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Yeah was a good day, nice weather too (for pics anyway!) Good fun leaving Shearwater round by the lake-side, all the people stopping and looking. One guy had a good look at D047s 172 and was talking to his wife, seemed a bit suprised to see one, he then looked up and said "bloody hell...

hehe, I think it was a certain "D_0_4_7" that made me take that pic, before I get blamed! James is taking a picture, nothing sinister!

Had a short notice mini-meet down here in West Wiltshire today, suprisingly good turnout considering it was organised in a Spotted thread! We did Granada Services, Warminster >> White Horse, Westbury (kite flying) >> Aldi (!!!) >> KFC Frome (eating!) >> Longleat House >> Shearwater >> Home...

Woooooooow! Got this today, bloody fantastic! Realism and graphics are incredible. Just playing with a Sidewinder Pad at the moment but would love a wheel, sadly I have nowhere to set one up though. I've been playing Sega Rally at the arcade this morning and its got me wanting a wheel so badly!

Parked outside Beales in the town centre at lunch time today, needs a clean! And for those that say Renaultsport's are common, on my 120 mile run today I spotted one 182, but 11 Porsche 911s! Saw a Lincoln Navigator as well, hideous junk!

I use some Meguiars stuff, Tyre Shine I think, it doesn't give the initial blinding shine that many others do but seems to keep them fairly black for much longer than anything else I've tried. Just found this... http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product_test/44862/tyre_shines.html

Bought it in a shop today, suprised to see it out and about so early. Good write up for the 172, although the prices for those 3 in the box out seem way to high.

My camera is charged and ready so no worries there. Any idea how many we got coming now?

I generally don't like bodykits..especially fussy side-skirts, I hate pointless huge wheels, show off exhausts and non-standard rear lights. I hate those things even more on 1.2s.... Yet somehow I look at those pictures and think to myself, 'oh, that looks pretty tidy actually' Good work...

Wow, top stuff. What part of the country is this? Roads look fantastic.

No Sepia effect involved, they are pretty much direct out of the camera. It was pitch black but there are a lot of street lights, so with the long exposure (6 seconds iirc) everything gets bathed in orange light.

My first attempt at some night time pics (taken from the front garden, too cold to go far tonight!), will better these over the weekend at the local industrial estate, but thought I would share my first efforts...

Excellent stuff. Plenty of real racing still out there, just need to look for it as its rarely televised. I've seen more unbelievably close and thrilling racing at Castle Combe last season than I have in a lifetime watching F1. Never understood why F1 is so popular when there is far more...

Think there may be a few 04 plates, the last 200 were available in December 2003 (mine is late December) and a few were around later than that. Didn't some dealer buy the last ones up in 2004 and sell them a bit cheaper?

Where you getting the refurbs done? Only place I've found local is Pro-Tyre on Station Road in Westbury, been looking out for other places. Still on for Sunday, off for a morning run to Bournemouth again on Saturday so S25 may be a bit dirty on Sunday!

Whats the challenge? Time limit or something? I'm a dessert king, it looks fairly easy to finish off no problem.

Maybe I'm trying to live in a perfect world here but shouldn't they get ALL the parts, then have your car in? Do you have to pay on the day you collect it or has the money already been paid? I'm sure it will all be fine once the parts come in, but it just makes sense to me to get the parts...

Are both group 11? Thankfully I'm in the fortunate position of insurance being pretty reasonable now, 23 with 5 yrs ncb and I pay around £600 on the Cup, drops to about £260 on a Valver. Is an RSi worth looking at then? Significant performance decrease or not too much different?

I did 1.2 to 172 Cup, stunning! Torque steer caught me out at first but I'm used to it now, just take it steady for a while and you soon get used to the power. I went back to a 1.2 for a while when I was waiting to collect it, I honestly thought I'd left the handbrake on at first! Has cost me...

Been looking round for a sub-£2k Valver and to be honest…not got a clue what I’m doing at the moment as I’m not to sure on the history of them. Some questions if you don’t mind. 1) When were they built from-to? Any major differences or revisions depending on the year? 2) I’ve noticed many...

Gutted for him. I remember taking Loki and his Dad out in my Cup at the last SW meet, top guys, I remember how excited he was about getting a new motor in the future. Glad you're he's though, thats the main thing.

Hehe, just the three times then :clown:

Just a couple quid for the badge is fine, I didn't want to rip someone off on Ebay so at least its going to a good home now! Will need to dig it out but I know its here somewhere. I've put a post in the meets forum to see if anyone else is interested. Oh and I think Longleat is a tenner when...

Sounds good. I have spare Cup badge, can you cancel your order or is it too late?

If we are going for Longleat/Shearwater/Heavens Gate whatever we can meet at the services where the A36 and A350 meet (BA12 7RU, Multimap) If we are starting at the White Horse/under the White Horse at Bratton etc we could meet at the same place I guess, its only 1 or 2 miles away from there...

Hopefully its one of those exhausts that spit flames, as looking at the direction its facing it could easily destroy that hideous bumper, hopefully the rest will burn too.

I'm wondering too actually, I occasionally get some good shots but thats only because at an average 8hr Castle Combe day I snap 300 or so shots, a few have to be in focus...! http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/gallery/814406 I prefer to use the panning technique, follow the car with the...

Something real local would be better imo. Trying to think of some big open space, there is a huge free car park up at the Westbury White Horse (Salisbury Plain), nice views too and dead quiet this time of year. Plenty of space to arrange the cars and stuff for pics. Other than that I'm...

I'd believe that £2k has gone into it, I gathered my receipts up the other day whilst sorting out the ad for my car, ignoring servicing and essentials I still can't believe what I've spent! Only little things but they've mounted up, mats, ITG filter, decent bulbs, carbon splitter, cargo net...

hehe I've had this about 4 times from Platinum in Bath regarding the Dynamique I got from them. Wasn't ever even 3 years old but they kept asking me about changing it, kept telling them that I have a Cup now but they still phone every few months. I also had the problem when collecting a new...