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C'mon... where's these pics? *chuckle*

I take it your £70 was go in with tyres on, then removed and replaced?

Davey... FFS man! Go geddit and drive it up! That's half the fun!!! *chuckle* (Or, have a look on Shiply.com and see if you can get a better transport quote... just a thought!)

Having seen how SOME demo cars are treated at some garages... that's not necessarily reassuring *chuckle*

Just a quiet candlelit dinner for too then? lol Shame this is so far south for me... sounds like it'll be a cracker!

UKlegacy.com have just done a run involving various Top Gear featured Euro spots like this... LINKY Anything THEY can do...

Ditto. Great to see new events posted up. Keep 'em coming!

Agree - Well done Subaru UK!

You didn't sell him it dirty did you Chris?

Z3's worse...

I think the story your link points to has changed... it HAS been found... TOTALLY burned out. Sick.

Oh no... it's not ANOTHER Z3 is it?

One can only hope this doesn't cost lives.

STI Hatch?

Several pieces of laminate flooring and some dried grass... oh and some metal things... Gearbox shafts?

Have your nuts gone black yet Paul?

Done, sir!

Howdy mate This one gets asked a lot. (FYI there is a search engine on the forums that may be useful in future ) Basically it relates to how well the engine cylinders are supported. Scooby engines are best thought of as hollow, with 2 banks of horizontally opposed cynlinders (hence "boxer" engine... punching towards each other). If you think of the cylinder end-on (ie a circle or clock-face): Open deck block cylinders have support at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock Semi-closed deck block cylinders have support at 3,6,9 & 12 o'clock Closed deck block cylinders have support all the way round. This effectively makes closed deck blocks (or CDB's) the strongest. Theoretically they run a slightly higher risk of overheating (more metal support = less room for coolant), but that's very rare in practice... never seen it. Hope this helps.

Aye well, at least ye'll no hold up the traffic that way *lol* Dave - sort it!

Loving the whoosh of lift-off!

Getting a bit old for all this are we? *chuckle*

In general, you'll have shorter tyre sidewalls with bigger rims, so handling should be better, possibly at the expense of a little ride comfort. No reason 18s should scrub any more than 17s with correct tyre choice, lowered or otherwise. You also need to consider offset, ie where the centre of the wheel is on its rolling axis relative to the hub bolt face. Lower offsets stick out more, while higher offsets are less likely to clear big brakes (in general) Bear in mind some larger rims weigh a lot more. That's more weight for the engine to spin, blunting performance. 19" OZ Ultraleggeras (lit: "Ultra-Light") on the other hand...

*chortle* Getting any nibbles? (from the car ad before anyone asks!)

Well I'll try and be sensible and suggest THIS site (Don't worry - it's clean!) Just don't ask how I... came upon it... so to speak...

"Never knowingly taken ever out in the rain" (from the Ad) Ya big fairy! And anyway... what about that big puddle on the Tayside weekend run last November? or did you jst tiptoe round between the water and the swearing cyclist? lol Good ad though. Refer em to me as RO/ Club secy if you like... mates rates of course!