The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

[L100NYY]

I know you're tall JC but

[Crook]

Company I work for did the desk. Unfortunately not my project otherwise I would have had to have had a lot of site meetings...

[tdm34]

Well fellow threadists, here's a headsup to something that's happening this weekend.

From 10:30pm on Saturday Night all the way through to 7am Sunday morning live on Motors TV and BT-Sport-HD it's "The Great Race"

Yup it's the Bathurst 1000 again, and I wont be missing a second!...

Here's a taste of what it's all about....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCE-0CnoVA

[chris116]

This looks like it might be interesting, trailer for a documentary about BMW's touring car history.

http://vimeo.com/108230034

[olly755]

tdm34 said:

Well fellow threadists, here's a headsup to something that's happening this weekend.

From 10:30pm on Saturday Night all the way through to 7am Sunday morning live on Motors TV and BT-Sport-HD it's "The Great Race"

Yup it's the Bathurst 1000 again, and I wont be missing a second!...

Here's a taste of what it's all about....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCE-0CnoVA

Cracking little vid.

Might have said it before, but Mt. Panorama is around 30 times narrower, steeper, and more difficult than it looks on any video. Makes the 'Ring look like an autobahn.

[humpbackmaniac]

Thank you Crook, Awesome image. I do love a matt orange SLS. Your colleagues snap shot is now my screen saver da jour. Until I find a bright orange Batmobile one to replace it. Must do some work.

[jeremyc]

Mr. Loon,

Will your my Lotus Cortina be present for inspection on Saturday?

[jeremyc]

contango said:

Surely that's a Cortina-Lotus, being a mk2 having been built at Dagenham.

I know, I know. The dealer has it wrong on their website as well ...

But I wanted to bait Threadists, and had a quiet bet that Olly-the-Socks would be first to point that out.

[L100NYY]

The Cortina Lotus will indeed be here on Saturday yes

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

The Cortina Lotus will indeed be here on Saturday yes

Excellent. So it's just that and the Alfa on my shopping list ....

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

L100NYY said:

The Cortina Lotus will indeed be here on Saturday yes

Excellent. So it's just that and the Alfa on my shopping list ....

Sounds all-white to me

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

Sounds all-white to me

I'm only buying if it comes with a free respray to joesnow blue.

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

L100NYY said:

Sounds all-white to me

I'm only buying if it comes with a free respray to joesnow blue.

Ah.

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

Ah.

The Alfa, that is. You can leave the Cortina-Lotus-Cortina white'n'olive.

[Beefmeister]

Speaking of blue things, I'll be popping along for the first part of the day Loon. In this blue beastie:



Also might be joined by a friend in either a fast red car or an old grey car.

Edited by Beefmeister on Thursday 9th October 14:52

[L100NYY]

Beefmeister said:

Speaking of blue things, I'll be popping along for the first part of the day Loon. In this blue beastie:

Excellent stuff, will good to see you chum

[tdm34]

BBC iPlayer, search for "Road" story of Joey and Robert Dunlop, and Roberts sons William and Michael, sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing
and if you don't know then the end is so moving.

Utterly mesmerising

• WARNING* there are some pretty shocking scenes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jhws7/road

[L100NYY]

Nnnnggghhhh

[L100NYY]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-Rover-Mini-Cooper-M...

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-ROVER-MINI-COOPER-C...

[Crook]

L100NYY said:

Nnnnggghhhh

That does look good.

Always thought that the scene in The Bourne Identity was a fitting tribute to the car.