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Much like the TT its an event i'd like to get to at some point.

Eric Bana's documentary on running in it called "Love the beast" is worth a watch if anyone's not seen it.

unzippy wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:31 pm The west coast of Tassie is fantastic driving roads - all immaculately tarmacked too, presumably for/due to Targa.
Got the boat over, stopped at Cradle Mountain for a couple of nights then due west and down to Queenstown, east and down to New Norfolk and back to civilisation of Hobart. Just had 4 new PS4s fitted too - amazing drive

I'm envious, I've had a couple of planned trips to Tassie thwarted although the co-driver will undoubtedly be extremely proscriptive about driving enthusiastically...

Closer to home (assuming you're still in Melbourne?) is the Mt Buller sprint coming in February. I went a decade(s wtf) ago and had fun.

Love the beast great film, must rewatch.

Simon wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:25 pm I see Mat Armstrong's latest build (M3 Comp) is likely a cloned car. There's various vids around now explaining how and why and a comment from someone under the vid that explains why.

There you go.

Wow. That’s a fairly terrifying vid

Sebastian Loeb's 306 Maxi

Simon wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 9:27 pm

Simon wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:25 pm I see Mat Armstrong's latest build (M3 Comp) is likely a cloned car. There's various vids around now explaining how and why and a comment from someone under the vid that explains why.

There you go.

I had a proper lol moment watching that. One of the defining qualities of the area I live in (Forest Gate) is that it's full of kids ragging around in BMW Ms and Merc AMGs with pop bang remaps, it's like a competition to see who can have the flashest, newest car and also make the most noise and hit 60mph in a 20mph limit, anytime day and night. And the BMW in Mat's video? When it was cloned, it was MOT'd in Forest Gate, and then the 'cousin' of the new owner drove it like it was stolen totally fits the profile of M car driver around here

speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 10:27 pm Sebastian Loeb's 306 Maxi

Brilliant, even if it is in foreign.

I remember loving those F2 cars as a youth, its definitely a major contributory factor as to why my car is the way it is