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

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BUY A Noble M12 GTO 3R

Poll ended at Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:05 pm

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 clee » Sat May 19, 2012 8:07 am

How much older is that ' reliable ' GTA now Phil ? Engine looms are next on the list for remake I think :roll:
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Postby phildini » Sat May 19, 2012 3:05 pm

clee wrote:How much older is that ' reliable ' GTA now Phil ? Engine looms are next on the list for remake I think :roll:


I bought it in 2003 and sold it in 2009, 1988 model, It went to sunny Australia, she is still running like a dream........... I think. :)
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Postby MFaulks » Sat May 19, 2012 9:19 pm

... A diamond is only a piece of coal that did well under pressure... PRV afflicted, may be I need to squeeze harder!!!!

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Postby clee » Sun May 20, 2012 7:56 am

:lol:
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Postby Tony Smith » Sun May 20, 2012 10:30 am

phildini wrote:
clee wrote:How much older is that ' reliable ' GTA now Phil ? Engine looms are next on the list for remake I think :roll:


I bought it in 2003 and sold it in 2009, 1988 model, It went to sunny Australia, she is still running like a dream........... I think. :)


Typo from Phil he meant In a dream not like a dream. :roll: :lol:
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Postby mettersl » Sun May 20, 2012 2:41 pm

As part of my job I was visiting a company involved in making equipment for car wiring looms...they said..."Improved under bonnet wiring is the biggest cause of the reliability improvement seen in modern cars. New plastics mean the wiring stays reliable"

So (regardless of age or manufacturer of our cars)...I think Clee's idea or replacement GTA (+ 610 too please) wiring might be a good idea to get better reliability than when new...but it needs to be high temperature cabling.

Dull compared to power or handling improvements, but probably a good idea..
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Postby David Gentleman » Sun May 20, 2012 10:49 pm

PaulyA610 wrote:
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.


'Very dissapointed'? Can I ask why did he buy it then? And can you confirm you're talking about the Cayman, as every single car magazine and TV show that reviewed it have all said it is categorically the best car they have ever tested to date.

Or are you talking about the Cayenne?
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