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Seems like everything we make here, we must ship out manufacture to countries with cheaper materials and labour costs. I wonder if it will make them cheaper to buy now though I guess this may end up and as another 'Pre-lit' car in the future ? You can tell its the lightweight version as only comes with 2 nuts on each wheel

Yes, we will be going to Thoresby Hall afterwards, no diets allowed, lets hope the German Sausage Man is at GBS again, ooh currywurst sauce, yum, yum. Cake, cake, cake........

Of course I do. Some times I'm able to take bends and corners... All my performance out of the track, were done to enhance the spectacular finishing everyone was expecting...

With the current setup, up to 8.200RPm. But, if you have money enought, you could do a full race at 9.500K Is Barcelona taxi homologated colour.

Keeps your ad top of the list which is a good thing .

Coming!! Being completely barmy, we are planning to come in the Westy and see you at McD. Are you still planning Xmas lunch out at Thoresby Hall? Need to starve for a few days before we come so that we can fit in the cake, mince pies, german sausages, and then lunch - oh and McD before the event!

They look to be going in a straight line though

Having looked at the club calendar, can you?

I'm loving this thread!

Ratrod of the track car world. I like it. Ariel Rat-om

Been out walkies this morning. Cold crisp and sunny.. I could suffer a whole winter of these sort of days.

Been snowing all morning in West Berkshire. But just dull and damp and not settled. Was going to take the dogs to the beach today , as Mrs TJ's 50th birthday, but its just too miserable , so clearing up the 30 empty champers bottles from yesterdays party and fixing the loo instead.

I agree, and I don't think the way the series is set up is encouraging this at the moment, which is a shame. I have made my thoughts known before about this. Here's my last suggestion: how about making novice target times more realistic and not having them count towards the full / main championship? That protects the 'old guard' so they can take away the pots at the end of year, yet still gives newbies the chance of scoring decent points. You can defend the current system all you want with comments about being close to other competitors on the day, but people want to feel like they at least have a decent chance of getting near to the times that are 'expected' for their spec of car (that is what a target time is, right?). If they are getting high 80s / low 90s on the points then they don't feel good about the time, effort and money they have expended. The feel good is what keeps people coming back. Haven't seen TTs yet but would strongly encourage you to look at Class A and B target times for the coming season, using actual data where it is available. A lot of newbies would end up in these classes and some of the calculated ones are stupendous - both novice and expert. 2% slower than Class C and D is a joke. Again I know this is to protect the top boys, and you don't want the lower classes winning overall, but IMO it should be a level playing field throughout. Apologies for the 'harsh' message but I have a feeling I was too subtle with my comments / thoughts last year. I'm not hiding behind a screen here either, I feel strongly about this and would happily put these words forward in real life too.

Meal booked, knife and fork ready! Now just waiting to hear from Marto about the "Silver ICBM"!! Keith

No from me .. my car is in bits