Stutopia

I just realised I totally got it wrong about AF (I should’ve known, I really dislike their packaging), I’ve backed #TeamRevolt in my shed. I also use it as cologne for big dates...

The classic Volvo 850 T-5R I’m having a cube when I go two car, JDM as ****!

Some big lumps are cool

Goddamm it, I backed AF a while and bought a new bottle. You owe me £££

Crack on then! Sort out photos too whilst you’re at it.

They wouldn’t be half as bad if they resisted the urge to put stretches of dark grey plastic along the sides. *shudders* ”It also has very unique styling”. Something can’t be very unique, it is either one of a kind, and therefore unique, or it isn’t. Even if it could be very unique, which it can’t, it still isn’t, because it looks like all the others, just in swollen/shrunken form. just noticed the rear seat alcantara, perfect for small children and clambering into when you’ve been doing ‘utility’ sports in the mud. Nothing wipes down easier

Are you using neat 99% IPA? I’ve diluted it down to about 10% with deionised water and it still shifts a lot.

Cracking build, nice tasteful and useful mods.

Chuck some octane booster in there and enjoy the roads.

I found the inability to compare different vehicles across categories to be quite frustrating so I’ve pulled the numbers on the vehicles. I’m working through the categories until I have the lot. I was very disappointed to see my beautiful Cayman Clubsport is never going to compete in Gr.4

Having placed my order with Amazon in August 2016, I’ve been more than a little excited by the recent arrival of GT Sport. I don’t mind too much the traditional career mode has been dropped as so far the online offering seems pretty stable and fun. I am also enjoying the livery editor (I know we’re about 10 years late on that compared to other titles). I am also excited to get my Official FIA Licence sorted in the near future. Here’s meine Porsche. And some other bits and pieces. Post up your online handle if you fancy getting onboard, also any livery shots and tuning shizzle etc. Get involved! Shame there’s no Zs

Moved to ‘Wanted’.

Anyone else have a wry chuckle at Max’s stratospheric toy launch? “I really hope the fans didn’t like this decision and hopefully next year they won’t come.” If it had been a wall, he’d have lost more than 10 seconds. If he’s moaning about it being inconsistent, the correction for that is to punish the other driver, not to let him off his. I like Max but its clear this season is some of the first times he’s ever been told ‘no’ and it’s a little bit funny at times

I totally agree with you old timers Col and Dan about 30s and 40s, they’re not for playing. But this grinds my gears. This road configuration is to relieve traffic buildup, then some jerk sits and waits behind a bush. If they wanted to eliminate speeding there, then get rid of the overtaking lane, don’t offer up a space to quickly and safely pass and then wait for someone to hit 67

The thing is, after I installed retropie and the games I spent a lot of time just playing them that I should’ve spent building. Who can resist those classics??!? Thanks for the reminder to crack on.

We’ve turned into a right old group of sensible old b*****ds Part of the appeal of my BRZ was the lower speed fun, I think you’ve nailed it though Nic, something for the track is where you can really cut loose. It’s only a matter of time before every car has a mandatory black box that grasses up you to the Feds anyway...

That last one is a bit much on overtaking lane.

Very cool.

Gorgeous, shouldn’t it be in Zeds for sale though

Sold - thread locked

Yeah. Someone just needs to submit them to me!

Sounds good, I’m onboard in principle.

The gloves are very good mate, nice and strong. I’ll report back on the glass sealant when I get some rain, it can’t be long!

Car looks superb mate, it’s a credit to you.

I've pounded some motorway mileage in the last couple of weeks; this meant two things, one, she was ready for a wash and, two, I got a whopper of a stone chip. £25 excess later I had a marginally smaller looking stone chip and the guy even threw in some bonnet and roof scratches for free. Imagine my horror at wandering out to pay the man, only to see him wiping down the top 12 inches of the bonnet with a wad of paper towel. How you get glass cleaner so far from the glass will remain a mystery, I'm just glad he didn't give the whole car a wipe down. Now you might think I'm being a little bit fussy about the use of paper towels, so watch this and see just how they generate swirls. Watch at 1080p for the full horror. So, yeah, thanks for that Remember kids, if you do need to get someone out to work on your windscreen, supervise the bugger at all times. In better news, G1en of Wax and Shine of this very parish generously included a few CarChem samples when I made a recent order. So today I had a play with CarChem's shampoo and also the glass sealant. This was technically my second go with the shampoo, I tried it a couple of weeks back at the recommend dilution of a couple of cap fulls in my wash big bucket and it wasn't quite as lush and soapy as I like, today I went crazy and used four capfuls for a big bucket and it was brilliant. Slick and lubey and bubbly. Some people on here will tell you science has proven that bubbles don't matter, but that's rubbish, bubble lives matter. The Car Chem glass sealant was an absolute doddle to use, after the recommended 7 minutes time sat on the glass it buffed off incredibly easily. Time, technically rain, will tell if the 7 minutes was long enough to cure in today's slightly chilly conditions. It buffed off with such ease, compared to other glass sealants I've used, that I really hope this is a winner in the hydrophobicity stakes. Last but not least, having a ceramic coating in place I decided to pick up a LSP that should hopefully bolster the protection, CarPro Reload - pretty expensive for a litre in my book, but it does seem to go a long way, so hopefully it will pay off in the long run. Nothing really struck me about this on first use, it went on and off easy and left a pleasing gloss. It appears to be streak free and leaves a nice slippy surface, we'll see what it does a dirt repellent as the weather deteriorates. At least one of the previous owners was a bit of a greasemonger, leaving me with a shiny outer steering wheel. You can see in the before image below the tide mark between nice matt leather and the grim shiny stuff. After two good goes at it with a horsehair brush and quite a quantity of Auto Glym Leather cleaner, it is looking better, but not as clean as I'd like. I don't get much of a boner about AG products, but I don't mind the leather cleaner or the engine degreaser. Hopefully another double blast next weekend might do the trick. If you've got any recommendations for getting leather back to good as new, please do let me know.