AK350Z

Don't be a stranger Chris

Thinking of an early xmas prezzie, and while the One looks a lot nicer, the removable battery and SD card on the S4 makes it more useful.

What do you recon?

Easy one for me, one of my fave places in the world.

Best ask Graham I think

Electrical and mechanical offshore technician

 

Only work half a year can't be bad

I only work 1/3 off a year on shifts it's amazballs :-)

I win!

(Lazy arse award)

I can't see anything???

Oh wait, they're black....

Sarnie celebrating earlier:

Retired Gentleman of Leisure.

 

Me too (Well, semi-retired)

 

You can't be old enough !

The poor young boy has to go out to sea to work. So the slightest whiff of wind and he's grounded.

 

He's so busy he's been to my place three time this year and he's in the North Lakes and I'm in North Wales so only 3 and 1/2 hour away.

I make a cracking cup of tea though.

I'll have you know I've done nearly 4 months work this year!! Including 3 days this quarter alone!

It can't possibly go on forever eh? But being paid and not going to work is amazeballs. I'd recommend it to anyone

Fran has an Epsom all in one with separate ink tanks. None of them are expensive these days, the important things are; separate colour cartridges, and use proper paper for photos.

From our experiments, there's been very little successful corner cutting when it comes to ink and paper.

Retired Gentleman of Leisure.

Me too (Well, semi-retired)

Sunday saw a over-delayed ride to the south east lakes to check out some tinkling slate and autumn colour. Sadly, it was a bit to wet to get much scrunchy leaf action, but a good ride none the less.

Phil tops the first woody hill towards Nibthwaite

Love a highland coo! Ginger spectators heading downhill to Elterwater

Spectacular Acer in Ambleside

Weather closed in a a bit after the halfway cafe stop

Approaching the "back gate" up on Tarn Hows near Coniston.

Finishing with a pint of Bluebird Bitter in the brewery tap in Coniston. A great day, despite the general dampness.

Good happy ending Stan, now get it part ex'ed pronto!

might be a good idea, the wind will make it flap at some point.

I wonder what my original 60g fully fledged will be worth, probably not much lol

I'll give you 50 sheets for it

Well, it's either that or get a 360 eh?

What trade in price are people getting for all the old consoles?

I think you've both missed the point of the entire magazine tbh,

 

EVO is not about whether the stitching is uniform throughout, or whether the optional heated seats are worth it. It's about how the cars drive, and how they make you feel. It's why the 350Z is more highly rated by them than the 370Z, despite being a slower car with an uglier interior. It's why massive horsepower cars don't always trump the hot hatches, and why things like steering feel and chassis feedback are rated so very highly.

It's quite odd to have to point this out on a forum for a car thats whole USP is a rather old-school, chunky take on driving fun. Presumably many owners choose a zed over much faster turbo hatches and diesel rep mobiles for this reason?

The Whinlatter Duathlon rolls around again, and thankfully we had a spectacular autumn day to do it. The course has slightly changed from last time, being mostly based on the south side of the valley now, but still a stiff challenge and my thighs are killing me today! Finished 37th/202 in the solo category. A great craic as usual, and charging down the big descent on the south loop with 4 or 5 other riders was a particular highlight.

No pics of my own as I was busy, but a good one from the official guys:

This looks like a job for Ahmadinejad....

Makes Mansorys efforts look credible.

Second hand road bike or singlespeed bike.

Turbo trainer or set of rollers

One or two turbo specific tyres.

Bonus of being able to use bike on nice weekends, next spring, and much much cheaper than a exercise bike etc.

At a pinch, you could even get some slicks for the MTB and use that on rollers!

Highest at V-Max the other year was a true 168mph. Plus 5% on the speedo, I'd say you could read an indicated 175.

Not my colour, but I couldn't see myself going for that over the boxster, might as well have the drop top for the modest weight difference.

Persoinally, I think fillet is a bit overrated. It's not the tastiest despite the tenderness, and I much prefer something that's done a bit of work, like a rump or sirloin. I'd normally only ever have fillet as part of a t-bone.

Rare or medium, depending on cut.

Saar - weeeeeeeeeet.

I was with you right up until the boot vinyl and spoiler removal

Welcome to the LM club Ian, You've nearly taken as long as me!

Apart from the polarising wheels and a STUCK CAPS LOCK KEY, whats wrong with it?