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Does this mean it's morally wrong to sleep now.... Zzzzzzzzz.....

He was! Did a better time than us too!

Happy Birthday!

Happy belated birthday!

there is a simple fix to this problem.....tie a ukrainian flag to the aerial....simples...damn, that meercat is russian....errr.....

Last Sunday the wife and I ran the Eastbourne half marathon. It was her 3rd or 4th time running that kind of distance and my first! She came into the living one day last summer while I was reclining on the sofa stuffing myself with something unhealthy. She announced that she had signed up for the EB half marathon, I said well done, you can do it and other assorted confidence building phrases. As she walked out the room, over her shoulder she said "Ive signed you up too". Bugger. Cut forward several months of parkruns (5km), running to, then doing, then running back from parkruns (16km) and training along the south downs with hills (5-15km), we (more so me) were ready (ish). Most I had run was 17km, so 21km was still a bit daughting! Anyway, we turned up and ran and ran and ran and ran, then we ran a bit more and finally after 2 hours 32 minutes I got across the finish line, wife was 2h34m! I wasnt worried about my time, I just wanted to make sure that I ran the whole thing and didnt give up, which I didnt so mission accomplished even with the massive steep hill up to near Beachy Head! Please excuse the photos, I am not photogenic at the best of times and running really doesnt help ?? Before: During: Sorry for the watermark, but I didnt fancy paying £20 for two photos of me looking like I had poo'ed myself. After: I urge you all to try running. I wouldn't say I enjoy it the same way as I enjoy watching rugby, driving my zed or playing PC games. However there is a sense of accomplishment and satifaction when you complete something and/or better your time. My first ever 5km parkrun was terrible, I had to walk parts of it and did it in 40-something minutes. I can now do it in 28minutes. Parkruns happen all over the world every Saturday at 9am. Its free to sign up & free to take part. Its not a race and you can run/jog/walk depending how you feel, no pressure. The people that go are really supportive and ive come to enjoy them every Saturday. Ive lost about 15kg since running. Check out parkrun here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/

No YouTube tonight....I have the rugby on ???

So Accommodation is booked and now full. More can be booked, if you are still interested, contact me. At the moment we have 2 cars and 1 bike confirmed with another possible car if its built in time for the whole trip. Heres a bit more information if you wish to join us for a day: 9th June - Eastbourne to Stoke (Motorway all the way). 10th June - Stoke to Stirling (Motorway all the way). 11th June - Stirling to Wick (Motorway all the way). 12th June - Wick to Fort William via John O'Groats, Thurso, Scourie, Ullapool and Loch Ness. 13th June - Fort William to Langdale via Glencoe, Loch Lomand, Troon, Dumfries and Keswick. 14th June - Langdale to Barmouth via Wrynose & Hardknott Passes, North Wales Road and Snowdon. 15th June - Barmouth to (near) Bath via Aberystwyth, Becon Beacons, M4 & PowerZed (Hopefully). 16th June - Bath to Lands End via Bridgewater, Minehead, Bideford, A39. 17th June - Everyone home. If you wish to join us for a day, let me know which day and ill send you the maps, GPS file and the stopping points!

I used MTEC on my last car. Thery were good. Scroll to the bottom of the page: https://www.mtecbrakes.com/brake-discs/nissan/zx-79-94-280zx-300zx/300zx-coupe-turbo-targa-z32-03-90-07-94

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Are you putting turbos on a NA block?

Its started to get to that time of year again, Zeds will come out of hibenation, car covers will be removed and paint will gleam! Im planning the first south area meeting of 2022 and as we didnt manage to do this route last year, I've dug it out of the mental filing cabinet and dusted it off! The route would be Folkestone in Kent to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. The route takes in some A roads and B roads. The route is 72 miles and should take around 2.5 hours with a short stop at Dungeness. Ashdown Forest is very nice and great for a picnic, walks and photos. We will meet at the Harbour Arm car park in folkestone at 10:00 with the aim to get away by 10:30. We will follow the coast line west to Dungeness Nuclear Power station. Then turn inland at Rye and cut across the Kent/Sussex weald to the Ashdown Forest. Let me know if you are able to come!

Delorean you say......sorry......just why are you bothering with paint? ?

At least they are the same thing....imagine how expensive it would be if you had one of each!

Where is this?

Baby pink?

This is what I want mine to look like. Andrew please tell me more about the brakes. I wish to have bigger/better brakes on my car but retain the stock wheels....

Thats a shame, its going to be a good trip

Happy birthday Richard!

Why not just buy a T-Top?!

It's an app called fuelio. It's on the play store. I assume they have "an fruit uPhone" version but I use the magic green robot. It breaks down the costs even more than my screenshot, you get graphs and everything!

I wouldn't class cambelt and clutch as annual maintenance. But if you did you need to divide the cost by the amount of years that the belt and clutch last. So let's say the belt was £400/7 years = £57/year. Clutch was £300/7years = £42/year. Disc&pads £180/4years £45/year. That's £144 plus an annual service (£200) plus a bit more for "other", it's not far off, I am of course completely making up these numbers! As for tax/MOT/insurance....is that actual maintenance or running costs? I put everything in my app (service, MOT, tax, fuel, cambelt, if it costs the car money, it's added in the app). Last year was expensive as the car had EVERYTHING done to it, including some paint correction, but here is a screenshot of my summary of ownership so far The longer I own the car, the cheaper it will work out of course, but I won't show the wife this! I should also point out that car cleaning products don't get added and I have a lot of them. It was too hard to work out the split finances as all the products get used across three cars and in different amounts (the TT is smaller than the Zed, but the legacy is bigger) so there is technically another expense there. oh and yes I am sad! ?

Happy Birthday Jim!