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    On discovery's 'megafactories' series they had both Ferrari and Lamborghini featured.

     

     

    Ferraris factory was 'clean room' standard with everything performed and built to sub-millimetre perfect tolerances by uber attentive workers, supercomputer controlled assembly and design robots, and one of the most advanced assembly lines in the world. Then the finished product was tested in a controlled environment dyno lab to within an inch of its limits. Very impressive stuff.

     

    Lambo have a shabby looking bunch of warehouses where their cars are mostly hand built by master craftsmen who use their knowledge and experience to ensure, by eye mostly, it is put together perfectly. They dont have their own paint shop so they send out the body bits to a local sprayers where each car is painted by hand, by only one sprayer per car to ensure a consistent finish. The chassis and engine are put together by hand mostly, by men with oil under their fingernails in dirty overalls. Then on a semi automated assembly line, the body is mated to the chassis. The finished product is then taken out onto the back roads of the surrounding vilages and put through its paces by test drivers who risk the local plod handing out speeding tickets every time.

     

    I know which one I have more respect for :thumbs:

     

    Geek :biglol:

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    Can everyone when uploading photo's etc please only use photobucket. Any other way of uploading is seriously eating into our bandwith space, we get it free at the moment, and we aren't in a position to pay for it as of yet. If we use photobucket then the server doesn't store the images, so doesn't eat into our bandwidth.

     

    If we exceed it the forum will need to close for the remainder ofany month in which it does, so your help is greatly appreciated. :thumbs:

     

    Thanks Moki

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    Her lipstick has bled a bit :$

     

    Hello :)

     

    welcome to here :D

     

     

    lol awks.

     

    Thank you, good to be here. This forum is very very social and not overly techy and 'what is my car worth' heavy compared to AO. love it.

     

    Cheers glad you like it :thumbs:

     

    P.S we try not to mention other forums on this one. We come in peace :LOL:

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    Cheers Smaky - tis shit being in Scotland sometimes :LOL:

     

    Waz has a mate who is in Bellshill and he has a daignostic thingamabob, so he's gonna take it up at the weekend. At least then we will know what is up with it.

     

    It's not lost a lick of oil again, no smoke, just the revs mucking about as you slow down, not getting any worse either :Confused:. It's pretty much the same as when the crank sensor went the last time, and it was the twats that fitted it so no doubt they will have mucked it up if it is.

     

    Bloody annoying though :mad:

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    In the old days, when men cut down trees with axes and ecu's had never been heard of, over revving at idle usually meant inlet pipe splits/leaks. These days, could be anything...

     

    Sorry, not much help but just trying to keep thread alive.

     

    Oil, well. If no leaks then rings worn? Rate of depreciation depends on wear and might not be noticeable in daylight. If you welly it at night with another car behind you, can you see smoke in the headlights?

     

    Cut out, crank sensor?

     

    Sure I'll be shot down in flames but hey old school me.

     

    Good luck

    Deemac

     

    Thanks Deemac :thumbs:

     

    No smoke - and crank sensor has been replaced.

     

    Deemac

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    As many of you will know I had the head skimmed on my GTV, and the ahem specialist outfit totall mucked it up. Anyway after much gnashing of teeth and threatening trading standards etc the put it right.

     

    It only ran a few days, and needed an Mot which it failed. So we took it off the road over winter and have just had it Mot again - :yay:

     

    But here's the bitch. We checked the oil and it was between min and max day before yesterday - all good. It's ran maybe 100 miles since. Mr is out in it tonight and called to say the engine light had come on and it had next to no oil in it, so he has topped it up. Has been driving fine but has been racing at times (ie if you are sitting at traffic lights sometimes will sit between one and a half and just above two. :Confused:

     

    We put some CAT cleaner in, yesterday. It also cut out yesterday after driving 40ish miles and having it's MOT done- drove off and stopped to get money, and it didn't want to start again. Havent noticed any oil burning or sus smoke? Isn't a clean start - maybe the alternator or starter motor?

     

    Any ideas/suggestions :$

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    Welcome to Squadra 916

     

    Squadra 916 is a young community dedicated to owners and fans of the Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider 916 models. Thanks to the design studio Pininfarina, the 916 design is timeless. Pininfarina's design is appealing even today, and can be even more modern attractive with a few modifications, small or large. On our forum, you can discuss with fellow enthusiasts and exchange all kinds of valuable information for upgrading and improving your bellas.

     

    Our ultimate goal is to gather 916 enthusiasts from all over the world in one place and have a great GTV/Spider event sometime in the near future!

     

    Squadra916

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