Search results

Money no object, DH man or auto. Money quite a big object (like me) GT PP and decide the g/box on whether you play more than daily drive

No, disagree. Our last 5 new cars did not give any problems at all up to 4/5 years old. Even when my wife's car sat at the airport for 6 weeks ( started and run for 10 mins every 3) it fired up first time no probs. I think that the Mustang battery gets tired when it says hello every time we go...

When you first tried to start it, did any dash lights, or anything, come on? I've topped up mine using the aux contacts and it worked fine.

Just FYI, the appropriate seating position with manual shifts is to be able to hold the clutch pedal hard on the floor but still have a bend in the knee. Grandmas duly told how to suck eggs.

I know you can jump start modern cars succesfully, but I try to avoid it given all the electronics that have palpitations if you give them .5 volts too much. I prefer to put them on charge if possible.

What's the last thing that goes through a bugs mind as he hits your car? His arse.

No, it goes against everything that countries with much better safety records do.

So the Hamster rides in a Mustang? Does he run in a wheel to make it go? Seriously, good for him. More people are realising that the Mustang is a real driving tool now.

Jeez, I'm fresh out of change. Damn!

Another thing I was impressed with, take the plastic cover off the rad area and you can easily clean all the bugs and crap out of the matrix. Try that on a Euro.

Classic. I met a woman who'd just lost her husband, but kept his toy for memories, Roush blower and all.

Now I have an image of an old style Playmate pin up, but she's pointing to the D

Four wheel drifts when the racers were on silly skinny tyres?

The drift brake is too far away in a RHD car, so I haven't tried any tomfoolery with it. I use to do handbrake turns on back country gravel roads which was fun. Feels a bit like "backing it in" on a bike with a touch of rear brake just before you turn in.

I've used Michelin exclusively for a few years now. Somehow their tyre magician is able to combine excellent grip and a bit more tread life than any other brand I've used. That made them great value on a bike where you're replacing tyres regularly.

Anytime, call me from the airport.

I got my car licence within days of turning 15, bike licence soon after. Learnt car control on dirt roads. But the single biggest thing in my driving career was enforcement driver training and years of driving/riding very fast in traffic. Proper driver training is a must, not just on a track...

OK, there's four of us. Let's start a club, drinks at my place tomorrow.

We watched The Art of Racing in the Rain last night. Despite the name it's about Enzo the dog. Excellent movie, but don't watch it if you tear up over sad movies.

Did you know that a Mk 4 Cortina 2 litre could do 180kmh? It was an unmarked patrol car and we saw two of our guys running radar on the other side of the motorway. So we went a couple of kms up the road, turned and nailed it towards them. The doors of their car flew open so fast I thought they'd...