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If you were sprinting with those in, you'd definetly get a Pb.

Well Done John and Barney What may have started as difficult year has turned up trumps once again! Looking forward to 2017 Well done again to you two guy's and all the class winners also! G

We love a pun!

Yes looks like lead additive pellets definitely best to get shot

The one Geoff has linked is reasonable but the live services have expired. It may be just a case of paying tomtom a yearly fee. My Go 5000 replaced a previous tomtom that was at least 12 years old. The old one still works but the 5000 is clearly light years ahead of it. The 5000 is about £250 (at least that's what the wife said she bought it for (I think it was on offer on-line before last Xmas). It has lifetime map upgrades, lifetime speed camera updates and also live traffic. So, once bought absolutely no annual fees for anything. The unit works through TomTom Mydrive web site, through which you register and create an account. Once set up (free) you log in with your device and also your PC. I log my blackberry in too as you can add a smartphone. On the PC, or phone I can plan a route, see if there are any reported road closures, delays or roadworks then send it to the 5000 device. When I jump in the car a switch the device on, the route pops up. The unit, once logged in, connects continuously to TomTom data services, which is how all the traffic data is updated in real time. I've only just started using the tomtom in the Westfield really because, as I no longer work, it just sits on my desk and collects dust. I like the fact that in addition to voice guidance, it announces the roads to you too, ie turn left into "Crinkley Bottom road". One feature I do find useful is that it just knows the speed limit of Every strech of road. The unit warns you when you creep a few mph over this limit too. So. although it was relatively expensive, you pay for what you get.

Don't worry I'm sure the parts department will make it difficult to order. cheap shot

Agreed, a well earned meal and a beer to cap a good days driving and a yomp is what its all about. You can rest when you go back to work! That looks a great walk to.

My Tom Tom live services have expired long ago but the sat Nov works great without them you just don't get the traffic updates and stuff. I think it's a tenner a month for live and I'm my opinion if your not a driver for a living. Its not worth it

Somebody buy this quick! I keep looking at it. My V8 itch is getting worse. The only noise I would swap the crossflow for. GLWTS

Just moved into an old and draughty house but we haven't had to turn the heating on yet ... because the Aga is burning gallons of oil and keeping us pretty snug (in the kitchen at least). I'd thoroughly recommend getting an Aga. It keeps us warm, dries our clothes, stops the oil tank from being too full and much more besides. I'd also recommend getting an oven though, because it's not so great for cooking in (although that might be the lack of Aga cooking instructions on my ready meals). Edited: On the plus side, the new house has an old (I'd guess 1920s) garage with its own fuel pump in it! I assume there is a fuel tank buried underground which I will need to investigate. There aren't any laws about storing large quantities of petrol at home are there?

Google Nexus. Bang for buck the best phone I have ever owned, and by a big margin. I have a Nexus 4 at the moment. I like the look of the older 5 and as both were made by LG they're very good. The newer 5x likely to be "better" again and is still an LG product. I think the 6p is made by Huawei but I'm not a fan of Huawei, although I have no real solid reason for that.

Apologies for the "old thread" update, but just in case anyone searches this topic in future, I can confirm that the free version of Tyre (which i've just downloaded today) will let you plan a route by adding waypoints (double click then name on a road map) and then export the route directly to (fairly newish) TomTom device. It does this via tomtom My drive. So after downloading and spending only 10 minutes I've successfully created and copied a fairly detailed 150 mile route to my TomTom (mines a Go 5000). When I open up the tomtom the route simply appears in "My routes". The full tomtom features are be present (as to be expected), speed limits, speed cameras, live traffic etc along with guidance. I'm so impressed I think I'll shell out 25 euros for the lifetime Tyre Pro licence.

The article suggests it will be customer-ready by end of 2016. So we'll see it in 5 years maybe?

Guys - as a security bod - I would strongly suggest you do not insert any USB stick/memory card into either your home or work pc that you 'find'. Its a classic attack route to get bad stuff onto a machine to compromise the security. To give you a real life example, one of our data centre staff carparks has a USB stick thrown over the fence at least 2 or 3 times a year ...

...ok, the lid related bit of the thread starts here. http://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic/105071-build-thread-mega-s2000/?p=1276860 In terms of complexity, mine was hindered by two things, the poor fit of the tub/scuttle/bonnet relative to each other when I built the car. - In order to get the "best fit" of scuttle and tub, it resulted in a running alignment issue that pops up in what were, at the time, non critical areas. One of which, just happens to be the cockpit width, level with the roll bar! And the resulting (lack of) squareness of the back of the tub. I wouldn't necessarily expect you to have anything like this issue to deal with! The second, was the need to make good the boot box. With the right type of carpet, it went together much better. Fiddly, but possible (Van side lining carpet, before you ask, the stretch version!) It would be much easier with a cheap second hand boot box.

If you are already using Luke's services, why not buy the steering wheel from him? I bought the whole package from Luke and he drilled the steering wheel and attached the quick release boss. I bought the 290mm Momo 27, D shaped wheel. He did an excellent job.

Great pictures of the TVR's, mine's the same as the car behind the picture of the 'Great engine', I should have got myself down there but I've got to many work commitments, the joys of owning the company Thanks for the pictures Cheers Mark

The flight was a great experience. As Julie has already said it was very much like climbing into a Westfield and strapping in with harness. When the engine started a lot of draught was apparent from the footwell area much like a Westfield when driving. The engine popped and stuttered as it warmed up in a very similar way to my pinto on carbs and a similar amount of vibration etc. The acceleration was definitely not as good as the Westfield and the top speed was only approximately 60 knots (about 70 mph) but on the plus side the view was spectacularly better than when in the Westfield! I was surprised how sensitive the controls were, only very minimal movements on the controls were enough to make turns etc. and of course delicate minor adjustments continually applied to maintain level flight. I could liken it to driving a Westfield, that feeling the imperfections in the road and making small movements to correct whilst taking corners is a matter of a twitch of the wrist……..stunning! Overall a fantastic flight followed by a fantastic Westfield run in the Peak District and a great lunch with excellent company……bliss Anyway, here are some videos of the flight, enjoy! https://youtu.be/M4VHdM5rVxw https://youtu.be/jA3p4Do1nJM

Hasn't the price already been removed? Seems to be an awful lot of fuss over nothing now. It's the place to sell cars and surely the sellers choice as to the price?

Had a great day at Anglesey on Sunday watching the final round and some terrific driving as well as the usual paddock banter. Of particular note was the final run from Del, and the speech from Mr London. The speech was a reminder of what it takes to win a championship. and Del's run was storming, so good in fact that Jill needed an explanation as to why he was shaking so much! So, congratulations to our champion, it takes time and dedication, not to mention skill and talent to win, the cream is at the top again! As for the novices, there has been a year long battle and despite the oddities of Saturday, a worthy novice champion has emerged, well done Barney, we look froward to seeing you in experts for a few seasons to come. All the class champions in whatever car they run have had a challenge this year. Numbers may be down, but not the level of competition. To achieve any level of success in this championship you can be sure you are doing well. The drivers and cars throughout the speed series are some of the best in there classes. Our championship competitors likely hold the majority of class records, all as a result of the WSCC speed series, so congratulations one and all, not to mention the team of people who over the years have contributed there time and efforts to running the championship I've just had a text from last year's champion, he was at Anglesey yesterday, (he even drove the taxi) to ask me to post his congratulations to the new champion, and to Del for the storming T2 run that took the long standing target time/record from Craig Sampson in class H. We are all getting older, but some still get faster#