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Anybody in the south-west with cams, an RS2 or TB's?
- Thread starter Jardo
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TBH that took me 2 mins or so to write, I can type monstrously quickly providing im not trying to be mega accurate. (30 years of computer programming etc)
In the last 12 months I have written for:
Total Vauxhall
Fast ford
Performance French car (although that was only a feature about the turbo 172 clio from MWM)
But its something Im winding down a lot now TBH as I just dont have the time these days, and also most magazines are cutting back on freelance budgets so rates are dropping too.
In the last 12 months I have written for:
Total Vauxhall
Fast ford
Performance French car (although that was only a feature about the turbo 172 clio from MWM)
But its something Im winding down a lot now TBH as I just dont have the time these days, and also most magazines are cutting back on freelance budgets so rates are dropping too.
+1 Love learning things.
Not going to happen down at that level I suspect, I know the cost James pays for a lot of the component parts and there is far less profit in an RS2 than most people probably realise, TBH by the time you take into account it generally takes quite a few hours labour to build one (lots of drilling holes in very tough carbon etc) he really cant bring the price down much even on bulk orders or he basically ends up working for free.
172 Sport
172 Sport
My theory too, I don't drink (ok I do), I don't smoke (ok I do), I don't gamble and I don't cheat on my missus. So if I want to spend my money on cars I will 
She got the hump when she found out I'd spent 7K on my A3 in 18 months, so I had to do something to hers lol
Cams, RS2, general awesomeness I think. I can't wait to have a go in Chips
She got the hump when she found out I'd spent 7K on my A3 in 18 months, so I had to do something to hers lolCams, RS2, general awesomeness I think. I can't wait to have a go in Chips
I dont really have any other hobbies that arent car related really, which is a bit sad in a way I guess!
I spend probably 15-20K ish a year on cars (half that doing trackdays and half on buying and modifying cars and taxing and insuring and MOTing them all etc etc), but historically Ive covered a fair chunk of that with spending my spare time doing motoring journalism, which probably covered about 1/3rd of it, and in the past when I was doing a lot more mapping of cars for people that probably topped it upto well over half that, so it was kind of a self financing hobby in a way. These days I dont really have enough time to do those things much at the moment for the extra income but on the other hand im working more in my main roles so my wages are good enough right now that I can comfortably afford it anyway, so I still dont feel too bad about it not paying for itself as much anymore.
Luckily for me my mrs enjoys all the trackdays just as much as I do, and so she pays a lot towards them from her wages too, so that helps as well, although the down side is that means yet more cars on the go at once so more maintainance and modifying etc so even more time gone, but lukcily she helps out with the spannering anyway so it sort of balances out (she fitted the RS2 as well as buying it for example)
I spend probably 15-20K ish a year on cars (half that doing trackdays and half on buying and modifying cars and taxing and insuring and MOTing them all etc etc), but historically Ive covered a fair chunk of that with spending my spare time doing motoring journalism, which probably covered about 1/3rd of it, and in the past when I was doing a lot more mapping of cars for people that probably topped it upto well over half that, so it was kind of a self financing hobby in a way. These days I dont really have enough time to do those things much at the moment for the extra income but on the other hand im working more in my main roles so my wages are good enough right now that I can comfortably afford it anyway, so I still dont feel too bad about it not paying for itself as much anymore.
Luckily for me my mrs enjoys all the trackdays just as much as I do, and so she pays a lot towards them from her wages too, so that helps as well, although the down side is that means yet more cars on the go at once so more maintainance and modifying etc so even more time gone, but lukcily she helps out with the spannering anyway so it sort of balances out (she fitted the RS2 as well as buying it for example)
I would kill for a garage...
I'd be screwed without some with all the cars we have.
Ive got a single at my place, a double at my parents I use, my uncle has one I store parts in and me and my mate have a workshop for about 3 cars or so that we built over at his farmhouse.
Normally got about 4 or so projects on the go at once, so just wouldnt be an option not to have plenty of garages.
Would like to get a big workshop again like I used to have, but its justifying the cost.
Without labeling your wives as items, I need one of those
Could do with a few more of them myself if they were like this one, but I have heard that like a lot of software if you have multiple versions installed at once can cause conflicts.
172 Sport
^^lol!
That's what I miss about being at home the most When I moved out of my mums and came down here I left a double garage at the house, and my dads workshop which has a two post ramp, a 4 post ramp, a pit and is full to the bring of snap on I get a bit frustrated having nowhere to properly work on car.
That's what I miss about being at home the most
When I moved out of my mums and came down here I left a double garage at the house, and my dads workshop which has a two post ramp, a 4 post ramp, a pit and is full to the bring of snap on I get a bit frustrated having nowhere to properly work on car.I'd kill for a ramp, sadly the roof at our workshop isnt high enough though:
Nor in the double garage I use at my parents:
(rare shot of the 4 of them together there, parents were on holiday so I spent a few days at there gaff moving the engine from the blue one to the yellow one)
Nor in the double garage I use at my parents:
(rare shot of the 4 of them together there, parents were on holiday so I spent a few days at there gaff moving the engine from the blue one to the yellow one)
My mate whos place our workshop is at.
It is filthy cause it was left outside near their lake for about a year, it had a dead engine.
Was a derv powered one but he put all the S2 bumpers and lights and stuff on it.
The 4 clios are:
Phase 2 172 - F4R with RS2
Phase 1 172 - Standard and a big minging (the mrs is restoring the paint etc at the moment)
Yellow Mk1 - Williams F7R on a custom inlet I made thats kind of similar to an RS2
Blue Mk1 - Weighed it in last weekend, previously had the williams lump in but I nicked it for the yellow one, lol
Yellow one will be vtec turbo powered longer term, have just put the F7R in for a couple of months as it was a direct fit and allows me to get the dash and Autronic ECU etc talking to each other.
The 4 clios are:
Phase 2 172 - F4R with RS2
Phase 1 172 - Standard and a big minging (the mrs is restoring the paint etc at the moment)
Yellow Mk1 - Williams F7R on a custom inlet I made thats kind of similar to an RS2
Blue Mk1 - Weighed it in last weekend, previously had the williams lump in but I nicked it for the yellow one, lol
Yellow one will be vtec turbo powered longer term, have just put the F7R in for a couple of months as it was a direct fit and allows me to get the dash and Autronic ECU etc talking to each other.
172 Sport
Bad times mate
Fingers crossed things pick up for you soon.
I'll be out of a job otherwise haha! I am on the save for an Integra R as a daily, turning the Clio into a hillclimb car
