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I think a fair few were bought by enthusiasts, same type that buys Porky's and the weekend car - they tend to change hands every couple of years, M3's fit the same brief.
The Trophy's about 2 years old now - merry go round has started.
172's... where to start...
Coming from an AX it'll be difficult to be specific on what to expect and what could be worth looking into. If it's over 60k miles, make sure the cam or timing belt has been changed, if not get it done. *doesn't need doing officially til 72k but it's expensive if it...
i think the MK2 body shape i.e the last shape of the 182 was introduced in '02. Not 100% certain but a quick search on here would clear that up.
The 172 Cup was the first RS model to have this shape. IIRC
the import bit will detract from the price more than those mods, they are all to make the car better at what it does rather than for the sake of it. nice example.
the shortlist has just been increased to two:
New, improved Janspeed or the legend that is the Orbisoud.
quick question though, the new system - can it be fitted with a 200 cell sports cat?
i may use headlights next time lol..... I think I passed about 4 or 5 cars (g40steve will know) Maz was the first, very curtious (thanks Maz) and the rest were fine... they'd see you and then move over, may take a corner or two but that car held us up for about a lap.... at half pace!
I thought it was for passing on the right, some chump (can't remember the car) was driving fairly conservatively, which is fair enough, but he wouldn't pull over the to right to let anyone past....... so me and Nik over took him on the main straight on the right...... next lap I get a black and...
mightily pissed off that the red flags came out when they did - you'd have been chasing me round the track for the last 6 or 7 laps.... not that you'd have caught me ;)
Gaztwo, learn to look in your mirrors mate.
Correct me if i'm wrong but the vidoes posted were not taken in the last minute of the session. Each session was 30 minutes long. The first vid is probably from the first or second lap of the session (which was also interupted for a good 10 minutes).
M!keydee or should I call you Mansell, I...
It's more about testing the cars limits... sometimes these are higher than the drivers (as demonstrated on the day).
The whole argument of 'Speed Kills' come from the fact that people drive on the road too fast for the road conditions. Not because they are doing 40 in a 30. They shouldn't be...
Being your first track outing, you'll be forgiven for thinking that it was a race. 7mat of those 3 trophy, all the drivers were first time Rockingham drivers. 7Mat, who is one of the Trophy's in question also had a passenger so was taking it easy. I believe this was the only you passed.
On an...
the last few were excellent lol, sorry i missed you at the event - i think you were walking back to the car as we were leaving, you missed my belated wave.
for some reason i can't post this in the FCS sub forum so it's being posted here:
Current Awareness Bulletin
M1 Closure this weekend
The M1 will be closed this weekend from Saturday evening through to Sunday afternoon. Work has been ongoing to demolish the redundant bridges on the M1...