philgor Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 nice to see another auto' about, they are real flyer's arn't they, remember to check the autobox oil level as well, as it help's with shifting and also droping in to overdrive. also use your hand brake as you would in a manual car, as it help's stoppign the cailper's sezing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 nice to see another auto' about, they are real flyer's arn't they, remember to check the autobox oil level as well, as it help's with shifting and also droping in to overdrive. also use your hand brake as you would in a manual car, as it help's stoppign the cailper's sezing up.Thanks! I must say it does pull when you floor it, I had a 75hp 1.4L car before this so quite a big difference and this is also my first ever automatic lol what do you mean by overdrive?. I didnt quite understand what you mean by using the handbrake? Do you mean not to just leave it in Park? because I leave it in Park as it engages the transmission lock up mechanism and also use the handbrake as Im so used to it from my previous manual cars lol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 i am a mot tester, the most common failure on anyautomatic car is the handbrake not working. the last owner of my car didin't use the hand brake and it sezied up and stopped working, it needed 2 caliper's, disk's and pad's to get it working again, so treat the car as a manual when paring it up and you shouldn't have any problem's.overdrive, it is only fitted on 4th gear, it used when crusing at 50mph plus, (it's not an overdrive gear as such, it ''lock's'' the gearbox up), so the car get's slightly better mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I think my calipers are already seized at the back because i seem to have a lot of braking power from the front and evertime i press the brake pedal the fuel gauge goes down then when the car is level after stopping it goes back up, i might just overhaul the rear calipers since im going to be replacing the pads and discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I think my calipers are already seized at the back because i seem to have a lot of braking power from the front and evertime i press the brake pedal the fuel gauge goes down then when the car is level after stopping it goes back up, i might just overhaul the rear calipers since im going to be replacing the pads and discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 tidy looking car do you already have VTI interior then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yeah Ive got the seats off the VTI already just need to source some mats, but I will be changing the blue cloth centres on the seats to grey or black soon.Quick UpdateSourced myself some Front and Back splitters off the VTi-S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 you dont mess about do ya where you get them from what money you pay im gonna be getting some of them for my VTI soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 See the bootlid above ^^ can you see the Vti-S in the background, I got all my Vti-S kit, mats and seats, carbon trims and bootlid, just been waiting for him to make a desicion if he is going to sell the parts to me with that car as he was scrapping it because a lady hit his rear door on a roundabout and insurance wrote his car off found the ad on gumtree he didnt live too far from my university and he has bought an EG now, so ive picked up a few things already this is what I have picked up so far:- Half Leather Interior (£70)- Bootlid (£20)- Clear Indicators (£10)- VTi-S Front and back splitter (£140)The above cost £220 altogetherHeres what I picked up today:- VTi-S Side Skirts (£50)- VTi-S Mats(£15) one had a hole in it so it was cheap- Leather centre arm rest (£10)- Genuine Carbon Trims interior(£40)- Painted Mirrors(£40)- Foglights (£40)I Picked up the above for £195 he wanted £200 for the whole lot but took £5 off the matsI wanted to get the door handles but thought it would take too long to get them off so bough a spray can of paint instead Large hole in my wallet now!!!!So Ive got pretty much the full kit now will add some pics soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaseen Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Ive also ordered some new wheels last night - Team Dynamics 17"I hope they fit as they came off a clio and i might be needing spigot rings!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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