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  1. The Car Thread

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    Haha, yeah, happy to come and jump in with you Nick, as long as it's not too far! Have done a day for MSV (more booked for the future) and a couple of private bookings so far but I have mates rates too (lunch and a driver wristband, sort of thing) ;) I'll bring some cushions :giggle:

    You know where to find me!

    Either your 'mates rates' are still FAR too cheap, or you eat FAAAAAAAARRRR too much lunch :lol:

    I will absolutely most definitely be in touch :) A few laps with you back at over 2 years ago were exceedingly helpful in just a short space of time. A bit more time and some driver swapping / damper tweaking could be an awesome day out indeed!

    I've wanted someone more experienced to drive the car for a while to give me some feedback on it, so combining that with a bit of guidance might be a great idea :)

    I know where to find you ;)

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  2. The Car Thread

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    George, I've been in a Civic with a Quaife diff in it, was completely magical compared to the normal FWD frustration. Glad you like it!

    I really NEED you to drive my car at some point Adam.

    Not because I think it's magical, but because you know so much more than me about handling and what's good / what' not in general.

    I'd genuinely love some feedback on how it drives, and how I drive it also.

    Now that you're a qualified ARDS instructor, are you potentially available for hire :lol: ? I'd be dead keen!

    I think I'd need to retrofit some sliders on the drivers seat first though. Haha.

  3. The Car Thread

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    How long do you get out of a set on average?

    from brand new, for track use, you'd probably get 3 days from them before they're no longer legal. After that probably another 2 trackdays before they're fit for the bin.

  4. The Car Thread

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    Haha my mistake they are indeed a048 tyres. 4 delivered for the price of £450 brand new seems a steal to me. The cars not used on a daily basis once a week at the most definetly not used in the rain either so i think i should be pretty good with them since all hopefully be attending a few track days this year.

    Anyways cheers mate am going to go ahead with the purchase get the crappy toyo r1s off asap.

    In that case then you'll like them very much!

    So glad I have 6j 15" wheels!

    If £450 sounds expensive you should try buying a set of those tyre for mine :'(

    £800 wouldn't cover a set :'(

  5. The Car Thread

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    Need a little advice. The teg needs some decent rubber and have been offered ad048s at a really good price. There 195/50/16 and my current tyres are 205/45/16. Looking up the alloys they seem to only come in 7 inch width. Will these fit no problem?

    Without meaning to be too picky, that's not a tyre that exists :lol:

    It's either an AD08 / AD08R, or an A048.

    AD08's are more road friendly and less track bias. Better for your needs as a road car I'd have thought.

    A048's are very much a trackday semi slick R compound tyre. Utterly fantastic grip, but don't expect good life from them or amazing wet weather performance at all.

    Size wise they should fit fine. I'll lay off the pies from today until the event to be absolutely sure I fit :lol:

    Yes. Which means you have to come this time so you can drive it!

    Absolutely 200% in for that!

  8. The Car Thread

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    They come with sliders Danny. We installed them with sliders in jardos S3.

    Standard size seat is TOO small IMO. I'm a 34'' waist, and I fitted and drove the car just fine, but scratching your balls on the move is absolutely out.

    Bollock ammendments in the XL seat are hassle free when moving. So they win for me.

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  12. The Car Thread

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    Im an official car owner now :)

    I trash my car hard in a straight line sometimes. Changing gears at 4.5-5 k, rev limiter at 6, makes the car more responsive surprisingly

    I'm not sure changing gear at 5k when the limiter is at 6 counts as thrashing it :lol:

  13. How much do you pay for mortgage / rent per month?

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    I think I agree that it's a good shout to 'get on the ladder' asap, but if you're hovering between, say, a 22% deposit and trying to squeeze to 25%, you'll get a much better mortgage at 25%, that was my point :)

    Definitely. Agree on the getting to the next band in 5% increments.

    It's a minefield out there buying houses, and a pretty stressful time for most.

    it's all worth it though :)

  14. How much do you pay for mortgage / rent per month?

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    I couldn't agree more :)

    Once you're in, with prices rising your LTV is dropping from day 1.

    That plus adding value through hard work should help you jump a few bands in equity share anyway, giving you a mich better rate when you come to remortgage. Assuming of course you signed up to the right deal in the first time and arnt tied into a fixed term for too long / too little.

    Rainbird has it. Lay down as much as you can, but buy soon in the current market.

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  22. TF Curborough Day - Final Info

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    Anyone heard from Prawn?

    I'm quite keen to have a bit of a drive now but not if it f**ks the rest of you over :) Could be awkward with 11? Anyone have any thoughts?

    Paid:

    1. Rainbird

    2. PeteM

    3. Dann2707

    4. MadManMike

    5. RobinJI

    6. Haz

    7. Kennard

    8. crashbanggg

    9. Jardo

    10. Azarathal

    Unpaid:

    11. Prawn

    TBC:

    12. Tarty Adam

    Will ring David today today to confirm everything and get final details (Y)

    I thought I replied on page 4/5 Ads, sorry if it didn't post for some reason.

    Despite working every hour under the sun, as well as every evening under lamp light, I'm just not going to have the car together in time. I got it running last night and got some lights partly on the car, but there's just too much outstanding to finish it in the 2 evenings before Thursday :(

    Sad face. Have fun chaps.

  23. TF Curborough Day - Final Info

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    Gents, In all seriousness I am really not sure I'm going to make this.

    I've been struggling to commit 100% due to not actually having a working car currently, and despite working on it every possible spare hour I have, including every evening for the last week or more, certain things, like the weather, are really f**king it up for me.

    I absolutely hate to be the one to let the side down, but what started out as a very simple splitter replacement uncovered LOTS of issues when I stripped it down, and frankly, it's really pissed me off!

  24. TF Curborough Day - Final Info

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    Ohps.

    I'm sh*t! Haha

    I've told my boss I'm away that day. But not booked it formally, or paid R'bird yet.

    Sorry chaps, it's not intentional. Just got much stuff going on at present. Will formally submit holiday form tomorrow and pay the R'bird to form it up 100%.

    Oh, and then I'll try and put the car together in time.

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