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[VickiW]

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[VickiW]

Lenny wtf are ski pants?

[Lenny]

Lenny wtf are ski pants?

Those things your sister always wears,

Google it ;) but keep the "safe search" feature switched on :o

[VickiW]

Ive never wore ski pants. ......duh duh duh wrong girl! !!!

[VickiW]

HOT pants you muppet. ....not ski (cold) pants

[georgen]

he must be mixing you up with your sister Vicki

[MartynS]

Uh-oh...

[VickiW]

he must be mixing you up with your sister Vicki

Hahaha. ....my sister wouldnt !Removed! on him if he was on fire!

[Lenny]

HOT pants you muppet. ....not ski (cold) pants

nah black leggings not hot pants

Feet and bucket of paint all on the top step of the ladder and ya bending over to get paint on the brush lol

I should have kicked the ladder from under ya 7 years ago.

[georgen]

Hahaha. ....my sister wouldnt !Removed! on him if he was on fire!

Well her plan has worked then, threw you right off the scent lol, ;)

[Lenny]

Hahaha. ....my sister wouldnt !Removed! on him if he was on fire!

How about if i was bitten on the Richmond thick by a Cobra?

Well her plan has worked then, threw you right off the scent lol, ;)

Golden showers aren't really my thing neither.

[Lenny]

Ugh up at 6am tomorrow checked the satnav 3hr5min journey to first destination followed by a 2hr1min journey to second destination followed by 2hr 52min journey home

Departing 7am should be home by 4pm allowing time for toilet stops and Sunday drivers.

[VickiW]

Well her plan has worked then, threw you right off the scent lol, ;)

Lol lenny stalked me then practical moved his !Removed! in with my folks!

[VickiW]

Hope ye get caught by gardai. ...driving & on the forum

[Lenny]

Lol lenny stalked me then practical moved his !Removed! in with my folks!

Yes that is true lol

What can i say, when you find a good one and all that jazz:wub:

Spent the first night, then the second followed by the third and so on

First week was difficult because vicki was vegetarian Quote "I'm vegetarian but i like the odd sausage"

Well every time we ordered take away i was afraid to get a burger or battered sausage encase she would start throwing red paint on me and hurling abuse only kebab i ate for the first few weeks was Vicki's :p

I'm in Ennis co.clare now,

First place we ever went on holidays together 11 years ago...... Tis still a kip:mellow:......

[Lenny]

Big news coming in 10hrs time ;)

With pictures :o

[Stoney871]

Now what have you done? :d

[Lenny]

Now what have you done? :d

bought a new to me motor, more sedate in power, room for the kids, cheaper tax, comes with full years NCT just passed last week needs nothing and bought it within budget of selling the Levin aswell as all accessories, hence today and yesterdays 8hr road trips dropping off parts then collecting the motor.

Fantastic outcome, cost 50 euro less than the total profit of selling the "snagglepuss project" to various investors across the country ;)

Needs nothing until april 2015 which allows me to save for the wedding as planned aswell as allowing Vicki have the focus throughout the pregnancy which will be essential as time goes on in order to complete the school run and checkups in hospital,

1.2petrol 2003 9N2 Volkswagen Polo Comfortline spec 3 door hatch in gloss black,

Just to transfer insurance tomorrow,

This is what it will look like in 2016 :D

[Lenny]

Looks like this rite now though

Drop it like its hot on some BBS rims,

Light tint on the rear windows, and some fog light surround DRL's with a front lip, will be lookin tidy

[Stoney871]

A nippy wee feller there. :)

[Lenny]

A nippy wee feller there. :)

Says its 55bhp not much but will serve its purpose without 90% risk of killing myself

[Brigante]

Lenny mate not been about the forums much these last few months so I'm completely lost when it comes to trying to read back through your thread.

Am I right in thinking the levin is no more and you've now got a vw?

When and why did this happen?

[Lenny]

Lenny mate not been about the forums much these last few months so I'm completely lost when it comes to trying to read back through your thread.

Am I right in thinking the levin is no more and you've now got a vw?

When and why did this happen?

Hi Charlie,

Sold the Levin yesterday, its currently being broken for parts, see summery of events below:

^Update:

^{After searching on Adverts.ie I decided to to give the Levin}

back its flare,

^{Back in the Levin’s home town all vehicles carry an}

emergency fire flare, most commonly found in the passenger footwell the flare

is supposed to be used in the event of breakdown or accident in a forest area

or unlit tunnel in japan, it will alert other road users of the incident ahead,

^{These flares are generally removed upon either export or}

import as they fall under the category of fire arms in some country’s but some escape

inspection and arrive in to the country but generally there resale value drastically

increases as result of there rarity,

^{I never plan to use it; I have it for JDM authenticity adding}

to the vehicles originality,

However im kicking myself now;

^{As last January I found a seller on eBay selling the clips}

which hold the flare in the passenger’s side foot well, I didn’t add the

sellers listing to my eBay watch list because I never expected to get my hands

on a flare,

^{I’m now in search of those two clips, im going to check with}

Toyota next week to see if they can still be purchased

^{Here are some pictures, quite heavy around 700g}

^{Had the NCT National Car Test last Thursday evening,}

^{failed on three items,}

^{One of which I have a few questions on sorting,}

^{Lets start with Thursday morning,}

^{I took the car out for petrol, put in 500ml of Redex and}

50ltrs of premium Topaz petrol,

^{Took it for a good motorway sprint J}

^{Then home,}

^{Later that day I went for the NCT}

^{I had the engine running for 20 minutes prior to the test,}

It then went in and failed it test firstly on the CO

emissions

^{It passed at low idle (910rpm)}

^{Engine Oil Temp 82oC}

^{CO 0.01 Vol %}

^HC45ppm

^{Failed then at high}

rev (3,220rpm)

^{Lambda 0.97}

^{CO 0.95 Vol %}

^HC71ppm

^{The CO limit at high rpm is 0.3VOl% and I’m coming in at 0.95VOl%}

^{The tester recons it’s the catalyst that’s causing the high}

CO

^{The exhaust is brand new stainless steel from the cat back, the}

lambda is brand new Genuine Toyota but the catalyst is second hand and at least

14 years old so could it be the catalyst that is causing the high CO percentage

at what the call high rpm?

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]

^{It then failed the headlight alignment,}

^{Low beam on the drivers side is slightly lower than it}

should be an easy fix,

^{Followed by going up on the lift,}

]

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^{Where it failed on the drivers side front CV boot,}

^{it has a small tare in the rubber,}

^{Again an easy fix because i can see the issue,}

^{Everything else was fine,}

^{So to summarise,}

^{3 problems,}

^{High CO emissions,}

^{Low beam headlight alignment out,}

^{Tare in front drivers side CV boot}

^{Any help on lowering the CO percentage guys?}

^{Think I’ll need to change the cat,}

^{Car backfires a little when dropping gears coming off the}

motorway pops a little so im thinking it must be the cat?

^{I’ll be offline now for a few days guys but all opinions}

appreciated cheers, :)

Hi guys,

Stoney is correct, as I told him as part of conversation via Pm the other day,

You see the Levin’s stereo has an AUX port which I thought

bi was being clever using it to stream Music straight from YouTube on to the

speakers of the car, as result ive used up my gig of data for the month within

two weeks,

The internet at home is also down for the next week,

At present my only internet access is in work on tea breaks,

I too miss the online fun and banter, currently trying to

find some ways to pass the time and substitute the fun, I’ve tried watching TV

but its all one sided interaction there’s no room for input lol so last night

for example I done 9 laps of a 5 exit roundabout on the way home

from work last night trying to perfect my Scandinavian drift which after the 4^th

lap was becoming pretty consistent for around 160 degrees of the circle,

middle of nowhere off the motorway in the country side so im disturbing no one

I’ll give it another try tonight, the super strut suspension makes the car so rigid,

it throws out easily I’m in 3^rd gear at 50kmh quick flick of the

wheel and whoop she goes, the Super strut means the wheel is on a spring but

the chassis is pure solid on a double upper and lower control arm, just the

wheel bounces on springs so there’s no lean on the body and no feel of losing

grip until its gone,

All quiet on the progress front at present,

have a meeting tomorrow to make some dates certain for august,

myself and vicki are getting married in late august of this year

I’ve re-booked the MOT retest for 20^th April I’ve

gotta purchase the cat, CV boot and get the headlight alignment done before

then,

thats all the news from me at present, ill be back online Thursday 03^rd April at the latest,

Stay safe yawl talk soon :P

Thanks mate,

fingers and tyre markings crossed

no mate unfortunitly,

marrage helps with the tax though as i can claim her tax credits and shir the babby will keep her busy while im at work :P

thanks mate,

i think its the cat but ill get the manifold and flanges checked,

i had bought the current cat second hand but seems its not working as i can smell some vapours and she back fires after a consistant motorway run,

when i come off the accelerator in the slip road exiting the motor way she gives out a "pung Pung" "pum Pum"

The place only opens 6 days a week so I can’t possibly do anymore George

I’m dreading the hormonal posts

she’s going to kill you when she gets back online next week either tuesday or thursday

Shes a great mother though, at this point in time I don’t think this Levin project will achieve its full potential as initially planned mate,

I’m now saving for the wedding in august so all modification has ceased with the exception of the parts required to pass the MOT in early April,

The Levin has been and still is a huge barrel of laughs but it’s going to get me in a lot of trouble with the law or killed to be completely honest

because I cant stop myself when it comes to bendy roads or BMW drivers filling the rear view mirror I find myself dropping gears and going for it, had a few

hairy scenarios in recent weeks involving bends dropping gears and fish tailing yeah all fun but if grip was completely lost my rear drivers side would be

slapped head on by an oncoming driver,

It’s such a spontaneous motor in any gear there’s more than sufficient power, and mixed with me a spontaneous driver it’s a recipe for disaster,

After the news in recent days regarding the additional babby and writing out a wedding planner schedule I think I’ll be getting her through the MOT,

spraying the boot panel and selling her on either as an unfinished project for driving or a clean model for breaking purposes,

either in the coming months or keep it until November where then i can retest it 3 months in advance of its due date in january and sell it on then with a full years MOT

Get myself VW polo or something small from around 2002 and keep it standard, ill be a father of 3 now soon its time for me to hang up the sparco shoes

I’m going to B&Q tomorrow buying a plasma cutter and I’m gonna mince up that multi position step ladder good and propper Damn You lidl Damn you…..

That’s where I bought the ladder FYI

The time has come

I must say goodbye to the Levin,

Toyota are 108euro for the CV boot kit, souhans want 390euro to align headlights, fit a new cat and replace the supplied cv boot kit,

Not happening, i cant afford to spend that money as previously mentioned I've got a wedding soon and a baby there's no room on the plan for that kinda bill.

The Levin has been sale agreed,

Sadly it will leave the driveway next Saturday Morning at 7am never to return...

Bwaaaa away

I will bring it to its final resting place where its going to dismantled, so in a way it will make many Levin enthusiasts happy instead of just one, makes it a bit easier to part with it to be honest.

Sadly i can no longer afford to maintain it aswell as getting on with life it really has been super fun fantastic car and a very enjoyable project watching it grow and come to life.

Lenny must lay low for the next 5 years but when all 3 kids are attending school and no longer require nappies etc, i may acquire another project car so this is not goodbye, its cya later with an empty space in the driveway and an emptiness inside,

[Lenny]

"Exit stage left"

On route in convoy leaving the Levin with its new owner.

Thanks mate,

On route home now in the focus after sale.

Ah well, back to modding the Focus I guess :P

He wont get time to mod anymore of the focus with all the moaning when he gets the ring on his finger, 7hour round trip with him whinging the whole way home! "Stop slamming on, its 30° back here, oh yeah open all the windows cus you pay for diesel, go drive thru, i cant read in the car it makes me sick, ye couldnt do that in levin, ye finished throwing me about back here, stop dancing, what you grinning at,stop waving to people......arrrrgggghhhh men!

Well he has just lost the love of his life!

Love of his life lol ....tats his mammy!

Ugh up at 6am tomorrow checked the satnav 3hr5min journey to first destination followed by a 2hr1min journey to second destination followed by 2hr 52min journey home

Departing 7am should be home by 4pm allowing time for toilet stops and Sunday drivers.

bought a new to me motor, more sedate in power, room for the kids, cheaper tax, comes with full years NCT just passed last week needs nothing and bought it within budget of selling the Levin aswell as all accessories, hence today and yesterdays 8hr road trips dropping off parts then collecting the motor.

Fantastic outcome, cost 50 euro less than the total profit of selling the "snagglepuss project" to various investors across the country ;)

Needs nothing until april 2015 which allows me to save for the wedding as planned aswell as allowing Vicki have the focus throughout the pregnancy which will be essential as time goes on in order to complete the school run and checkups in hospital,

1.2petrol 2003 9N2 Volkswagen Polo Comfortline spec 3 door hatch in gloss black,

Just to transfer insurance tomorrow,

This is what it will look like in 2016 :D

Looks like this rite now though

Drop it like its hot on some BBS rims,

Light tint on the rear windows, and some fog light surround DRL's with a front lip, will be lookin tidy

Thats about the full story..

[Hassen]

Lenny, always keeping us entertained :)

BBS and tints would make it looks slick. Like the fact that it's black and 3 doors. Or, taking a leaf from mighty car mods videos, you could always get some bigger steel rims and have them lightly stretched out like they did. Also, could get spacers to widen the tracks. Cheap but it would look awesome and especially if you get the steelies painted or powder coated. Just my thoughts.

Enjoy the new car :)