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How dodgy is that!

Ive seen car dealer owners and staff thrash the cars so much, we even went to one place and the guy had to move all these cars to get to the one we wanted to test drive, every single car was dead cold but he still proceeded to floor it like a maniac up the street just to turn around and come back again :)

I think knore was more worried about the fact that they were getting into a car with a dead cold engine and revving the tits off.

It might not have been a dealers car but? They could have just borrowed the plate for the weekend to compete in the burnout comp? I think they'd be pretty stupid to try and advertise a caryard whilst doing a burnout at a car event. Just my opinion.

Hey nismogirl no its not a pretty site seeing that being done to somethin i put alot work into and cared about not too sure how old he was id say early 30's from what you saw did it sound ok or was it struggling i do miss the power im now driving (i shouldnt really say) a vn commonwhore on gas all this just to save enough money to buy a house

radiator fluid should be good for 5 years, however u should change if it boils

Coolant should be changed every 2 years, im a mechanic and ive never seen coolant last 5 years. Cooling system flushes cost $88 bucks do that every 2 years and u wont have a problem with the cooling system. General upkeep is the key, people dont spend money and think they have a great car coz they havent had to spend any money on it but then it cost em more in the long run.

Yeah? Both efforts I have done were 1min30sec+ and my temp guage hardly moved at all, but they were only first gear ones, but still yeah had flush slightly after first go, and have not flushed since, so might be a good idea :(

Bah, 1st gear burnouts are for PU$$Y'S!!!!

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Coolant should be changed every 2 years, im a mechanic and ive never seen coolant last 5 years.

I was just quoting off the bottle :Oops:

Hey strutto, have u still got that in car vid of my skid? if so can u upload it? I lost my copy :cheers:

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