Chesterfield

UPDATE: TWO MEMBERS LEFT TO CONFIRM click here to go to event register for this event 1 / Chesterfield - CONFIRMED. 2 / Chris`I - CONFIRMED. 3 / H5 - CONFIRMED. 4 / Madmarky - CONFIRMED. 5 / Jak +1 - CONFIRMED 6 / gunmetalzgt - CONFIRMED 7 / cavey+1 - CONFIRMED 8 / Eraserhead CONFIRMED 9 / Alessandro +1 + t shirt. - CONFIRMED 10/ Yokomo - CONFIRMED 11/ D0rzi (+1) 12/ chippychip123 - CONFIRMED 13/ darren-b - CONFIRMED 14/ buster (+1) CONFIRMED 15/ Demolition49 - CONFIRMED 16/ b7owa - CONFIRMED 17/ mesut350z 18/ James B - CONFIRMED 19/ Zugara - CONFIRMED Standby lists: Drivers standby: 1/ 2/ 3/ +1 standby list: 1/ chippychip123 2/ buster 3/

The golf is no longer called the R32 - its just the Golf R. It now has the 2.0 TSI engine from the Vag range, 270bhp from a 2.0. Not bad going. 0-60 5.5 seconds and torque of 350Nm, and weighs in at about the same as the 350 at just over 1500kg. So a very even match on paper imho.

The problem is the spending in Whitehall is nothing compared to the rest of the public sector, and I would hope that their salaries are fixed as per other public sector workers too. I very much doubt that they will remove teachers pensions, well they cant, but what they can do is remove the link to final salary for new entrants. That will no doubt get the unions angry and they will kick up a fuss (even though it will be for NEW entrants. People who havent even started yet, nevermind paid any union subscriptions)... Final salary pensions are just about extinct in the private sector, the reason being is that they end up bankrupting companies. People live longer in retirement than they used to, and final salary schemes just result in massive deficits for the companies. In the public sector its compounded by the fact you get to retire earlier too! This is why private sector industries dont have them anymore. Yet for some reason, the unions feel that the same basic mathematics of "more out than in" should not affect their industries. So what if we are spending more money on pensions than we get in from pension contributions - the taxpayer will cover it right?.... Thats always been the mentality. What happens when the tax payers run out of money too? Somethng has to give, and this time its bringing the public sector back to reality whether they like it or not.

I have 20mm of the front and 25 on the back, I think its perfect

Unfortunately there will be a massive number of workers who dont understand why these freezes are necessary, and will do just that, strike. The police cant strike though, so they are a bit stuck. Im sure there are examples of public sector workers that are paid less than the private sector counterparts, but I bet you dont have to look far in your own part of the public sector to find someone who is a "lifer". They have been there since day dot, and thanks to annual pay reviews and guaranteed rises etc, are now on a very high wage for a job that is no more challenging than your own. There are thousands of these in the public sector, and that is what is costing money. They also tend to do these things in percentage terms, meaning the already high earner gets a larger pay rise than a low earner, even if that low earner scores higher and receives a larger percentage rise. Its just crazy. For years they have persisted in the guaranteed pay raises regardless of economic conditions, and they haven't dared shed any staff for fear of strikes. Just hoping that natural attrition will cull the numbers enough. Any priivate sector firm operating in that manner would be lucky to survive. Indeed many haven't. I believe the public sector pay freezes affect those earning over £20k, so yes a bit of a blanket catch all (or most), but probably necessary imho. It is funny you mention the unions starting to talk already. Im certain we will see the unions kicking up a fuss, but to be honest they need to take their heads out of their backsides for one minute and survey the mess we are in. Look at BA for an example of just how blinkered Unions can be. The company is losing money. They have less passengers to transport, and costs of running the airlines (fuel and business taxes to name just two) have risen. Net result is that they have to cut costs, or go bust. Its a very very simple mathematical exercise. The last strike cost BA around £30m, and the union boss rejected the next BA offer as it was £30m less than before. Is he just a blithering idiot or what? His union take action that costs the company £30m, and is then surprised when the company reduces their offer by £30m. Or was he just expecting the magic money fairy to take care of that? Unions serve a purpose in ensuring that workers get a fair deal and they have their rights adhered to, but when it comes to cutting costs to survive, then they need to be realistic. This country's debt is currently growing by over £10,000 per second, and the unions are going to argue against cuts... I suppose they are the kind of people that when they cant afford to pay off their visa bill, the best thing to do rather than cut back on spending, is maybe just go out and spend a load on beer to take their mind off it... Or we could let the situation persist, get the IMF in to sort it out, and have a currency so devalued that buying anything manufactured outside Britain (which thanks to the taxes on manufacturing in this country is just about everything) will be ridiculously expensive. Im sure the Unisions jumping up and down is nothing to do with the fact they have a ready made bandwagon/soap box to jump on in the hope of maintaining the stream of subs coming in to fund their lavish lifestyles, and has everything to do with the fact they actually understand the dire economic mess we are in..

Yep - hes secretary of Unite. Making huge ammounts of money from subs paid by the low workers they represent. Yet people still follow them. Another "loophole" I suppose he was happy about when it was cut was the introduction of the new special allowance for pension contributions for those earning over £130k. Now, any contributions over £20k into a pension are subject to 40% of anything paid in over the £20k level. With his pension contributions being very near this level and his remuneration being into the £200k + level Im sure he is really chuffed about this one...

There have been mass redundancies, companies closing doors and private sector jobs being shed for getting on two years plus now. The public sector has been relatively sheilded from the real world issues of the countries financial status. Derek Simpson wouldn't know how to live in the real world of the private sector if someone handed him an idiots guide. Can anyone show me a private sector industry where employees are GUARANTEED a pay rise every year, regardless of the state of the company? If a private sector company were in the financial disarray that the public purse is in now, there would be mass redundancies and hefty pay cuts just to survive. Yet Derek Simpson seems to think that the "rich" should just be squeezed more in order to continue to allow the public sector to continue largely in fantasy land. Whils I agree that there are jobs worthy of pay rises; Nurses, firemen, paramedics, etc. There are a MASSIVE number of public sector workers that wouldnt be able to find their backside with both hands if they were to try and get a job in the private sector. Useless bumbling idiots that get paid extremely well to do a job that they simply cant do, or would be expected to do for half the wage in the private sector. Oh and I suppose in his (simpsons) attack against "loopholes" being used by the rich to avoid their "duties to the country" , he will also volunteer to pay the benefit in kind tax bill on his grace and favour home that is being paid for by Unite. Nope, he doesn't. The £40,000 bill is picked up as part of his expenses. He even cut a deal for the house to be available to his wife after his death for a nominal rent. Derek Simpson may be able to talk the talk and get a massive swathe of luddites to baaa to his every word, but look deeper and you'll find one of the biggest hypocrites to walk the face of the planet.

UPDATE: The club has purchased 19 Tickets, these are being allocated to the attendees with "confirmed" status on the meets register. Those without confirmed against their name on the meets regiater risk losing their ticket to the standbys list below. click here to go to event register for this event A member of the team here will update the list below with confirmed attendees from the event register. If your name does not have confirmed against it below, then until you confirm on the register, you do NOT have a guaranteed ticket... click here to go to event register for this event 1 / Chesterfield - CONFIRMED. 2 / Chris`I - CONFIRMED. 3 / H5 - CONFIRMED. 4 / Madmarky - CONFIRMED. 5 / Jak 6 / gunmetalzgt - CONFIRMED 7 / cavey+1 - CONFIRMED 8 / Eraserhead CONFIRMED 9 / Alessandro +1 + t shirt. - CONFIRMED 10/ Yokomo - CONFIRMED 11/ D0rzi (+1) 12/ chippychip123 - CONFIRMED 13/ darren-b 14/ buster (+1) CONFIRMED 15/ Demolition49 - CONFIRMED 16/ b7owa - CONFIRMED 17/ mesut350z 18/ James B - CONFIRMED 19/ Zugara - CONFIRMED Standby lists: Drivers standby: 1/ 2/ 3/ +1 standby list: 1/ chippychip123 2/ buster 3/

Any spare tickets would be first offered to drivers wishing to stand at the show, then secondly to people on the list wishing to bring a +1.

UPDATE: 5 people now left to confirm not 4. Duragon was on the meet register earlier, but is no longer on - PM sent to confirm if removal was intentional or not. we have five people now on the list above that have not confirmed attendance on the register. You do know the club actually buy these tickets dont you? - currently thats £75 up the wall unless people confirm attendance.

Sounds like a plan

I would suggest 8am. Doors to the club stands close at 9am. Any queueing and we are in trouble. 8am entry to the show would give us time to get in and also time to set up

Looking at the event register we now have the following: I have now removed Narcotix and added Jak in his place. At present we have 16 confirmed attendees on the event register and 20 names on the list here. Anyone not confirmed on the event register 48 hours before the event will be deemed not to be coming and will have the ticket allocated to any waiting in line for spares. A member of the team here will update the list below with confirmed attendees from the event register. If your name does not have confirmed against it below, then until you confirm on the register, you do NOT have a guaranteed ticket... click here to go to event register for this event 1 / Chesterfield - CONFIRMED. 2 / Chris`I - CONFIRMED. 3 / H5 - CONFIRMED. 4 / Madmarky - CONFIRMED. 5 / Jak 6 / gunmetalzgt - CONFIRMED 7 / cavey+1 - CONFIRMED 8 / Eraserhead CONFIRMED 9 / Alessandro +1 + t shirt. - CONFIRMED 10/ Yokomo - CONFIRMED 11/ D0rzi (+1) 12/ chippychip123 - CONFIRMED 13/ darren-b 14/ Duragon - CONFIRMED 15/ buster (+1) CONFIRMED 16/ Demolition49 - CONFIRMED 17/ b7owa - CONFIRMED 18/ mesut350z 19/ James B - CONFIRMED 20/ Zugara - CONFIRMED

Looking at the event register we have the following: I have removed Veilside and added Demolition49 as the first to request a ticket from any spares. please can all attendees ensure they are confirmed up on the event register. At present we have 14 confirmed attendees on the event register and 20 names on the list here. Anyone not confirmed on the event register 48 hours before the event will be deemed not to be coming and will have the ticket allocated to any waiting in line for spares. From now on a member of the tea here will update the list below with confirmed attendees from the event register. If your name does not have confirmed against it below, then until you confirm on the register, you do not have a ticket... click here to go to event register for this event 1 / Chesterfield - CONFIRMED 2 / Chris`I - CONFIRMED 3 / H5 - CONFIRMED 4 / Madmarky - CONFIRMED 5 / Narcotix - CONFIRMED 6 / gunmetalzgt - CONFIRMED 7 / cavey+1 - CONFIRMED 8 / Eraserhead CONFIRMED 9 / Alessandro +1 + t shirt. - CONFIRMED 10/ Yokomo - CONFIRMED 11/ D0rzi (+1) 12/ chippychip123 - CONFIRMED 13/ darren-b 14/ Duragon 15/ buster (+1) CONFIRMED 16/ Demolition49 17/ b7owa - CONFIRMED 18/ mesut350z 19/ James B - CONFIRMED 20/ Zugara - CONFIRMED

Announcement has been made, will lock this before it causes arguments between members.

As they both look exactly the same apart from colour, I guess its just a colour choice thing? I like the shine on the GM, as for me it does reflect the light and stand out better. Then again the white is quite rare by Zed standards, so has to get some kudos for that. And you'll not get me off the fence

Could this simply be the noisy clutch release bearing that is common on the Zed? Edit: if its doing it in gear with clutch engaged, then probably not

Im guessing in the first run the Veyron had the "dont stick the £1m car into the wall you numbnut" traction control setting on Still, at 750hp, the GTR is going to be punching well into the territory of the Veyron given its lower weight.

Please can all those occupying a slot please confirm their attendance on the meeting register: click here to go to meeting register for this event The meeting register will soon become the standard for reserving and confirming places at meets

People need to start confirming on the list then and we can see what we have left or if there are any drop out spaces left

Very cool indeed! Im keeping my plenum manky coloured now. It will soon be rare! (actually Im wanting to get it powdercoated soon )

Just a random thought, but this car hasnt had an aftermarket air filter has it? Could it possibly be the intake noise that you are hearing, or is it deffinitely transmission related? I know the Zed was the first car I could hear the intake noise on. Does it do it in neutral when slowly increasing the revs? Oh and yes you can get a club sticker. You can either buy one now for £4 - click on merchandise on the top menu, or you can wait until you get to 350 posts and claim one for free

There are still plenty of traders here, the scrolling list at the bottom lists all of the ones currently on board with the club. There isnt any "spring clean" per se, but more of addressing issues as and when enough is enough

The thread has been up a month almost, its linked to in many of the teams signatures too. We cant keep it open until the last minute as we actually have to buy the tickets form the organisers. If there are still people missing who have not confirmed up to a couple of days before the event, then you may be able to take their place - if all spaces are confirmed and booked, then it will be a case of having to buy on the gate and we may be able to get another car pass.

Voted from home too. That R33 has broken the rules by having more than the 50 words on more than one section, if they cant run a competition and have contestants stick to the rules, then whats the point. Mind you, same people who have been coming to wales for the last three years to run an article on one of the largest Nissan drives in the country. Still waiting