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When I started shopping for a new fun daily I put 20k into the autotrader budget, had to be rear drive but other than that I was open minded.

The choice was boxsters, caymans, s2000's, mx5's, z4's and the like but it was the abarth that caught my eye and I subsequently bought one after a test ...

Do you actually want an investment car or something you can use?

Mint low mileage S1's fetch a large premium because they are investment cars, so you can't use them if you don't want to lose your money. I look after a few sub 10k mile cars that basically do 50 miles a year to my workshop and back ...

Absolutely epic

Love the guy pumping his fist on the start line

mik wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:07 am It's funny how you refer to that stretch of private road you were on, but that sounds priiiiitty nippy. Is that a single-gear pull, or you need to change up? And what gear(s?) were involved?

The mfortobahn as Phill called it when I met up with him yesterday

Two gears were used, 3rd and 4th.

Can I submit for consideration a new category, 80 - 120mph.

I was on the m40 coming home from Bicester on sunday cruising along at 65 - 70 and Phil MGovern (caffiene and machine owner) passed me in his 912. He gave me a wave and thumbs up so I immediately regressed to my 18 year old self and ...

Matty wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2026 2:18 pm

mik wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2026 11:33 am
Lovely indeed, although I think you may need a bit more than the budget limit for this thread.

Has Dan not shared the exclusive OV9 discount code with you? Your post count might be too low.

I thought i'd sent it to everyone, sorry!

Cycling the ignition can often cure that, the needle resets a little closer to zero each time.

The elise positively sailed through its MOT today, 1012 miles since the last one

Simon wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 1:33 pm

This

That looks like a fantastic place to visit.

Absolutely brilliant, thanks for the write up!

Very cool, I look forward to seeing it

Sorry to read this.

Its a cliche but your health really is the most important thing and you take it for granted until you're unwell.

Weren't the original S1 Motorsport cars central driving? Not sure I've really understood the point of it in a road car, to be honest...I also noticed that in the T50 I hope your very well aquanted with the passenger on your right :lol:


Yes I race one of them, albeit with 400 supercharged honda ...

I guess the point is that with an assisted rack it takes much less effort to stop the wheel tugging as the car follows cambers whereas with an unassisted setup there would be more wrestling with the wheel. I agree that technically it may not be "doing it" more or less, but the effect is more ...

mik wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 11:03 pm

dan wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:53 pm

Matty wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:19 pm Oof

Aren't they the same guys that did Dans bodywork? Edit, yes, I probably should have just clicked on the link

Yes, and that metro has an opel dtm 2.5 in the back, it’s awesume.

As in one of these?

Thats the one, a KF.

Matty wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:19 pm Oof

Aren't they the same guys that did Dans bodywork? Edit, yes, I probably should have just clicked on the link

Yes, and that metro has an opel dtm 2.5 in the back, it’s awesume.

It had me wondering what the collective term for that many fur coats was.

Enjoyed the car bits though.

Are GP2 cars doing the whole hybrid thing or are we going to end up with GP2 cars being faster than F1?

Having to coast at the end of the straights because the power is dropping off seems a pretty shitty form of motorsport however you dress it up.


F2 were 15 seconds a lap slower around bahrain ...

Based on my very small sample of one.

On monday morning I went in to Kidderminster hospital to have a small operation on my throat as i've been sounding like i've got a sore throat for several months. I had a camera up my nose a few weeks ago that determined I had something on my vocal chords, not ...