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Driving & owning you own car > 8 weeks holiday :P Going to make me feel old when someone 10 years younger than me can drive though...

Yeh let's get this meet on ...or I'm gonna stand in a car park myself Sent from my iPad using Ford OC

Surprised Vicki hasn't popped in to tell us Lenny went mad and tried to kill her Sent from my GT-I9300 using Ford OC mobile app

My second ford but new to this, been to my first meet last friday. I have a ford fiesta Sent from my GT-I9505 using Ford OC mobile app

Often the car is a LHD conversion, with the master cylinder on the passenger side and levers and bars to the pedal, if this is the case, it can be difficult to get a really positive pedal feel, as the bars/ levers twist and have some "give", On previous cars with poor brakes, i spent fortunes on braided hose (like Goodrige) different pads/ discs, and re-bled the system to no avail - often i found the stock (genuine) discs/ pads worked better than "performance" ones, The braided hose only improves things if there is a problem in this area - like the old hoses are done - mostly, its for cosmetics And the braking system is like any other system - its the weakest link that holds it back - if the limitation is the discs, no point in changing the master cylinder , often, its a question of finding what the weakest link is

Piper ftw. People always forget about them. Best fitting ones as well. Sent from my SM-N9005 using Ford OC mobile app

Definately seems a valid plate and definately appears to be an RS, I thought he might have just done a body tart and sell it on as one :p

Boot is a different colour, I would assume it's taken from another car with the wrong plate? Sent from my GT-N7105 using Ford OC mobile app

I rather quite like it in yellow, probably wouldn't buy one myself in that color though, but hoping to see some on the road in that color, not the boring re-sale silver. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Ford OC mobile app

Cheers Lenny, will get it fitted at the weekend. :)

Cheers mate......good, because I've already got the plate and a K&N replacement filter lol :)

Good guide mate, I've got a 2010 1.6 tdci 110(dpf)....is it ok to fit the blanking plate to this engine? Thanks. :D

They do the pressed plates on eBay mate which are road legal. £20.95 buy now if that's any good to you. Sent from my iPad using Ford OC

Fingers crossed they give you a better answer!

Just lowered my fiesta july mod done =) Sent from my GT-I9505 using Ford OC mobile app

Sorry the late response, I just found this thread. I live in NY in the town right next to Goshen, actually am a retired cop from there. What a surprise I had when I saw the Wheeler Dealer episode and recognized the Goshen 355 car. I had no idea how one of their cars wound up in the UK. That police department actually only covers a 2 square mile area, (the county seat) technically it's a retired "Village" of Goshen PD car, as opposed to the "Town" of Goshen, which covers a much larger area surrounding the village. I wouldn't think the red lights would be a problem in the UK, don't they use blue light? I can understand having to cross out the police though. There are still tons of Crown Vics in police service. One thing you had wrong, that car wasn't assigned to one officer, that's not how they do things. The car is parked at the police station and used as needed, often being used 24 hours a day wouldn't be unusual. The new Ford police package isn't that popular, it's just too small, The Dodge is the same story. The Ford Explorer SUV seems to be becoming more popular though and the Chevy Tahoe too. Fuel mileage really has nothing to do with it. When it comes to police cars MPG is low on the list of thing they worry about. Good luck with your Goshen car! Oh, and to the guy that mentioned the luxury version of the Crown Vic? Here they are the Mercury Marquis, not Marauder.

Thought I better grab some mats! Maybe I should have hovered first!! Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC

Yeah seems to be rivets (metal) part D, and some plastic ones, part C, and obviously adhesive. Think I'll run the manual via my garage guy and he can probably source the parts cheaply from eurocarparts

Sorry Dan but I see copper pulses driven by old bids round my way ;)

Haha Sorry! :P

Alright no need to rub it in. Lol Sent from my C5303 using Ford OC mobile app

Lenny would have to catch me first!!!

My occupation is... School...going to do my GCSEs next summer. :(

think ill leave it then so... Thanks anyways :)

Aren't you the lucky one. Lol Sent from my C5303 using Ford OC mobile app

There was that bloke who successfully sued Winnibago after he stuck the cruise control, went in the back to make a brew and crashed!! EDIT: Accidentally inserted a saved post lol Sent from my SM-P600 using Ford OC mobile app

Pretty sure that if you tried that Lenny, you'd end up worse off lol I get the impression that you'd be be in for a very slow, very painful death lol Sent from my SM-P600 using Ford OC mobile app

I have no real say in MY CARS names 98 Fiesta Ghia -Tango- to this day i have no idea, GF named that one 54 Focus 1.8TDCI -Roary- Cause my little boy used to think it was a racing car, and there is a children TV program called Roary the Racing Car 11 C-Max -Casper- The car has a auto park function which my boy is convinced is done by a ghost, but not a nasty ghost, hence Casper the friendly Car

Ford have to leave a little meat on the bone for us. Where is the joy in buying a car that needs no mods?

Glad to hear it :)

Bear in mind they are hard to find in breakers & charge £15 + for one. Yunii Sent from my GT-I9505 using Ford OC mobile app

Would help if you list them Dan! Sent from my GT-I9505 using Ford OC mobile app

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Hi, I'm picking up my 1.0l ecoboost zetec on Friday and hoping for 40mpg on a 7mile commute. Trading in a 3.0 4x4 so should be better anyway!! What do you guys think of the new engine, does it feel like a 1.6 on the road, nippy of the mark??