OV9

For the first time in quite a while I enjoyed that.

Some more insights / details from the Intercooler.

400bhp
Under 1200kg
Circa £500k (inc donor car)
Plan for run of 50 cars



Idea of a better built Esprit is great. BUT.
For half a million English pounds those specs are completely underwhelming.
The V8 is so unloved (especially at Hethel) that ...

Targa Tasmania is back after 3 years in the *ahem* wilderness after a number of deaths and a falling out with Australia's main motorsport body.

Whilst the rules seem to have been made stricter and speed limits imposed the fact the lead three cars are a R35 GTR, an Exige V6 and a Viper ACR is ...

I was briefly astounded at the apparent closure of one of the largest mining companies in the world.

So I buy a HDR OLED monitor and browse the web at peak brightness in the morning amirite?

The thing that makes me slightly uneasy about Steam Machine 2 is that "4k 60fps" claim which has quite a whiff of marketroid BS.

AMDs FSR scaling needs to take a collosal leap forward from its current ugly state to be acceptable imho.

New VR headset, controller and gaming box from Valve for 2026 is exciting and has the potential to suck up all discretionary spending for the year.

If the VR is priced against the Quest 3 it'll be a preorder for me.

At the other end of the scale my BiL worked for a company that was trying to scale 3D printing to make full-size buildings.


I'd love for building printing to hit mass use (as of yesterday) as house building costs are absolutely nuts here (and seems like everywhere), as much as I'd like to push ...

Predator badlands even stupider and more sanitised than you might expect but, I still enjoyed it.

Really really REALLY turn off your brain and the fight sequences are decent and bits are very very funny.

Four high foots out of five.

Deleting a post about Predator badlands coz I'm not awake yet.

I've been watching the very silly Miracle Workers with Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi. It's very hit and miss but just weird and silly enough and doesn't outstay its welcome at 20 minutes an episode. Peaks in episodes where ...

mik wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:19 pm £140k seems mental!

Sure does, but I supose it's unique, famous and a good "investment".

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lv25/lo ... les-s1-lm/
In completely unsurprising news 1 of 5 GMA LMs will get instantly flipped at auction. I hoped GM had a "we get a percentage" clause in their contract.

Just over a month to finish on medium difficulty.

It had its moments of very satisfying combos to take down hordes but a lot of the time just felt like button mashing and hope.

Marauders with their infinite shield and hound nearly made me rage quit especially when they turned up at the end of a ...

Partially false as sunset here is current 8pm so three and half hours later than UK slightly different vibe to trick or treating which is generally bright and warm to hot. But some suburbs had a lot of kids wandering around which was nice to see, whatever the (misplaced) Yankee connotations.

But ...

scotta wrote: Tue Oct 28, 2025 4:12 pm Indeed…

--snip Jaguar EZ type---

That's not bad needs to lose the chrome for more future in that retro.

If your purchase doesn't show I'm happy to look in Melbourne.

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/coo ... black.swap?

I drive past a Scorptec to get to work.

Anybody else think the exhaust note was a bit crap?


I always think that about e-types. Very underwhelming on anything with a "sporty" exhaust. Ironically the standard more muted version on the normal e-type I drove was preferable. I'm sure someone must be able to "tune" it to have a less ...

edit: also an interesting channel. FeC/Ti damascus axe 8-) . Sold for £5800.


I love watching someone with that much enthusiasm for crafting skills. The titanium Damascus was fascinating as he ran into some crazy metallurgy finding steel and titanium form an nasty compound (not an alloy though ...

jamcg wrote: Mon Oct 27, 2025 9:49 pm That final setup looks scarily expensive

There's an absolute madman that DIYed a 6dof motion rig and streams Elite Dangerous for hours. Must have an iron constitution.

dinny_g wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:43 pm Love Tim Minchin

Absolutely, I've just forwarded it on to my eldest.

this is seriously cool materials stuff that I never know existed.