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Joined the A23 at Burgess Hill and didn't drop below 50mph until leaving the M4 at Swindon. I was starting to think such achievements were impossible these days. Bliss!

 

Also, Strictly Come Dancing. Gosh I love Halloween make up...

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Cake by the ocean yeah did that in Vigo

 

Now its tea on the bay of Biscay

 

Yes I'm bored

 

Oh and at two Euros a cup glad I bought a 10 pack of fanta for 3 euro yesterday

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Why has that cup of tea not slid off the table ?   :?

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In the paper today, some idiots.

 

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11738746

 

They are proper mudflats, no vehicle can ever not get bogged, so don't ever try to tow out your mates car by driving out to tow it out  :-D .

Not far from Auckland airport, they have a hovercraft in case a plane ever comes down on the flats.

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Why has that cup of tea not slid off the table ?   :?

...cause the table is flat and oval...

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My L200 this morning has been decorated ready for Haloween by its resident spider colony.

 

In other news i am doing an engine swap today.

 

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Wish me luck.

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I have to ask, are you on Peugeot 306 forums under the name Rippthrough? I remember from there that Rippthrough helped run an off road racing buggy which ran a BMW V10, then a rotary (as you mentioned in the rotary engine thread) and also did mental fabrication stuff, like wavy brake discs for 306s, amongst other things. Also had a 306 1.4 making 100hp until it shat its gearbox all over the road.

 

I was me-tm over there, and on the Carmageddon forums too... Yeah, I'm an internet stalker or something.

Hello internet stalker. Again.

 

The rotary buggy has a supercharged S2000 engine now, 370bhp on low boost, 500+ on high boost:

 

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Hello internet stalker. Again.

 

The rotary buggy has a supercharged S2000 engine now, 370bhp on low boost, 500+ on high boost:

 

 

Yay!

 

Also, you're mental. I'm sure I've said it before, but still. :D

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last night when i was on an aimless drive, i was in stockport/manchester area at the time

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also went to the coventry transport museum today it was mrs fp's idea, what a fantastic afternoon looking around, i cant believe its free entry

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Why has that cup of tea not slid off the table ?   :?

  

...cause the table is flat and oval...

When first saw them as I walked past they looked on the piss

 

Also bay of Biscay has been millpond :)

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When first saw them as I walked past they looked on the piss

 

Also bay of Biscay has been millpond :)

Lucky you, almost every time I've crossed it we've had the shit knocked out of us. Maybe going in Summer isn't the answer.

 

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We crossed twice in August and it was like a pancake. A mate went last October on a cruise to the Canaries and seriously regrettted it.

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i've got that book "South with Endurance"!!

 

Frank Hurleys pictures are amazing, just..... amazing!

 

and Ernest Shackleton is abit (ok alot) of a hero of mine.

 

the tv movie "Shackleton" staring Kenneth Branagh is a film/tv series well worth watching.

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And the grin for today..An (probably by now ex) MG dealer almost admits that MG's were not good sellers  :-(

 

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It is "new" but 3 years old and still not sold. Now reduced from $39000. to $20000. Which makes depreciation of 50% in the1800 km it has done.

 

EDIT...just looked up the website and still an MG dealer.

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There are at least three Talbot-related threads on the front page.   And Cav has bought a chainsaw driven RSW.   

 

This forum, etc.....

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And the grin for today..An (probably by now ex) MG dealer almost admits that MG's were not good sellers  :-(

 

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It is "new" but 3 years old and still not sold. Now reduced from $39000. to $20000. Which makes depreciation of 50% in the1800 km it has done.

 

EDIT...just looked up the website and still an MG dealer.

You can buy 2012 ;nes for 5k here

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The sub £700 CRX bought earlier this year walked its MOT today.

 

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And the engine from yesterday is built up ready to fit after getting side tracked fixing the L200's 4x4 system that wasn't actually broken.

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Yesterday was Hallowe'en and Chompy acquired this as his daily driver.

 

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Which is appropriately scary.

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I've registered on cliosport.net to get the knowledge required to make the 182 better. I thought I'd stick up a project thread-copied and pasted from here. 

 

Safe to say I remember now why I don't use other forums. You guys rock. 

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Remember a couple of weeks ago a post office van ran into my focus and scratched the side but did no other damage?

 

I got a call today, the assessor recommended to the insurance that it is written off (boo!) and proposed a settlement figure including me keeping the car.

 

Why the grin? It's about a grand more than I paid for the car, and it's still usable!

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Remember I said I'd bought my worse motor this year when I got that RSW with a chain saw engine? Well in less than 36 hours I've eclipsed that, and eclipsed it in some style.

 

Just completed payment/paperwork, L8RZ H8RZ.

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Email from the BLOS LPG carb people confirming they are suitable for boost, home brew turbo conversion running lpg for economy on a 30 year old pinto WCPGW?

 

Need someone to measure me up an LDV Maxus rad and intercooler...

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