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From: jackhackettuk on 7 Jan 2008 08:00 On 7 Jan, 06:24, Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMME...(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: > > I've not been moving in those circles much for the last couple of > > years, but they were having a meet once every two weeks in Ashford > > actually, of all places, the last time I was. > > > You should pop over one Saturday and meet the mate who works down the > > local rolling road I told you about, as aside from the fact he's in > > the process of finally getting his S13 200SX RB26 conversion ready for > > the road, I think he's still well connected with some of the drifter > > peeps I mention above. > > Sounds like a plan, that... <nods> He's back off holiday next week - I'll have a word. -- JackH
From: Carl Gibbs on 7 Jan 2008 12:15 "Pete M" <pete.murray(a)blueSPAMFREEyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:flrnmg$hhu$1(a)registered.motzarella.org... > Accompanied by the sound of a chisel on slate Doki,<mrdoki(a)gmail.com> > managed to produce the following words of wisdom >> Tom De Moor wrote: >>> In article <xn0fku78kkug8b003(a)nermal.unix-consult.com>, >>> tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk says... >>>> >>> snip >>> >>> >>> Sell everything and buy dedicated cars. >>> >>> Buy a *new* Citro�n Berlingo to go shopping, generally farting >>> around, big enough to seat 4 people and some luggage, etc et >>> >>> Buy a second hand, sorted Lotus ELise S1 for the track and the >>> week-end runs. >>> >>> Budget? 15 kUKP and you will end up with 2 very reliable cars with >>> close to negligent running costs. >> >> I reckon some of the people who've owned cars I've had in the past >> have believed in negligent running costs :D. Neglible is that word >> you're looking for. >> >> And I think you're bloody cruel suggesting a Berlingo as day to day >> transport. > > I use a Berlingo in Czech sometimes. It's actually pretty good day to day > transport. > Ditto, I used to use a 1.9D every day at work. TBH it was quite relaxing to drive and handled quite nicely too.
From: Timo Geusch on 7 Jan 2008 15:13 jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: > On 7 Jan, 06:24, Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMME...(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: >> jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: >> > I've not been moving in those circles much for the last couple of >> > years, but they were having a meet once every two weeks in Ashford >> > actually, of all places, the last time I was. >> >> > You should pop over one Saturday and meet the mate who works down the >> > local rolling road I told you about, as aside from the fact he's in >> > the process of finally getting his S13 200SX RB26 conversion ready for >> > the road, I think he's still well connected with some of the drifter >> > peeps I mention above. >> >> Sounds like a plan, that... > > <nods> > > He's back off holiday next week - I'll have a word. Ta muchly. -- '89 Mazda RX-7 Convertible '92 Mazda RX-7
From: Fraser Johnston on 8 Jan 2008 01:34
"Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message news:MPG.21eb45dd5128d70a989ba7(a)news.individual.net... > In article <xn0fkvg9eqou63003(a)nermal.unix-consult.com>, > tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk says... >> I'm not overly enamoured with Scoobies in general, especially since I >> blew up the gearbox in the Legacy TT I had. >> >> Actually I've just come back from driving an Evo III and I know which >> one I'd prefer. Useless for drifting, though. >> > Some import scoobs have adjustable biasing of the 4wd so you can set the > balance more toward rwd and make it more drift friendly. The scoobs are great road cars but just don't drift. I never got any of mine sideways except for the wagon when I put race rubber on it on a wet day. Even then it was boringly predictible. A 200sx would be the weapon of choice. Fraser |