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The question is John - is said engine still in the car?

Seen the car in the flesh today. The pictures do not do it justice. It looks stunning with the widearches, and the purposeful stance. The wheels fill the arches up close too.

Oh, and most importantly - it absolutely flies. Or at least it did, but I'm sure John will be along later to tell about his minor problem

Had an early morning taxi run to the airport yesterday, and was down at kames today otherwise I would have went.

My set is here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3ph3n/sets/72157605218485037/

On looking at them on Flickr I think I'm needing to go through them and adjust a few things here and there on them and update them. Brightness and contrast I think. It was a dull day early on. Pleased with sharpness and composition etc. though.

Here's the wee sequence of a certain white car taking a turn!

Edit: fixed the links.

Mr Squiggle, were you spotted in a big yellow sprinter in Paisley as I was heading home per chance?

Good pics everyone. Will need to get down for this next year I think.

Looks great. Will see it in the flesh tomorrow hopefully.

Is that what you have on ?

I wish.

Although I'd really like these for mine, but white on black isn't popular with everyone:

Work Emotion CR Kais in bronze.

Stick it on 'S' Dunc, or whatever your canon uses for shutter priority and set the shutter speed to about 200 and start panning.Check how they are coming out then work your way down to a slower speed until they come out crap then turn it back up again! hows that for a professional explanation

If you can get great panning shots at 100th/sec your doing bloody well!

ISO 800 on a bright day? no wonder they didnt come out! I have my ISO on auto the whole time trackside.

It's "Tv". Which stands for ..... "Timing Value". Which means you set the timing and it does the rest.

Even if you were using 800 (too high!) and a speed of 100 (workable) you still need to constantly adjust the aperture for the light conditions. Were you doing this?

I cannot recommend the book "Understanding Exposure" highly enough if you want some help. I've read it about 5 times through now.

What modes are you using Dunc? For the panning stuff I just shove mine into Tv (shuttery priority), dial up a number that I'm feeling good with then start snapping in burst mode with the auto focus set to servo.

I was using 1/160 and 1/200 for a lot of my panning shots.

It looks fantastic in the light of day John.

The thing is Dunc - even as a point and shooter you'll get fantastic results with these DSLRs. I'm certainly learning the settings and I know what I have to do with a composition to get it "creatively composed". I'm no David Bailley quite yet, but I'm doing alright.

Although the 40 pictures I took of a red Squirrel at Loch Garten on Tuesday have turned out utterly PISH!

Here's my Time Attack ones. I only stayed for a wee while but they turned out good I think. Trackday ones up later.

Full set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3ph3n/sets/72157605202837677

Looking forward to seeing the numbers on the 1/4 mile thread this year. Car looked good in Total Impreza, so should be more Linford Christie than Fatima Whitbread I hope.

There's the outlet place, which I thought when I was in last august. Carlisle was a nice place to visit though and isn't far away. Bring your passport though for crossing the border.

Oh and a twisty road - get to peebles then selkrik, hawick etc. etc.

Google maps is your friend.

Andy had a wee spin. Which I have a pictures of too.

You were unlucky with that last one Jim, but it looks like it's worked out for you mate.

Replacement - Subaru Brat with an 06 STI running gear swap.

I learned to h+t in a Vectra. It's complete second nature to me now.

Which is occasionally problematic when driving automatics.

Eh, not really Cal. Can't work out what of those is percentage or pence based. Either way - higher oil prices = more for the government. If they "budget" for a set amount and are now getting more in why don't they reduce that amount until oil cheapens?

Maybe he should take it out of manual if that's what he's getting!

Grant, I'll need at least 1 of your finest stickers, which I can collect at Pedros on Saturday. Will see if Paul will put one on the Westie too for the 'climbs and sprints.

Enjoy it Jim. Good things come to those who wrap cars round lampposts?

Good shots chaps. Looks like Sunday was a cracking day.

I'm going to go through mine in the morning. I have 850 to go through from Saturday, then another 300 from my holiday!

Got a couple of nice ones, including the all important flame and the token artistic ones too. That 50mm fixed is great in the pits.

Is fuel tax percentage or pence per litre based? If it is percentage then we need to get that dropped a bit for the moment.

I filled up in perth at 125, but Inverness and then Blairgowrie were cheaper. No idea why as it all supposedly comes from grangemouth, and Perth isn't that far from there surely!

Great news Peter. Will be down on Saturday to contribute to the fund. You better warm up the Satay machine.