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Mito Man wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2026 1:23 pm I like it but at £29k it’s not very appealing. I prefer the Rotrex route, only up to 300bhp but DIY friendly and looks OEM+

I think I mentioned the rocketeer in this thread when it was in the magazine, the cost goes up to £115k

I Wass looking at the Evo evening at Donnington on the 16th.

Its discounted to £203 (from £239) which isnt bad but still more expensive than Javelin, Opentrack etc. Not sure if Evo do anything different to justify this.

Still gutted I missed it, but sounds like Thruxton isnt worth the extra driving compared to Stafford, 4 hours round trip vs 90 mins.

I was hoping the skid pan would save my tyres as all 4 on the 550 looked like this, the z4 isnt that much lighter, can imagine the rears becoming slicks quite quickly ...

The z4 lacks the ventilated seats that I had in my last car, didnt notice that until Sunday.

Great to meet you all, always slightly surreal putting faces to cars and usernames. Really enjoyed the food, the drive and the chat. Caffeine & Machine is a great venue, even if it’s slightly overpriced… although that’s probably true of everywhere these days. Some awesome cars there too, fair to say ...

Only happened since reform won the council elections, coincidence?

There was a suggestion of a us specific Peugeot when Stellantis formed, something about the proposed name makes it the best out of all the car numbers

https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/landtrek-based-peugeot-8008-would-be-an-asset-for-hypothetical-north-america-return_13.jpg ...

Marv wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 10:39 am M3s are a downgrade now?

From. an MX5, yes

Adding to what jamcg said, the last game between Southampton and Boro was close to going to penalties, with the winning goal scored in addition time. Spying on penalty training is potentially a huge advantage.

Bit gutted that there is no VR2 support.

Beany wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 10:24 am There really should be. If I voted for someone, I don't expect them to fuck it off when an opportunity for a better pension and to stick it in the eye of their party comes up. That's rather absurd.

You have better expectations of politicians than I do

Just came back this morning to say it’s already booked, presumably other cancelled dates grabbed the same day.


I’ve been sent a discount code for the Evo track days, I might grab a refund and do Bedford and Donington instead.

NHS waits are down, interest rates and unemployment seem to be heading the right way, GDP is showing a bit of life, and inflation has gone from crisis-level to just uncomfortable.

Yet Starmer still seems to get treated less like a disappointing PM and more like someone people genuinely can’t stand ...

Should have said, I have emailed. its showing booked on the site but hopefully they have put a place to one side, I did tell the there was a few of us on the same date.

I can do the 26th, managed to move something to 2nd June, but fear ive missed out as its showing as booked. Fingers crossed they are holding me a space.

This month’s evo kicks off driving the mx5 v6 restomod. I’d seen a couple of NA conversions before and knew the NB was similar enough to make it possible, but being reminded how good they can be has definitely pushed one higher up my want list.

https://www.evo.co.uk/mazda/mx-5/208375/latest ...

Reform appears to be fueled by deep-pocketed donors from abroad. I'm sure they wake up every day thinking only of what’s best for the normal bloke on the street.

Quick reply, it’s those dates or anything on website. Ignoring thruxton dates with only 1 or 2 spaces, the next options are 20th or 27th August.

There are dates at Stafford, including weekends but it’s an airfield and doesn’t have the skidpan,

It should be duncs, agreed, but watching another race it is somehow much worse.

Im unable to do either date, I will drop him an email and ask him if there is anything later on.