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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:08 pm
- Forum: Social Static / Drive Meets
- Topic: Club Annual Drive Out: Peak District Drive Out Mk2, Sunday 2nd June
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1401
Re: Club Annual Drive Out: Peak District Drive Out Mk2, Sunday 2nd June
Annie and I are interested. I've put the date in our diary and will make a decision nearer the time.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Car Activity and Track days Archive
- Topic: 'TRACKDAY', Brands Hatch Indy Circuit (Kent) - ***Friday 1st December 2023*** SOLD OUT
- Replies: 92
- Views: 5753
Re: 'TRACKDAY', Brands Hatch Indy Circuit (Kent) - ***Friday 1st December 2023*** SOLD OUT
We’re looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. We’re aiming for late morning/lunchtime.
Ian & Annie
Ian & Annie
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:43 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Wayne Spiller 2023 WRDA overall Champion.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 664
Re: Wayne Spiller 2023 WRDA overall Champion.
Congratulations. You’ve worked hard for it.
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Vault
- Topic: Go Japan 2023 - Brands Hatch - Sunday 24th September
- Replies: 93
- Views: 6069
Re: Go Japan 2023 - Brands Hatch - Sunday 24th September
I’ve booked tickets for Annie and me. I’ll book the stand when I get the code.
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 11:08 am
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: RX8 Brake Pads
- Replies: 236
- Views: 34130
Re: RX8 Brake Pads
Any updates on the best road pads? My default is Redstuff as I’ve been happy with Yellowstuff but won’t be doing track days.
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 6:42 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: 400whp turbo setup from NZ
- Replies: 150
- Views: 11122
Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ
Indeed. I, for one, would love to see a working conversion. Having owned a professionally-built 13BREW conversion that turned out to be crap and a Greddy conversion that needed a turbo overhaul, I can testify how it’s not as easy as people expect and most fail. Brettus should also be congratulated f...
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:29 pm
- Forum: Hello.. I'm new here..
- Topic: Rebuild
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
Re: Rebuild
Having my engine rebuilt next month and have no garage, so need a decent cover?. Other than dust covers on a dry car in a garage, which doesn’t apply here, car covers do more harm than good by retaining moisture and causing scratches. Special situations such as a missing bonnet are best dealt with ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: R3 Oil Filter Alternatives?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 593
Re: R3 Oil Filter Alternatives?
At £15 for the Mazda filter IMO using a cheaper version is false economy, particularly as the oil coolers mean there’s always a significant proportion of old oil left in. Even at twice the price of an aftermarket one the difference is little more than a week’s road tax. Personally I wouldn’t use an ...
- Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:56 pm
- Forum: Goodbye... I'm leaving...
- Topic: So long, and thanks for all the fish
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1597
Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish
Sorry to read this, 30405. We’ll miss you. I hope the passage of time will smooth things over. FWIW I’ve been a bit out of touch recently and have done a quick catch up. My experience of over 10 years here is that the vast majority of issues have been discussed sensibly and with respect, albeit some...
- Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:03 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: How many left?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 14310
Re: How many left?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9281039/amp/Drivers-offered-3-000-credit-cars-shift-greener-transport.html This could further reduce the numbers... Yet more hurt for taxpayers in plssing up the wall taxes, borrowing or money printing with the resultant inflation (10%...
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:28 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Announcement: New recall for R3s
- Replies: 212
- Views: 28096
Re: Announcement: New recall for R3s
Interesting. I’ve not had mine done yet. My nearest dealers, Croydon Mazda and TW Whites at Great Bookham, are both 40 mins away in normal traffic, an hour at rush hours. Getting back home by public transport is awkward and taxis will be expensive. I didn’t want to book until I had a better idea ove...
- Sat May 07, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: EV the future ?
- Replies: 329
- Views: 61699
Re: EV the future ?
We’ll need lots of electric buses though. Net Zero measures mean exactly that for most people’s car ownership and bank balances, leaving most dependent on public transport. Meanwhile countries where net zero for car ownership and bank balances are the norm such as India and China will burn fossil fu...
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: EV the future ?
- Replies: 329
- Views: 61699
Re: EV the future ?
Run any ideas through the lens of the Real World, human nature and potential unwanted consequences. Then check that relatively poor people won’t be subsidising the relatively well off, something current policies fail (eg the various taxpayer subsidies are benefitting the well off but not poor people...
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:22 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: Keni's R3 - Audio Project
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2025
Re: Keni's R3 - Audio Project
Looks nice. Where are you putting it and what’s going in/behind it?
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: New speed camera`s
- Replies: 4
- Views: 310
Re: New speed camera`s
But don’t fixed cameras here do that implicitly using the distance markings on the road. Surely their small size is more of a danger for speeding motorists.
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:38 am
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Maintenance - Time vs mileage
- Replies: 23
- Views: 797
Re: Maintenance - Time vs mileage
I stick to the recommended schedule regardless of mileage as fluids and many components decay with age and I believe to do otherwise is false economy. The only change I’ve made for my low mileage of the last 2 years was to miss out my pre-winter 6 month old change, leaving an annual post-winter chan...
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Help a friend out
- Replies: 11
- Views: 433
Re: Help a friend out
Done.
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:17 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: R3 shocks and question on decats
- Replies: 14
- Views: 562
Re: R3 shocks and question on decats
The rear shocks should be good for over 100k miles, or 2-3 pairs of springs. Unless they've been bent in an accident or the seals are leaking. Perhaps the roads are better in NI than here, but the potholed and speed humped roads I use are a spring killer. I have diagnosed several broken springs in ...
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: R3 shocks and question on decats
- Replies: 14
- Views: 562
Re: R3 shocks and question on decats
On mine it's 94db with a racing beat resonated decat and 101db with rrp 200cell sports cat Interesting. My RRP 200 CEL is definitely louder than stock with my RB Revi catback. It is, though, to my ears quieter than the noise I remember from dual resonated RB decat I had with the same exhaust, albei...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:13 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: Keni's R3 - Audio Project
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2025
Re: Keni's R3 - Audio Project
Next was the steering wheel integration. After hours of ploughing through documentation, diagrams and manuals, I found what I thought would be the best solution. PAC RP4-MZ11 Interface This little puppy gives me back the control of the head unit and answers calls. But best of all it interfaces with...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: Azams Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
- Replies: 362
- Views: 14511
Re: Azams Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
I'm new to this thread. Glad to see you and her back on the road again. Good luck with the treatment. Annie and I will be thinking of you and Claire.
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:24 am
- Forum: DIY
- Topic: Removing the Stereo Head Unit
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5577
Re: Removing the Stereo Head Unit
It’s a PITA to lie on your back in the driver’s footwell, but if you do so then the screw is obvious, provided it’s still fitted. That said, the bolt may have already been removed and not replaced. If you’ve not done so already, first get to and remove the bolts at the bottom of the fascia and try t...
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:52 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: Clive's 520 BHP Super GT RX-8 Race Car
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 98820
Re: Clive's 520 BHP Super GT RX-8 Race Car
I’ve just been watching the TV programme of Guy Martin racing a Trabant at Brands, Guy’s Garage on C4, available on catch up etc. Clive’s car is shown many times.
- Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: EV the future ?
- Replies: 329
- Views: 61699
Re: EV the future ?
Lithium is just one ingredient for vehicle batteries. Lithium prices have risen inexorably over the past decade but battery prices have fallen rapidly. I’ve no idea which of the trends will win out over the next decades - note the trend of price falls tailing off - but my main worry is not so much p...
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:31 am
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Fuel efficiency in winter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 859
Re: Fuel efficiency in winter
You can pick any figure you like depending on your motivation. Want to gloss over the problems of EVs? 20% suits you, sir. I looked at this a long time ago when I was involved with running a large vehicle fleet in Germany, where summers are hotter and winters colder than here. Fuel consumption on a ...