To Noble or not to Noble..........

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BUY A Noble M12 GTO 3R

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BUY A NOBLE AND GET RID OF FRENCH CARS
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KEEP FRENCH CARS AND CARRY ON WITH STRESS
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Postby r5turbo2 » Sun May 06, 2012 6:18 am

I had a 6 month old 3r back in 2003 and it is the fastest car I have had super quick great chassis too
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Postby jules » Sun May 06, 2012 9:21 am

...perhaps a change might help

http://www.noblehairsolutions.com/

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Postby clee » Sun May 06, 2012 10:53 am

Drop Steveatyork a line ...he has a M12 3r
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Re: To Noble or not to Noble..........

Postby Alpineandy » Tue May 08, 2012 1:51 pm

phildini wrote:......Mrs Dini ....your hair has gone all grey... ."


Could there be a connection between the two? :lol:
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Re: To Noble or not to Noble..........

Postby phildini » Wed May 09, 2012 9:07 am

Alpineandy wrote:
phildini wrote:......Mrs Dini ....your hair has gone all grey... ."


Could there be a connection between the two? :lol:


Yes and that two, dont forget to throw Mini Dini in the equation..... :lol:

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Postby PaulyA610 » Sat May 12, 2012 10:06 pm

I have worked on two (on the electrics) they are not too bad but deffo get the 3.0L as it was better developed!! they really seems to be, you get a good un or a nail!!! I like them and they are great to drive!
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Postby David Gentleman » Sun May 13, 2012 11:05 am

Get a Cayman R :wink:
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Re: Better choices

Postby David Gentleman » Sun May 13, 2012 11:07 am

Tony Smith wrote:Personally they are not my cup of tea, although I appreciate they go and handle very well. Certainly not the choice to make for a headache free life though, built by 3 men in a barn in the midlands using a Mondeo engine with a couple of turbos strapped on. I'd rather take a risk on a late Tuscan or maybe 456GTA Fezza (nice one on E-Bay for 21K with just 34000 on the clock) - they were 180k new!


Says us with cars built by French men in a barn using a Renault 30 engine with a turbo strapped on :lol:
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Postby Tony Smith » Sun May 13, 2012 1:26 pm

I appreciate the similarity but it was just the lack of problems angle I was dissing :shock: . Cayman R very nice car. Might try and get a go in a 911 turbo. Friend of mine who works in a high end garage had one in last week and said it was staggeringly quick (and he drives a 355 Ferrari)
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Re: Headache

Postby David Gentleman » Sun May 13, 2012 3:19 pm

Tony Smith wrote:I appreciate the similarity but it was just the lack of problems angle I was dissing :shock: . Cayman R very nice car. Might try and get a go in a 911 turbo. Friend of mine who works in a high end garage had one in last week and said it was staggeringly quick (and he drives a 355 Ferrari)


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Postby phildini » Mon May 14, 2012 10:24 am

David Gentleman wrote:Get a Cayman R :wink:


I am not a hair dresser though... :wink: If it had to be a porky it will need to be a 911 Turbo ( water cooled as they are cheap as chips ), 928 GTS or a 968 Club Sport.
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Postby PaulyA610 » Tue May 15, 2012 9:25 pm

David Gentleman wrote:Get a Cayman R :wink:


But the noble will smoke it hard and it's cheaper, which was the reason my brother chopped his cayman R in as he was very dissaponted with it, the BMW 1M is far better and more practical.
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Postby MFaulks » Fri May 18, 2012 12:46 am

.. I have to laugh, tonight's magical mystery tour in a club members GTA.. It was one going off to Macon, has proved to me yet again.. they p iss out oil and breakdown electrically.. beginning to wonder if I have an anti GTA proximity field :-) ... So I can easily understand why a change is a good thing!

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Postby clee » Fri May 18, 2012 7:26 am

ohh ffs !!
What have you done to it Faulks ? :roll: :wink:
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Postby phildini » Fri May 18, 2012 10:03 am

MFaulks wrote:........they p iss out oil and breakdown electrically.. beginning to wonder if I have an anti GTA proximity field :-) ... So I can easily understand why a change is a good thing! .....


Now you see where I am coming from, and yes I understand they are old cars, but when you have already spent a fortune on it, it does make you feel drained. Then again I never had any problems with my first Alpine, GTA Turbo, it was an extremely well maintained car and driven often, maybe the answer is doing buy a project just buy a car that has been well looked after from day one and spend the extra ££££, because in the end you will spend that £££ and more...
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