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  1. Richard_Sideways

    'New' MOT rules on Catalytic converters?

    Just booked the old girl in for a basic service and MOT and have been told that I may hit problems with the emissions as there are new rules which state that if a car had a CAT when it was made, it MUST have one fitted OR pass the same emissions levels as it the CAT was still present... Now, I...
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    Oil spotting after 'enthusiastic' driving.

    I've been running the R at a few autosolos and have recently noticed a little oil spotting under the car after each run recently. The side its on makes me think its maybe coming from the breather system, and the nature of the event (Lots of vigorous cornering and sliding it about on power in...
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    New DVLA toy - MOT History checker

    Someone showed me this today, Http://mot-history.net New service (still in Beta) from the DVLA where you can look up the MOT pass/fail and all the advisories for a car back to 2006.
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    New Tyre recommendations

    Currently running Yoko A539 195/45/r15 and have for years, but the ones on at the moment have had it and they seem to have become rare as rockinghorse teeth. But time marches on so I need to find an alternative which works well on the road, can cope with a bit of ragging it on the odd Autosolo...
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    Replacement body panels

    Its time to sort out the rotten rear arches and the people I've got doing me a quote at the moment are having problems sourcing replacement panels. Where are people going for the donor panels these days? Apologies if I'm going over old ground here, I've had a look through the Wiki and most of...
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    Bodyshop in Surrey recommendation

    I'm after a recommendation for a good bodyshop in or around Surrey. Little bit of the dreaded rust is creeping up on the rear arches and want to nip it in the bud and want a decent job done rather than a bodge. Ideally, they'd have some experience with working with R's, but any recommendations...
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    Washer switch or relay?

    Put the old girl through MOT today, failed on one thing, neither the front or rear washer was working (just about the only thing I didn't check on :roll:). No noise at all on operation of either, no pump noise, no relay noise, Could be the swithes but for both to fail at the same time is a bit...
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    Need a rear seatbelt receiver.

    Getting the old girl back on the road and that means MOT, and that means I've got to fix the seatbelt receiver which blew apart when I was trying to fit the kids car seat. So I need a new working rear seatbelt receiver (i.e. the bit you plug the seatbelt into) If anyones got one knocking...
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