andyelcomb

I was there marshalling with NatWest Motor Club, a year out of school. Bloody marvellous! Please wait a few moments for Video to Load!

When fuel prices get too much for certain gas-guzzling monster pickup truck owners, they can keep going and get fit too... Please wait a few moments for Video to Load!

Glad to see you've managed to get your daughter to do some work at last Tony! Please wait a few moments for Video to Load!

M&S and knobblies not allowed, nor are limited slip diffs or you get put in the specials class. Got any really chunky treaded road tyres you could recommend Tony? Twas a lovely day for a bit of mudplugging on Sunday.

Its an S reg 2.5 non-turbo manual estate and because its heavy on fuel I just use it for runs to the tip, marshalling on trials and when the roads are slippery. I knew the gearbox was a bit weak and had to replace the rear dampers and front springs for the MOT (and pugged up a blow in the front exhaust that links the manifolds) but I only paid £500 for it and everything works fine despite an engine check light (probably O2 sensor) so what the heck - it can stay like that until I throw it away - unless you want to give me £500 as it is now with MOT to 10th Feb 2011 and tax to end June '11? Includes a set of 4 15" alloys and a set of 16" alloys both with good tyres...

So true - keeping going is one thing, but stopping is quite another. That's why I have my shed of a Legacy for the winter - its a lot more stable than the Arosa or MX5s we have, but it does have the added problem of jumping out of 1st on the overrun. That's VERY scary when you are creeping down the hill next to us on sheet ice and you've forgotten about that occasional fault and by God it doesn't half accelerate fast when in neutral on ice and you were staying off the brakes to avoid sliding! How the heck I got that thing back into gear and slowed enough for the tight corner at the bottom of the hill I'll never know!

She may have been better off as she might have been thrown clear.......... What? Like the wally policewoman who rode into the side of the truck? At the end of the day on the face of it both of them did it to themselves...

An oldie, but sublime! I quite like the version with the Kung Fu Fighting soundtrack, but in case not everyone agrees, here's the one with the proper sounds. Wheels in motion...

Oops, sorry - ignore or delete please. Didn't mean to post on here.

Bit of a standoff on Saturday... Squirrel couldn't move because it would mean crossing open ground. Dog couldn't move because I told her not to! (Doesn't always work like that, I can tell you).

That was at the Australian GP in his road car on the public road. Wasn't doing donuts, just a well controlled takeoff that spun the wheels a bit. However the jobsworths over there said that if you spin the wheels you are not in control and therefore should be prosecuted... Plonkers!

Here you go - Holland... (Grr, keep forgetting how to embed the videos...)

What a complete and utter prat! Unable to tell the difference between a rooted clutch and spinning wheels - a chequebook driver without the slightest practical ability whatsoever. Dickwad!

Oh, that's nothing like as good as the original..

But maybe it all came from this source...

Not all of them are intelligent enough to get it the right way round...

Just had a look at the online site as I'll probably be bringing in another of my Eunos for alignment, but might try a local affiliate. Noticed one thing though - whilst I know the answer is that it doesn't make any difference, when you put in your model of MX5 it only gives dates from 1993 to 2009. Just looks a bit odd like that and might make someone with an 89-92 car give up?

No main subject, just stuff that 7Oaks & District Motor Club gets up to and a fair bit of banter and of the wall things like on here. Don't get too excited... Would love some of your technical words of wisdom though - very interesting and thought provoking, as are some of your WTF posts!

Thought that might exercise you Tony! We're at http://www.sevenoaksmotorclub.com/cgi-bin/...d/ikonboard.cgi which comes off http://www.sevenoaksmotorclub.com You're welcome to join us but it does need registration to post.

From our 7Oaks motor club forum - excellent pic and even sort of car related!

Nail some old carpet to the walls - won't matter if you get it a tad offline then.

Hmm, that's a beast for sure. However not sure that's a professional driver - he seems to like the noise it makes rather than actually driving it properly. Some of the lines were a bit iffy too.

Indeed it does, as I experienced today. What a great bunch of chaps at WIM - provided just the efficient, knowledgeable & pleasant service that I had anticipated. My NA wasn't far out, but after putting it to much the same fast road settings as above, with the increased rear camber and increased caster it definitely feels more planted and less vulnerable to tramlining. Thanks guys!

Here's Essex Racer contemplating the best way to snap a waterfall. Yes, there is a waterfall in the background!