calster17

You part of the special group of people who are dyslexic as well as colour blind? ;) Sure long term members will remember that?

BRG is iconic, but doesn't suit all cars if you ask me. Green is an odd colour really, has to be the righe hue and such to work...I once saw a Green Audi and nearly puked It was that ugly. Also I should throw this out there...but does my opinion count considering I'm colour blind to an extent?

Right you are old chap, im sure we can keep this charade up and going and what not? Some colours suit some automobiles much better than they suit the next, alas some colors just don't work at all and only exist due to the wealthy owners unique sense of bad taste. Also some colours go with the times, most British cars from the 1970's all suit brown, and 80's supercars white(Cocaine white is the correct name of said colour). Upon saying this though, Yellow seems to go well with almost all cars giving that it is the right shade & hue of yellow. Edit - Posting 5 pictures now? oh well if you insist... Somthing new-ish... Somthing old... Somthing average... Something not expected in in the colour... http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww99/tonybubble/Bananarama.jpg Winner picture?...

Passed a XKRS going the other way from me, he was stuck in traffic and my lane was free(plus side of working nightshift lol ), so slowed down and drove past having a good gock at it, giving a thumbs up up and getting a smile & nod back.

Being a German car, there optional extra which add up to inflate the price. This as well.

I'm a walking talking encyclopedia of useful & useless car facts, spawning for everything from the rear wing of the Countach being able to knock 10Mph off the cars top speed to the design brief of the Citroen 2CV. :lol: So you'll know the other 20 facts from there as well. :cheeky:

Any mix of Pjanoo is great, best has to be the 'New Ibiza House' mix... Spent ages loving that song and then first time I went into a club that was playing, fair to say that kicked off a good night :lol:

That Zonda on the far right(Yellow one), that's the ONLY one left without the pointed nose (Chassis No 3) and is a C12 (The original 6.0 engine). Back in 2012 is was recorded to have done nearly 25,000km and the owner takes it on Europe wide driving events often. Oh and no matter how much Pagani ask the owner to buy it back(they want it for Historic reasons), she's not interested in selling up! :D Pointless info people here probably wont care about/read, but felt like sharing it to enrich your knowledge of random Pagani and automotive history. :cool:

Seeing ther DJ hero song made me remember this gem... :D

Not really, but most new cars don't seem to have them(rear bumpers often new act as the same thing). Mostly older cars that have them unless added after.

Stops gravle getting kicked up too high. Works well on backroads & country roads here in the UK as there near enough gravel tracks :lol:

You don't know of rental cars, works vans or a mates car then. ;)

Mud flaps arnt standard? Actually come to think of it most cars don't have them these days! I know I took mine off but that was due to height issues and cornering :lol:

I cant see anything that should't be on Mk6 golf. Or is that an screw on exhaust tip? If so don't worry, we've all been there, mine is still running one...

That Chevy that people though was a Z06 or a ZR1.. it's a ZR1 as I though. ;)

I'd guess so, considering being able to make cars into Baja bug styled racers. As Ryzza said, Shelby is't enough to make me go "Woop" and slap an order in...but I know someone who would.

I know its in, I started the thread on it here ;) I'm meaning that it's a P2P(sprint) course, so hopefully they'll be an option for the track maker.

Add to that with Mod-Nations style track editor (Kaz did say he loved that style of editor). 100x100 km is huge but some recon it's more likely to be 50x50km, still impressive area to play with! Hoping a to be able to make point to point tracks so I can try to make my favorite local driving roads...and if not then I can mix them together! Oh also Knockhill. Keeping in mind Goodwood is a P2P track, could hopefully happen.

Loving it as always! :D Like popping back every so often to have a look at her progress. You could say that there's an alarm fitted, and then fit it sometime in the near future after its insured? ;) Not that i'd bend the truth about stuff on insurance myself.... :leaves:

@Chocolatestar Love the 360 Spyder! :D

Thanks :D Knockhill in general is laid back in terms of things, with the paddock how it is you can freely walk about it for near enough any event, unless there moving the BTCC cars, but GT championship to Drift...can walk about. First time I've ever seen the track opened like as well at the end of an event, but everyone else we seen on track had VIP passes or staff passes on...but oh well worked out for us. :D @Mau92 I've got other pictures, some are much the same as whats posted(on track stuff) or none race cars and such, but i'll get round to uploading them. :nods:

So having been covered in champers we decided to go for a quick walk around of the paddock since it was post race and traffic was going at snail's speed(it get's bottle necked at one point), this was great as we managed to bump into a few people... Jason Plato post race by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr As well as... Colin Turkington post race by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr also seen Gordon Shedden... Gordon Shedden signiture by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Also met Dan Welsh(Proton Driver) and got his signature. Seen Sam Tordoff twice during the day(first time was when we got to the paddock at 8am, never relised it was him until we dubbled checked) as well as Andew Jordan, Rob Collard and someone else(more on that later). With all the teams setting up to leave, we though we'd do the same and slowly walk to the car, but doing so we seen the track gate was open and saw two people walking across, we though "what the hell, lets go for it and if we get told off then oh well", and well this kinda happened... Me...sitting on a chair on track. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr after seeing nobodyed cared(and a 4 year old ride her bike past up) we decided we'd dump our gear in the car and go for a walk round the track. :nods: So I give you a TurboDuck & Blown Turbos exclusive walk around Knockhill in Reverse format Hislops looking up to the Hairpin by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Walking down Hislops, you see just how long it actually is, the cars blast down it at some speed that it seems like a small part of the track. Fact is it's the second longest part! What you really dont see is it's on a very slight hill! Clarks looking up down Hislops by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr These last two pictures have been facing the right way, all from now(unless stated) are in reverse format. Clark is relatively easy looking but much like hislops it's actually on a hill, also a good space for door handle racing! Don't know how but that DC5 Integra randomly drove round the track as we walked along it Clarks looking down to the chicane (off over to the left) by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Looking to the chicane you start to see the slope it's on. We can also See Steve in the picture, he's the actual photographer who's pictures we rarely see, but there damm good I tell you what! Looking up Clarks by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr This is facing the right way. But you see just how big a slope it is now. You also See the resident Hipster that's Dan, other guy in Blown Turbos and Drives a Mk1 Fabia...moving on. Looking down to the chicane by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Reverse again! Slight downhill slope, but you can see where someone had an off here during the day. I went for a walk in the gravel just to test it out, heavy stuff but very light...dense and such! No surprise it can stop cars at speed! Chicane & Butchers by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr This is one of the extreme hill parts, yet its a small part but a steep hill! As you can see with the track dipping in front of me. The Apex on the chicane is also crazy for getting the cars on two wheels! I've been round the track as a passenger is cars round the track a few times(both formats) but you never see just how steep this part of the track is, but that may be when a track manager is driving you round in a brand new(in 2011) Clio Cup 200RS and giving it beans you feel the G's more than anything! Butchers & the Chicane by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr And facing the right way again You can see where I was for the last photo here, and see what i mean about the steepness? By this time as well, with the sun & walking most of the track I was getting exhausted, but not to worry. Looking up Leslie's to 'Seat curve' by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr As we had a the next part to deal with, the Leslie's and 'Seat Curves'...the Infamous frost corners, the corkscrew to put LAguna Seca to shame...well maybe not that one but it's sure crazy! It's steep as you'd expect if you've ever seen it from the track side, and you think you'd be crazy to tackle it at speed. But keep in mid they do, also it's used in the Drift championship, yup people hurl the car into it and hope for the best...alot often beach it(ive seen it first hand last year, and going to the British Drift championship again this year) Looking up to Seat Curve by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr At the bottom of it now, Steve making his way out of the picture.... Looking down 'Seat Curve', dowe to Leslie's and Scotsman. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Back facing normal direction, and this is the view from the top! Great view of near enough 3/4 of the track as well the 'the drop' and reminders of tyres & cars that never made it down. When I take 'Wolf' there next year for both our first track days, im fearing this the most. The Start/Finish by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr And this is the end of the lap, the Start/finish of the track...with us having done a lap and low on fuel we though we'd chance out luck and do an entry into the pits and get back to the paddock....well plans never work out as they should half the time and well...this kinda happened. Line up in the pits. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr about 3/4 of the BTCC line up was in there, and we properly should't have been..but nobody cared. We took FULL advantage of this..as in the end we only had basic £30 tickets and we may never get a chance to be this close to 3/4's of a BTCC grid...or any top flight Motorsports grid! Colin Turkington's BMW 125i. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Jason Plates MG6 by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Ollie Jackson's Toyota Avensis by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr This one is intresteing, the two team mechanics were trying to bush the car back so they could tow it with a quad bike. We seen them struggling and Dan jokingly said "should we give them a hand?", and one of the mechanics turn to us and said "Go on then" with a smile. All I can say is the bodywork on is is bloody flimsy as hell! Like cheap glassfiber! But anyway, having gave a wee push and thanked for our valiant efforts...I quickly asked if we could get a look inside with the door open, to which they happily let us. :D (See steve taking his pictures, ill get mine uploaded later) We headed off down the pits again, happy snapping the cars at will! Because Racecar really! Pit-lane lineup by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr 'Flash' Gordon Civic & Knockhill. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr This picture really captures Scottish Motorsports at the moment, current BTCC Champion Gordon Shedden's Civic and Knockhill. 'Selfie' of Shedden by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Selfie seal of proof! As well as this picture by Dan capturing the moment With having took many pictures in a place we should't have been , we started to leave for the paddock again... Leaving the pits. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Damm photographers getting in the way... But not before... Start finish from the pit wall. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Chance to feel like a team boss from here. And one last of the pits & cars. Far end of the pits. by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Oooop's... by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr Well I guess than answered out qustion. And with that i leave you two last photos... Damage by CarbonCoffee, on Flickr The leftovers of racing.. And better than an autograhp. Me & 3 time BTCC champion Matt Neal. :cool: And that is it for now. Will have more pictires added once I get round to it again. :nods

Dodge Omni GLH-S ;)

Posted most of the pictures in this thread here ;) Calster's BTCC Adventure

It's true, and reason why I love slagging people off who are all into that style of "banks/corporate people are evil"