Soop Dogg

Have you ever put fuel in your car on a sunny day and looked at your own shadow on the ground? You can see the fuel vapour coming out of the filler neck and and tumbling down the side of the car to the ground - it's way heavier than air. Although I do think it'd take more than a hot exhaust to ignite it, a filling station forecourt is not the place to try being a mythbuster! I turn the engine off.

"You Ready???" You bet he f***ing wasn't! (Sorry - that just kills me every time I hear him say it. )

This is sooooo probably a repost, but it really makes me laugh. (Although I know I shouldn't) Especially the bit when he says to his passenger, "Are you ready?????"

Really Pis**d off. On the way back from work last night got hit up the arse by a new Skoda Fabia. Bl**dy jam and sponge everywhere

I really don't like to disagree with you Chris as you are waaayyy more knowledgeable than I, but I've had this on a number of Supras and they ALL started smoking only when they were decatted. In fact the second one I decatted started smoking on the trip home from having the exhaust made up when I stopped in a petrol station - made me feel sick at the time! Also, they seemed as clear as a bell with the cats in place. (Not sure if the cats held back some of the particles in the exhaust gas or what, but that's how it went on my cars anyway.) Also, once the valve stem seals were replaced, it cured it straight away - my current car is testament to this and it's now back on the original stock turbos - no smoke whatsoever. (Turbos have nearly 100k miles on them) If the turbo seals were suspect, wouldn't you see smoke under power? (Genuine question, by the way - I'm not porporting to know the answer to that one.)

Both Angie's Supra and my own fell due for MOT's at the weekend - and both went straight through without a problem! Honestly - it's like going to the dentist! At least Angie can now get her car up for sale with a full ticket.

An elderly Amish father and his son are visiting the city for the first time, and they go into a large department store and look about them in wonder at all the novel and unimagined things there are to see. After a while the son observes a lift in the corner and says "Father, what is the purpose of these strange doors with the numbers over them?" "I do not know," says the father. "I have never seen it before." As they are watching an elderly woman hobbles over on two sticks, presses the button, and a few seconds later steps into the lift when the doors open. The doors close, and the two Amish watch in bewilderment as the numbers above the door count up from one to ten. Soon they begin to count from ten down to one again, there is the soft ping of a hidden bell and the doors slide silently open... and a gorgeously stacked blonde in her early twenties emerges. The Amish father nudges his son after standing in open-mouthed silence for several seconds. "Go and get your mother," he says.

Saw this in the cinema in the States on July 2nd. i won't comment on the story etc as I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but I can say the effects are indeed very good. I like the yellow Camaro - want one of these when they go on sale!

Get someone who knows to check it all out with you - sounds like normal dealer BS to me. It MAY be uprated, but get him to tell you what is uprated about it and produce documentation. Lots of people have fallen for this type of line before...

You can insure your vehicle at any address you like, but they'll take into account that the car is at a different location to you and therefore (in their eyes) will be easier for someone to nick, so the premium may have an extra loading placed on it.

Like he said then - Gaz's house for a BBQ!

Raining (but not heavily) here in Norfolk which isn't that far from JAE (70 miles) BUT it is very windy. Hold on tight to your tents!

Valve stem oil seals. I've had this happen to 3 Supras as soon as I've decatted them. Happens as you state after a short time on idle or sometimes on starting the engine. Normal driving shows no problem. Seals are about £120 for the full set, but if you have to have someone else do the work it'll probably cost a fair amount to do them. They can be done with the head on (TLicence on here did a guide on how to change them a while back) but a lot of garages will quote you for taking the head off - which will be BIG bucks! I've done them myself with the head on and it's actually not a bad job to do - very time consuming, but not that bad really. Edit: Here is the guide by TLicence: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=49859&highlight=rope

I don't like the colour.......NOT! Seriously mate, that is an awesome looking car. As Ibrar says, that's going to turn some heads! Enjoy!

And they had a fair bit to do with the Corvette design process back in the days of the C4 too.....

I've only heard of running the smaller wheels on the rear for drag racing. My Corvette has different wheels front and rear, but in this case it has 18's on the rear and 17's on the front. (This is the stock fitment) I guess the smaller wheels on the front is to sharpen up the steering on turn-in and/or fast direction changes. Not sure of there is any advantage TBH, but it seems to handle very well indeed.

How about spraying the fenders but first masking out a logo of some sort so that you can still see that the panel under the paint is carbon? That way you just give a subtle hint of the exotic material under the paint.

Don't go saying to the insurance company that you couldn't see enough of the road when you pulled out - this will screw you for sure. If you don't have enough view of the road you're entering, they'll simply say that you shouldn't have pulled out and crossed the road at all. The other parties insurers will see your statement and say that you shouldn't attempt to cross the junction until you can see that it is clear.

This is a really cool (not to mention simple) way of performing complex multiplication problems using a simple grid pattern on paper. It seems to work remarkably well!

Angie and myself have Just got back from a couple of weeks in the US and were upset to find this. Hadn't met Rik, but had seen his thread about painting his car in the garden. (Hadn't we all!) He seemed a really good guy and took any of the ribbing that he got in good humour. Found this on his local newspaper site and he had just been to his mates funeral when he was killed himself. (His mate was a past friend of mine who died in the TT races this year - I think we discussed that crash on here somewhere) Tragic news and I'd like to just pass on condolences from both Angie and myself to his family.

Damn! - sorry mate! That completely slipped my mind - maybe next time...

No pics as yet - in fact we didn't use it today - too busy wandering around downtown and doing some shopping. I'll try to sort some out over the next few days and get them posted up.

Well, Angie and myself arrived in Minneapolis yesterday. (I'm sitting up in bed typing this at 7am local time!) At the airport yesterday, went to pick up my Dodge Charger that'd I'd ordered and.......they'd run out of them! () The other car in the same group was a Chrysler Pacifica which is a cross between a people carrier and a 4x4. (Not bad but not what I wanted to have for 2 weeks!) So anyway, Jerry the car hire man took a liking to Angie (they have the same birthday, don't you know? Obviously fate!) and started looking through the list of cars they did still have in stock. So, 'What did you end up with?' you ask....... . . . . . . . . . . we've got 2 weeks in which we have to put up with driving around in........a convertible Mustang! As Angie fancies buying one of these in a year or two, she's over the moon! Haven't seen any Supras or even a Corvette yet! See you all in a couple of weeks - we're off to find breakfast! Due to be about 26 deg here today - 40 deg (ish) by Tuesday! (Top will then be firmly UP on the car 'cos that's just too hot!) Oh - enjoy the rain at the weekend - won't you! Love you all!

I wasn't going to say this but what the hell, it bugs the hell out of me. Nothing personal, Tourniquet, but there's more to the UK/Britain than just England. Others have to live with this sort of thing in Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland too!

I agree with you to a point. I agree the parents are in control and are the biggest influence on their kids. However, I don't agree that getting kids to integrate will NEVER happen and it would be defeatest to think like this. Not ALL the parents in a particular community hold views as extreme as each other. If you can get the less extreme parents to allow their kids to participate in projects, you will eventually get at least some of the other kids on board. I realise you have to start small, but once you accept that along with the fact that you are facing a very long haul, then you can get on with the job of actually making a difference. I've seen it done - in fact I was party to such a project when I was a kid and it DOES make a difference. Kids grow up and become the next generation of parents, remember. If you can get the kids having fun together, they'll spread the word, then those that aren't involved will start to feel they are missing out. Kids don't like to miss out on fun. Even if you can just alter slightly the views of a few kids now, then their kids might be able to come on board further down the line and get more from it. Then the two communities may begin to understand each other and tolerate each others views. The organisation I was involved with in the 1970's is still going today and still making a difference. And I think there is evidence in the general mood of Northern Ireland today that at least some people can envision a better future by 'getting along' instead of burning each other out of their houses. I didn't say this can be achieved completely in the people of today, it will take a couple of generations at least. The problem is that society won't realise that this sort of thing can help to prevent problems happening in the first place. Rather, we will wait until it gets to the point where people are killing each other in numbers before we turn around and say 'This is insane - we need to sort something out'.