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by mik
Thu May 02, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: V8 Vantage hire experience
Replies: 12
Views: 229

Re: V8 Vantage hire experience

I followed this guys thread on PH for a while. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=2010189 The spacers and slightly lowered ride height make for subtle but really nice improvement to the overall look. Those seats as well 8-) That's pretty much exactly what I did with ou...
by mik
Thu May 02, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: 4 Paw Dog Drive Fleet running report
Replies: 991
Views: 130408

Re: 4 Paw Dog Drive Fleet running report

Met a couple of dogs from Glasgow Greyhound Trust at a party over the weekend as one of the folks that runs that org was also there….They also had a boy with them that they are fostering whilst waiting for an adopter to take over - he was friendly with everyone but took a particular shine to me and...
by mik
Thu May 02, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: For the FTAO of JL
Replies: 890
Views: 159711

Re: For the FTAO of JL

Holley wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 8:49 am I was behind a A3 with OLIO KEW going through Bolnhurst this morning. Wasn't their any Ollie Kew of this parish?
Yeah, Ollie Kew was a regular forumite back in the day (evo as opposed to ov9). I even sent him a couple of older mags. No idea if that is his plate though. :)
by mik
Thu May 02, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Coaster/YK
Replies: 155
Views: 26670

Re: Coaster/YK

A year has passed since YK left us. Just thought it worth a note here. 100% - thanks Barry. I've been quite surprised how many times that YK has popped into my thoughts over the last year when I've been out driving. Somehow this google search has been cached in my browser, and occasionally when I a...
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20259
Views: 2509145

Re: Your fleet running reports

The thought process is something along the lines of... the 80s stuff is too expensive now Start growing a ‘tash and get some Hawaiian shirts https://images.clickdealer.co.uk/vehicles/5929/5929938/large1/139686971.jpg https://www.sppmarlow.co.uk/used-ferrari-308-hedsor-buckinghamshire-5929938 Wow 8-...
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20259
Views: 2509145

Re: Your fleet running reports

My dad's has just come back from the dealer with a bill for £12,520.43 for a replacement front gearbox/PTU for the 4WD system - thankfully covered under warranty. They apparently are a "when" not "if" replacement, which is annoying as I was planning to buy or inherit it from him...
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20259
Views: 2509145

Re: Your fleet running reports

Ascender wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 12:42 pm What's the best Ferrari forum to get a view for actual real world feedback and buying guides?
Interesting. You think a 355/360 would be a better option than your 996 C4S? (Not trying to be a smartarse - I recall that you liked that car but the timing was wrong for your needs?)
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New new new new Top Gear
Replies: 340
Views: 28816

Re: New new new new Top Gear

I know TG is now dead, but I was listening to the latest Sniff & Smith podcast the other night (which I don't often get a chance to do) Episode 208 "Talking Cars With Pet Shop Boys". Richard/SniffP/Aquadrome noted towards the end that in his head he'd created The Stig as "Kimi Rai...
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

Apparently it's actually quite well implemented, reported by people who have driven them. :roll: not for me sir. Now if they could add a pretend clutch and a pretend gear lever that would pretend to baulk if I pretended to rush it too quickly, or could pretend to stall if I didn't pretend to give i...
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

Jeezus, that is exactly what they have done. And worse. :cry:

Now I need to buy a new Tragicometer, with a higher rating. :(

by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

I hate that crap, but based on that vid and the way the camera moves as it pretend-shifts from pretend-first into pretend-second, it looks like Hoonday have gone one step further and added a pause in the power delivery???? In which case, my Tragicometer may well explode. :(
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: Roll Call and Facts
Topic: Forum Roll Call
Replies: 149
Views: 24931

Re: Forum Roll Call

And this week's award for losing all of the formatting (and inserting the word "top" at the bottom :? ) goes to...... @Gavin :ugeek:
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

dinny_g wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:51 pm
This video is the in-car footage of that insane lap, from start to finish.
I declare this to be - rapid. 8-)

(I am not sure why this is in Randomness as opposed to YTVids though :geek: )
by mik
Wed May 01, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

This looks great - they should make it. 8-)

(Also for the FTAO of @Jobbo )

by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Decent car YouTubes
Replies: 2821
Views: 497530

Re: Decent car YouTubes

Just a short. But a predictable short.

by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 8125
Views: 1080114

Re: Randomness

Don't read the replies first as they give it away.

I was like "yeah, all looks a bit too quick and risky, but not seeing anything massive....."

and then..... :o :lol: :?

by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: TWR (Lazarus version)
Replies: 16
Views: 1230

Re: TWR (Lazarus version)

(and ironically the pumped arches are much more reminiscent of Lister than TWR - image shows LeMans from 1986).

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by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: TWR (Lazarus version)
Replies: 16
Views: 1230

Re: TWR (Lazarus version)

Now seeing renders of what they intend to produce. Not doing much for me. :? https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/2024/4/the-twr-supercat-is-a-supercharged-v12-restomod/ https://www.goodwood.com/globalassets/.road--racing/road/news/2024/04-march/twr-supercat/twrshot_1final.jpg https://www.goodwood...
by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20259
Views: 2509145

Re: Your fleet running reports

Took mrs mik’s E-Tron for a “larger car task” at the weekend. 25 miles from home on an A-Road the car suddenly sang out some loud warning chimes whilst flashing up “Electrical System Fault – Safely stop vehicle!” followed immediately by a 4WD system fault message, and then a warning related to the ...
by mik
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Car Hire Lottery
Replies: 107
Views: 10136

Re: Car Hire Lottery

Merc EQA supplied by Audi to cover us until they have fixed Mrs mik’s etron. That’ll do nicely. Have only taken it up the road and back, but initial thoughts (which will make me look like an ungrateful moany git) : whilst the interior is far from unpleasant, the big vents in the centre are a bit ch...