Yes Sir, She's My Baby

[stampede]

After months of negotiation, she arrived last night. (I promise I will look after her James).

Not being able to try her out until this morning was like hell, but having traveled the 30 or so miles to work this morning, everyone here wants to know why I'VE GOT A HUGE GRIN ON MY FACE.
She's fantastic, and what a noise.

Now I know what all you guys & girls have been on about. The Liz experience just has to be driven to be believed.




The yellow peril is a '99 111s, B&C 170 sprint upgrade, short shift, harnesses, mag wheels, but apart from these, all else standard. Oh and 7k, fully documented, miles from new!

Move over wifey, Liz is sleeping with me tonight! (when I get home from fetching a pint of milk)

Stampede 690

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[L100NYY]

I hope you have many, many happy miles together and a great colour combination you chose there!

[stampede]

Thanks L100NYY, I see we have a "ditto" thing going on. What tyres are you running?

S690

[L100NYY]

Well unfortunately I have sold my S1 as it was a slight overkill having a 111R and the S1! I really miss the yellow beastie though as it had a real rawness and a feeling of 'lightness' that is slightly removed from the later cars.

As regards the tyres, I was running P-zero's which I wasn't a great fan of if I'm honest. What are using at present? Are you going to be doing any trackdays this year?

[turnamere]

L100NYY said:

I hope you have many, many happy miles together and a great colour combination you chose there!

I second Ben on the colour choice, but then I am biased as well.

Stampede 690 said:

The yellow peril is a '99 111s, B&C 170 sprint upgrade.

I'll bet it goes like the proverbial off a digging implement with that upgrade!

I'm sure I won't be the last to also say - take care in the wet and think about some form of training. A friend of mine spun his the other week on the way to work on a very familiar left right combo that he drives every day.

Stampede 690 said:

Move over wifey, Liz is sleeping with me tonight! (when I get home from fetching a pint of milk)

Our corner shop does good milk; at 380 miles for the round trip it is just about the right distance for a milk run, slightly longer if you take the A39 instead of the A30!

[stampede]

The wheels you see are A038R's.

But I have the original wheels with the original P zeros on. I'm tempted to use the zeros for the daily commute and change to the A038R's for the track days that I "will" be doing as soon as I've learnt how to drive it and as soon as It's been serviced.

S690

[L100NYY]

I've just been having a look through my Snetterton trackday photo's, damn I miss that car!

On a serious note, that's probably not a bad idea as regards swapping tyres although personally I have always run my track day tyres on the road as I feel it's the best way to find how the car handles on a particular tread.

All inmho of course!

[turnamere]

Other tyres to consider if you have the luxury of 2 sets of wheels are, in order of merit:

- Yokohama Advan Neova LTS - designed specifically for the S1, directional and asymetric.
- BF Goodrich G Force Profiler - not tried these but get good reviews elsewhere.
- Toyo T1Rs - pretty well liked and a good price, sidewalls are a little soft

Mine is my daily drive and I am delighted with the Advans; good outright grip, fairly quiet, good feel, progressive at the limit and so much better than the P0s in the wet.

[stampede]

turnamere said:

Other tyres to consider if you have the luxury of 2 sets of wheels are, in order of merit: - Yokohama Advan Neova LTS - designed specifically for the S1, directional and asymetric. - BF Goodrich G Force Profiler - not tried these but get good reviews elsewhere. - Toyo T1Rs - pretty well liked and a good price, sidewalls are a little soft Mine is my daily drive and I am delighted with the Advans; good outright grip, fairly quiet, good feel, progressive at the limit and so much better than the P0s in the wet.

[TIPPER]

Very, very nice. Have fun

[stampede]

TIPPER said:

Very, very nice. Have fun

Thanks Tipper, the 1st 24hrs with her have been a dream, can't wait for the rain to bu**er off so that the full open top experience can be enjoyed.

S690

[L100NYY]

stampede said:

TIPPER said: Very, very nice. Have fun Thanks Tipper, the 1st 24hrs with her have been a dream, can't wait for the rain to bu**er off so that the full open top experience can be enjoyed. S690

Sun is shining here this morning so fingers crossed it is for you to stampede!

[turnamere]

L100NYY said:

stampede said: TIPPER said: Very, very nice. Have fun Thanks Tipper, the 1st 24hrs with her have been a dream, can't wait for the rain to bu**er off so that the full open top experience can be enjoyed. S690 Sun is shining here this morning so fingers crossed it is for you to stampede!

Mines outside with the roof off, just need to keep an eye out for showers today.

[L100NYY]

turnamere said:

L100NYY said: stampede said: TIPPER said: Very, very nice. Have fun Thanks Tipper, the 1st 24hrs with her have been a dream, can't wait for the rain to bu**er off so that the full open top experience can be enjoyed. S690 Sun is shining here this morning so fingers crossed it is for you to stampede! Mines outside with the roof off, just need to keep an eye out for showers today.

I'm just about to pop up the road in a mean and roofless fashion!

[turnamere]

L100NYY said:

turnamere said: Mines outside with the roof off, just need to keep an eye out for showers today. I'm just about to pop up the road in a mean and roofless fashion!

Doh, haven't got much of a view from my window on the back of the building, just been in to see the Boss and it's tiping down - huge puddle on my shower cape; that will be fun to shift.