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Quite alot actually.... MG, Ford, BMW, VW's, Chevrolet's, Audi's, Mercedes,Vauxhall, Protons and even Infinity! :cool: - @Diablo: I'd be surprised if them CC's never found homes in the championship again. Likewise I'm hoping Welch's Proton finds a home, or somone wil give me £100,000 to re-home her! -- I'm sadly not going to be able to attend Knockhill this year, that weekend I'll be jet setting off to for the West Coast of United States of Americaland for two weeks as my mate decided to have his wedding the following week. I'm making sure to bring this point up in the Best man's speech though. :lol: Anyone here going to manage to attend a race this year? Well wroth it if you can manage!

The season has't even started yet it's looking to be interesting already! The big news so far? - Team BMR have teamed with Subaru to not just use the Levorg as this years car, but also having manufacture backing! Thats right, we now have (at time of writing) 3 manufacture teams in the sport! Powered by a 4flat-4 engine powering the rear wheels...with Jason Plato & Colin Turkington driving. - Andy Jordan is going to be racing for Motorbase Performance, bringing over the Pirtek sponsorship. - Tom Ingram has resigned for Speedworks. - MG have committed to another 3 years in the sport. - Welch Motorsports are replacing the Protons So let's see what else happens! The season launch is on the 22nd March!

Flat-4 engine, it's RWD, it's got manufacture backing from Subaru! (3 so far this season) and D!ck Dastardly himself is driving one! (Thats Jacon Plato btw) I know this season is going to be a blast already! :D

Been a big fan of his work for years! Oddly what got me into him was't his music, but the TV Show called "Life On Mar's" (Followed by "Ashes to Ash's") and from there. It's all weird & wounderfull and the fact he's always been relevant is what makes him him! Been a great ride and gave me some great memory's and music. The man may be gone, but Ziggy will live on forever! :cool:

GM have got a surprise with Buick. [ATTACH]24601[/ATTACH] Called the Avista, it's apparently 'Camaro' sized and powered by a twin turbo'd 3.0 V6 pumping out 400Hp. I like this.

Pifft, it's a Peugeot 406 Coupe. ;) - Joke aside, it's a 348, the 355's Predecessor. Got a few others i'll add later.I'm going to start feeling bad about posting on here alot as it seem's like I don't do much with my time other than skim the classifieds for the odd gem. Which is't far off the truth actually. :lol:

I really do like the Maybach's, but some of the early cars dated quickly inside thanks to using that oh-so-90's dark grey colour the interior with wood finish giving them a tacky feel (Kinda like the Lexus LS & SC430'sif spec'd wrong). Other than that though, perfect in my eyes...sadly they'll never reach my price bracket, but it'd tempt me away from an LS if they were. Got to love the Brooklands, many would call it the last of the proper Bentley's (tracing it's root's back to before VW ownership & all) but is a true beauty to behold if you see one! Used to be one local to Aberdeen and always put a smile on my face. A true land yacht! :) I was going to post then earlier, but... 1994 Ferrari 348 - Koenig F48 TS [ATTACH]24593[/ATTACH] Oh yes, it's a oh-so-90's period Ferrari modified by them loony's in Germany, Koenig! Personally I love how mad this is, the targa top, bright yellow & that bodykit, topped off with the F40-esk spoiler! But it's not all show, packing twin tubo's poping out a crazy 520bhp from the 3.8 V8 so she'll fair shift! Yours for just shy of £100,000.

*In Clarkson's voice* "And we hand things over to Calster's Dutch cousin..." - I can see myself spamming this, so i'll keep it to the stuff that'd likely be of interest to you guys, unless you want to see Suzuki Liana's & Daewoo Nexia's? I'll start with this... 1988 Maserati Bi-Turbo, Ex-Works BTCC car. [ATTACH]24589[/ATTACH] I'll be honest & say that I never even knew that Maserati took part in the BTCC, let alone as a works entry, (Shows how good they were), yours for just £40,000. 2004 MG SV [ATTACH]24590[/ATTACH] Likely the most infamous car from MG/Rover, but what a car it is! Rare and for just £35,000 a bit of a steal. (Considering they cost around £80,000 new) 2001 Lister Storm GT1 [ATTACH]24591[/ATTACH] How many of you have seen a Lister Storm for real? So how much of a track toy would this be, or even better how cool would it be if made street legal? Oh how I feel naughty just thinking of it...sadly it's Price on Asking which means it's too much for us mere mortal's to afford. 2014 Maybach 57 - Last RHD spec car made [ATTACH]24592[/ATTACH] The ultimate barge if you ask me, as will slip along under the radar compared to a Roll's or Bentley. Okay they were stupidly priced S-Class that look's ugly next to the actual S-Class. But I still would. Again, it's P.O.A . See I can do normal stuff that you guys would like and such OH LOOK A 1995 Rover 220 "Tomcat" Coupe.... ;)

Unless MG start to sell more in the UK (To which they'd enter into the rest of the EU) we are sadly not likely to see a return. Reason why Im wanting the GS to be a sale's success. MG are big enough in China, and also sell well enough ome south American country's, and also the middle east. But the market for a sports car is low, reason why it's the EU market share that'll be make or brake for it. Lot's of random politics as well, but i'll save that for another topic so as to keep this one on the right track! :) - Forgot to add another car to my list, the new Volvo V90 Estate... [ATTACH]24584[/ATTACH] Hopefully Polestar get to do some nasty things to it! :cool:

Off hand... Fiat 124 Spider: Having learned there lesson from the Alfa Arna, we have the Japanese & Italians working together again in a car that look's promising. I'd take it over the MX5. Alfa Romeo Giulia: Look's handsome enough and with the top model looking to be a hoot. Hopefully it show's it's worth. TVR: Yes, yes I know...But I honestly have faith in this. The owner now is an actual fan of the brand, is down with how most TVR owners were & know what people want to expect from TVR. Ford Coyote V8 that's being fine tuned by Cosworth and it also has Gordon Murray on board. *Okay, it's actually 2017 the car is planned for release, but we should expect to see lot's of more info & hopefully see it this year! Lexus LS-F: This is not likely to happen, but a few people are expecting it. Essentially a balls out crazy LS. We had a somewhat preview of it with the TMG TS650 (640bhp, 564lb ft and 200mpg from it's 5.0 twin Turbo'd V8). Chances are if I happened, it'll be the 5.0 N/A V8 from the rest of the F range, and hopefully that Snazzy blue & orange colours Lexus use. Also keep in mind F engineers did want to use the old V10 in the GS-F... :lol: And the rest... Lamborghini Huracan Spyder....brings back memory's of my Gallardo Spyder. I'll have it in the blue colour and a Manual box. MG GS: It's a Nissan Qashqai suzed SUV, not a car I'd buy myself, or think it's much of a looker. And it's alreday out in China. But If it sell's okay in the UK then there's a chance for more MG's to follow. Honda S660: There's a slim chance that the tiny S660 may officially be sold outside of Japan. Meant to be a cracker of a car and Honda them self have said "We could fit a 1.0 engine in if we needed". Let's hope this Kei makes it over here.

Bought a Lexus LS400. Finally Did the 'West Coast run' as a convoy with mates. Attended much, much more automotive events, even helping out at a few. Met a ton of new people. went on epic drives with said people. Took part in more motorsports myself. (Even if it was just the 1/4 mile...) Expanded my drink's pallet much more than before. (Even if half of them were gash to try!) Myself & Me™ parked on the infamous 'Apple Cross road' while doing the 'West Coast run'. :)

Hello welcome. :) Don't worry, not everyone is somewhat raving mad... ;)

Did a quick check and this is indeed a thing (not sure about airstrikes), happened for years apparently. And there's me thinking it was going to be along the same lines as the Emu war...

[ATTACH]24574[/ATTACH] 30 second exposure shot Me™ took of me driving the Lexus down the A93 at the Glenshee Ski Center. (At this point, is the Highest A-Road in the UK) It was pitch black all around, and all that show was fun considering the road conditions thanks to it being in the negative temperatures and the way the road is. (Me™ of course having quattro power, would say he never felt any differences. :lol:

My restitution is not to buy any crap cars in 2016.

Well it IS that time of year guys...

Is that an Astra F in the background?!? :cheeky: Joking aside, I'll be honest and say that is a fantastic colour for the 135! Dark blue/purple metallic is it? :drool: Wish more BM's my way were in colours like that rather than white, grey, black and grey.

If it was something more important and bigger, but nah just a 6mm drill and a new 6mm nut & bolt with 2 washers was needed. (Well a 3/8 ratchet, 10mm socket and spanner as well) [ATTACH]24465[/ATTACH] Like it came out the factory like that...

Head of the bolt snapped off so left the rest of it in the hole, so can maybe just use a punch and chap it out, but if not it's the drill. If i wanted to get fancy I could use a screw extractor set, but for the time it'll take over just drilling the old one...:lol: Honestly going to have to class myself as an expert at doing it this way, as the amount of times ive had to do it on the older motors at work is crazy! (Although expected on a HGV I guess) Honestly not a fussed about it as it's somewhat secure even without the clamp on, just when the drag strip/track days come around nexy year, that's one of the first thing they check.

All the best of the season and what not. Merry Christmas. :xmascheers:

Sadly don't have a drill or loose nut & bolt's at the flat (All that sort of stuff I keep at the parents), but tea brake at work tomorrow it'll be solved. :) For you's who can't see what wrong, one of the bolt's for securing the battery clamp on broke. So Use's a jubilee clip to hold it down at that end for now. Simple for a fix, drill the old bolt out and then replace it. Simples.

I told myself they'd be no bodge repairs of any kind on the Lexus. Not even small ones. [ATTACH]24432[/ATTACH] Safe to say I knew it wouldn't last...

I remember WRC Rally Evolved, had unpredictable happenings & such on the stage. Made all the better than when doing a 2 player season it'd be random for each player. I mind doing Rally Spain & i had no problems on stage, my brother did it after and there was a tree blocking the path of a bridge.:lol: Was going to get this, but with Dirt Rally coming out for the PS4/xBone look's like I'll be keeping a watch on both!

So it's definitely getting a console release now! Offt the choice is harder to make now for what Rally game to get! :D

I've not been on to check if this out, but they snuck in the first gen Silvia into the game with the last car pack, for free. :) [ATTACH]24410[/ATTACH] Source: GT-Planet Odd that it can only be gotten that way but hey ho, whats not to like!