Hi guys, I'm a n00b

Having seen a few people I know have signed up on here, I thought it was about time I checked it out and showed my face

You may know me from various other french car forums, but if not, I'm James, I'm 25 and I'm from Somerset. And as my name suggests, I drive a Rallye

Current wagon is a LHD black 1.6 8v 106 Rallye, which I've had for just over 6 months. Just need a few niggles sorting and a bit of a tidy up mechanically and I'll be ready to get it on track a bit this year.

I've also previously owned a white 306 Rallye and a white 106 Rallye, plus a S1 1.3 Rallye that I had the use of for a few months even though it wasn't mine

Will probably see you all at some upcoming events, was meant to be at Combe yesterday but a very dodgy wheel bearing which I had to get sorted before I go off to the 'Ring on Wednesday stopped that!

Anyhow, that's enough waffle from me, here's a couple of pics of the current Rallye

Welcome over James!

Welcome along! Looks clean and you should fit in well being 80% of the club owns 106's

If you can afford it and have the time get your name on the Llandow track day the club are organising! Should be a good day, and we can have a battle of the 106's!!

Hi James

Car sorted now? Heard you couldn't make PCAD due to some issues?

Almost! It's been problem after problem the last week or so!

Fitted new tyres, had them balanced
Fitted new brakes, they hit the wheel weights, wheel weights had to come off!
Drove to work with very shaky steering (LOL), got wheels re-balanced)
Discovered serious play in the front wheel

So yesterday I got the wheel bearing and tomorrow it's being fitted, then early hours of Wednesday morning I'm off to the Nurburgring.

Talk about cutting it close!

I've also got some overheating issues to have a look at as well, going to re-bleed the cooling system later today see if it sorts itself out.

I do quite fancy the Llandow day, providing the car isn't being french at the time

welcome james, used to love your old white S2...as already mentioned mate, if you could get along to llandow would be awesome to have you there.

James is about as track as a Toyota preius

Woz and James will be comparing tyre shine brushes!

lmao dave when you get comments like "thats looks tidy for a ford" it makes it worthwhile...i think

woz_106 wrote:

lmao dave when you get comments like "thats looks tidy for a ford" it makes it worthwhile...i think

LOL. How did you get that comment?!

Think thats the 1st rallye for B4T Welcome!

Welcome to 106ownerr..... err i mean B4T

Looks almost too clean to abuse.... but only almost

Dave-R wrote:

woz_106 wrote:

lmao dave when you get comments like "thats looks tidy for a ford" it makes it worthwhile...i think

LOL. How did you get that comment?!

was when I was blacking the tyres james told me this girl who looked rather ruff came up with it

Haha. Quality!

woz_106 wrote:

Dave-R wrote:

woz_106 wrote:

lmao dave when you get comments like "thats looks tidy for a ford" it makes it worthwhile...i think

LOL. How did you get that comment?!

was when I was blacking the tyres james told me this girl who looked rather ruff came up with it

You blacked the tyres while on stand? I thought we had a punishment for this type of behaviour?

Adam86 wrote:

You blacked the tyres while on stand? I thought we had a punishment for this type of behaviour?

Is this sort of thing frowned upon on here? I better leave then Lol

I do like to keep it clean but at the end of the day it's a 13 year old car with plenty of stone chips across the front, I'm not afraid to use it properly. Just haven't had chance to get on track in it yet.

Kris, that sounds about right but my last two cars were a bit crap, Rack's a bit more track ready, or it will be once I've sorted out this wheel bearing!

Welcome to stu,s mad house

Meh frankly if clean tyres pull in members... go for it!

oh you didn't say that to me yesterday did you...nah once again James good to have you with us, have you ever been on track before?

I have done a 2 hour session in the old 106 at Zanvoort (in Holland, lol), but other than that it's been a couple of Combe action day sessions and about ten laps of the Nurburgring.

I'd like to try a proper track day

cool, I want to do the nurburgring but I want a car that I know will get me there. Proper days are abit different, you don't really get any of the heroes like you do on action days bar normally one.

I'm kidding james. But yeah this site well better than POT haha

Last two times I've been in a car that got me there and then self destucted, haha. 306 decided to try and shed it's rear dampers and then got a leak from the coilover adjuster, 106 decided to lose all it's coolant somewhere along the way (leaving me to find some Radweld in a german garage!) and disconnect it's own battery in a cobbled street in Cologne!

I just want to potter around a bit at my own speed until I'm used to it, and I want a bit more run off and cheaper repair bills than the 'Ring, then I won't mind going a bit faster!

lmao, When I went to scotland last year...covered approx 2000 miles inc getting there and back over the week and 2 things went wrong...exhaust snapped so had to find a stainless steel welder in the middle of nowhere and my alternator belt came off again in the middle of nowhere with no tools.

God only knows what it would be like going to the ring

Haha, yeah, had a disaster on my LE-JoG trip too, up near the Scottish border at 12:30pm on a Saturday and the clutch cable snapped off, leaving the pedal swinging. Of course, any local car parts places were all just closing. RAC man came out and did a bodge to get me about 500 miles home

At least I have german ADAC cover to get me home from over there, even if I break it on the 'Ring!