Hawaii5hoes

Goodbye to what? dont you dare leave haha you must stay here forever pmsl

Lol I don't think I have the courage to leave just yet! I'm just waiting until I can afford to own a second car Hopefully the next starlet will be more friendly to my pocket!

I loved this forum, it's much more fun

Wish I could have bought her back! She's been missed dearly

You looked after the car better than I did, love the advans!

I think it's about time I said goodbye aswell!?

Fantastic pics! voted

I'm sure you'll look after her! I really miss the car now

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Good to see people getting exposed like this. Also good to see you got your money back and that you don't have to deal with him anymore.

Drink money my arse, a pint around the face would be more appropriate.

Cheers. He preys on starlet owners with minimal knowledge about cars (like me), so I hope anyone who may be interested in purchasing from him has a read of this thread first.

the thing with osman, is he doesnt have a fucking clue what hes doing, he is about as thick as 2 planks of wood.

ive been up there a few times, but, i know exactly what im looking for and ive got what i wanted for a good price. id never let him get bits for me, but ive got no problem going up there and having a rummage myself.

and as for the money thing, he's just a tight bastard, you just have to bully him on price. i dont think hes doing it on purpose, like i said before, hes as dumb as a post.

great garage to have a mooch in though if you know what youre looking for. his dumbness can be helpful. i got a new set of engine mounts for a tenner once ^^ and i got countless little bits and bobs while i was building my block up.

you just have to be in the know, and not rely on him for parts knowledge, hes a businessman (albeit a shit one), but not a mechanic.

You hit the nail on the head there. He was acting as though he knows all about starlets, but I think he just gets his knowledge from max power magazine or something. A good conclusion aswell - only buy parts from him if you know your stuff inside out, otherwise stay clear.

Has anyone else had any experience with these twerps?

I contacted OSMAN as he was breaking a glanza, I was after a CT9 turbo. Instead he sold me a turbo for £200 which he said was straight out of a stock Glanza and convinced me it was Toyota turbo. It turned out to be from a 1000cc Nissan Figaro! He knew I travelled some distance to get to him, so he thought he would abuse this and sell me his tat which his has piled up at his EDMONTON garage. All his cars there look dodgy and are all accident repairs. He has a heap of Starlet parts which I guess he intends to sell to young vulnerable starlet owners, but should really be binned by the look of them.

i went back to him for a refund/exchange, he tried to give me an exhange with a CT9 turbo which had a compressor wheel with just three fins. He acted as though it was a perfectly normal, stock ct9, which it quite clearly wasn't. I had a look at several other turbos he has for starlets, and all of them just looked wrong. I think he just gets useless turbos and converts them himself to useless tat with a bit of polish.

OSMAN tries to act as though he is a innocent trust worthy japanese car specialist, but he is more like con-artist. STAY CLEAR

Is it too late to get my name down?

Xbox 360 is great, but not bug free...

I recently encountered a problem called the 'red ring of death' (doesn't turn on anymore) - which is a very common fault.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle2031171.ece

However, Xbox will repair this fault for free even if you dont have a warranty, which took mine over a month!

After all this, I still say Xbox 360 rules!

Thanks all for your kind comments! 😉

I havn't had a RR yet but i think its something which I will look into soon, so i can have the apexi afc taking care of things on the fueling side.

I've fitted some clear lenses and a viper alarm since.. next on the list is full service with new brakes - probably 3g 10 with mintex or ebc pads, braided lines which I believe most members recommend.

I like what I've seen on this forum so far - some real impressive stuff.

Pagey - hats off to you for keeping the car so mint!

I am the lucky owner indeed. Spent a good 5 months looking for the right one! Thanks for the warm welcome!

Thanks Phil! I'm glad you like!

Does anyone know of any good garages/mechanics in or around London - someone who might have worked on a few starlets before?

TRD carbon bonnet vent

16" Rota slipstream alloy wheels white centre chrome lip

Blitz nur spec r exhaust

Blitz air filter

8.5mm red Magnecor leads

oil catch can and breather filter

adjustable fuel pressure regulator

HKS FCD

Apexi turbo timer

Apexi AFC-NEO - not fitted yet

BOV - unknown brand

Running at 0.8 bar

I have not heard good things about the HKS FCD... should I take it out if I fit the Apexi AFC computer? Will it make any difference? Please advise and feel free to express your thoughts of the car.thanks!