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I went to my first rally last year, Wales GB 2019. I have to say there is a LOT more emphasis on spectator safety than it might seem. Before any cars go out on stage, they have several different course cars do runs of the stage. Both to check the stage for hazards (I imagine), but also to shout...

Still going. Fresh plates all round, and a clean to get the old plate goo off. Trims all given a liberal amount of Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber care, allowing it to soak on there before being wiped. I find this not only cleans the plastic, but leaves them a nice deep black without being "over"...

Normally all Alfa GTA's that come over from Japan are the woeful Selespeed, havent seen a manual one yet! Good find.

Had a victory getting the stainless exhaust system on last week, so thought I'd contiue the good luck and tackle the wheels... Auto paint in St. Helens mixed up a tin of the correct wheel colour, spent all weekend getting them sprayed. For a rattle can job it’s okay, but more importantly no...

Makes me want one of those MX5's, weirdly. BBR Super 225 kit is a good choice too. The Clios alright I guess, does this mean you'll stop moaning about it ? ;)

Had Chris at Beaniesport do the belts today! So it’s slightly less likely to start throwing internal engine bits out. Made a start in the exhaust this evening.Old one is off! Some comedy amount of washers fell on my head, sounded like a f**king winning fruit machine.

The blower fan is making quite a squeel at higher speeds! Sometimes hitting a bump shuts it up a bit, so I would assume theres a naff bearing in there somewhere. Easy to remove, strip down and fix or?

Before fitting I drilled some equally spaced pilot holes in the splitter to help me. I jacked one side of the car up, enough to get a drill under, and drilled through into the bumper. Then I jacked the other side and did the same. The self tappers then went in. Thats how you do it in 30mins...

Fabia splitter to the rescue!

YE55 CUP is availible for £499.

Blozzers UH OH

Guess I best start a proper thread for the 182 I bought last week. I wanted some cheap fun for the summer, mostly for trackdays as the M2 is a bit to expensive to really enjoy on a track! 2 weeks prior I bought an MG ZT, then proceeded to track it and sell it for a profit. With that profit I...

I already have a trackday booked, was originally going to be taking this to Bedford after much success at donnington: BN8I5196 by Opentrack Track Days, on Flickr However, turns out I'd stolen that car and sold it nearly double what I paid. Hence hunting down a 182!

Yeah thats right. It was about 10 years ago I sold my first car, a 2009 Clio GT. I've wanted a little 172/182 ever since! Finally, I ran out of excuses not to buy one and.... It needs belts, a rear silencer and all 4 wheels refurbing for a start. It also has some dodgy bits of bodywork here...

Visiting Japan and being scared of radiation poisoning is a bit like visiting the UK and being scared of being trampled by a cow. The chance is never zero, but I wouldn’t let it stop you...

This is what me and my Mrs have done for several years. We finally just had a blowout and doesn’t on business class lights and a nice hotel. Was amazing! Oh and ANA are the greatest airline of all. Google “ANA The Room”. That was the seats we had for the flight over. Ryanair won’t be the same

Everyone has something interesting or fun to drive and really enjoys it, being into cars Or anything else for that matter isn’t seen as weird. It’s just celebrated. Love it.

My Mrs doesnt mind thankfully, managed to squeeze quite a bit of stuff I wanted to do with Cars and old videogames. Fun2Drive were who I was going to go to, but I like to find my own route around places. Plus Omoren were cheaper and had more choice! haha. The place where the Merc SLS photo...

https://www.omoren.com/en/ Not that expensive! I've paid more to hire a van for 24hrs. I did the "overnight" deal where its from around 6pm to 11am the next day, looking at my statements it was like £205 after all the CDW etc. The Integra was MUCH cheaper, that was £93 for 24hrs!

Since I'm deciding to get active on these forums again, I thought I'd share some images from my Pre-Lockdown Trip to Japan. Given the catagory of forum I'm posting in, I guess its best to stick to the car themed stuff I managed to cram in the two weeks we were out there. When I say pre...

Yeah this was the factor which pulled me toward Hock. It’s the only exclusive colour! I nearly went black. I’m not actually a massive fan of the orange unless it’s clean. As it’s a new car it’s not that bad. Servicing intervals are variable, so other than the run in service (ouch) you’re not...

No it’s just very white. The selection was blue, black, white and Hock silver. In the end I decided the “silver” was best.

Yeah it’s an odd one, and I only had a test drive in the M4. I just felt on edge and uncomfortable with it, it felt nervous and twitchy. The M2C however, has that “M” car feel that I know. And that’s really kind on the limit, you always feel like you can catch or even hold a slide in it...

Depends what M4 he drove, but I also found them annoying. Before I bought the E92 there was an early M4 at the dealers that I originally went to look at. Thing just wanted to fire you into every hedge it could, felt so nervous. The noise was annoying as well. M2 Comp obviously has the same...

Indeed, Hockenheim Silver1 When my mum lets me borrow her car for it maybe. Of course, its how it all started. But I managed to get an MG And a track day for the price of the trackday, insurance and a set of rears on the M2. Plus the advantage of Give-no-f***s tracking of course!

I havent posted on here on a while, and whilst WFH I feel a little Forum posting renaissance coming along. Since selling the slut of the R56 Mini world, and giving back the MK7.5 Golf GTI Lease car, I have moved on. Last September I picked up my first brand new car purchase, discounting the...

Just thought I'd follow this one up! Stuck the intake temps on the gauge, and pretty much everything youve said there reads true. Today driving it was a few degrees above ambient, went to around mid 30's when I gave it a good blast up dual carriageway.

2009 Mini JCW by Jason.Easton, on Flickr 2009 Mini JCW by Jason.Easton, on Flickr 2009 Mini JCW by Jason.Easton, on Flickr 2009 Mini JCW by Jason.Easton, on Flickr Finally got the camera pointed at it. Today I bled all the brakes, raised the suspension a few turns. It still scrubs at the...

Might change the wheels. Other than that, as many track days as I can. The whole thing needs raising up. It looks great but the arch scrub is annoying on road and track. It’ll be impossible at the ring.

The story as to why he changed them, other than red being not very nice... The owner before the guy I bought it off tried to dye them black and ended up with one patchy purple cushion. Completely ruined them. So the owner I got it off (as part of his massive spend on the car) bought new centres...