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    Am I being taken for a ride?

    All, remind me never to get on the wrong side of you! I thought about the fact I could go in for a number of the suggestions above, however, family get togethers would never quite be the same! My issue is not really with my brother (blood relative not boy from the hood - though his car...
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    Am I being taken for a ride?

    The cylinder head bolt is seperate and has been shown to me. I guess the question is whether or not it being missing would lead to a warped head and the added cost of needing to skim the head? It could be that I could get away with just re-tapping the bolt...
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    Am I being taken for a ride?

    Doh. Come to think of it there were some rather big windows in the pub we met up in to exchange money and keys...at the time I could not work out why he was quite so happy...
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    Nice to be here, to be here nice...

    Retruning limey. That said 2.5 years away I felt like an American the first time I filled up! Thank godness for credit cards! Oh the days of $3 a gallon petrol.
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    Am I being taken for a ride?

    I recently bought my brother's series I Disco. So far so good...On day two of ownership I thought it sensible to joint the AA and as luck would have it broke down the next day! I was towed to a garage and was informed that the problem was terminal - I was sending a smoke screen down the M3 at...
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    Nice to be here, to be here nice...

    Hello to one and all, Just relocated to South Cambs from Tampa. Drove a Series II Disco in the US (and still felt small) and during an unsceduled crash test with an 18 wheel truck and a concrete barrier managed to prove that the Disco is one tough piece of work. Loved the car so bought my...