http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/ Aixam and Microcar - Quadricycles - B1 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:01:54 GMT agupwell@... http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5253 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5253 I will be out of the office starting 09/11/2009 and will not return until 10/11/2009. Hi, I am now out of the office until Tuesday morning, with no access to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:17:43 GMT autoblitje http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5252 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5252 Honda has recently announced the CR-Z Concept at the forty-first Tokyo Motor Show. The Japanese automaker has confirmed that the 2011 Honda CR-Z with this 2 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT sidecar_jon http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5251 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5251 If the "monopoly houses" are falling off constantly the groove of the circlip that retains the half of the pulley back there has worn deeper than it should Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:01:52 GMT Bri C http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5250 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5250 Hi All, I've had to replase hy wear tips 3 times this year, and also weld the bracket from the engine block to the gear box ner the back pully.Something funny Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:57:10 GMT many and varied http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5249 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5249 I changed the front bearings last week. It's as easy as you describe, best bet is to take the hub off, you can take the wishbone thing off with the hub which Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:34 GMT richardhuddlestonslaithwaite http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5248 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5248 Don't know about the drivebelt, the whole plot was LOUD on ours, but be careful with the bearings. I've just dismantled ours and they seem to be part of the Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:45:49 GMT sidecar_jon http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5247 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5247 My aixam used to make noise on the over run like a ball bearing in a bucket, which i successfully ignored for years. Last month i replaced the "red blocks" Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:03:16 GMT martin_jdavies http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5246 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5246 We own a 2002 Microcar Virgo (petrol version) and are asking how noisey the transmission should be on over-run. When in drive under load the sound seems Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:02:30 GMT agupwell@... http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5245 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5245 I will be out of the office starting 03/11/2009 and will not return until 04/11/2009. Hi, I am now out of the office until Wednesday morning, with no no Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:15:44 GMT Martin http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5244 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5244 I'll second that. Small cars have unreasonably considered to be more dangerous to be involved in a crash than larger ones. Not so. I attend traffic accidents Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:50:04 GMT marroontoon http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5243 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5243 ... Your not raining on any parade. And your pionts are valid points. A)insurance quote was just over £700. Thats me and my Daughter as a provisional driver. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:55:07 GMT sidecar_jon http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5242 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5242 A 25 MPH crash is easily enough to cause extensive damage to any car,they are made that way, to deform and crumple on impact, so absorbing the energy. If it Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:51:28 GMT sidecar_jon http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5241 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5241 It dosent need repeater lights, it should not be tested for emisions(other than visual billowing of smoke) and it doesn't need a cat...the MOT station is Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:02:44 GMT richardhuddlestonslaithwaite http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5240 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5240 I'll be even more realistic and negative as you seem to be unaware of the car's capabilities. All this type of car are death traps. My Microcar's just been Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:15:28 GMT autoblitje http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5239 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/aixamandmicrocar/message/5239 Tesla battery-powered car has set a new distance record by going 311 miles on a single charge in the Eco Challenge as part of the 2009 Global Green Challenge