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- Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Projectile vomiting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2669
Re: Projectile vomiting
If you’re unlucky after norovirus’s 24-72 hour incubation period you too might get such a treat.
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Which Boxster to get?
- Replies: 196
- Views: 28751
Which Boxster to get?
That Porsche track day gave me the bug and I am actively looking at second hand Boxsters. I was hoping someone who has owned one before / been through a similar process / just happened to be on the internet and thought highly of their own opinion could give me some pointers. I’ve read all the buying...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:57 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: M140i Snetterton Track Evening Review
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4942
Re: M140i Snetterton Track Evening Review
Great write up! Sounds like a well worthwhile day. With this in mind, any alterations due? Different tyres perhaps?
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:15 am
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Physics defied
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4313
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:02 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Ferrari Options?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5097
Re: Ferrari Options?
What would you rather have a Ferrari 458 Italia and a 308 GTB or a mint 430 Scuderia? Prices on the two options are about the same right now in the US. The Scud for me too. It would be fun to have a 308 GTB kicking around for a vintage twist but tbh I hate the 70s styling and there the appeal ends....
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:49 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Forum Roll Call
- Replies: 160
- Views: 28857
Re: Forum Roll Call
_Andy - 1995 Mazda MX-5 V8, 2013 BMW M135i, 2006 Smart ForTwo, 1992 Honda NC30, 2004 Honda CRF450R Supermoto, 2005 Honda CR125R, 2011 Ford Transit T350 140 AWD 16vcento - 2005 Volvo S60 T5 BSR Stage 3, 2012 Peugeot 308 VTi Active. 240PP - 2012 Audi A5 3.0 TDI A7X88 - 2006 Audi S6 V10 Alex_ - 2015 M2...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Family holiday location in the UK?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 9247
Re: Family holiday location in the UK?
Bit late to the party but we had a short break in Rye last year and can thoroughly recommend. Beautiful scenery and great foodie places there. Plus pop over to Winchelsea and you can see where Spike Milligan is buried. Another vote for Scotland too. We were up in Perth last summer for a wedding and ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
....really? What on bloody earth have you been up to in the last....too many years? Also... I have been posting on the Facebook group for like the last month. Who do you think remembered the supersideways Sierra and IFG videos and had been featured in ‘it wouldn’t be possible without’? No observati...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:47 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Oh wait. I just realised what you meant!Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:40 amOh is that a standard thing across the range? Mine started life as a demo car so I just assumed they had blinged her up...
Ignore my beery babble
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:46 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Yeah, that and the transfer box binning it. The rest of the things to look for are mostly elextronic and easier to live (or die!) with.
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:42 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Yeah, the X-type got pretty rave reviews at the time (a couple of UK rags giving it good reviews you could dismiss, but I don't recall any bad reviews, period, handling wise), and no-one really has a bad thing to say about them today yet. Mondeo underpinnings might sound 'cheap' but the Mondeo was ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Not yet. But soon. But then Prof has a nice ring to it. Nerdy friends have suggested Dr^2...Alex_ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:36 pmDr. Dr.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:21 pm Went to uni. Became a doctor. Accumulated debt. Worked for a bit. Stopped to do a PhD. Accumulated more debt. Sold house. Bought Jaguar.
You?
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
A lot of grip but a bit let down by the brakes imo. Still you can chuck it into a lot of corners with abandon then be surprised that you have appeared right as rain on the other side, and lining up a series of S-bends remains fun because of the revvy AJP30 V6. Lacks something of the alacrity of my S...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Went to uni. Became a doctor. Accumulated debt. Worked for a bit. Stopped to do a PhD. Accumulated more debt. Sold house. Bought Jaguar. You? Worked in London. Did some contracting for the Govt. Had nervous breakdown. Lived with brother in Scarbados. Got job after about a year of chilling, needed d...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Have you finished your PhD? You were off to Cambridge, last I remember, which must be quite a while ago. Welcome back 😃 Gosh yes, that was 2007! Finished med school in Cambridge and currently a year into the PhD... which I am doing at Oxford University. It’s been a nice change of pace doing researc...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:56 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Your fleet running reports
- Replies: 20264
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Re: Your fleet running reports
The X-type despite being a cheap buy has cost me a fair bit in the last couple of years as a lot of the suspension was knackered (problems with a heavy beast not looked after properly I guess) but swapping some bushes and some new control arms took care of the worst of it. On a trip back from Yorksh...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5831
Re: FAO Dave The Explosive Newt
Went to uni. Became a doctor. Accumulated debt. Worked for a bit. Stopped to do a PhD. Accumulated more debt. Sold house. Bought Jaguar.
You?
You?
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:09 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Car / track experience days
- Replies: 2
- Views: 809
Re: Car / track experience days
Looks like they still do them. Ginetta too. I’m keen to drive some of the more exotic (ha) stuff too and had wondered about some of the Silverstone experiences.