*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

BMW death needle?

That big ole path to the right that brings you to the red light

Vintage got some great footage during the good times though, listen to that golf!

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Negative craic

A runaround may be bought I think, no way to fix the car fast enough being my daily and all!

Dartz wrote: »

Shame. Loved the sound of it going around the track. That's some six-cylinder noise.

Didn't think it was loud enough to be heard passing in a car, especially a rotary!

I never got a chance to get a look at the rx8 with us all rushing around but they look really well in black!

Dartz wrote: »

It does alright...

You didn't really miss much. Just sort of took it gentle enough. No use finishing my first track day on a trailer.

Very true man, it was a wet and rude awakening to track days for you.

Dartz wrote: »

It was what it was.

It made it easier to find the limit with lower consequences for going through it. And the rain kept the crowds away so I could usually lap the track to myself at a steady pace.

RX helped with a long second gear - I think I had to make exactly 2 gearchanges total each lap.

True, it looked really planted out there!
Jesus it must have long gears, i made 7 per lap to keep it on the go!

vintagevrs wrote: »

Yeah I think it was an ideal day for first timers. Weather prob helped keep numbers down and as dartz says, it meant exploring grip levels could be done at lower speeds. I had a blast but ill sleep tonight! Great spectrum of cars there today and plenty of handy drivers too, although some I think took a wrong turn and ended up on the grip track instead of drift. Yb.....I'm looking at you! Serious skill to drive like that.

The car makes it easy!
Your friend went very quiet in the car with me

Best bit of the day was when you used launch control to enter the track

Serious cars the Golf R's, can't get over it.

Genuine question here Noccy, are you sure you didn't crash it or something?


Definitely one of the stranger problems I have seen arise on a car for apparently no reason!

My head is fried with the whole lot of it, between this and the front wheel catching (which I hope are all connected). It's a fecker when you can't put your finger on what's causing a problem!

Maybe someone stole the car, crashed it and brought it back, but I never dogged it into anything!!! Maybe it's a culmination of really bad roads, bends dips, humps etc. When getting to know the route I'd often plunge into dips at 100km/h and there'd be quite a few thuds, bangs etc. Lately though since I'm familiar with the route, I know when to pull back, pull out and ease better into bends.

ofcork wrote: »

Some scrote boke the rear tailight on the boot of my avensis 65 quid on micks garage for a new one.

Some sickner especially when it's not even an OE replacement although I'd imagine micksgarage ones are almost identical with the exception of a few. I have a cracked tail light but it's still sealed so I think I'll leave it for the moment.

ofcork wrote: »

Going to ring main dealer monday and also try breakers id say it should be handy enough to replace myself.

Ah Ye generally just a few screws or bolts and a multiblock connection into the back should be easy enough to to change.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Sometimes if you buy a new one, it sticks out like a sore thumb from the older, weather beaten other one.

That crossed my mind too. I'd say just change all the light units front and back :pac: definitely a descent scrap one is the best option. Plus it will have the Toyota stamps and marking so when selling it on it won't be noticeable that it was replaced. Where as with a spurious one if you look hard enough you see it's different.

Aye, at least I'm not beached.

Got 2 new tyres for that today actually.

Edit: Here we go

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Aye, at least I'm not beached.

Got 2 new tyres for that today actually.

Edit: Here we go

How long do you have the mondeo now seems like you have it a long time. The alloys look really well on it.

CIP4 wrote:

How long do you have the mondeo now seems like you have it a long time. The alloys look really well on it.

3.5 years and going like a clock for the most part. For a near 8 year old car, it's still smooth and great to drive.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

3.5 years and going like a clock for the most part. For a near 8 year old car, it's still smooth and great to drive.

I figured you had it at least 3 years alright that's soooo long :pac: . It looks well from the outside with the alloys and chrome strips under the Windows small things like that really make the difference.