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Post  Alaina 27/8/2011, 12:39 am

Just thought id say hi!
Met a couple of your members in the Riverside retail park in Northampton a good few weeks ago now, they were so nice and enthusiastic about the club i tought i'd join. Been a member of a couple of car clubs in the past, MVOC when I had a Modified Corsa C and UK Street Cars, then I bought a real car, never had anything like it, awesome motor, doesnt like corners in the wet ive discovered, that makes me like her even more, bit of danger lol Blue star
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Post  gotenks1321 27/8/2011, 12:41 am

Welcome to SmS!

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Post  Alaina 27/8/2011, 12:43 am

lol Thanks for that, ill upload some later when I get home, do i just attach them to a post etc?
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Post  Captain Slow 27/8/2011, 1:05 am

Put them in image tags, e.g.; [ img]link to photo[/img]

Welcome along, will you be coming to the meet this Sunday? I think there's one next Thursday too Smile
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Post  Alaina 27/8/2011, 2:07 am

Im in Norfolk on Sunday but we may pop along to the one next Thursday yea Very Happy
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Post  Matt Parker 27/8/2011, 3:38 am

Gidday and Welcome!
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Post  Nick 27/8/2011, 4:45 am

Hi and welcome along... Have a good trip to Norfolk and I look forward to meeting you at Overstone on Thursday 1st Smile


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Post  Lee121 27/8/2011, 8:16 am

welcome to the BEST local club........ Very Happy Very Happy
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Post  Matt Parker 27/8/2011, 8:21 am

Lee121 wrote:welcome to the BEST local club........ Very Happy Very Happy

Hmm not quite true, well for me anyway Wink
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Post  Nick 27/8/2011, 8:25 am

Matt, If we were too close to where you live you wouldnt get to drive your insane cars as much, so think of it as a benefit Very Happy


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Post  Alaina 27/8/2011, 8:28 am

Thanks for the welcome guys, not feeling the love for her today, span me twice in the rain Sad Overstone on the 8th it is then, its like 8 mins from my house so no excuses really lol
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Post  Nick 27/8/2011, 8:32 am

Spinning? shouldnt be doing that unless you cane it at the wrong time , might be worth checking your tyre pressures, check the tyre brands arent mixed on the same axle, check the 185s are on the front and 205s are on the rear, that the suspension is at the right height. If all of those are correct then its time for a 4 wheel alignment.
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Post  Rich 27/8/2011, 4:19 pm

Hi Alaina. I think it may have been my parents you were lucky enough to bump into. My dad drives an 'F the same colour as yours. They mentioned having a long chat with someone at Riverside. Anyhow, welcome to our merry band!

Alaina wrote:Overstone on the 8th it is then, its like 8 mins from my house so no excuses really lol
Hope not as you'll be a week late... The evening meet is on 1st! Wink

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Post  Nick 27/8/2011, 6:23 pm

To be fair I did put the 8th originally i then edited it to the 1st, but obviously not quickly enough, alaina sorry for the confusion!
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Post  Rich 27/8/2011, 7:10 pm

Nick wrote:To be fair I did put the 8th originally i then edited it to the 1st, but obviously not quickly enough, alaina sorry for the confusion!
What are you like? Goodchild by name, bad man by nature! Laugh my a**e off!

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Post  Alaina 27/8/2011, 8:17 pm

to be fair i did think well the 8th isnt the first thursday of the month but hey go with the flow lol, yea it was your parents! they were really nice and your mum wrote me down your website on a scrap bit of paper, ive still got it lol.

Ill check those things you said to check, i mean maybe im powering down at the wrong moment, ive gone from a 1ltr to this so im not exactly good at judging the beast yet, only been driving jst over a year.

On the 1st maybe you guys could give me some advice on how to survive a winter in this thing because i would like to live to see another summer lol Smile
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Post  Captain Slow 28/8/2011, 4:06 am

Treat the car with respect is probably the tip that covers the bases-MGF's aren't road eating weapons but by the same token their layout (mid engine-rear drive) can catch out the hamfisted or the unwary.

Also-I can DEFINITELY recommend joining the Institute of Advanced Motorists-I did not long after passing my test and it's saved me I would guess hundreds if not thousands in insurance and has certainly saved me from having an accident or two. I'll chat to you at the meet about it if you're interested-I used to be an IAM instructor Smile
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Post  Alaina 31/8/2011, 12:08 am

Kool thanks for that advice, ill defo give it some thought.

With the whole spinning wildly out of control (lol) checked the tyre pressure and it was stupidly low on the back, handles better now we've topped it up.

Looking forward to Thursday :0)
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Post  Captain Slow 31/8/2011, 1:37 am

Looking forward to it, least of all the food Laughing

Glad to hear your car's sorted Smile
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