Motoring highs and lows of 2010 - what were yours?
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high..my son (21yrs old ) driving to classic le mans in his merc 190 cossie in our convoy.
low ... wishing i had gone to le mans at his age !
high ...borrowing this for the weekend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN86cEHjznw
low...giving it back
low ... wishing i had gone to le mans at his age !
high ...borrowing this for the weekend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN86cEHjznw
low...giving it back
Edited by joncon on Saturday 1st January 15:52
High: Having a good old laugh on my Buell.
Low: Finding out the rings had gone on my Buell and it needed rebuilding.
High: Riding the rebuilt bike and realising that it was better than ever
low: Finding out my 3 series had blown its head gasket
high: Buying my 130i
low: on NYE finding out some scrote had broken into my garage and stolen my expensive tools.
Fail.
Low: Finding out the rings had gone on my Buell and it needed rebuilding.
High: Riding the rebuilt bike and realising that it was better than ever
low: Finding out my 3 series had blown its head gasket
high: Buying my 130i
low: on NYE finding out some scrote had broken into my garage and stolen my expensive tools.
Fail.
MarJay said:
High: Having a good old laugh on my Buell.
Low: Finding out the rings had gone on my Buell and it needed rebuilding.
High: Riding the rebuilt bike and realising that it was better than ever
low: Finding out my 3 series had blown its head gasket
high: Buying my 130i
low: on NYE finding out some scrote had broken into my garage and stolen my expensive tools.
Fail.
Wow that is sickening about the tools bud.There are some scum about!Low: Finding out the rings had gone on my Buell and it needed rebuilding.
High: Riding the rebuilt bike and realising that it was better than ever
low: Finding out my 3 series had blown its head gasket
high: Buying my 130i
low: on NYE finding out some scrote had broken into my garage and stolen my expensive tools.
Fail.
High: Solo trip to the ring in October. Fantastic weather, great atmosphere and met some really great people there. It was fantastic hammering it back and it was only then that I realised just how good the K20 engine in the EP3 really is.
Incidentally. I met a guy named Dan who organises 'ring trips, really nice guy who drives a white BMW 123d. Would really like to track him down and find the company he runs.
Lows: Insurance costs.
Incidentally. I met a guy named Dan who organises 'ring trips, really nice guy who drives a white BMW 123d. Would really like to track him down and find the company he runs.
Lows: Insurance costs.
Highs: (1) Watching the Nurburgring 24 from the pits, having Sabine drive my GT3RS, and then a few days' TF
(2) Having a chat with Walter Rohrl
(3) Testing a Subie WRX for a couple of days. What an wonderful car for the money..brilliant, just brilliant.
(4) Visiting the surpassingly strange Chinese auto museum 90 mins outside Beijing, which has everything from rocket launchers to a massive collection of Chinese parade cars, since there were no private cars for 50 years.
Lows:
(1) Renting a Toyota Corolla with high mileage in Texas..an utterly, utterly awful car.
(2) Having my first road accident in many years when I slid into a car in front of me on an icy road. Damage negligible, but my own fault for not keeping the distance.
(2) Having a chat with Walter Rohrl
(3) Testing a Subie WRX for a couple of days. What an wonderful car for the money..brilliant, just brilliant.
(4) Visiting the surpassingly strange Chinese auto museum 90 mins outside Beijing, which has everything from rocket launchers to a massive collection of Chinese parade cars, since there were no private cars for 50 years.
Lows:
(1) Renting a Toyota Corolla with high mileage in Texas..an utterly, utterly awful car.
(2) Having my first road accident in many years when I slid into a car in front of me on an icy road. Damage negligible, but my own fault for not keeping the distance.
Highs - buying my second IS200 and enjoying driving again.
Insuranc companies finding completely in my favour twice in one year.
Lows - steering rack on my 607 springing a leak. £2300 for a new one fitted. Week later as I'm halfway past a row of parked cars a Saxo appears (brow of hill) coming the other way too fast and slides into my stationary car. Month's repair time including another new rack, thankfully insurance found in my favour. I still had to pay for the rack to be fixed again as they couldn't be sure the accident caused it to leak. Opted for a refurb this time so only £500 with removal and refitting. Had the car back for a whole three weeks including £200 on new front brakes and then some twunt in a Transit T-bones me by pulling out onto a DC as I'm travelling down it. 607 written off this time complete with a leaky steering rack for the third time!
Not a good year and a lot of money wasted on a car that seemed to have a target painted on it.
Insuranc companies finding completely in my favour twice in one year.
Lows - steering rack on my 607 springing a leak. £2300 for a new one fitted. Week later as I'm halfway past a row of parked cars a Saxo appears (brow of hill) coming the other way too fast and slides into my stationary car. Month's repair time including another new rack, thankfully insurance found in my favour. I still had to pay for the rack to be fixed again as they couldn't be sure the accident caused it to leak. Opted for a refurb this time so only £500 with removal and refitting. Had the car back for a whole three weeks including £200 on new front brakes and then some twunt in a Transit T-bones me by pulling out onto a DC as I'm travelling down it. 607 written off this time complete with a leaky steering rack for the third time!
Not a good year and a lot of money wasted on a car that seemed to have a target painted on it.
Highs: buying my second Atom and driving it home from Aberdeen grinning the whole way, moreso when the rain stopped (coincidentally enough this happened right on the boarder)
Lows: having to sell my first Atom, it was like a part of the family. Other low is the s
tty weather since picking up said second car so not having time to bond with it.
Lows: having to sell my first Atom, it was like a part of the family. Other low is the s
tty weather since picking up said second car so not having time to bond with it.Highs - buying a completely original low mileage 205 1.6 GTI even with 2 original michelin tyres on it!! Then driving it to Mull, watching the rally and spending 3 days in glorious weather drinking a bit too much with a great group of friends.
Lows - only managing to drive one rally, during which the steering rack seized and gear linkage broke 3 times. And the turbo sh*ting itself on the N12 Impreza I regularly co-drive in. And the 2 deaths there have been in the UK rally scene in 2010.
Lows - only managing to drive one rally, during which the steering rack seized and gear linkage broke 3 times. And the turbo sh*ting itself on the N12 Impreza I regularly co-drive in. And the 2 deaths there have been in the UK rally scene in 2010.
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