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Can’t remember if I mentioned it last time, but I swapped the HSD coilovers off the m3 onto the compact as although it sat nicely it was too soft to be that low, I’ve chewed the wings just driving very gently onto our drive. It now sits a tad lower but also has more clearance and doesn’t bit the ar...

After the first couple of race meetings this year I'd been out and run down my leisure battery in the caravan by the Sunday morning, usually I'd fire up the generator and recharge it but I didn't take any fuel with me to the first meeting (I'm more running meetings than racing now really) but had a ...

Yeah, and Boris eventually got COVID (as did plenty of the No10 staff and various other political wonks in that sphere) and got it bad. Don't mistake staggering, breathtaking arrogance and a belief that you're above the law for some kind of super secret insight into how COVID wasn't all that. He ha...

I kinda take Journo's opinions with a pinch of salt as most of their assessments are made on empty back roads and race tracks. As a daily I'd be more tempted with a GTS to be honest. If doing occasional track work and this is to be a second car, the GT3. This, I don't take my cars on track (well I ...

A friend is head of fleet for the AA, they have a contract with JLR. he said that the 2.0 Diesel engine is so unreliable that they have circa 1500 courtesy cars on loan at any one time, its not unusual for the courtesy cars to fail which results in some very irate drivers. I recently test drove an ...

.,,300bhp would suffice I'd think. It’s not the power, it’s all about torque. My Touareg was 309bhp and the Cayenne is 380bhp but the Touareg was way nicer to tow with. 465lb/ft available from 1500 rpm. Its very torquey! I knew it would be considerably more than my L200. 2 cyls, 500cc and an extra ...

I needed to solve the problem of having nothing to tow the race box with. This at first glance seems as simple as fitting a towbar to the 3 series...However its not. The Trailers and car weigh around 2200kg which is a problem as most cars are only rated to tow 17-1800kg. After the incident we dont ...

My mates daughter had a baby in April, she's the same age as my eldest. My mate is only 1 week older than me and a grandad. At least I'm not reminded of it daily though.

Jack from number27 videos met me at the Bicester heritage meet last month and asked if he could do a video with my ‘sud. I popped back to Oxfordshire a couple of weeks ago and he’s just published this. I think he quite enjoyed it :D https://youtu.be/OIApxOG0l2Y Just popped up on my feed that. I oft...

Jack from number27 videos met me at the Bicester heritage meet last month and asked if he could do a video with my ‘sud. I popped back to Oxfordshire a couple of weeks ago and he’s just published this. I think he quite enjoyed it :D https://youtu.be/OIApxOG0l2Y Just popped up on my feed that. I oft...

Granola and Greek Yog or Porridge. Kids seem to find Aldi's own brand cereals fine as are a lot of their own brand products.

Good question. I would highly recommend getting the nonprofit registered as a charity so you can get the proper charity access. We've done it for our PTA and it wasn't too onerous. We do donate profits from events we run but we aren't a registered charity. I can ask the Chairman and President about...

This is brilliant news! I had researched and found a new supplier and was about to start the migration in a week or so. I admin a non-profit and we had about 40 addresses in use (of which I binned about 10 straight away as they were for old users) but the remaining 20 users and 10 bucket accounts wi...

Esso Supreme 99 is supposed to have the lowest proportion of ethanol. Bro runs that in his GR Yaris. Take care that if they map it aggressively on any 'Super' then it will likely rule out being able to run the car on 95/10% stuff if you ever needed to. Unless they can provide switchable maps or som...

Given my love of my Rallye, I nearly bought a 306 GTi-6 a couple of years ago for a couple of grand but was distracted at work just as the auction ended and missed out. A Skoda Estelle would be a laugh as well now. Or maybe just shit and I'd flog it again instantly. A 306 Rallye was my first choice...

Going back in your car history is there something that you once owned and would like to re-visit? Why? Me, my MG Maestro 2.0i, under rated as it always handled well, very rare these days. A bit of an Anti hero in it's day but I liked the looks too and it was practical too. I always felt the example ...

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 - 2012 Jaguar XFS Portfolio, 2012 Volvo V60 D3 SE Polestar, 1995 Citroën Xantia Activa 240PP - 2012 Audi A5 3.0 TDI, 2005 Porsche B...

https://forums.ov9.co.uk/download/file.php?id=1274 I've just realised - no helmets, yet they get fussy about spectators. Should have said I was your pit crew and flashed my MSA licence :lol: It's probably to do with PLI and disclaimers for non-members/entrants. We get all sorts of requirements and ...

Past couple of nice evenings have given me a bit of time to firstly fit the autofold module on the L200, pretty straight forward removal of trim and then finding the 2 wires for the locking controls, 40 mins and done. Works nicely and I'm about finished on the L200 jobs for now, unless I decide to g...

A/I know people on here swear by it, but these always seem like a realy bodge and I've still never really been convinced enough to trust it. 2/Is that a lot? A/wow, I thought at least 5mins before this was poo-pooed. Meh. I don’t see how a vulcanised patch is really any safer? 2/it’s at least 100 m...