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Weirdly it was warmer in the car than out. I thoroughly enjoyed the day. I've blasted through about 65 litres of fuel. Sometimes I was on my own on track other times had great fun trying to keep up with @Andy (Sycho) the track dryed out around 12 o'clock in most places. I just didn't feel it was dry enough in the others for slicks. Even with r888rs not many things came past me. There were some cracking cars there ferrari race car a few tvrs possibly the loudest lambo on the planet and a few ginneta race cars. Definitely one of the best circuits I've driven for flowing speed. And well worth the extra money for a quiet day from msv. Much better than my experience at cadwell a few weeks ago. I have a few videos to sort through as I reckon I probably did 70 laps. The car performed faultlessly

But dry because you are not there

Oh dear, I hope @6carjon isn't hanging around naval bases with @Wilfman's knob out

Hi all...after 17years I've finally placed an order for a Westie. Looking forward to getting into the build in the new year and reaching out to y'all when confused or just needing encouragement! Dai

I’m still hoping we’ll come to our senses and not leave. The older you are, the less your vote should count in this instance.

Don't encourage him

A trading partnership is fine. The EU are trying and have been tying to get POLITICAL union in through the back door of trade. This is not acceptable. Kinnock was mentioned. I'll mention Mandelson and Farage as well. All of them soundly rejected by the UK electorate yet they become EU politicians. This is the very opposite of democracy and if it happens with those we vote out of office I'm sure it happens with politicians from other countries too. In other words the very people we deliberately reject end up being in a position of power and largely exempt from the will of the people. The British government handled this all wrong. The UK is the 5th biggest economy in the world https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/the-worlds-biggest-economies-in-2018/ We trade with more countries under WTO rules than we do with the EU. We should have said "We're out. If you want us to trade with you, come up with a deal or we'll spend our money elsewhere." And at the end of the day is Germany really going to say that they don't want to sell us BMW's, Mercedes, Audi's, Daimler, Bosch, Siemens etc etc. Hardly. We need to hold out nerve, stare down project fear, keep calm and carry on. The core of the EU are much more concerned about contagion. If they make it easy for us to leave then they will be faced with several other countries wanting to do the same. The harder they make it for us the more unattractive leaving looks to other countries who may be on the cusp, and that is political cynicism of gargantuan proportions. I'm old and I spend a LOT of my working time in Holland, France and Germany and I'm a confirmed leaver. No deal is fine by me. WTO rules will work the way they always have.

Yes definitely such a good flow to it. Once dry and I could push on I found myself needing a gear change mid corner though. I managed 115 down the start finish line. I struggled in the morning to get the 1st corner right. And there's a few deceiving braking points and apexes. But a fantastic circuit made better by the fact that it was empty a lot of the time. And not having to worry about noise was also a plus

Mazda power the ultimate driving machine

@Ben (bunje)

Hi Steve, I'm right in the middle of Leicester so I have good access to pretty much everywhere around. Close enough to walk into the city far enough that the city... Doesn't walk to me. Thanks for the comments all. Andrew at toybox is offering to give me a bit of a lesson in westfields and other marques so who am I to turn that down. =) I did reach out to him and gave him a similar background as I put here and they are only up the road. I appreciate that it will be sales oriented but I hope to come out with a really solid idea as to what I want, what body, what engine. I will probably come out more confused. Anyway, I can then go from there, do some really detailed research. Bug the hell out of all of you and so on. Whatever I go for be it trade or private it will be purchased next year unless I decide on a fixer upper. I'm not overly blown away with that idea currently as the last thing I want is a half built car in the garage right now. Its got enough crap in there and is getting sorted this weekend, maybe next.. Looking forward to sat and hopefully being enlightened.

I'll get it well polished by the sailors on HMS Victory

Hi Guys, As many of you know I work in the friction industry (The Avatar is Sort of a Clue) I am currently speaking to Mintex with a view of getting one of their distributors to come on board with us as a supplier member.It would not be possible to deal direct with Mintex, as they have a distributor network "BUT"................................... The company concerned are motor sport orientated, so watch this space as they say if It is felt they will give us support, help and advice as well as competitive prices then I will get them to contact our club sec.

The EU has some good points to it but many bad ones and over the years countries who are nett contributors have been paying more and more in to the pot to prop up the countries who economies are basket cases. As Stuart has said the corruption is almost beyond belief and when you cannot get audits signed off by anyone it shows the level of problems. All the EU had to do was to make some concessions to Cameron to fend of the rise in UKIP and there would never have been a vote offered, but as it was they felt that the UK people would never vote to leave. Once the vote was announced, my brother who has lived in France for over 20 years, told me that politicians there were rolling around with joy. If the UK voted to leave they must be punished as other countries must not see that leaving is easy. If they vote to stay all previous concessions won would be swept away as they could treat us with contempt in the knowledge that we will never leave. Both sides lied, project fear being one and the land of milk and honey full of money from the other side and to be honest somewhere in the middle is the truth. So here we are and the issue for me is we either support democracy or ignore it, the people voted on a single issue and the leavers won. The EU has deliberately made it a difficult negotiation and are using the potential return to bloodshed in Ireland as their ace up their sleeve. No one wants a return to that but no PM would allow a part of the UK to be treated differently. May is in an impossible position and this has been driven by divisive people on both sides in this country and those in the EU. I am sure a deal will be done but will it be what people voted for or a fudge? What has happened is that no one in the EU wants the UK to leave as we are a nett contributor, business knows they export more to the UK than we export and we will get access via World Trade terms but even that is being made difficult by some. Will it be done by next year who knows, will we get a second vote I doubt that otherwise you go against the democracy and trust will be even further eroded in the state of politics. I hope both sides come out with some pride and we continue to work with and live by our EU neighbours who in the main are like us, good people led by self centred people who want power more than anything.

Before the vote I had no idea how dividing this has turned out to be be. I enjoyed the discussion before. No I mostly keep my in/out views to myself. There has been some total and complete miss information fed to the public via Parliament, media and Social regarding both arguments and some of this issues. People have taken on and believed all sorts. What is evident is that I would not trust any of any party to run a bath let alone a successful negotiation. It appears the only actual preparation for Brexit has been to tweak the m20 to make it a better car park. I’m very dis-elusioned about it all.

I'm an old fart but I also happen to have worked in Brussels and have seen at first hand the greed, power mania and empire building etc. Its a corrupt money black hole.

But being cynical they will have less time to put up with the **** storm that that is going to follow.

Surely the older a voter is (provided they're still compos mentis) the more experience they have of life, Politics and the EU.

Damn........................... scuppered..................................

I don't think he'll care if you have got the right one or not

There is only one suit ................................ and its too cold and maybe inappropriate.......................

You'll be dusting off the best suit next.....

The envy of this thread is immense

Oh , will pop in on Saturday . Any preference on the biscuits, or what is at Sainsburys across the road ?

Well it's going great so far damp to start and chilly but with only around 20 cars booked on plenty of space to explore Dry line appearing soon time for the slicks

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So if I’m correct in my thinking then Jon will be getting your knob out!!!!

Next time bring biscuits Seriously though... If you do want to pop in pm me your post code (although I think I've found you) and I'll make sure they are printed and waiting for you! Carlie

They are EBC road pads. Nothing fancy or good . Took mine out and binned them for 1144's. The joy of 1144's is that there is a weight saving device with them, as you dont need a horn , as you can be heard from the next county when the pads are warm. When hot, they are fine

Behold the mondeo 2.0d titanium x sport. geezer before spec'd it nicely with a few options. Only reason I got it was I needed a family wagon and we like camping and its massive inside (i think it looks alright too).

Lets hope they can keep this going until end of November when I get my bonus............. ( hint, hint )

Probably the reason the wife paid the insurance this year But need to get a copy of the policy as password rubbish never works so will ' have ' to pop in.

Stalker!

Luckily I can walk across the road and walk in the door and see Carlie

When I had to get the Westfield screen repaired, (rightly or wrongly) I just rang the normal Thatcham number. 0333 207 6597 which quite ironically, is currently, as I write, the banner advert for this thread!

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.

my daily - a 2008 Alfa GT diesel - just keeps going and going and going - turned 250,000 miles last week

Michelle has come out of work this morning and someone has smashed her windscreen. Does anyone have the claim number for glass for A plan please Thanks in advance

Sorry, can't make it this month.

Westie now tucked up, so it will be CC till March / April. ☹️