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Image 1 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 2 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 3 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 4 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 5 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 6 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 7 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
Image 8 — Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.
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Had to buy this Vampiro custom! Curious if anyone has info about it/someone might get a kick out of it.

Today I stumbled on a stall selling figures, and after a rummage found this rather dashing Vampiro figure for not much at all. Obviously it came home with me, and I think it's awesome, it's a great looking figure.

The head's glued onto a mattel body from 1984 (from the armour maybe He-Man?), and the body's covered with fabric hiding it. I've seen that the shirt is from 2000's Toy Biz TNT line (standing for t-shirts and tattoos of course!), but the coat, and all-in-one tights and shoes look maybe handmade?

I was curious if anyone might know the story of this, or if these kinds of customs are a thing that are common? Either way, hope someone might get a kick from seeing this! :)

u/GO-ON-A-STEAM-TRAIN — 9 days ago
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Looking for advice, Kia 22 Stonic - Sudden loss of throttle/gas pedal response

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to gather opinions or advice from any kind folk around an issue I keep experiencing with my 22 Stonic.

I've had it just shy of 6 months, and it has just started to have sudden blips where the gas/throttle pedal appears to completely forget to "go", almost like the engine is off or coasting. It's mildy terrifying when you're halfway round a roundbout and nearly get hit. No error codes or beeps accompany it, and it cuts back in after 5-10 seconds as if nothing happened.

This happens rougly once each daily work commute, so I stopped driving it until it could go in for warranty repair. I have a new baby, and am scared to put her in a car that might be dangerous.

It's in the dealership after a month-long wait (I was rather surprised no loan car was offered), and they can't find a fault. I can see they only had the engine on for 15 minutes, so assume it had a quick overview and that's it.

I wasn't thrilled with taking the car back, as the dealership are unable to diagnose the issue but it is very much a concern. As a compromise they offered to drive it home tonight to give it a longer trip to see if it would show the issue. I can see they have, but I imagine I'll get a call saying the car is fine.

I get where the garage is coming from, but I don't feel safe on the road knowing the car might inexplicably forget to "go". Besides a few forum posts on the owner's club, it seems to not be a widespread thing.

I was hoping to ask what my options might be, and general advice as this has been a bit of a pain to be dealing with. It's a pity as I quite like the car itself.

Thank you for reading all this, and I'd love to talk if anyone has had similar experiences or thoughts on this. :)

(Tl;dr Stonic "go" pedal cuts out randomly, no error code, nearly crashes. Dealership say car is fine, what should I do?)

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u/GO-ON-A-STEAM-TRAIN — 28 days ago