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yep and i used to see mid 20's in town 35 tops on a motoway cruise , the garage told me it was how i drove it , so i asked why the petrol v6 auto i had while they looked at mine did the same mpg ...... the single worst diesel engine EVER and thats comparing it to the sherpa van diesel i had...
Asus transformer prime ......... pisses an ipad into oblivion ..... wtf wants to have to use itunes
64GB standard no option because who wants small ?
tablet 10 hours battery
attach keyboard 15hours (and thats tested 15 hours of 720p video playback
micro sd slot (64gb current will be 128 soon)...
I will find the list of faults I had over 3 years ... had it not been for warranty we are talking over 10 k in work in fact proberbly over 15k ... I had a new 6k drivers seat (heated cooled elec) ... running one outside warranty does not bear thinking about
ride is harsh even on 17's the seats sag the warrenty issues were endless i had 4 new alloys every 10k service due to corrosion , its well specced and if you put it up against a like for like specced merc audi or bmw you realise its not as good , the plastics on the dash are poor and why have a...
which model IS220d ? the sport model was ok as the rear diff actually was correct for the car , the se and SEL models were just appalling ..... i owned one , and i have to say its the first car i have owned that actualls says in the manual do not use 6th gear below 75mph , i kid you not its...
I have the 24-70 2.8 and again love it .........
so i don't pop up in any other threads saying yeah got that one ...my set are
d7000
F2.8 70-200 Nikon
1.7x Nikon teleconverter
F2.8 24-70 Sigma
F3.5 10-20 Sigma (another reason i went for the 3.5 as apposed to the 4-5.6 is the filter size is...
i bought the F3.5 to go on my D7000 , great lens , love it
one of mine from very early morning in africa , nearly dark in the landrover .
bought mine from
http://www.onestop-digital.com no probs at all , arrived in 2 days via dhl.
Arp bolts decent head work ..lary cams pocket the pistons .... and the ring ... I drove to barcelona and back ..2 trackdays there then over to pau in france ....then home ....
Turbo cars are ok ... westfield even make them from the factory now .... however 300bhp na is prefered ... supercharging works very well on duratecs ..... and I prefer n/a
Mine was sprayed mike .... yes they do chip on the rear arches but just fit carbon guards .... and I had the thin race bodywork that flexes like a bugger ...
Paint is way better than a wrap .... then have the pearl rs green
they actually fair better in an impact than people think , caterham chassis are the same .......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQIhXrrk1_E
(i am car 2 on the scene of that one )
and this one ........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FE_N7oIPvc
when porkies was at micheals spec i used to pass him with "only" 225bhp .......:)
his latest spec is spot on , but you can get too much power and not have reliability
Micheal will be interesting to know what you plan for the finished look and spec , i was so close to having mine green , but...
What have you bought mike ... I am a bit of a master on them after 10 plus years tracking and building them
http://www.harvsport.com/westie/index.htm
the last carbon car i did .......
also had a fair bit to do with the build of an s2000 engined car
Pah Graham Finlayson did rally Barbados in a carbon bike engined car (about the same power to weight of the R600) way back in 2005 !! and that included the off road bits
Yep thats RS6's for ya .............. try a gt3 gearbox rebuild after driving it from Nottingham to home ...... by the time you have stuck a clutch in your looking at 8k ..... ask gt3 owners and they admit that 30k is common for needing a rebuild .......
nice cars = big bills ....... have to...