"Fraser Johnston" wrote in message
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Been away from a while. i'm still in the twin turbo Liberty but been
collecting bikes like nobodys business. Currently got 2 V-Stroms a 650
and the thousand and 3 Fireblades. An 06 racebike, an 04 streetfighter
and an 06 that I am turning into a Repsol replica so I can pretend I am
doctor house md.

A 406 Diesel Estate. Puke. Does the job as far as covering the miles for
work though.

My girlfriend's Golf. Surprisingly pleasant to drive given what everyone
says about the MK3. Underdamped suspension though. Massively pleasant to
drive compared to a diesel estate car.

My Golf. I've done the sensible thing, and pulled it out of the back of the
barn this week. Out of sight is definately out of mind as far as I'm
concerned, given that I've done nothing to it since my workload increased
during the final year of uni. Current job list is to fix the sunroof (for
some reason it no longer seals well and is leaking water into the cabin),
fix all the door cards back on and fit a nice stereo. Then I'll put it
through another MOT and get it on the road as is.

Plans are to get a MK3 16V for its engine and brain, get the struts + hubs
off my breaker MK2 16V (for the big brakes), and build everything up on a
spare subframe at my leisure, for a relatively pain free swap. That way I'll
hopefully avoid the classic project car mission creep, where every job
uncovers another thing that you probably ought to do whilst it's in bits,
and eventually leads to a car taking eternity to build / you getting sick of
it and not looking at it for 18 months...