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

[L100NYY]

Trackday booked for May at Castle Combe in the G'Rowley Special....



Which led me to this fantastic tweedy video;

"Wild 120MPH Aircraft Engined Cars Startle Locals"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyDKl-IYVg

[Output Flange]

Far too new money for my liking.

I'd go with something a bit more subtle. Like this...

[L100NYY]

Output Flange said:

Far too new money for my liking.

I'd go with something a bit more subtle. Like this...

[Output Flange]

In fact, have it again:



That is bloody lovely.

[L100NYY]

Repost.

[W00DY]

L100NYY said:

Trackday booked for May at Castle Combe in the G'Rowley Special....



Which led me to this fantastic tweedy video;

"Wild 120MPH Aircraft Engined Cars Startle Locals"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyDKl-IYVg

Too jealous to make a belittling comment.

[L100NYY]

W00DY said:

L100NYY said:

Trackday booked for May at Castle Combe in the G'Rowley Special....



Which led me to this fantastic tweedy video;

"Wild 120MPH Aircraft Engined Cars Startle Locals"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyDKl-IYVg

Too jealous to make a belittling comment.

If it helps, the pedals are in the wrong order.

[Output Flange]

Bath's taken the brunt of the cold snap, then.

[jeremyc]

Output Flange said:

Bath's taken the brunt of the cold snap, then.

That's just the effect of the new Hartech low temperature thermostat he's fitted to stave off the inevitable bore scoring.

[Output Flange]

Ah, gotcha.

Might want to recheck the instructions though, I reckon it's in back-to-front.

[W00DY]

anonymous said:

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Lush.


How is it I've ended up with 3WD and winter tyres for the first time ever and there's no fking snow? Perhaps 24MPG is having a greater effect on global warming than my pockets.

[jeremyc]

W00DY said:

How is it I've ended up with 3WD ...

That's a special kind of barge-bork right there.

[BuzzBravado]

W00DY said:

Lush.


How is it I've ended up with 3WD and winter tyres for the first time ever and there's no fking snow? Perhaps 24MPG is having a greater effect on global warming than my pockets.

Jimny?

[W00DY]

jeremyc said:

W00DY said:

How is it I've ended up with 3WD ...

That's a special kind of barge-bork right there.

st.


Tbh it wouldn't surprise me.

[ferrisbueller]

Is that extended leather?

[braddo]

Output Flange said:

In fact, have it again:



That is bloody lovely.

Not very curvy though. All I see is bloody straight lines.

And if it's RHD it'll give terrible back and leg problems.

[Blueprint]

I stumbled across a new Alfa Giulia in full cold-weather, stealth-livery test mode this week.

It looked pretty to me; a bit smaller proportioned than the photos suggest. The front end is certainly Alfa, the back end, or the rear lights anyway, could have been a Ford, a Maserati, a Jaguar or a Kia. Not ugly, just a bit generic. The wheels were jolly nice cloverleaf-style, and the stance was bob on to my eyes.

The weather conditions were some of the most atrocious I've driven in so consequently did not experience any naughty sounds it may make as we both crawled along at sub 20mph on the highway in, at times, white out conditions and temps near minus a million.

It'll make quite a nice alternative in the super saloon sector I should think.

[braddo]

Are E46 3-series starting to get popular for track cars or is the preference still for E36s? This one looks like it has lots of good bits. I wonder what it weighs.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...

[Mr Sandman]

braddo said:

Are E46 3-series starting to get popular for track cars or is the preference still for E36s? This one looks like it has lots of good bits. I wonder what it weighs.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...

Hmmm, no mention of baffled sump, which I would have thought would be a prerequisite for rollin' on slicks, no?

[Output Flange]

BMW heads suffer starvation before sumps.

Most cars on slicks are on fked slicks, so not usually a problem.