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Rather than faff about jacking it up, I'll nip round to the garage next to work tomorrow and have a look at the bolt from underneath. At the very least, I'll get it soaked in WD and maybe the odd thwack from above. I'll definitely NOT use an impact given the horror results on this thread!

Begger's belief that Renault used such a bolt there in the first place, made out of cheese. Granted, it's hardly ever accessed - this is the first time in my car since it was new. But surely a more robust option would have made a lot more sense for the 12.57p cost per unit difference?

It's strange because the two (zinc?) bolts - one each side of the bar came out pretty easy. I'll see if I can get under easily enough with WD. Fecking thing!!

So, I have a couple Torx-40 bit and a ratchet, but this little t**t is refusing to budge. I've sprayed some WD on it, though I'm really wary that the T-40 bits will just start to chew up the metal. Is an impact gun the best option? I'll bob by a garage and see if they can zap it loose - unless...

Looks a nice purchase - welcome to the BG Master Race! ;)

So, this little addition arrived yesterday and it's definitely added to the game. I think I'll be building up my leg muscles in using it over distance though! :P

I can believe it. When I picked my 182 up from Renault back in '04 - I was actually a bit disappointed with the feedback from the gearbox. Selecting gears was never a problem, but it had the directional commitment of a spoon handle in semi-solid porridge. When the first service came around at...

+1 I'll bang the drum for changing gearbox oil until I'm pushing up daisies. SO worth doing - especially if there is no record of it being drained and swapped previously.

Watched a YouTube video recently of a bloke in America buying a ropey looking Bentley at auction. Pretty sure that NASA operates some space missions with less complex electronics. A bottomless pit of issues.

Snap! Looking forward to the CSL load-cell brake pedal turning up. Fanatec said it was out for delivery from the 21st July, so it should be here at some point soon. Managed to dip into the 1.27's earlier too.

Mainly controller stuff. Do you have a wheel and pedals setup?

What kit are you using Andy? I used the settings below for a quick AI race. I reckon if I'd added another few minutes to the race, I would have nabbed pole from the winning car. Started 2nd from the back on the grid and seems a nice balance of AI ability, without them resorting to Mad Max...

Nothing going wrong on cars terrifies me as much as electrics do. Rust and corrosion can be cut out and replaced. Electrics can baffle even the most dedicated and capable minds. Not forgetting the small, yet plausible risk of setting the damn thing on fire when messed about with!

The sort of times I was getting at Brands to give some form of (average!) yardstick....

I've done a variation of that route a couple of times and can confirm that the roads are indeed great to drive on. On the map I did - I lopped-off the northern section - and went straight across from Sedbergh to Hawes - and onto Aysgarth, before heading south from there. Need to redo it at...

Good suggestion - I'll give that a try myself.

OpenTTD would be a good one, but maybe a little too involved for kids? https://www.openttd.org/

The server is up and running at the minute if anyone wanted to join? It's on Brands Hatch at the minute, if you search for ClioSport.net. Again, the password is Clio2004 Not in there myself just yet, but will be later.

Genuinely think that Rockstar have utilised the dark arts of voodoo with this game. Fired it up the other day on my PC and Alt/tabbed back to Task Manager. Even with all the bells & whistles enabled, it was hovering around 2.7GB of memory usage. How they ever managed that, I have no idea. Just...

Not added to this for a while, but Homeworld Remastered Collection is most certainly worthy of a mention. The setting still 'feels' good to this day - but back when the original was released in 1999, it was mind-blowing. This remaster dates from 2015, but the ambient, sometimes hauting music...

Hi all, I've heard on a few occasions when I've switched the car off, the whine of the system spooling down. I've definitely not manually switched the air-con on and the A/C light isn't enabled. I never use the Auto function either - so I'm a little puzzled as to when it dictates as and when...

I might rename it to ClioSport.net to make it a bit easier :)

Sunday afternoon is most likely for me in-between the rounds of BTCC at Croft. The server name will be Rossendale Racers and the password Clio2004 - if you fancied joining? Make sure you search for all servers or else it will likely miss it. It did that to a mate of mine before he cleared out...

So, with regards to setting up a server for this - I had a random Xeon box lying about, doing nothing. Formatted with Windows 10 Pro and loaded it with the Assetto Corsa Competizione server software - I've managed to get it working fine and without paying a penny for the service. Happy to...

Interesting - I only use a USB-C from the laptop to the dock, to which the monitors are connected. I didn't realise that you could do it in reverse?

Do you mean DP as in DisplayPort?

A great read Andy! Read the majority last night and then finished it off this morning. When's the next chapter? ;)

Hmmm - just checked my Epic Games library....

It's a bizarre addiction that most people can relate to. I very rarely play anything on Epic for the main reason that I detest their front end app - it's like the designer for the ex-Origin app gave himself a labotomy with a chainsaw and then felt compelled to write the Epic Games one. I have...

Fanatec on the offers again.... Ended up ordering the load-cell pedal today. Looking forward to having some additional resistance on the brake pedal now. :)