OV9

John wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:19 am I think the BBC will be terrified to appoint anyone other than a woman

Yeah, hence my Jodie Kidd suggestion. Car nut, ex-racer, bigger name than someone like Rebecca Jackson.

I don’t rate Kidd’s presenting style though, when she was in that Classic Car Show on Five.

Rich B wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 8:01 pm My predictions for the list of terrible choices that will no doubt be put forward:

JK
Jenson
Steve Jones
Guy Martin
That annoying chef
Vernon Kaye

And Jodie Kidd.

^^^ cool stuff

My Euromillions garage will include a ‘73 RS replica with about 250bhp.



And a Lotus Cortina.

That makes me want to take the Defender back but this time get into Russia. Not watched the videos yet but just finished reading the OV9 new Ford GT article from a few months ago where they visited Arctic Circle Raceway. I would like to go back to Norway but this time includes a track day at ACR, t...

Had the infamous smoky start up after a hard drive with the 911 on sat, car had sat for about 90 mins, it was er, somewhat embarrassing/concerning :? Happened once when I was at Anglesey track day. Marshal came over to check cos they thought my car was on fire :oops: I suspect I might have overfill...

Why the need to publicise it? To get a few ‘likes’?

Fucking millennial twat.

Matty wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 7:03 pm OPC stuff

Can’t disagree with you there. Luckily (?!) I drive an old Porsche so don’t have to deal with that stuff.

Anyway, another fan of Evora here.

Genuinely thought you might keep the Elise a while! What's the replacement going to be Matty? I've had it two years now, which is usually my "time to swap". I was planning to buy an Evora, like Mik Mikkeleson, however the "S" models are a bit of a stretch financially and I'm not...

Foz wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 12:40 pm It's had an absolutely frightening amount of money spent on it over the last few years the highlight being a hartech engine rebuild at about £11.5k

Nice fine

Foz wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2018 10:04 am Teh New 911 needs lots of money spending

You have a 4S now haven’t you?

Details man, we need details.

X74! Looking purposeful 8-) Thanks :) I need to thank you for prompting me to get the 5-spoke wheels. I'm liking them more and more, I think I prefer them to the splits now. Yeah the 5-spoke look good and bonus for 10kg saving. They look great on X74, even better than my M030. M030: http://www.911u...

Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 2:38 pm
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X74! Looking purposeful

Just over a month to go courtesy bump.

unzippy wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 8:26 am A nice touch - I've seen the pumps about but this was extra.  A pump, stand and a selection of tools, none of which had been pinched!

I’ve seen these at some train stations; pump, stand, tools the full works.

Watched the first two; enjoyed that.

Cheers for taking the time to write that up Steve 😎 YK was kind enough to let me drive his 996... felt a bit more than 260bhp , which is only ~30bhp more than my 968 (well, I haven't had my 968 on a rolling road, so can't be sure. It might be down on power too!) Of course it felt a bit more than 26...

It’s a fine looking car isn’t it?

How does the Vantage compare to your 996, performance wise? The 996 has ~80 fewer BHP, but weighs something like 200kg less, right? I'm guessing they feel rather different in how they deploy their power, despite both being NA? It’s closer to 250-275 kg. Google suggests Vantages to be 16xx kg. C2 is...

I too wonder if it needs to be decoked. Charlie did say it’s normal for M96/7 to be ‘under’, but DFI engines should be a lot better, and GT3s to be ‘over’, particularly RS. Mine from a couple of years ago at SRR (300 bhp factory): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MTYVj0CYMKU/V4JZR3Qv3-I/AAAAAAAACH...

I love green Astons. Green or some sort of dark metallic red would be my choice.

IIRC Nutty’s one was tungsten silver so a nice colour but common (which might work against reselling).