Mike's is a "works car", it will be sorted in no time

 

Lucky escape for James and Peggy!!

 

Shame mike at least you still had a good weekend..Hope this hasnt put you off & you will hang in there

 

Where are you?

 

Somerset during the weekend, and kingston upon thames during the week, so not especially near you sadly mate

 

Mike's car is without a doubt the best handling car i have ever been in. Proper mental the speed it carries into and then out of the bends. Brakes are on another planet. Was trying to pull me out of the seat. Add to this Gaybirds knowledge and confidence in his driving and the car and you are gaureented to get out of his car with a huge grin

 

Ah I thought you were near Uxbridge for some reason.

 

cant help but admire the way you persevere(sp) with your escort mike.lesser people would have stripped it and been in a german car by now.........

 

There is a box of matches and a litre of petrol awaiting Farndon's comments once they receive the crank for analysis .

 

mike, gotta agree, dont know what it was about this trip, but just seemed to be the best so far by quite a way, must have been the company.

next time kelv comes he'll have to leave his phone at home, he'll find it very hard im sure, as it was constantly attached to his hand and ear. and present company will will also understand why.

 

So are you going to go for a DKE crank now like the MAD boys use Mike, or are you going to give a Farndon one another shot if they offer you a warranty replacement on it?

 

it wont come to that Mike. They know the problem exists.

 

pmsl. Good old Kelv

 

Like Jim Galbally, who got a lift back with Mike in the same hire car?


German isnt a magical answer to everything.

 

Agreed Chip!

 

as everyone this weekend will agree, power isnt everything.

IMO, the best ring car, is standard engine, or very mildly tuned, i.e no more than a 20% increase in power, good suspension, brakes and tyres.

GOOD TIMES!

 

Can drop them off to me if you want, and when Chip passes he can collect?

Im in Cowley Chip, Not far from Matt/Lorraines.

 

Nor is Jap

 

Knowledge is better than power.

 

Mentlly busy trip.
Did a ton of fuel, and 17 hard laps, plus Gaybird done one in my car aswell. towed the EVO home from France,as clutch went racing Scoobies and M3's on the E42.
Car didn't miss a beat, even towing onto the ferry and up the hill at dover.
Overall good trip.

 

chris, was good to meet you, and cheers for the lap.

BLISTERING FAST CAR

 

 

it is indeed rich, as all the locals proved when they piss past us with there 200hp cars

 

Cheers...oh and that Jag that had been going round allday that we were following....turns out he was a test driver for Jaguar, based at the ring, so we didn't do too bad!!!

 

Depends what they say, as my last Farndon crank had the shit kicked out of it for 35,000miles no problem.

Firstly, even before THEY get it, it is being analysed just to see if the two results concur .

I will then make a decision when all the available information is on the table.

 

Was much appreciated . Needs DS3000s .

 

Ordered already

 

ahh chris does explains a few things then, as that thing was seriously seriously well driven for such a large car.

Was shocked when i saw the way it handled and indeed the way it went for a 2 tonne barge.

 

1.7 tonnes...come on!!

 

Fair enough, keep us posted.

Must say, im surprised at the problems occuring, as ive always viewed farndon as a quality crank.

 

ah yes FUEl, forgot about that, we used 3 full tanks in one day

unfortunately just before the engine let go, i filled her up again maybe ity was shonky fuel and i can sue the petrol station?

oh, and the ADAC guy wrote on the damage report "minor enging fault" recon when it comes back and it has a MAJOR engine fault i can pretend it wasnt like that when they picked it up? cry:

 

not yours chris, the jag.

dont class RS4's as barges, i class them as seriously subtle weapons.

Although that driver of the jag has just proved they can be stupidly fast if pedalled correctly, i think i'll just shut up now, and stop calling them barges

for me

 

Hmm - sounds like a good idea to me... better to save ur money for lap tickets, petrol and consumables. Maybe even the odd spare engine...

I just added an exhaust to mine to make it sound naughty and lose 25 kilos of weight. It is always good to know that when its sitting at 7950rpm on the way up towards angstkurve that its all within factory tolerances. It might one day self destruct as the mileage is getting up so I plan on buying a 2nd low mileage engine and keeping it as spare.

RW

 

pmsl.

steve you missed a cracking cracking weekend, you and andy were greatly missed.

 

 

Ryan: Touching comment thanks matey I wish I had been there too! When i get my dates sorted out this year I will let u all know and it would be great if we could meet up. Understand if not possible - then it leaves next year!!!

Ps. I didnt post up, but the picture of ur cossie in the ring car park looks the B0MB SHIT!! I love it!!!! Quality work

RW

 

but not the rest of the scots?

 

pmsl.

yeah the rest of you too i suppose

you, mattie, etc etc etc.

 

No - fuck off !

 

All of the scots are in Manchester!

I though I woke up in Scotland this morning!