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By 'eck my insurance renewal has been complicated to get sorted out this year! (And not because of the supercharger). Chris Sheen(?) did a cracking job with my initial quote, on the now supercharged Mega S2000S, it's barely any more than last years renewal!! And a huge thanks to Richard Smith who sorted out a critical detail and actually got me over the line with this. Was starting to think it was never going to get sorted out how I wanted it! Thank you A Plan!

I am approaching sixty and have owned and driven many classics, hot rods and sports cars. It is the anniversary of my Westfield purchase in 2018, so I thought I would celebrate by writing this. I was looking for a "classic" car but the purchase price, poor handling, inherent corrosion and poor performance had put me right off anything that fit my budget. In desperation I purchased my "project" (wreck) of a 1990 Westfield SEIW (Q823 DSA) because for the money, I believed it to be the best British sportscar I could buy. Today, after a complete body off restoration I am still of that opinion. And when I say "best" I don't just mean the driving experience. As opposed to most classics, the Westfield is a delight for the home mechanic to maintain and modify. For a Crossflow engined Westie the parts are cheap and plentiful with great support from this forum and vendors alike. The Westie is really easy to set up for everyone's individual requirements. I have lightened mine to a shade over 500Kg and changed the springs at both ends several times (because there cheap) to achieve the most delightful ride. Adjusting most of the suspension settings takes just a few minutes with a basic toolkit to achieve the levels of grip and handling "feel" you desire and that surpass nearly all moderns. I have also modified my Westie to look "older" replacing all the black plastic bits with chrome items together with using older style lights and instruments. I was at my mates body shop Friday night and someone had asked him to sort out his "restored " MGB Midget, which he was selling for £7,500. What a coil of dogs mess! Apart from the wheezy 1275cc "A" series and live rear axle on cart springs, the panel gaps were the worst I have ever seen! And I won't even mention the corrosion bubbling up under the terrible paint job. 30 year old Westfield SEIW with Crossflow - when all things are considered, easily the best British classic sports car for the money!

I'd have to look up the LED meanings for the switch... A Netgear switch LED sequence is probably not the same as a Cisco switch. That said... Usually the left LED indicates a physical connection and is permanently illuminated. the right LED flashes as data passes. I'm betting the right hand LED's on the switch blink once or twice every two seconds, irrespective of anything else. The switch should not drop the speed by 100Mb! Is the CAT6 cable adjacent to an electrical cable, electrical device or power supply somewhwere along its path? If so, try putting a physical barrier (bit of card or something) between the CAT6 and the power source. If speed improves then you have EM (electro-magnetic) interference from the electrical device. OR... is there a very tight bend radius on it somewhere, like round the corner of a wall or similar? Try and increase the radius a bit. If not you may have a bad cable. Swap it out and try again. If you want a bit of geek insight... strip back a spare bit of CAT5/CAT6 and have a look at the 4 pairs. You'll notice that the number of twists per inch is different for each pair. This is specifically to avoid "cross-talk" (EM interference) between the pairs. Unshielded CAT cables can be very susceptible to electrical interference and I have had at least two instances on ships where an incorrectly run cable has caused an internet connection to fail intermittently due to EM. The user reports "the internet is slow" but what is actually happening is packet loss which causes the packets to be re-requested and re-sent (TCP) meaning it takes longer to download whatever is being downloaded. To the user it looks like "the internet is slow" with the spinning wheel of death being the visible result... and again, I digress... And I'm afraid to say in my experience, Virgin cable modems are very average, quality wise. Been out to lods of them and they're... let's say... inconsistent...

Could well be interested in 24 may 😁

im considering selling my megablade 08 4k on it turbo seats and td wheels with r888 . Now fitted with caged full cage i floated the idea at £14000 not sure if im miles off on the price .

Prefer April but can do May.

Sorry... "smart-home" stuff and video over IP has been my bread and butter for about a decade now...

Does anyone here speak English ? About the only part of the above that I understand is the Logic of the 2 ON/OFF switches on Blatters wall

Hi there. I owned a Westfield for about 4 years but sold it about 13years ago due to a divorce (lost the garage). I’m now back in the market and will start looking once lockdown is finished. I’ll have between £8k -£10k. If I need to save, I’ll wait. I’m based in Plymouth and wanted to say hi. I’m very excited to be getting one again after all this time. Attached it the picture of my old one just in case anyone has seen it. I look forward to the meets I am seeing in the north Devon area. Pity the kitcar show is no longer in Exeter, as that was a good meet. great to be a member again. Best wishes Lloyd

back! Your old car looked great, good luck with the search for a new one.

Registered , thanks Terry look forward to having a go , just go easy on me

Sorry, only just had a chance to dig back through some photos: I took vital supplies to Silverstone, for the Classic, one year by a combination of using the spare wheel carrier with a plank on, to support the (beer and burger) fridge. Tent, camping gear and a 40l dry bag were strapped on top of the tonneau cover. Later, I got the Caterham luggage rack that fixes around the spare... (Testing with, ahem, beer fridge!) The bar folds up against the spare, out of the way when not in use. For the European trips, I've used one of the Lomo 60 litre dry bags. (Dry bags are invaluable for this sort of stuff. packed properly, you could literally dunk them under water with no immediate leaks. They'll take rain etc all day long.) Tools, I've tended to store a WSCC tool roll in the boot, with a jack and wheel brace under the bonnet, in a tray I mage for the purpose. And with the WSC jack in it. (Westfield supplied it bagged, with the wheel brace) And then for all the small spares - fuses, jubilee clips, tapes, nuts and bolts, WD40 etc. There was the infamous pie-warmer! These are actually IP rated document holders from Heavy Plant, JCB's etc. But hold a fair amount, in this large size. And below, wrapped with self adhesive heat reflective foil.

I try to travel light. It's a shame to have to lug an extra 100kg when the roads are this good. I have a long range tank so boot space is restricted but still room enough for a few tools, spares, oil etc. No passenger so tent in the footwell along with a gallon of fuel (4.6l V8). bag of clothes etc on the pass seat. After doing many trips into Europe you find out whats essential. Kenton

Surprising how much you can carry.

Summat like this gets you to Italy and back via France, Austria and Germany, over two weeks. And you can still use the hood if you have to. 😎

Got a bag made

Lomo bag and rok straps will get you a long way. Rear luggage rack also helps. Other than that, be strategic with your space. I've got a frame over the diff to store my tools (hidden under the boot lid that just looks like fixed bodywork so they don't attract any eyes) Also store my jack under the bonnet. 2 months hiking and camping around Europe with this setup was great, so NC500 should be manageable!

I used a parcel courier! Packed and wrapped in the morning by us, courier collects and delivers to next destination. It was always there before we arrived! Takes a bit of organisation but you can take more for longer and it remains dry. When I did the Cannon Run, they organised transfer of luggage.

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