TonyC

Was talking to my neighbour few weeks back , she always asks what i am doing, out under various cars on my drive , real nice lady , often chat for few mins , anyways she told me a sad story , her brother died doing the same as above , she still hurts over it , all i can say to Richie is BE MORE SENSIBLE , YOU ARE VERY LUCKY , that goes to us all as well.:mad2: Tony

haha , yes suppose you right there , though i still involved with a few "Hobbies" , went to Castle Combe JapFest in may , wicked time , went with Jamie , who last time you met him he was around 14 , now 22 and got the jap bug , god help me, he has a RX8 and RX7 at moment , so its giving me the itch , i took the 7 out yesterday , god its quick, handles on rails, bloody license killer ! . Been following your exploits with your 300 , nice work , must be bloody good fun , nice to have that kind of adrenalin rush i bet. Hopefully i will catch up with you some time in future. HereS a pic of the 7 , type RS , . Tony

June 2006 was last time i pounded down "The Strip"(Christ wheres the time gone, i should be ashamed not to of been since!) i loved it , especially meeting others and having good laugh and chatting all day , loved the Drag Challenge , non official best time i did was 12.56 , that was 361 bhp at hubs (Auto) with a few mods etc:whistling: I ran auto's and manual Zs , always found the autos quicker , better delivery , maintain boost better , less wheel spin ,. Glad you had good time , it gets addictive , great fun and atmosphere , well done all. Tony

:lol: , Aint they a bitch when they play up , glad its sorted , was a great read , like a Hollywood soap script.:biggrin:

Think its become a rip off, company that took it over a few years back are greedy *******s, shame Andrew Greenwoods Classic Car Shows not running it, :-#

Ha , the old days certainly was more activity , on here and out n about , so many meets , shows , think i spent a fortune(i did actualy, more on the Zs than anything:crying:) Anyone got the vid or pics of when we fitted fire extinguishers to Chunks wheel chair at Santa Pod, so bloody funny, think he got thrown out of it at one point, ha , the old days:thumbup1: Tony

oooops double post, must be me age :clown:Tony

Had same once, put in Millers 10-60 , that sorted it.

Safety , stops class etc flying off if you have a accident .

Well i made it , just, nearly gave up trying to get in, think its got toooooo big , but was a really good day ,finaly got in there at 12pm , met a few on the stand , got sun burn, watched some great racing , went with my lad Jamie after dropping off Donna at Ledbury , in all done 350 miles, started at 5 am got home at 8.30 pm knackerd , and thats driving Donna's Purple Merc A140:blush: , previous day drove back from Yarmouth , so fed up with driving this week. Tony ps a pic of my latest addition

Cheers bud, only 11 years till i retire:thumbup1:

Must say , certainly well done, the girl with the tattoo is well fit too:biggrin: http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/03/20/video-the-chase-is-amazing-but-not-like-other-chase-videos/ Tony

,:no: probably not , having owned 8 of these cars last 11 years there is always something on a near monthly basis of things to repair/upgrade/sort out , its something that comes with owning one . If its a stock car(very rare these days) you may be lucky , but sooner or later even then you will end up with something to sort out .Take one a my Z's from while back, after 3 owners inc me the total reciepts were frightning, over 30k:scared: but thats half the fun , though exrteme example i admit , they sure aint no shopping trolley with minimal outlay, take my modified Golf Gti 1.8T , great car , ultra reliable , only thing i do is oil and filter every 4k , thats it, you get in it knowing its going to be ok and on the button , but i cant honestly say that of a ZXTT , cos every time you get in one a strange feeling creeps over you, it may be going great , flying along etc , but you know that sooner rather than later its going to bite you , but lovers of these cars keep going, they get under your skin, obsession creeps in, the look, the performance , rarity ,and making the car individual to you , all ads up to a roller coaster experience , not many old motors out there can do that . Will i get another , of course , theres nothing like them:cool2: Tony

PayPal :cool2: Tony

If i had the cash i would be there,like yesterday! Ticks all the box's , lovely Z:bow::cool: Shame its too soon for me :cry: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3431435.htm Tony

Too right , cracking bloke , knows his stuff , nuff said.:bow:

Yes mine too,X10i , upgraded to 2.3 Gingerbread and its like having a new phone, great to see they included Adobe Flash , using the phone as wifi hotspot ,and a few other things, mind you Sony were not going to release 2.3 at first but they buckled under huge pressure from forums etc, if they had not released it i was going to flash/hack it to the lates OS of Android,Had the phone 12 months and never had a problem, my wife has the iPhone, great phone , but i too like Sony, great reliabilty, and Android seems more intuative, better interaction and different.I actualy like the camera, 10.3 mega pxel is enough for me and so far great pics and video. Tony:cool:

My wife has the A140 Avantgarde, Speaking from our own personal experience its brilliant in my opinion, manual box, so much room in it, like a Tardis. We have had it for 3 years, a 2000 year model, done so much work and been well flogged when needed, holidays, load lugging(think its clever how all the seats can be removed if needed, she did a car boot few weeks back, took out rear seats in a jiffy and my god the room was huge in there.We had a front spring crack, me mate at garage said thats normal for these cars.Great on fuel, i drove 500 mile round trip to coast a few weeks back, £65 in fuel, bloody amazing, full up with gear too!.As for handling, never been a issue, and i throw it about, it has ESP also.:cool: Tony Hers a pic, Purple too!:blushing:

Have sent you e-mail budd, not been on for a while, so soddin busy, have included me mob number. Tony

Ha ha , me may be on 8 or is it 9, will have to check:whistling:

Ha me old mate, nice to see you still around too, take it you could not resist another Z then, looking at your sig!:cool:Hopefuly me sorted next few weeks! Tony

Maybe off to view it this weekend, i will report back !! Tony

I may be able, not too sure as yet, may even come in a Z !. Will see.Put me down as provisional to come. Tony

For a Z:D, I have driven about everything, but nothing floats my boat or does my bloody head in more than a Z, I am seriously getting that urge i can tell you, why why why do these cars do this to us.:confused: Have we a few less brain cells or do we realise what bloody good bang for the buck they are:cool3: Tony

Ha ha, me back in the fold, please switch me on:D (Payment ID 8L919963X2058935K ) Now, wheres the PM button:wink: Tony