How to drive a diesel

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Re: How to drive a diesel

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The clutch and box are on the list of things to overhaul anyway, whether they need it or not (as much for the exercise of doing it as actually needing to do it). The box ought to be full of metal shavings and bald gears after my 'occasional' crunching faux pars :)
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Re: How to drive a diesel

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trem1 wrote:looking at all the jobs done on that one the previous owner must have been a right fussy tw*t :twisted: :twisted: :) :cheesy:
Haha the coupe's had a lot more work done to it, and I haven't had it a month yet :shock:
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Re: How to drive a diesel

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Diesels don't enjoy full throttle and you mostly get much better results from 'coaxing' the gas so you're not over-fueling the ingin :wink:
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Re: How to drive a diesel

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Noted :)
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Re: How to drive a diesel

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dogslife wrote:These days I tend just to let them go, but I won't get myself boxed in to the left or middle lanes because I let somebody past then can't get out again. The more aggressive they are the longer they tend to wait....
in my younger daysi had a 3.5 roverand when people didnt move over i just drove into there bumpers and hit them till they moved,one bloke thought it was funney to break so i went inside of him and hit him in the rear quarter last i saw he was spinning into the crash barrier.this was not big or clever but i was young and abit of a tearway[and the car wasnt in my name] and nowadays with the cameras i dont think i would have got away with it.but dont get involved just let them past its a lot less hassel and safer, i do because i have a wife and kids now and id rather be 5 minutes late in this life than 5 minutes early in the next
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omega wrote:so i went inside of him and hit him in the rear quarter last i saw he was spinning into the crash barrier
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