Hi im Dan from New Zealand, im actually living in London though. Brought my first rotor over here and havent had much luck so far with getting it up and running. But im not giving up.
Well here it is :p haha.
1986 Series 3 12a NA Manual
Shes ruff but what can you expect for £80 :D
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I thought I would add in the pics of the car I sold to fund the trip to the UK. Was a rare 1998 RPS13 180SX Type X. Not like the S13 200sx you have here it was SR20DET powered. Awesome car. Really miss it. Wish I could bring my plates over here too.
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nice ... whats the plan then ?
and is it really a 13b ? .... we only got 12a\'s as standard over here.
Yeah im pretty sure it is a 13b unless my eyes deceive me.
Well im having trouble getting her to start. Any help would be appreciated. I have posted a detailed post of what wrong in the Tech area.
its not standard if its running a 13b ... do you have any engine bay photos. Is it running on a standard carb ? 13B 6 port or 4 port ?
Went and had a look. My eyes were deceiving me. Its a 12a. Had the plugs on the right way though. Will give her anoher try soon. And 2moro i will get some new plugs.
If you need some parts give me a shout. I have some selected parts but you never know.
Cheers bro, will keep that in mind. Good to see another Kiwi with a Rotor over here too.
And another (although I don\'t have one here)
Where \'bouts in London are you?
Choice. Im out in Cricklewood/Willesden Green area.
Im having serious trouble getting her to start at the moment though. Looking for new plugs for it but no one seems to stock them.
I just run BP7ES - should be common as. Are you trying to find B8EGV or something like that? Tell me what your looking for and I\'ll try the big parts place near me if ya like.
Bummer I\'m not closer (Streatham Hill - SW16) !!
Oh cheers for the help. I just orderd some NGK--BR8ET which is what //www.sparkplugs.co.uk told me I should be running.
Sound right to you?
I am in Farnborough just outside the dreaded M25 next to M3.
Us kiwis are slowly invading.
My rx is a rally car and will have it out soon.
Hey nice looking 7 mate. Sure it needs a wash but you got me jealous! Hopefully i will have 1 rotor powered car by the end of the month.
By the way, dont know if you kiwis are rugby aware but nice win today over the lions!!! (cant say that too loudly up here on mull or they might lynch me :) )
long live the southern hemisphere rotor enthusiests.
Should have my rx out at a sprint on 17th this month.
Might have to put New Zealand 3 Lions 0 on the back.
Then watch me go with everyone chasing
Kiwis rugby aware???
:god Rugby
Ohhhhhhhh was the best game!! Dan Carter. Just gets better and better that dude!
Hey Kiwimazda! Have you got a set of rear lights??
Yes i can do a set of rear lights
I have 2 sets so will pic the best ones for you as i am that sort or generous bloke.
Email you ph number and i will give you a call to discuss ££
Cheers
Brian :burnout
Oh cheers mate.
But i got my quote for insurence yesterday. So I have decided to sell the car. Im not going to pay £1000 to insure an £80 1986 car. That is a joke!
And after these bombs on Public transport im gutted. As I dont want to travel on public transport anymore.
Did you get a quote for it as a classic car with limited mileage? Should help on costs and must be eligible by now
Quote from: DriftitOh cheers mate.
But i got my quote for insurence yesterday. So I have decided to sell the car. Im not going to pay £1000 to insure an £80 1986 car. That is a joke!
Well, check out the insurance on anything else, I am pretty sure you wont come up much cheaper even for another car.
I got a quote for classic car insurance through a company called APLAN.
Limeted miles ,garaged etc etc and it was £175 fully comp £300 excess
Cheers
Brian
£1000 is a joke alright. I pay half that on a 6 cylinder \'94 BMW coupe.
Best bet is to use confused.com to work out the best deal.
EDIT: I got £720 on confused using my details but I\'m sure you could jig the figures to get it down even further.
To be honest. Im not going to pay over £200 insurence for such a cheap car. Maybe if it was worth over 1K.
insurance isn\'t about the value of the car its about the amount of damage you can do in a car. insurance a car theft only costs F all its the liability that costs.
Tue but £200 is about as cheap as it gets in London!!!
Quote from: MikeLMRinsurance isn\'t about the value of the car its about the amount of damage you can do in a car. insurance a car theft only costs F all its the liability that costs.
Well thats strange. Look at my old car. It was an Extreamly high risk car, highly modified and was insured for $25,000NZD. I paid a yearly $1300NZD.
Im not so keen on this compulsary insurence to get the car a MOT ether. Insurence should be compulsary. But not to get a car a saftey certificate.
It is so difficult to do the most basic things in England.
Another anoying thing is that my travel insurence actually covers me for any car while im away. But it cant be used to get an MOT. Why not??
Everything is very antiquated here and you often end up going round in circles trying to get the simple things done (especially at the bank! :spank), but you get used to it.
Insurance in NZ it cheaper because as Mike said the insurance companies in the UK have to cover the liability (which is covered by the government (ACC) in NZ).
At the end of the day if you want to drive in one of the most expensive cities in the world it\'s gonna cost ya. ;)
Bummer that the insurance is putting you off. I reckon it would still be expensive on an old skool mazda unless you could egt away with classic insurance. Best bet is to limit you mileage down to the minimum and just try to get past the high cost when you are blatting sideways down race track!!!
Insurance can also be a right pain for me too even though I live on an island way out from anywhere and where car theft is almost non-existant. Unfortunantly we have the same first letters in our post code as some dodgy parts of glasgow and some insurers freak out. Took us ages to find someone who know that Mull was an island and their computers didnt freak out at.
good luck with it.
cheers, michael.
p.s. what about that last game of rugby.!!!!Lions, more like mice.
I also hate the ****** banks, too, completely unreasonable. So, is this insurance malarky. But I think it is a VERY GOOD idea to get an annual safety certificate. Just go to South Africa where there is no such thing, and 1000 plus people are killed on an easter weekend, on the road, every year.
MikeLMR is right, the insurance is about liability, not much to do woth the value of a car. I sail a little boat ( laser) on the weekends, and I need to be insured for £1m liability, just to tootle around on a little reservoir!
Unfortunately, there is not much we can do about except : 1) Cough up or catch the train. 2) Get the whole country together to protest about it - ( unlikely). :chat
Driftit - you still got the car? Howsabout an update? :)
Have you tried tow starting it?
Ultraman, we got this car going for this guy, then he wanted to sell it, then he disappeared!
Oh okay :) Should have thought really as it was a while ago!