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Fortuntely for you that's not the most outlandish claim in this thread, so I believe you.

Literally the first sentence.

There's Abbey Motorsport in Oxsted or Kaizer Motors in Rochester - either would be worth any extra mileage.

Can we start with the difference between opinion and advice (or advise), please? We have someone struggling with that one.

Attempting  to change a person is very different to having an opinion on how a person goes about something.

Attempting to improve Max's "time on track" (which literally no one has mentioned so far) is VERY different to having an opinion on how Max races and challenges for position.

It's very clearly the poor way you put yourself across if, far from the first time, no one has the faintest clue of what your point actually is, much less it's relevance to the conversation that's going on around you.

Let's look at it another way - and let's make it relevant... just for the novelty.

Picture this scenario, Gianpiero has gone to Imola and just witness Max winning his first grand prix of the season - he goes over to sign a few autographs and a time served screen watcher *Gianpiero having never raced an F1 car competitively goes "mate, congratulations but your entry lines into turn 4 needs work" he would think there's a secret camera watching to capture his reaction. It's all about credentials and Gianpiero wouldn't have any. (sic).

Apparently.

That's Gianpiero Lambiase, incidently. Max's race engineer. But he's never competitively driven the car so he can't possibly know anything how to drive it.

Point being the conversation would "never take place in real life" (apparantly), here in forum world behind a keyboard pomp is expressed without requiring credential. Or something.

On a side note, did I miss the memo dictating that all opinions epressed outside of the internet "require" credentials???

23 hours ago, coldel said:

I think he just needs to learn some proper race craft

Ahem.

The first two words indicate the rest of the sentence is an opinion. And "anyone can have an opinion". So... what's the issue here, exactly?

It barely hints of hubris, let alone smacks of it. It's not like Col has gone and stated his opinion as if it were a fact. Like a person informing a virtual stranger what they aren't capable of in "the car" without any actual knowledge of ability. For example.

I mean, if we're getting picky and all. And by picky, I mean throwing a strop because someone else has expressed an opinion.

2 hours ago, coldel said:

 

 

Yes missing the ceremony smacked of sour grapes, it was definitely a '**** you FIA' act which they should have rose above. 

 

I cannot believe you think Lewis is a cry baby, did you not see the end of the grand prix? Congratulated RB and Max, despite literally having it taken from him in the dying minutes took it on the chin. I think its clear if there are whingers of the paddock Mr Horner is right up there (and you see that in the Drive to Survive series on Amazon) - when it comes to the 'cry baby' antics as you put it, definitely RB are kings of the ring on that front deflecting their own failings the last 5-6 years in that way.

Let's not let facts get int he way of a mediocre trolling, please. If we were to do that we only need to look at the last two two races; Max loses a race, he storms off the podium in a huff without having spoken to anyone (let alone congratulating them) except the mandated interview where he whinged. Lewis loses the championship (not just the race) and he congratulates his competitor, their team and takes the time to recognise his own teams efforts.

It's clear to anyone, including those simply craving attention, who the so-called "cry baby" is.

There is one good thing coming from Lewis not attending the awards though; Mohammed bin Sulayem has admitted that "rules are rules". Which doesn't bode too well for Michael Masi.

I have to agree with Col. He's demonstrated on a number of occasions the same win-at-any-cost mentality as Schumacher (and Prost before him), the difference being that there's more run off areas for other people to avoid him now. This season alone he's run people off track (more than once), parked on top of his rival and all of that AFTER he landed himself in hospital. All avoidable accidents. I'm not saying he was solely to blame in any of those instances (well... Monza) but he could have avoided all of them if he was more willing to lose the odd battle.

And let's not forget, it wasn't that long ago that he was regularly referred to as "Mad Max" quite unilaterally up and down the pitlane.

It's one thing to claim that he has made the racing more entertaining, and I understand why people think that, but I would much prefer to see more of the Lewis and Chico battle - they demonstrated what good, hard, clean racing should look like. More of THAT racing is exciting. More of Max making a late lunge up the inside to run whoever he's "battling" off track is barely less tedious to me than the Monaco GP.

What I will say in Max's defense, as with Prost and Schumacher before him, when he's not running people off the road, he's a good (if not fair) racer, which has made the championship infinitely more entertaining just by competing.

I'm not sure if I should proud or ashamed. Of myself and you.

I have nothing to add to this thread (although that doesn't usually stop me...). I'm just here for this topical reference.

37 minutes ago, Ekona said:

the transport favoured by Rosie & Jim.

I literally have nothing else to add.

Agreed.

16 hours ago, ballistic said:

I wouldnt mind doing the inside of the tailpipe, but not sure the best way to go about it. Its pretty caked on in there

A lot of time, patience and elbow grease, highest cut polish you can find and fine wire wool (or if it's really caked on, wetsanding is the way to go), before even thinking of foam.

Once it's done, it's more a case of keeping on top of it after that. The issue is that it'll need cleaning after literally every drive (or polishing every couple of trips). Personally I wouldn't bother with the inside, especially if it's pretty caked on, but if you've got the time and the inclination then dedicate a few weekends to it becuase it could take days of work to get through first time if the exhaust has been used for a couple of years or more.

I also think it grates more becuase that "entertainment" value was only considered for the championship finish, it wasn't extended further down pack to the likes of Sainz (and beyond). It wasn't a decisive move by Race Control, it' was a half-arsed, knee-jerk reaction that they're now having to defend retrospectively - and without a leg to stand on, they've had to resport to "because we say so", which is even more unsatisfactory for all sides.

2 hours ago, coldel said:

Race control deciding during a race that they can interpret one of their rules in whatever way they want despite previously defining that exact rule themselves in a completely contradictory manner in order to defend their decision at the time to make it exciting is just fundamentally so wrong, on so many levels. 

FTFY.

But that pretty much sums up the whole season; objectively it's been the most entertaining season in years (or decades), but no one's ever going to defend Max's win-at-all-costs approach (or Red Bull's contest everything because we can, or Mercedes counter-contest everything because they started it) as sportsmanship!

15 hours ago, daniel94 said:

I was thinking of doing the tip and the can on my single exit, but doesn’t it just go brown after couple of days? Anyone know of any sealant or something like this to keep the exhaust shiny for longer?

The inside will get coked up quite quickly, a number of exhausts actually rely on that for anything from sound to mild performance differences. The outside will get as dirty as any other part under the car - nothing's going to keep it clean for very long, especially in winter.

Your best bet is to seal it with a wheel sealant and keep on top of it during washes but - basically treat it as you would polished wheels.

6 hours ago, coldel said:

So 'Masi God Mode' was activated which the FIA feel is allowed which involves them moving the goalposts for the benefit of the watching TV audience rather than the benefit of sport.

Sadly, we may have to accept that it's no longer a sport, but rather sport-based entertainment now.

(Who knew things could get worse after Bernie?! )

The FIA has lacked any real form of leadership all season. The current bunch simply can't make quick, decisive consclusions and stick with it - and it's only got worse as the season has gone on too. Charlie Whiting is sorely missed, Michael Massi simply can't perform the role and needs to move on. There's simply no authority in that stewards room at all.

Polishing the headlights will remove any oxidation reasonably easily. The issue is protecting them again afterwards - anything shy of clear coating them (with all the associated proper prep, etc) will mean you're likely to be polishing them at least annually (or monthly, depending on what you protect them with).

The alternative is to polish them and them wrap them UV resistant clear wrap, however longevity is again determined by what you use and how well it's applied.

15 hours ago, HEADPHONES said:

My bad.......I must've just looking at the first part of the form and saw the words CHARGE £15-17.50 a day and not looking below for the ean air exempt

 

I still think these ANPR cameras in Manchester are the start of many more charges to come , be it clean air or congestion

Down here, every possibly entryway into the Congestion Charge zone or LEZ/ULEZ are monitored by ANPR cameras - every single road. I now live (150 yards) inside of the newly extended ULEZ and there are not-so-shiny-new cameras up at the end of the road whcih went up long before the signage did!

I'm not affected, but I've just checked my 350Z and that's exempt. Are you sure yours isn't?

Nope, not opinion. That's fact.

I have nothing to add to this thread.

14 hours ago, Ekona said:

What concerns me is how many of these photochops we’re getting so soon, because the base car isn’t remotely exciting enough to give people the wants. 

The Japanese market will stick bodykits on anything and everything, new or old.

Outside of Japan it's being aimed squarely at US 'import-tolerant' yoofs.

There's very little chance of ever seeing a stock one anyway.

The issue, of course, is that you're then left with something on the paint which is going to interfere - sometimes dramatically, in the case of coatings - with your LSP.

I wholeheartedly agree with using the right cloths (always clean and damp) for the job, and his tips on that are absolutely spot on, but for removing polish you don't really want to be adding another product before your LSP, so you're always better off using a panel wipe/IPA to remove polish.

Although, to be quite honest, if you're having difficulty removing polish that you need apply any pressure, either you're using crap product or (more likely) you're using way too much of it.

5 hours ago, davey_83 said:

he can do what no one else can do 20+ world records for extreme challenges

Lies. And it's not even close.