Colonelk
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Jul 30, 2010 21:45:54 GMT
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megzy.... sorry man been soooo rushed off my feet, and Lewis will testify to there not being huuuuge amounts to do. Mind you are you free much in the evenings next week? or days? If you want the spare cable its yours freeee maaaan. Righty-o... the dash removal so far has netted me a 35-40kg weight saving which is pretty bloody good ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) The wires were...... 4kgs of that LOL, but theres still LOADS to come out, this is loom re-hash number 1, number 2 will be post gathering I wouldnt get tooo excited about track action haha, I'm soooooo out of practice (other than being a passenger in UtterPiffle's MX5 I havent been skidding since last gathering ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) ) but Ill be there and Ill have fun, don't know how balls out Ill go heh.
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Colonelk
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Thisll be quick as Ive got Broadband back for 5 secs (its gone intermittent.... like 5mins on, 24hrs off intermittent) ITS ALL GONE ACTUALLY WRONG!! ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) The planned revamp of the senny's look has basically gone tits up. Due to lots of issues (not being given the time off I needed, poor planning, rubbish weather, etc) it basically looks like a heap of poo now. ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cry.png) Oh well, Ill still be there, just with rubbish paint! (whats new? haha) As an aside, skid day at Birmingham wheels went well ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) split the CV boot though so need to fix that. Ho hum.
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Last Edit: Aug 4, 2010 17:11:56 GMT by Colonelk
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Colonelk
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Plus I'm in here somewhere.....
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hey your car is ace no matter what condition...
if it makes you feel better just have a close look at my viva and that will make you feal better about how tidy your car is........
si
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Colonelk
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thanks man, tis just a shame, had a plan, it went wrong from the start, then got worse lol. Hey check it I still have broadband! your viva rocks too
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Last Edit: Aug 4, 2010 17:30:51 GMT by Colonelk
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as long as its there ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Hey mate, the car looks better for the white being all white and fresh. I know you didn't do what you wanted to get done, but chin up fella, like you said earlier, next year! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) We can be car angst buddies. I can kick your ass and lend a hand when needed, and you can do the same for me and the skud. See you on saturday in a field in Sommerset Lewis
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Just watched the vid.. Nice drifting mate... but fooooooooooooook was the fella (or lass) in the 3 series close to the barrier.
Skill or luck??
Lewis
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some luck ran out at some point if you look at the rear corner...
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Just watched the vid.. Nice drifting mate... but fooooooooooooook was the fella (or lass) in the 3 series close to the barrier. Skill or luck?? Lewis haha that would be mr mike gaynor, hes pretty much a legend when it comes to wall scrapes ;D Looking good at the skidding mark, would love to get a passenger ride some day ;D
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Colonelk
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Aug 10, 2010 17:18:45 GMT
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Well, wowsers, what a weekend at the gathering! I'm totally shattered! Had great fun on the track, BC had kindly invited me to have a crack on the track at lunchtime, and I wasnt going to turn that down! Decided to go in with maximum attack, which meant the first lap was a bit rubs but then sort of managed to hold it down, whilst dirt dropping the crowd quite a lot hahaha. Most fun Ive had whilst skidding for a long loooooooooooooong time Anyhow, post show, decided to take my g/f back to her place on the south coast and stay over as I wasnt working Monday. Went in convoy with Hardcore and Dr. Sexy and whilst having a mid journey break it was mentioned that my MOT ran out soon (today!). Hardcore said he knew a friendly MOT man so I booked in for monday and crossed my fingers (I normally do a fairly rigorous pre-MOT checkover). Obviously it failed ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) hahaha. Even boiled over on the emissions test ![:-[](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/embarrassed.png) (my fault, forgot to tell the guy the fans had broken) But anyways, I *could* bodge most of them and make them just about MOT passable and head back for my free retest, but I think I'm just going to work through each job thoroughly and make the car something I can be proud of rather than my shonky track vehicle ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Plus that will move my MOT anniversary a comfortable distance away from any car shows, thus making my life considerably less stressful come next RRG ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Thanks to all those with kind words after my attention-whore-spec driving ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I'm not the most confident at heart so if I seem to react strangely thats probably why! And thanks to everyone who kept Lisa entertained over the show
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Aug 10, 2010 18:45:13 GMT
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Hey mate.
Shame the car is going to be laid up for a while, but I know there are lots of things that you want to do, and this gives you a great opportunity to get it done.
Get the barn sorted and get cracking. You know you can always call on me and Mike, and I am sure that some of the other Wycombe crew (we have a crew now lol!) will be willing to lend a hand on the tricky/heavy bits, and to keep your motivation up.
I will try and get a repair kit for the compressor and you can borrow some air etc if you need to.
Lewis
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Mark
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Aug 10, 2010 20:06:53 GMT
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Dude. I love this car. Don't change it too much as it's just a symbol at this stage!!
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Aug 10, 2010 21:25:44 GMT
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Glad to hear you're doing the jobs properly! What's wrong with it?
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The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single coffee.
I don't like coffee!
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Colonelk
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Aug 10, 2010 21:29:28 GMT
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Mark, anything external is more of an evolution rather than anything ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) needabeetle.... there were many brake issues LOL big imbalance on the front, and the usual rubbish handbrake on one side, no handbrake action on the other, plus a myriad of other issues! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) its a good excuse to give the system a revamp
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qwerty
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Aug 10, 2010 21:41:35 GMT
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Your track attacks were insane!! I was killing myself laughing!! Bummer about the MOT but getting stuff sorted properly and evolving them Sounds good!
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Faster. Faster. Until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
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Mark
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Aug 11, 2010 11:19:38 GMT
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That has to become an animated gif....
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Aug 11, 2010 16:54:00 GMT
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Ask and you shall recieve. ![](http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x187/lewist123/Animation1.gif) It needs some tweeking though to stablise the image and make it look a bit smoother. Lewis
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Aug 11, 2010 19:54:25 GMT
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You were nothing short of awesome on the track mate.
Have you still got the Mk2 Carltons you used to post up about on MIG?
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87 Mk2 Cavalier SRi Turbo
89 Mk3 Cavalier SRi V6
90 Cartlon GSi3000 24v (Lotus Rep)
90 Senator CD 24v
99 Omega 3.0 MV6
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