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What is more interesting is that apparently they live in a semi-detached burrow...

Local badgers have been very busy...

I think that's great. My dog Petra is happy to wear a hi-vis at night and on duty at the London to Brighton Veteran Run...

I agree Sagitar. To my way of thinking as it is a legal requirement to have 3rd party insurance then, say, a flat £25 of every premium is for the compulsory insurance and the rest (normally the comprehensive bit) is negotiable (ha!) between the insurer and the insuree depending on all the usual parameters such as type of vehicle, previous record etc. Same goes for all this dicking about with the road tax (or whatever they car it now) - a flat charge of again maybe £30 for any car which could be incorporated into the insurance to go towards wear & tear and the rest be loaded into the fuel duty so that those that use it pay for it. Simples!

Sorry Tony, probably should have made it clearer. The front camber is slightly positive and I was running the antiroll bars disconnected front and rear which is the only thing I can do to soften things up and increase articulation. Now you see why I said maximum traction was the aim... Doing another trial this Sunday but local to me this time. All good fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbEYiIWKXqk Not my event but a bit like some of the stuff we did elsewhere on the Trial on Sunday. 21:32 is a surprising car and probably as close to the MX5 as they had then. It was a section like this that did for my wheel...

Here's some of the more benign parts of the Trial we did yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPe3m3Rz-w (can never remember how to link those YouTube videos) See 6:42 and 15:39. Didn't have the more aggressive tyres that others did, or the ground clearance, and that did hurt in places but it was still great fun and in glorious weather. Managed to really badly mash the front left rim on the very last section which was up and very steep, rutted and rocky track. Was so bad that the wheel wouldn't rotate so had to change the wheel in mid section - not easy! It also heavily bent the left rear rim too but managed to hammer that straight so it held air. Hope it hasn't undone all the hard work by JB on Saturday!

Tony - camber was equalised at about 30' and caster equalised and reduced a tad to 3°50. Rich - yes, it was the Brakefast at Bovingdon but not really spectator friendly as you'd have to get past the driftworks people first. They caused us a bit of delay getting going, but ultimately no problem. We ran at the top of the runway near the driftworks people and the access road to the paintball place.

Excellent service from WIM again, as expected. The MK1 certainly did need tweaking but surprisingly was able to be brought into line within the throw of the adjusters. Also dumped the excessive front toe in and its now a LOT more planted and stable on the road. So its off to the March Hare Trial tomorrow, climbing slippery slopes and tracks and getting the car thoroughly filthy - again! Most surprised to find that the rusty MK2 that obviously hadn't been adjusted for ages, if ever, was really straight and everything within normal tolerances. However as there was a strong likelihood that the seized adjusters were going to snap we felt it best to leave well alone. As the car had just won its class at the Brakefast Autotest at Bovingdon Airfield just four hours earlier, leaving well alone was not a problem.

Ah, but like all the other EVs you can't have the stated power and range at the same time. I would imagine that the speed run used up the whole potential range in one hit, but if you wanted to go 150 miles, then you'd probably only be able to do it in 6th gear, at no more than 30mph and on the flat with the wind behind you...

"The model that Genovation used for the GXE was the 2006 Corvette Z06 customized with an advanced battery management system with electric motors and inverters. The setup allows the vehicle to pump out more than 700 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque, with a six-speed manual transmission and range of about 150 miles on a full charge."

Sounds good to me Tony, but will have to remember that both cars will still be used on the road so wouldn't want the rear to be too twitchy.

Booked in to WIM next Saturday to have my Mk1 rally/trials MX5 alignment checked over. It was set to fast road a good few years ago, but since then it's been raised and is on Mk2 legs so will be intrigued to see what the current readings are and if they can be set to a fairly neutral setting. I'll bet WIM hasn't had to do much that way round as most are lowered. Maximum traction is the aim here, and good low speed turn-in. Will also be bringing my very cheap and cheerful Mk2 1.8 that will have done a tarmac autotest that morning as I've no idea where the wheels might be pointing on that one. Not sure what to set it at as it's mainly used for autosolos - maybe for a somewhat loose rear and pointy front end? Got any suggestions for the lads next week Tony?

I've never seen a film with Brooke Shields in but recognised the face. Try Blue Lagoon...

Agnetha Fältskog Kim Wilde Brooke Shields Kate Bush Anyone else have any favourites from yesteryear? Sagitar? One for you? or

Marvellous! Did you see who the narrator was? Derek Guyler. I'd never have guessed, as when on TV he had a deeper voice - oh yes...

I think if he won't spend money on decent gearbox mountings and stop that horrible gearstick buzzing / rattling then I doubt money will have been spent on a decent alignment. I don't think the driving was poor per se, but the tyres do sound pretty ordinary so its probably a standard car.

Some great ones there, but why do women think having artificial claws are attractive like in the first pic? They're grotesque.

But with modern cars the coolant circulates through the heater matrix all the time and you only control the heat by altering blanking plates. So it shouldn't make any difference if the heater is "on" or "off" in respect of leaks.

I would have thought asking how it seems to hover vertically is more relevant than inverted. It makes my efforts with a relatively newly acquired quadcopter just so pathetic. The control shown in those 3D helicopter clips is just staggering.