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Rich B wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:53 pm More importantly and on topic - what hedge trimmer did you get?

ste wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:01 pmThis one.

speedingfine wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:56 pm

Rich B wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:53 pm More importantly and on topic - what hedge trimmer did you get?

They're called cable cutters now Rich.

Mito Man wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 10:29 am I was always surprised that the CLK coupe had a pillarless design - something until then only reserved for top segment cars like the CL.

Anyway finished the 6 series yesterday, I spend about an hour bending the metal brackets for the lights and shuffling the bumper. I can say that for the first time in about 12 years it is aligned fecking perfectly.

Went to turn it on and got the instant warning message “left headlight high beam failure” at which point I had visions of dousing the car in petrol and chucking a match at it. Then remembered back to my research some months ago that you need to clear the error message as the car is relatively stupid and won’t realise it has a new light for a while as it just won’t send power to it till it decides to periodically recheck it. Reset it and it works perfectly.

I had ordered the lights from Europe so it became evident at night that they’re clearly set up for LHD cars. Something for the MOT chap to sort.

scotta wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:30 pm

davejevons wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:48 pm I recently drove mine back from Inverness to Oxfordshire, having done NC500 and the gear box whine combined with the drone was what forced me to pull over rather than the ride or seating position. The S2s have longer gearing than an S1, which is part of what makes them more useable but it's still not great.

I always fancied a 135 engine (mine's got the std 120). The gearbox whine on the standard K put me off though. I've come to the conclusion it's either put a honda with a 6-speed box in or keep as std and live with the whine. A six speed box would be lovely.

Fuckin' Fairys

The noise is part of the experience. Get a bigger air intake and that drowns out the noise of the gearbox - Job Jobbed.

Matty wrote: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:36 am

scotta wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:30 pm

davejevons wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:48 pm I recently drove mine back from Inverness to Oxfordshire, having done NC500 and the gear box whine combined with the drone was what forced me to pull over rather than the ride or seating position. The S2s have longer gearing than an S1, which is part of what makes them more useable but it's still not great.

I always fancied a 135 engine (mine's got the std 120). The gearbox whine on the standard K put me off though. I've come to the conclusion it's either put a honda with a 6-speed box in or keep as std and live with the whine. A six speed box would be lovely.

Fuckin' Fairys

The noise is part of the experience. Get a bigger air intake and that drowns out the noise of the gearbox - Job Jobbed.

I never noticed any gearbox whine, the Janspeed exhaust drowned that out! Mine had the CRB, so 60mph was over 3k RPM.

Did the S2's have longer gearing? I'm sure they both shared the same two boxes (standard or CRB) across all the K-series cars?

Matty wrote: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:36 am

scotta wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:30 pm

davejevons wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:48 pm I recently drove mine back from Inverness to Oxfordshire, having done NC500 and the gear box whine combined with the drone was what forced me to pull over rather than the ride or seating position. The S2s have longer gearing than an S1, which is part of what makes them more useable but it's still not great.

I always fancied a 135 engine (mine's got the std 120). The gearbox whine on the standard K put me off though. I've come to the conclusion it's either put a honda with a 6-speed box in or keep as std and live with the whine. A six speed box would be lovely.

Fuckin' Fairys

The noise is part of the experience. Get a bigger air intake and that drowns out the noise of the gearbox - Job Jobbed.

I never noticed any gearbox whine, the Janspeed exhaust drowned that out! Mine had the CRB, so 60mph was over 3k RPM.

Did the S2's have longer gearing? I'm sure they both shared the same two boxes (standard or CRB) across all the K-series cars?

speedingfine wrote: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:57 am

Matty wrote: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:36 am

scotta wrote: Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:30 pm

Fuckin' Fairys

The noise is part of the experience. Get a bigger air intake and that drowns out the noise of the gearbox - Job Jobbed.

I never noticed any gearbox whine, the Janspeed exhaust drowned that out! Mine had the CRB, so 60mph was over 3k RPM.

Did the S2's have longer gearing? I'm sure they both shared the same two boxes (standard or CRB) across all the K-series cars?

65mph - 4200rpm. Read it and weep