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[Apex Graphics]

Cheers bud, I'll investigate tomorrow! I hope it's not the fuel pump gone. Apart from that I'm massively impressed, what fantastic cars!!

[Zoobeef]

Because of the age the braided pipes are starting to go between it all so it may be that

[Apex Graphics]

I'm not having much luck with this Noble of mine!! I've not got a cracked Radiator that's pissing out coolant! Arrgghh!!! Need to find a new one cause I think it's gone beyond a repair! Pressure tested it this afternoon & it emptied itself out on the floor!! Fixed the fuel problem though, new pump was all it needed. Now got front shock to fit, new radiator (when I find one) dump valve then all good!! Apart from that I'm loving it, what a machine!!

[Goosenka]

How deep are those deep pockets?

[Apex Graphics]

Wearing thin but to be fair the cheapest GTO12-3R I could find in the country was £26k & I paid £22k including the number plate GTO 3R GO !! So I was expecting to spend another £2k getting it spot on & so far I'm up to £1,400 inc rad fitted and other bits so not too painful... Lucky I have a willing and very able mate who runs a adage otherwise god help me!! Just found a brand new Rad for £415! Better than the £1,000 someone else quoted me! Gotta love west coast Lotus!!

[Zoobeef]

Brand new rad went for £100 on eBay a few weeks back. Wish I'd bought it seeing that price!

[Zoobeef]

May be worth getting Joe or Duncan to speak to pro alloy

[Apex Graphics]

£100.00!!!!! OMG I wish I'd seen that. It's actually £500 inc Vat & Del. It's Pro Alloy I'm buying it from! Does Joe or Duncan get discount? Who are they?!

[Zoobeef]

Duncan vxr or Joe _589 on here both can get discount so worth a try

[Apex Graphics]

Sweet, I'll do a shout out!! Sorry for hi jacking your thread!! See you next week for the meet, I'll buy you a Pint!!

[Zoobeef]

You think you'll have the noble with you by then? Hopefully PA has one on the shelf!

[Apex Graphics]

If the Rad isn't with me by then I won't fit it so I can keep the noble fr the meet, the noble is still well drive able, I just got back from work in it, Ive just been keeping an eye on the coolant level & topping it up. Hopefully Pro Alloy will have one on the shelf & I'll get it fitted before Thursday. If not the pub we're meeting in is only 4 miles from my house! It will be fine!

[Rosssco]

So what are the major costs - parts or labour? I've been looking recently.. I'd say the majority of things, short of rebuilding the engine or Gearbox or re-wiring most of the thing I could DIY, as it seems a relatively simple car underneath (like the VX), just that the turbo gubbins adds a bit more complexity, and no doubt there are some very time consuming jobs. Access looks much easier actually given the hinging clam arrangement.. It's a car I'd dearly love to own, but then I'm back to the same dilemma I had originally when looking at an S2 Exige - £20k is a lot for me as a second car, hence why I bought a VX220. And no lovely garage (as yet) to wrap it up in. (This is the point where you post up pics of the Noble in snowy conditions just to prove me wrong)

[Zoobeef]

(This is the point where you post up pics of the Noble in snowy conditions just to prove me wrong)

[Apex Graphics]

Ha ha! Quality!! Rosssco, go buy a Noble, it's amazing! VX & Exige don't come close!

[Bumblebee]

go buy a Noble, it's amazing! VX & Exige don't come close!

Ok don't rub it in

[Apex Graphics]

LOL, Aimy go get a noble!! Although I went out in an Aerial Atom today & OMG that is by far the quickest car I've ever been in!! I can't believe it went round corners like it did, amazing machine, I thought my head was gonna fall off!! Even quicker than my Kawasaki Ninja ZX10.... I may be getting a track toy soon me thinks!

[Bumblebee]

I guess I could try and talk my dad into putting me on the his insurance

[Bumblebee]

My ex had a 04/05 zx10 crazy fast so that atom must of been mental! I was even stupid enough to go pillion to the iom tt racing lol

[Apex Graphics]

You sound like my kinda girl!! Your MAD! Mine is a 05. The guy driving the Atom is an ex race car driver & we were on a track so he was going nuts! It was amazing! Yeah sweet talk your dad! You coming to the meet on Thursday down this way? (Basingstoke)