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With a successful WOF under my belt, I could finally drive the Marina out on the roads and see what it is actually like.
on Sun, 4AM
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Project Marina, DIY String Alignment
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It’ll come as no surprise that I’ve paid for a lot of alignments in my time, and as on most cars they can only really adjust toe, it began to irk me how little value I got for my money.
on Oct 27
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Project Marina, The Mechanical Bits
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Along with the underside tidy-up that I did in the last update, there were a few mechanical bits I needed to deal with before the next inspection in a couple of weeks.
on Oct 27
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Project Marina, Underside Tidy Up
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After the bitter disappointment of the failed “WOF” I’ve been non-stop working on plans to move forward, and yesterday I put the first of these into action.
on Oct 19
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Suzuki Alto Works – Trackday Round Two
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Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve been hanging out all year for this day. It was trackday time!
on Sep 29
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Project Marina, Final Wof Fixes
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It’s happening, the Marina is finally booked in for a WOF. It’s only a couple of years late, but better than never.
on Sep 28
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Project Marina, Interior Reassembly
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Like usual, it’s been a while between updates, but progress has been progressing. Finally, we’re reassembling the interior once and for all.
on Sep 15
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Suzuki Alto Works – Swaybar Bushes
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Whilst the car was in the air for its brake upgrade, I wanted to chase a knock I’ve had in the front suspension.
on Sep 8
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Suzuki Alto Works – Big Brakes 2.0
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When I get an idea in my head, it’s very hard to make it go away without giving it a satisfying conclusion.
on Sep 8
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Suzuki Alto Works – More Intercooler Fun
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Many months ago, back in January, I upgraded the small stock intercooler to a big Greddy one. I’m changing this again.
on Aug 13
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Suzuki Alto Works – Intake Experiment
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I like turbo cars a lot. You open the intake up, and they make great noises. I wanted more noise from the Alto, but didn’t want to pay much.
on Aug 13
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Suzuki Alto Works – Small Upgrades
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I can’t leave anything well enough alone, so the Alto once again popped into the garage for some quick upgrades.
on Jul 14
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Project Marina, Getting Hot In Here
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I’m still slowly ticking off jobs on the whiteboard, and although this wasn’t a “pre-wof” job, I wanted to get it done before a couple of other jobs in the queue that were.
on Jul 13
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Suzuki Alto Works – Suspension Refresh
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The handling getting extra murdery prompted me to open my wallet and replace some more parts.
on Jun 24
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Suzuki Alto Works – Interior Upgrades
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It’s been a big weekend of work on the Alto, but before I detail the main lot of work, today I did some upgrades in the interior.
on Jun 23
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Suzuki Alto Works – Big Brake Testing
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Because I can’t leave anything well enough alone, I wanted to do some science and see if I could make a low-cost big brake kit for the Alto.
on Jun 3
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Project Marina, Starter Troubles
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I feel like a WOF inspector wouldn’t look kindly upon a car like the Marina failing to start, so I needed to address that.
on Jun 3
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Project Marina, Exhaust and Interior Trim
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Amongst all the other cars that have had their time in the garage the past couple of months, the Marina hasn’t been forgotten about.
on May 26
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Nissan Leaf – Cabin filter and LEDs
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In my quest to not spend any money and do nothing on the Leaf, I spent money and did stuff on the Leaf. Yeah.
on May 9
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So yeah, I sold the black GD3 Fit and decided to try my hand at a different flavour of car.
on May 5
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Suzuki Alto Works – Mount and Swaybar
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Another thing I had been wanting for a while but was hesitant to buy due to cost finally came on sale, so I snapped it up.
on Apr 8
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Honda Fit GD3, Getting Its Shine On
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To say the paint on the car had been neglected was an understatement. The poor thing either hadn’t been washed at all or had been washed with a rock.
on Apr 7
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Now it was time to address the issues with the car that I knew about, the WOF failures.
on Apr 1
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Honda Fit GD3, Initial Servicing
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Like all cars I buy, the first thing to do was a long overdue service.
on Mar 31