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New tent, don't be daft, we all love a soggy Robin in the morning

You know that is the truth! At least she is back at work so can pay to stay warm....(said from the safety of this forum!)

Ok, so it's auto, and turbo....BUT 1JZ!!!! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113321431951

Consult the maps

Bit more East just in case the Yorkshire mob fancy it?

I give up

Come on, pick one

This tooooo far for you?

Well that appears quite clear!

Dire. Nearly killed me and a mate in my Elise with yellows. Ebc are dreadful junk.

IMHO they are rubbish Use Mintex 1144 and you will be impressed

Start your Santa List Dear Tasmin/Santa, I've been a good boy can I have a heater for my boy's toy please? Chris

When you get to the top of Ben Nevis, make sure you get to the very top....lol And that was in June

Do you want me to ring her!! It's better to ask forgiveness than permission

Nice story , but no one here would believe you'd had your 40th Good luck with the trip Adam , don't forget to pack plenty of Kendal Mint Cake, it could be a life saver

Thanks for the info, All booked up, should be fun!

The one mentioned is the one to go for, unless you have some specific other need. The toilet/washing/showering facilities are superb and plentiful, and maintainance teams operate 24 hours a day while the event is on. There is a food and a small store on site. There are regular, (every ten or twenty minutes) shuttle links that run all round the camp site, taking you back to the main site entrance, from where there are again, regular bus links to the main Silverstone Circuit entrances. All the shuttle services are free. And you’re so close, it doesn’t take long to get in. It’s not far if you just want to walk round, either. Typically, those of us with Westfields drive in to the in-field parking on day one, leave the car there and then drive out on the last day you plan to be there. (Driving in, it gets VERY busy, and can take longer than you’d think, even to go the short distance from the campsite to the in-field). Note vehicle movements to and from the in-field are not normally allowed after around ten o’clock. A further Admin note: in-field parking is a bonus awarded to car clubs to enable them to display a selection of the vehicles that the Club Represents, it is NOT a convenient place for Westfield or any other owners that have arrived in random tin tops, to park up for the weekend. It is for Westfields of what ever model you own. In-field club parking does have restricted numbers across the site as a whole, even though it may look like there is lots of room. WE are part of the display for the weekend, that is our half of the bargain when we agree to go in as a club. There have been complaints from at least one other club in a previous year, when they didn’t have enough room for their own members (proper display) cars, and yet we had a members tin top on our pitch.

Bump, surprisingly tickets also available today ... and tomorrow ... and so on.

It's an auto, but..........VTEC yo! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202479964717

I have done it, albeit a couple of decades ago, and if I'm honest we took too many risks , on Ben Nevis in a whiteout (in May!) suddenly realising you are two meters from a big drop! Only really finding the summit due to a fortunate but short lived clearing in the weather. Be prepared to turn back and/or wait for the weather. Forget about doing it at your own pace, you want 3 ideally that want to stick together, top of Ben Nevis in April, and sometimes Snowdon too, not places I'd recommend you go on your own (maybe Alfascozzesi will do Ben Nevis with you as a guide!) Easy routes or not, map reading skills and some practise runs essential, you can get very lost on any of the three. Jim

Very good! It's impossible to find a real race car that does not have some kind of heel brace and there's good reason for this. One of the biggest changes a driver can make to aid car control is to solidly hold their entire body as securely as possible so that they can control all the steering, brake and throttle inputs with great precision and subtly. This means a firm seat that does not bounce up and down, firm close fitting side bolsters, proper 5 point belts to hold the hips and torso securely in the firm seat and of course heel braces that keep the feet from sliding fore/aft on the floor. I've set up many of my own race cars over the years and helped friends set up there cars - everything from Boxsters to Atoms and a proper heel rest/brace is a real game changer. You don't know what you're missing until you try it and then you'll want one on every car you drive. They are more than worth the small effort to make. The lower the butt is compared to the feet the bigger difference it makes. dave

It's gonna get quite warm in that shed!

And we’ve got snow forecast tonight up here in Scotland

Don't need to stay up later to hear! Whole campsite had disturbed sleep

My daily is a sh*tbox Corsa 1.2! Cheap to run and fix, and negligible depreciation. Bought it for a grand, previous OAP owner, it's done under 60k, and five years later I'd probably get a grand for it! We live 7-mins from my work and the car barely gets up to temp, so no use having something flash to ruin. But never content to have a bog-standard car, I shouted it a sporty exhaust and 195/50-15's.

Pictures as promised. First drive out was great fun. Looking forward to getting out there and enjoying the drive. Thanks for all your welcome messages.

I'm in the USA so the car is left hand drive and therefore there is no way to install the left foot rest into the side panel. So I've done two things. First is that there is an adjustable foot rest that catches the edge of ball of my left shoe. It's adjustable fore/aft and for angle. I knew I'd never get it just right so I made it adjustable. It does a great job of letting the foot relax while cruising and never gets in the way while using the clutch. Secondly I made a heel rest for both feet. It's made of 1" x 1/4" aluminum bar and bent into shape. It allows me to brace my feet very securely while cornering and braking....and at the same time I can operate the throttle and brake with great modulation with my right heel braced against the heel rest. It is amazing how much difference the heel rest made for both comfort and for car control when driving at the limit. Without it it seemed impossible for me to have subtle throttle control while my heel slid around on the floor so my inputs tended to be jerky and anything but subtle. But once I made the heel rest I could brace my heel on it and then with great control meter out throttle and brake inputs. I tried driving without it after having it in place for some time and it felt so jerky and insecure. I think there are lots of ways to do this for sure and no doubt mine is not the best way....but that said it will help so much in terms of comfort and car control I strongly suggest that you try making one. dave

Me and mate John booked on. Wendz opted out for Silverstone 2019.