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Old carpets out New carpets in The last time it looked this clean was the day I bought it

Headlining's out, most of the old glue came off with the lining so minimal prep work required to glue new stuff on, not that I did any of it. So far I've fitted an air filter, a breather filter and some seat sliders, speaking of which, these were an arse to fit. It already had sliders but...

I like the look of them, well smart.

I'm always the last one up, most of you wage slaves talk a good game but you're all done by 11pm. I quit drinking years ago and I sleep in the car, tents are for the homeless.

Can we have it a bit louder this year, some of us have partial deafness from illegal raves.

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I just bought this for £120, it's not fancy but it fits my middle-aged arse, even has sliders fitted. A mate gave me an omp base, so I just need a pack of big bolts and I'm good to go, it can be done on the cheap.

I test them for quality control.

I've been looking for seats recently and I've seen all sorts for sale. If you just want some comfy seats with the option of a harness, there's plenty of factory fitted Recaros for sale on FB marketplace, they're not fixed buckets and you'll need to buy mounts, but if you're budget conscious it...

First thing i'd say is try sitting a few different people's cars with bucket seats, some are mega comfy, some are hardcore race seats. You going full fixed bucket or recliner? I know recliners aren't ideal with harnesses, but for a road car that does the occasional track day it might be worth...

Recently I've been enjoying the Rootes group archives, they're very twee and quaint with narration very much in the "Good day sir" style, I'm finding them fascinating. Monte Carlo rally with laps of the Monaco GP circuit as it was in the early 60's, back when health and safety were just two...

I understand why admin don't camp, you're all at work, f*ck sleeping in a field after a 15 hour shift.

God I miss the Scottish lot, they're hilariously allergic to sleep and silence.

Just Saturday, Sunday is hangover and home day.

Originally the camping was at a separate site, but the campfire piss ups became more of an event than CSF, so it was all combined to make it more of a festival atmosphere, hence the name. I get that people want to be comfy and well rested on what is essentially a weekend holiday, but with less...

The companies I sub for don't have that contract anymore, when I did do the wedding shows it was full of influencer types with too much makeup.

I'll probably do a few laps and realise I was worried for nothing.

I think it's just a confidence thing, I can't even remember what the Clio feels like to drive, I'm sure it'll come back to me once it's back on the road, be a shame to miss out on the Gentleman's club.

That's not how Clio's work and you know it, as soon as I hear that engine screaming I'm going to go full r*tard and stamp on it, I have very poor impulse control when I get excited.

I do have an evening at Donnigton booked for the CS Invitational which will be my first track day in 6 years, it'll actually be the first time I've driven the Clio or anything fast in 6 years. I just don't have the confidence I once had when the Clio was working, it's been a long time since...

You going on track then?

Unless you're Buddhist or Hindu.

Unless you drive through fluids, then you've got no choice. I'll have to watch some onboards then decide, I just don't like how close the concrete barriers are to the track.

Vids of people spinning out and photos of crashed cars isn't helping, think I'll just show up for the day and spectate.

Not sure I'm willing to risk my freshly rebuilt Clio on a track that looks like it wants me in a concrete wall, I've not been on track in years and that looks very tight and technical with very little margin for error.

Proper Wombles attend the Caravan and camping shows, it's all bobble hats and thermos flasks.

It was a nightmare to build, all the large stands blocked all the isles with their pallets of building materials, none of us could do our jobs properly, people damn near building entire houses to display their products. I much prefer the car shows I spend most of my time talking to the owners...

I stapled the nameboards to the wooden stands in that show, I was over the other side today building Crufts.

That looks like the NEC.

This is fascinating, I now understand why the Beaver features so heavily in old movies like National Lampoons Vacation.