raymanuk Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Well the new owner took her this afternoon and will be off to a good home........... Never herd the car from behind before but sounded nice as he pulled away but felt awful. Well time to start saving for another Here is a picture of her about to be driven away and the new owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 sad day 4 you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 sad day 4 you mate Indeed but I have lots of memories that I will never forget. Especially the driving experience. Must get another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Mate that's a shame. So what are you buying instead?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupra Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Sad day for sure for you. I sold one 3 years ago, an missed it big time. Got another one now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 What you getting now then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Nice one Ray, well not nice for selling her, just glad you didnt have any troubles getting rid of her, I know you was looking for a quick sale. You owe me now so hurry up and get that fecking porn round Or do I have to come pick you up now, lol......... I lost my wheel last dude on the motorway Was proper scary at one point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 get that fecking porn round I'm Mig's dealer ..so if you want some lemme know. Maybe I could have trader status ... wouldn't that be I'm at your neck of the woods - Ash. Be good to meet up sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Mate that's a shame. So what are you buying instead?? I have bought a runaround for the moment. Black BMW 318 Absolute slow beast Once I get my house all sorted and I will get another Supra for sure. Just can't afford to be spending on the house and the running of a Supra at the same time Ash: Will give you a buzz fella. Cheers, Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Soon have another Ray.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKIVDreamer Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ray! Sort it out - get another soop NOW!!! Just add the cost onto the Mortgage Keep in touch mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Bring on the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'm Mig's dealer ..so if you want some lemme know. Maybe I could have trader status ... wouldn't that be I'm at your neck of the woods - Ash. Be good to meet up sometime. Let me get 4 wheels back on my wagon and we'll get that arranged, there would be a few others here as well that would be up for that.........and you can sort me an example of your finest porn, in exchange for a drink of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 harsh... just in time for the summer:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ray! Sort it out - get another soop NOW!!! Just add the cost onto the Mortgage Keep in touch mate. Lol, thats how I bought my Supe, when I split from the ex she gave me, well a lump sum, and it was doing things in my pocket, so I went and spent 2/3'rds of it on my PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ash: Will give you a buzz fella. Ok mate, thousands would believe you......................been waiting 3 weeks already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ash did i miss the thread about your wheel coming off?? What happened?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Copied and pasted I was setting off on my night out to Bournemouth on Friday night, got on the M3 heading south and after about 10mins my creaking noise front the front passenger side started to get louder. Not sure if any of you are aware of this problem I have been trying to diagnose of late, but to recap quickly, I have been getting some creaking noise from the front passenge side at low speeds. Anyway made it to the M27 and things took a turn for the worse, the noise got progessivly louder and you could start to feel it more, so we pulls over into the services, jacks the car up, checks the wheel, it spun freely, wobbled it and no play so off we set again, after getting back on the motorway it was obvious things really werent right so we decided to pull off at the next junction turn around go back and get another car (mine was booked into a local ramp for the next day to have the front sub frame bolts checked). Anyway turns around about Jct 3 on the M27, made it all the way to about Winchester services and by this time the noise had manifested into a almighty knocking noise, that was now you could now start to feel quite badly throught the car, Im thinking supsension, to bearing maybe, to this, to that. My speed was being brought down and down by the severity of the noise and by now I was doing about 40mph in the slow lane. Not good when you have lorries belting up behind you but things where really starting to knock, by this time we had crawled on a few more miles and finally saw the Basingstoke junction, yes, finally, we crawled it home, and with that the steering suddenly went a bit wobbly for a second or two and then 'BANG' the front passenger side of the car dropped and hit the deck, almighty scrapping noise and the car slid to halt. What was worse was the hard shoulder had been conned off with a tape joining all the cones and at first with the shock of what appeared to be loosing a wheel, I didnt manage to get the car through the cones, and it was promptly sat in the slow lane. So we all jumped out and legs it onto the hard shoulder with a lorry just skipping over ito the middle lane and giving the horn as he flew passed. I ran round to the passenger side expecting to see the front and side skirts gone, but thankfully they still had about 4/5 inches of clearance so with that jumped in the car while my mate moved some cones out the way and drove her, well more pushed her over onto the hard shoulder. Gets out and takes a look at what happened/damage. The wheel hadnt come completely off thankfully had literally jammed itself into the wheel arch. Calls for recovery and after the usual wait he arrives. Now the car was sat on its on standard jack as while we were waiting I jacked the car up and got the jammed wheel off. So he's thinking how the **** do you get a three wheeled Supra on a flat bed. There was no chance of getting the wheel or the space saver on just so we could roll the car onto the flat bed, there was still 3 remaining bent studs and he didnt have any things spare like bolts. So he said did i have a space saver and would I mind if it got a little ruined, so he had the idea of laying that side's support arm ontop of the space saver and then dragging it up onto the flatbed. The uncanny thing was that caused us loads of problems was the fact that if you have a space saver laying on one side it slides easier due to its metal face touching the floor and the other side the rubber of the wheel tends to sit on the floor, we had the rubber side on the floor as we needed the clearence from the steel face of the wheel, the other way the arm of the car would have sat inside the space saver. So when trying to winch the car on it kept sliding off the space saver due to it giripping on the floor. Eventually after using 1 jack, 1 winch, 1 big ****ing bar to keep levering the space saver along with the car, 3 blokes (one stood on the winch cable trying to take the stress of the bomex front end, how that didnt give way..) and a load of water splashed down the flat bed to eventually get the space saver slidding alone, we got the bastard car on the back of the recovery truck. It must have taken a good hour. And that was half way, we had to get the bastard thing back off yet. It got to the stage when getting it off that the car still had a foot to roll off the flatbed and the winch wasnt holding the car and the flat bed was tilted as high as was needed and the whole cars weight was being held by the front passenger side sitting on the space saver, and in the end I had to get in the car stick it in reverse and reverse it slowly dragging the front end. This proceded to take another hour of sweat and and then covering the back of his flatbed with some Mobile1. We found our trick and with the oil the space saver was now slidding like a penguin down a ski slope. So came Sat morning, and time to asses overal damage. Body work on the car is fine thanfully to the wheel jamming in the wheel arch, this also saved the front and side skirts otherwise the car would have been sat on the tarmac, something which just doesnt bare thinking about. Hub, disc and surrounding parts are all ok. The inside of the alloy is quite knackard and Im hoping it can be fixed. There is some heavy'ish scoring around the inside of the wheel where the disc met the bottom, and the facing plate where the wheels sits on the hub is a bit gouged (sp?) from the studs, and some of the alloy holes are stretched. All I needed for the car was 5 new studs, surprisingly..... :innocent: :innocent: :innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Not fun seeing your car go, i know the feeling ... but if your gettig a new one then all will be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 It is spurning me on at home. Already started getting stuff together to chuck, sell and then start with the decorating. Garden is demolished but lots more to do Driving the beemer is so depressing. Don't get me wrong its a good car, gets me A to B but it scares the feck out of me Its hard geting used to.... the soft supspension and the roll on it sucks balls bad..... 1.8, 0-60 ... I'll get used to it Cheers for the support guys Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ashley, all i can say is your one lucky bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Ashley, all i can say is your one lucky bastard Funny, people keep saying that to me......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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