marc n
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:45 AM |
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Well my baby sets sail for Cyprus tomorrow, and will arrive around the 7th of January... Right at the start of the rainy season, lol...
what did you have to do for it to be shipped ? empty all fluids etc ?? ,
rainy season well that shouldnt be too much of a problem as youve lived in the uk as we seem to have a year long rainy season 
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G.Man
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 12:44 PM |
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LOL True marc
Had to do nothing to ship the car, they ship it as is...
When I say rainy, its mainly at night anyway, but can get some massive storms during the day...
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DarrenW
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 01:18 PM |
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What weight did you declare for the shipping? Or do they just do it by the container? How much did it cost you if you dont mind me asking?
I hope it all goes well for you out there.
Ive just noticed your roll bar on avatar pic. It looks very high. is it really that big or just an illusion?
[Edited on 8/12/05 by DarrenW]
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marc n
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 04:24 PM |
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no it is really that big !!!!, when you draw a line from top of rear hoop to front chassis crossmember ( this is the two places the car will rest on
when rolled ) as per rac msa spec there is 50mm clearance from head touching ground with helmet fitted, thats why each car has a custom rollbar to
suit the drivers height.
best regards
marc
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marc n
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 04:48 PM |
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like this
 
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G.Man
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:17 PM |
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Originally posted by DarrenW
What weight did you declare for the shipping? Or do they just do it by the container? How much did it cost you if you dont mind me asking?
I hope it all goes well for you out there.
Ive just noticed your roll bar on avatar pic. It looks very high. is it really that big or just an illusion?
[Edited on 8/12/05 by DarrenW]
The shipping has cost me £1,000+ in the end, yes, was kind of a shock when the shipping agents told my cmpany they had put my car in the container..
sheesh..
Ah well, cant be helped...
Didnt need to declare the weight as its shipped by the container size, which was a 40 foot, tall size container with all my furniture...
Roll bar looks tall, but then I am 6'5" so it has to be tall to do something... none of this cosmetic crap for me 
Sending this message fro my laptop in my room on the 34th floor of the Grand Hyatt in cairo, with a beautiful view over the river nile...
How cool is that?
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marc n
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| posted on 10/12/05 at 08:51 AM |
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Sending this message fro my laptop in my room on the 34th floor of the Grand Hyatt in cairo, with a beautiful view over the river nile...
makes you sick
its -4 here hence why im in the office and not the workshop
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marc n
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| posted on 10/12/05 at 08:52 AM |
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The shipping has cost me £1,000+ in the end, yes, was kind of a shock when the shipping agents told my cmpany they had put my car in the container..
sheesh..
i told you i would have driven it for say half that
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G.Man
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| posted on 10/12/05 at 06:45 PM |
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well get your ass down to tilbury docks then and pick it up..
lol
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G.Man
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| posted on 10/12/05 at 06:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marc n
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Sending this message fro my laptop in my room on the 34th floor of the Grand Hyatt in cairo, with a beautiful view over the river nile...
makes you sick
its -4 here hence why im in the office and not the workshop
Guess that means you STILL havent collected the waste oil heater... lmao
Hope yu will make it out next year, you can bring me a bonnet scoop..
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G.Man
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| posted on 16/3/06 at 04:36 PM |
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Well after many months of heartache with Cyprus customs and vehicle dept, they have finally agreed to register my car with a new registration and
subject me to only £608 cyprus pounds for excise duty...
Hellenic insurance have agreed to insure me, 3rd party liability only, so it should be on the road soon...
Now I just need my landlady to sort the driveway so I can get the car in and out... lol
Just in time for the hot weather it seems..
On a different note, I pick up my new road car on saturday, 2ltr turbo Subaru Forester S/Tb... 240 bhp model
A scooby with a bigger body...
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olv
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 01:55 PM |
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Sounds like a tough life
Get some pictures up of the car in it's new climate asap 
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G.Man
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| posted on 4/4/06 at 04:18 PM |
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BUGGAH BUGGAH BUGGAH
Cyprus DMV have decided I need an MOT before they will register my car (bastids make up the rules as they go along)..
So I am on the look out for a zx12r exhaust to increase the muffling on my baby before its test...
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olv
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| posted on 4/4/06 at 06:17 PM |
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poop! hope it goes ok.
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G.Man
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| posted on 21/4/06 at 08:01 AM |
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Car is going for its MOT in next few weeks, as its nice and dry and warm here now...
Got a Nicosia Traffic Officer doing all the legwork for me now in return for a drive... hehe. He rides an R1 2005 for his job, and is a real standup
guy...
Says the exhaust noise wont be a problem, fingers crossed...
Pics of my car in its garage below
My Vortx RT+ in her new garage
Under da hood
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G.Man
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| posted on 29/5/06 at 04:39 PM |
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Well my driveway is now modified and the car is cooking on gas..
Have a slight oil leak from the dry sump system which is causing some concern, as a little oil goes a long way...
And I have no short 32mm spanners to tighten the pipes up with... grrrr
Has been out on its UK plates so far, but will be the cypriot plates in the next few weeks, then we are gonna give it some stick...
Am hoping to get some drag times on it in a the next 2 months and maybe even do a sprint race for road legal cars...
Fingers crossed all
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 29/5/06 at 09:57 PM |
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Looks great Mark!
Would be so nice to have gorgeous weather all the time to cane that sort of car around... Lucky bugger...
Chris.
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G.Man
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 01:22 PM |
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Car walked thru its cyprus MOT today, a step closer to its Cyprus registration..
How does it reward me? By oveheating and dumping hot water all over my legs 
Hey ho, the fueling is way off at the moment, so guess thats why it overheated, but crikey does it go on the open road...
Cant wait to get it properly sorted
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G.Man
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| posted on 21/6/06 at 05:26 PM |
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Fueling is sorted, car walked the second part of its registration process at the Govt SVA centre today...
Gave it some welly down the bypass and had a full on powerslide around a roundabout and whilst overtaking a car...
The grip level is awesome until you floor it in a low gear... lol...
Should get my registration number within next 2 weeks then its fun fun fun all the way...
So cool having a police motorcycle escort when you are out playing silly buggahs
[Edited on 17/7/06 by G.Man]
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G.Man
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| posted on 17/7/06 at 06:40 PM |
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Well, the Cyprus authorities hit rock bottom today by saying I need the donor vehicles logbook to get my car registered..
As that isnt gonna happen ever, I though screw them.. Instead of paying them to register the car and then pay them road tax, I went to the north/south
divide, and bought insurance for the UK registration number... £90 for 12 months 3rd party cover...
Sorted...
Took the car for a blast and the poor thing overheated... new rad should arrive next week, and I am gonna need to vent the bonnet to get some better
airflow for the 40 odd degree heat here...
Clutch is now slipping as well.. probably cooked it today..
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marc n
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 10:00 AM |
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could you not get any sierra v5 ??? and show as a donor car ??? bummer about the clutch is it a barnet one or std ???
please email rather than u2u
direct workshop email ( manned 8am till 6pm )
www.mnrltd.co.uk enquireys to :-
chrismnrltd@btinternet.com
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G.Man
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 01:30 PM |
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They only picked up on it as the car receipt had the donor registration number quoted on it...
Its a stock clutch, may just need cable slackening, will check soon
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iank
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| posted on 18/7/06 at 01:39 PM |
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Was the sierra scrapped? If not you can get a new reg document for £19 from the DVLA.
Need form V62 - here http://www.dvla.gov.uk/forms/pdf/V62online.pdf
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G.Man
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| posted on 4/8/06 at 03:57 PM |
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I was told the sierra was scrapped using the little box on the registartion docs for the kit.. it seems dvla are still showing it as intact and
awaiting a years road tax... fuck...
Someone has fucked up somewhere...
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marc n
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| posted on 4/8/06 at 05:44 PM |
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oh bugger !!!! , although they might have problems collecting the money seeing as you are a few hundred miles away
please email rather than u2u
direct workshop email ( manned 8am till 6pm )
www.mnrltd.co.uk enquireys to :-
chrismnrltd@btinternet.com
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