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    younger brothers in your 5

    As im away at the moment and will be for a while yet i reluctantly allowed my brother to " borrow " it for a year. Now i fear for the safety of it . Just thought id see if anyone else trusts people with there motor?

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Put it this way; would you let him play with your balls?

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Tiny Tim View Post
    Put it this way; would you let him play with your balls?
    add a meat tenderiser, mincer and hand grenade and you're getting close.

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    what have i done?

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Kempy View Post
    As im away at the moment and will be for a while yet i reluctantly allowed my brother to " borrow " it for a year. Now i fear for the safety of it . Just thought id see if anyone else trusts people with there motor?
    No-one & never unless maybe it's life or death!!!!!!!!!

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Kempy View Post
    As im away at the moment and will be for a while yet i reluctantly allowed my brother to " borrow " it for a year. Now i fear for the safety of it . Just thought id see if anyone else trusts people with there motor?

    ok i have a younger bro, hes 18, passed his test comin on to a year.

    i have him every day begging and pleading!

    it just aint going to happen!!

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    My last renault 5 which I picked up cheap as a go between car I let my brother and my mate drive it. My brother because I was out and he agreed to drive the car home so I can have numerous anounts of alcohol, and my mate because he lets me drive his car if needed, especially when mine wasn't working, only problem being he drove off with the handbrake on first, said it was fast, then showed him without the handbrake on

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Frix View Post
    ok i have a younger bro, hes 18, passed his test comin on to a year.

    i have him every day begging and pleading!

    it just aint going to happen!!

    My bro is 24, and been driving for a few years now, i like to think he will be sensible enough. ( he better! ). As long as i dont start reading threads like " anyone see that idiot driving around MK in a raider". LOL.

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Kempy View Post
    My bro is 24, and been driving for a few years now, i like to think he will be sensible enough. ( he better! ). As long as i dont start reading threads like " anyone see that idiot driving around MK in a raider". LOL.
    OO is that you car

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Kempy View Post
    My bro is 24, and been driving for a few years now, i like to think he will be sensible enough. ( he better! ). As long as i dont start reading threads like " anyone see that idiot driving around MK in a raider". LOL.

    well hes got few years experience behind him, so should be cool.

    just make sure he keeps the boost down!

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    i lent my 5 to my bro when i got it, for a week when i went on holiday.... he now has his own lol

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Depends on what state of repair the car is

    if they are familier with the car already and use it when needed and not for the fun sure. But not for a year to someone whos going to be doing laps upon laps of town.

    these cars are really quirky, you really do need to have regaular checks and service. and have half an idea about the car yourself. unles you have a good mechanic as a mate.

    i like watching my mam drive mine and experience the 1bar of boost at 3000rpm when i tell her to hold her foot down hard in 2nd and 3rd

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    My brother and I have always swapped cars, just on the understanding you break it you pay for it. This includes my Renault 5 GT Turbos, my RS Turbo Van and my RS Cosworths, in exchange I can use his Nissan GTI-R or his L2000. It works well.

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    brother no, a few choice friends could be trusted....only a few tho

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    After going out on track with my younger brother @ the "ring" last but one rtoc tour in his civic....i think not!.......

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Thats why you should have let me look after it!!!!!

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    My bro is 4 years older than me, married and I still don't trust him, I let him ago just before I ditched the carb and I nearly had a heart attack they way he was ragging my poor baby

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    My dad leant his best friend his new BMW when he was younger...and he stuck it in a ditch and wrote it off. I'm pretty sure they haven't spoken since

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    As long as you trust him with it, and give him the 'you break it-you buy it' talk all should be fine.
    But there's some big cruise thingy in MK this sunday so it might see a bit of abuse

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    I keep getting texts about this MK cruise from some mates I have up there...like fook am I going though! I am however, doing a tour of most of the UK this weekend instead.

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    I could fit in my bros 928 but he couldn't fit in the track GTA ....He's younger ,richer but .......fatter and uglier

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Os8472 View Post
    My bro is 4 years older than me, married and I still don't trust him, I let him ago just before I ditched the carb and I nearly had a heart attack they way he was ragging my poor baby
    By ragging, do you mean going past 4.4K oli?

    FYI - thats what your supposed to do

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    im unsure if id let my bro drive mine! hes a vti lad and is constantly relining his car daily. i dont think the 5 would like that.

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by TNT ANDY View Post
    By ragging, do you mean going past 4.4K oli?

    FYI - thats what your supposed to do
    No by ragging I mean trying full throttle shifts when there wasn't a rev limiter (pre EFI), understeering into every corner cus he can't help but keep his foot in and always pulling away at full throttle and smoking my exspensive tyres

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    Re: younger brothers in your 5

    Quote Originally Posted by scratcher View Post
    As long as you trust him with it, and give him the 'you break it-you buy it' talk all should be fine.
    But there's some big cruise thingy in MK this sunday so it might see a bit of abuse
    Hopefully, the tax disc wont come through by then, he lives smack in the middle of CMK. Now im more worried about it being nicked than crashed.

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