pistonbroke

I'll be proper gutted if the weather lets us down

Nope, No more driving games for me until November.........

Watched avatar in 3D, thought it was OK, though the occasional eye strain and uncomfortable glasses pissed me off. Then it came out on blu ray and watched it in normal HD, I much prefer the HD version over the 3d. There seems to be so much more of the film you can actaully see. Where the depth of field is used to give the characters on screen the pop out effect in 3d, it obviously blurs the background, in the HD version, so much more detail can be seen. current 3d is a fad which won't last. Sony are pushing hard with it, but at this years CES they showed some prototype TV's that can do 3d without glasses. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/3DTV-autostereoscopic-CES,review-1490.html Then theres the whole hologram thing from Cisco systems. If this technology becomes mainstream, you can forget TV's altogether. Forget porn in 3d, imagine hologram smut http://www.eyeliner3d.com/cisco_telepresence_holographic_video_conferencing.html

Any other suggestions?

Do you guys live in that garage? Great work though, you need to look your best for the pod.

We'll be at Lakeside at around 0615. I'd guess we'll be leaving at around 0700hrs after a coffee and McDonalds big breakfast

What if my number plate falls off......again. As it does most times it leaves the garage

Got in an argument with a guy at comet once about this. I knew already that a HDMI cable (providing it's 1.3 compliant) is as good as any other HDMI cable. I went in and asked for one, and he gestures to a selection of overpriced hugely thick cables. I think the cheapest of them was £30, and the range topped out at £100. I asked if he had any cheaper ones and he said "whats it for". I explained it was for my home cinema stuff, and he suggested I go for the £100 jobby. I politely told him where to stick it and he pointed over to two identical LED screens. He says the one on the left is running the cheaper cable, the one on right is running the expensive one. "Bull" I say, "it doesn't say yesterday on my birth certificate mate", to which he retorts "well if you're willing to settle for second best, go for the cheaper one....". It's not that they were close in quality, one one running HD, the other was SD. I warn him about false advertising being against the law and he nods re-itterating his bull about expensive leads. I walked over to the screens, tilted the left one forward and he comes over flapping "no sir, don't touch them, you'll set the alarm off". As he gets to my right shoulder the TV goes black, and I emerge from the back of the set with the S-video lead in my hand. I shook my head, looked at him and said "prick". Then left.

So, you won't want any of my cold beers or BBQ at suprapod then?. Shame, more for me then

The previous owner was a professional photographer, so in that pic it looks better than it actually was. Here's a pic which shows what they really look like.

Unbelievable!!. That's it.......I'm moving to Sweden!. Those Gatebil videos are always awesome, it looks like the best JDM performance show in the world. The third link to the longer video is stunning, lots and lots of effort clearly went into making it, stuff like the helicopter shot over the cars goes to show the level of professionalism you've gone too. Hats off to you, I'd love to be able to produce videos like that. Question though, how do you do the slow side panning shots where the camera appears to roll smoothly along the floor?

I like the 3rd one. It's the same as the second with the raise part removed. Many moons ago my car had the 2nd lip. Bit different now though

Looks excellent according to the footage, but how are they getting the 'fisheye' effect in the 1st video?. It's there in some shots but not in others suggesting that the lens can be changed. Fisheye lenses aren't cheap.....I've been after one for mine as they give a better impression of speed on the go.

The video description states mid 90's.......I'm guessing he's a tad out there. All the other cars driving around were early to mid eighties sheds.

Oh, for those that don't know, Bluewater have put 1 huge speed bump just before the meeting car park entrance. You'll come across the bump if you approach the car park in the clockwise direction. You have to go around to the other entrance by going anticlockwise as you come into bluewater off the A2.

Yup, that was done by Rob too. Though not today, there was a seperate thread about that the other week.

Chatting to Rob the other night at the Bluewater meet about all things shiny, and we decided my engine bay would look a lot nicer with a bit of shine to it. Anyone who's seen his engine bay knows this guy is good with the bling, so I knew I was in good hands. Took the beast in to him this afternoon, and here are the results Pictures run from before Rob got his hands on it, to its current state. You want some under bonnet bling, mitchell9006 is your man. Next step is the inlet manifold followed by the cam covers and turbo coolant elbow.

yes, so that's bpu+

Lol, thanks for putting my name up Ok guys, to get the tunnel run on film, I'd like to sort something about beforehand. On the morning when we leave to hit the tunnel, I'll be in front at the tolls. Once I'm through the tolls, (we all obviously select the same tunnel). I'll be in the left hand lane and I'll drive as slow as possible. Id then appreciate you lot tearing past (keep it in a low gear to keep the speeds down but noise up ) and I'll get you all in before the end of the tunnel.

I'm not betting on him, I've called him out myself Single vs BPU.? Sure, why not. I've done you once already on the bike, may as well make it a full house

It's the same finish as my current wheels. So they'll probably go rotten too. But at least it would have been over 12 months from the initial transaction and I can worry about that later.

100 pages of awesomeness

Right, I've just got off the phone again with rarerims. Yet again, they're saying it could take even longer. Now I've had enough, I'm now waiting for a call back from the manager to arrange a full refund. I've contacted the linea corse dealer in the states and am going through them, just waiting for a response from them now to see how long they'll take to deliver. (bear in mind I'm paying $500 for delivery ) I've also changed my mind on the wheels, I'm now going for the full polished version.

Scotty71

haha. Gerry, do you realise that blue car is quite potently modified?