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New one (i think) from Ken Block Worth a watch Can't see the launch control catching on though

You need a bigger size Tony? :d

Quinten, just hold the steering wheel and feel the soul of the engine... do away with this modern trickery my friend

Hmm, so the 1st one connects to the water temperature gauge, and the 2nd controls the engine fan? Good thing I asked! I'll have to look for the oil pressure sender...

Isn't the claimed issue with diesels the particulates and No / NO2 not CO2

Colour me unsurprised. You should see the havoc behind the scenes right now with lorries registered after 29 October having to have Euro 6 engines and the cost implications. And if you mount a body on a chassis as my employers do, every time you have a slight variation you have to put the vehicle through an IVA the first time that variation is produced... which is almost every time. They add thousands to the cost of every lorry, whether it's delivering food, fuel, clothing, whatever or taking away your rubbish at curbside - and we all pay for it. My diesel company car has a turbo, stop/start technology, a CO2 rating of 99 and gets about 64mpg on the motorway - imagine that about 20 years ago and they'd have laughed at you. But hey, let's go after the big bad diesels instead of improving the transport network with the 80% tax on fuel where less than 20% on that tax actually goes back on transport. Lunacy.

Yes, Russ made a guest appearance He was so happy to be there at one point I caught him dancing a little jig at the back of the car.

just spotted this drift legend back in a westfield coat,he taught me everything I know .lol

I think it's normally early December for the following year.

That is off the chain... Anyone? No? I'll get my coat...

I was hoping Abingdon would be a good final hurrah before pulling the car off the road for winter to start working on her, so when I woke up to pouring rain on Friday morning I was more than a little gutted. The morning continued in a similar vein - the ten miles to Abingdon took over an hour thanks to the Oxford ring road - loads of fun sat there in traffic, in the rain, in a car which doesn't really idle very well Finally, after getting lost and employing the help of a friendly local, we arrived. And I promptly failed the noise test I had a chat with the guys doing the test and they said I was only just over the 100db limit, mostly because the engine was popping and banging a lot with no load on it - and perhaps I should have a word with the organisers and see if they could test me with their own equipment. A quiet chat later and a reading of 99.9db and I was through! Thanks to the chap in the Caterham who offered me a muffler, that was plan B. Plan C being 'drive home and get the Subaru.' Out onto a wet track we went. I know it was wet, but going sideways in third gear on the first corner of the sighting lap was a bit of a wake-up call! I quickly learnt the differences on surface type and their associated grip levels (or lack of) - one particular corner onto the main runway had a surface change at the apex which lead from wild understeer to hilarious oversteer. The sun came out and as the track started drying I had a lot of fun with this section - a couple of 'hero' moments at full opposite lock in third gear finally lead to my only spin of the day although there were a couple of other hairy moments (apologies to the respective passengers at the time!). Abingdon's great for exploring the limits Brilliant day overall though, the track was bone dry by early afternoon and I was really finding some speed with the little car. The earlier geo setup really came into its own and I was very pleased overall with how it handled. It felt astonishingly quick through the coned chicane sections, I'm sure I could have gone faster with some more brave pills! No vid from me sadly (my knock-off Go Pro was left at home) but I did find this video from another trackdayer. I feature from about 30 seconds in, and you get an idea of the noise from the little Fiat engine going through the chicanes: And a couple of pics: The day after, true to my original plans, work begun! Before: Out comes the dash... And, for good measure, off comes the nose! The wiring in there is mostly OK, but does appear to have been attacked bu a five-year-old in places. Plans are to mock up the new dash layout with MDF and tidy up the wiring loom as much as possible (hopefully I won't have to start again). I'll need to get hold of some back-lit switches along with a directional indicator switch - the ones in there at present are next to useless as I can't see which is which in the dark. Not ideal. Once the dash is in and working I'll then start looking at the Megajolt system - ideally both of these will be complete early 2015, but given that earlier this evening I was proud of myself for wiring a household plug (yes, really) I obviously have a lot to learn! The good news from Abingdon was the suspension - it's horrendously hard and too short for the road, but it works very well on track. The idea is to sort out a trailer and compete in the Javelin Sprint Series next year (the one that runs alongside the TSS). Fingers crossed

When Loeb has sold as many shoes as Block then we'll talk. The guy is a businessman having a laugh.

On my screen, they show as 37 and 39 miles...

Agreed my 2 area meets are 48 and 51 miles!

I would say you are a lucky boy Mr Think, 2 area meets to go to and get involved with. Down here in sunny Essex we are often share events with Andy's North London mob.

Oh boy, another thread where someone asks for advice on a car and buys something totally different after 3 pages of replies! Let's see... changing a Boxster for a quick sensible diesel car that will comfortably hold 3 people. I'll bet you buy either an old Jag mourner's limo retired from a funeral director with 9 seats, or a 911 with a back seat only suitable for double leg amputees. Just getting the popcorn out...