New owner from UK Birmingham

[Emperor]

Hi all,
after 19 years, finially i got my PP1.
love it when it first come out. always want one but cant justfy the price.
found one 2 weeks ago and the price are cheap enough for me to dig the money out.
the car was in Japan, waitting for shipping. hope i can get it on Nov, than it will be my Bday gift.
regards
Ben

[beecee]

Welcome and congratulations on your new Beat , make sure
to post up some photos when it arrieves .

BRIAN

[TADO]

welcome aboard ben!
congrats on your purchase, hope the wait doesnt seem like forever. theres several beat owners down your way and the Kei Kars meet is close by next week at Kingsbury Water Park if you fancy coming along to meet a few of us

[Wh1teLeopard]

Definitely pop along to the KKITP meet, even without your beat yet you will be more than welcome. Will give us a chance to show you some simple maintenance things too if you've got any questions!

It's Kingsbury water park on the 26th September. That's junction 9 of the M42 near Tamworth. £3 at the barrier but the event it self is free.

[Emperor]

sorry guys late reply.
far too busy in the collage and garage.
and i miss the meet.
hope will see you guy on next time.

quick up date
confirm shipping on Oct 17 and eta is 10 Dec 2010.

[Emperor]

some photo up-dated

[bigB]

not too shabby, love the exhaust B.

[TADO]

that looks very very tidy! bet the suspense is killing - when we brought over our teg the wait seemed forever.
has it been lowered a bit? the paint looks very good!

[Wh1teLeopard]

Loving the seats! Looks good!

[Guido]

Congrat to this beautyfull Beat.
I`ve been imported a Kei car in spring this year, too.
So i can explain how long 6 weeks are. Do You track Your ship daily?

[Emperor]

thanks guys.

the bodywork looks perfect yes.
i dont know have it been lowered or not, the guys said its box standard, but clearly see the exhaust is not and the seat is not.

the seat will be going, cause iam putting a set of red recaros.
going to buy a set of body kit for it, and repaint it into EK9 (nh-0) color, too make it type R look-a-like.
but will double check the paint work before go ahead.

i did not check the ship daily, have import far too many cars so i just wait.
the longest i wait for a car ship from Japan is 3 months.
i think this will be the same.

[Mylee]

The beat is such an individual car, why try and make it
something it's not ?
Think you'll struggle with the recaro's, bit to wide.

[Emperor]

i dont think iam trying to make it another car mate.
did you not see recaros in a beat before?
they will fit very nicely.

[TADO]

sounds interesting - any ideas about which body stuff you like?
everyone has their own opinions on how beats should be - mylee likes his beats very original!
the beat is one of them cars you either get or you dont. theres no point trying to make it into a fast car, as its never going to be one without serious surgery, but you can certainly do stuff that makes them even more of a hoot to drive.

which recaros are you thinking? theres only a couple that will fit both drivers and passenger sides.
have you checked out the beat pages on minkara? lots of ideas on there...

[Emperor]

yes i know. i told my mate i bought a Beat, he goes "are you mad!"
but i like it, like it small and looks very q, luckly the miss think the same
looking on yahoo the other week, found the body kit looks good, not a big name anyway, cheap tho, only 300 for full kit.
i got Recaro sr4 ( off ek9 ) ready here, so will going pu them in.
if the parts sold well, than may well be buying a pair of Bride.
finger cross.

[Gavin]

Honda Championship White you know you wanna do it!!

[Emperor]

maybe
yeah it looks good NH-0

[Emperor]

right guys,
finially pick up my pp1 today. its so much fun to drive !!
drove it back from Bristol to Birmingham near 100 miles only use around £8 of fuel, soo good. it all the way goes up to 140km+ iam well happy now.
i have a question, how do i open the engine cover? do i need to removed the top to do it ??

but one thing the engine sound funny to me. maybe they all like that, its sound like a truck more like a car, also how come it dont have central locking ??

[Obsessive]

Looks tidy, don't know about it sounding like a truck, mine certainly does not! Mind you I'm still on the original exhaust.

Unzip rear screen to get better access to engine cover, personally I've found removing the whole rear screen gives great access, you'll need to undo some screws along the side.

Central locking does not come as standard, I've installed my own which is driven by the alarm. Let me know if you need any info on this.

[Emperor]

O i am not too sure in the exhaust, maybe it was a aftermarket one. O will put it on the ramp when have time to have a good look.
Just found out last night the car have full coilover, man made leather trim in side.
I think I will need the central lock, cause the mrs love it.
Thanks dude, I'd have time you need to have a good look on my car and tells me what's what.