none, almost none, and a little.

Yeah money's back in the account, so everything's great until I get trigger happy on the bidding button at auction again. Spotted a very tasty manual JZX110 last week... I have to say, I really liked that Cedric though, might get another one. "Other chef", that would be the one then, bit had to spot the difference in rims while they were moving, but I was pretty close haha Really nice looking car.

Found this on a website somewhere: Petrol in a diesel engine Breakdown organisations put the figure of petrol misfuelling at around 150,000 cars a year, with repair bills totalling hundreds of millions of pounds. Petrol will strip your diesel engine of the lubricant used to keep it ticking over and cause metal components to grate against each other and disintegrate. This runs the risk of damaging the fuel pump and fuel-injection systems, or wrecking an engine completely if used for a significant amount of time. To make matters worse pre-ignition systems start fuel pumps in new diesel models when car doors are unlocked. This cuts out the time it takes for new diesel engines to warm up, but means that diesel engines can be ruined by petrol by simply unlocking doors. The fuel pump and injection systems and filters will likely need to be replaced on new models, while an entire engine could be wrecked beyond repair if it has been run for long enough. Regardless of the extent of the damage, the repair bill could potentially run into thousands of pounds. Avoiding turning the engine over or stopping as soon as possible is vital to prevent more damage to the engine in these circumstances. A fuel-tank drain could be sufficient in such cases to prevent damage.

In two words: Yes. Lots. (presuming it's a common rail diesel and she filled the tank) At best, she'll need to replace her entire fuel system (injectors included), at worst, the entire engine will need a rebuild. It only takes a few seconds to stuff them completely on unleaded. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I'd be making a phone call to the insurance company if I were her. Edit: Having Googled a bit, if she's really really lucky and didn't put much in before she started it (ie there was less than 10% petrol in the tank), she may only be up for a fuel pump.

You can ask for anything you like Matt, but getting it is another thing...I go through it with my wife every night... David, personally, I think that, if they dig their heels in, you've got a snowflake's chance in hell of getting a late fee paid. Legally, I doubt you have a leg to stand on, unless 1) you get Consumer Affairs involved and/or 2) can demonstrate some kind of financial loss as a result of not having the car for so long. I can't work out what you asked them to do exactly and who was covering the bill - did you pay them to respray the car in addition to the work they had to do for the insurance? If it was a straight insurance job, I can almost guarantee that they're making virtually no money off the job, which means they would've pushed it to the back of the shed until they weren't busy. Next question - why did they have to replace the battery? I have a few more yet, but I'll get to them later. I'm just struggling to get my head around it all. (past my bedtime!)