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Have to say, the track etiquette was appalling yesterday. Three abreast braking into Brooklands is utter suicide, and the amount of cars just wandering aimlessly into a corner terrifying. I will never, ever, EVER put my car on track at any of these events. That's said, the chap in the black coupe who had his accident sounded desperately unlucky. He was a nice guy and took it better than I might have, and didn't have a single lame excuse at all. Tbh I'm not convinced the circuit was ready for cars, as with snow in the morning & sub 3c temps & shadow over that part, it can't have had any grip at all. I hope he (and Adam) managed to get home at a reasonable time. Good to meet you both too, albeit in rubbish circumstances. Sorry for not getting a chance to catch up with too many of you either! I saw Will faffing around in the back of his car but by the time I'd finished faffing too you'd gone, saw Adrian briefly has he drove past (how loud is that car?!), and Amy was busy chatting and scoffing a large pastry-based meal on her stand so I didn't want to interrupt The drifting was incredible to watch live, but the show itself felt a bit too much car park for my taste. Poor signage too, we had no idea where anything was and I'm sure we missed a load of stuff. Shame it was so cold, we had to leave earlier than I'd otherwise have liked. Despite all of that, I had a great weekend (less said about the service in the hotel on the Sat night the better, eh folks?!) and once again it proves it's all about the people, not the cars.

Akrapovic stuff is pretty, but a total rip-off. Sounds superb mate, we'll have to meet up one day and have a V8 rev-off!

You just need to find a BMW specialist! Part for part, service for service, the 350 cost me exactly the same to maintain as the 911.

Looks brown in pics 2 & 3, that's almost a shame it's not as that would've been a stunning colour combo Never realised you had the lighter seats though, that's a great contrast with the outside

Is that black or brown leather?

Better than the 370?

On the Supra? The ones you liked?

So what tyres were they?

Close call between the VXR220 and the 911. Gun to my head, one car for life, the 911 pips it.

So what tyres did you have? Directional means nothing, it's the tyre as a whole that makes a difference. T1Rs were directional but gash compared with the PS2.

Why do you want directional tyres?

It was Danny Fanny, actually I thought about another sub-forum for proposed meets, but then it's just one more click for the lazy who may want to go to an event, but won't put their name down unless it's right in front of them. Definitely worth trying though, we could always merge if it doesn't work

Heh, one of the lads at work had one of those as his first car, in purple. We used to call it the Hungry Hippo

The mk1 Focus is a design classic! Bah, philistines.

I don't actually expect it to be taken seriously, but the offer is there. Never let it be said I'll make extra work for others without being prepared to do it myself.

I'm just glad I had the privilege to see the guy live. Amazing show, even though I didn't know any of the songs back then.

Agreed, but I don't search owner's clubs to see if I like the people otherwise I won't buy the car!

I tend not to use the quote button as it just makes quote pyramids. Usually it's obvious who I'm replying to. And I wub yoo vewy muchly.

Can I make an alternative suggestion, one that's perhaps more radical? Ditch the sub-forums altogether. If we had two main forums, National & Local, then a sub forum in each entitled Convoys, we could reach a much bigger market. National meets will sell themselves, you could happily sub forum out each even if you wanted. What I'm talking about helping really is the local ones. If we got REALLY strict on thread titles, this would be very easy to do. I'm thinking something like this: 1. ESSEX - Pub meet at The **** Inn, Tiny Village, 25-4-16 2. YORKSHIRE - Run out across t'moors, Even Tinier Village, 17-7-16 3. SCOTLAND - Haggis eating competition, Hamlet Of Four Men & A Sheep, 3-11-16 ...and so on. Very easy to scan by eye as to events local to you (hell, even the search function would work perfectly with that!), keeps everything so simple, but allows everyone to see what is out there and when. Keep a sub-forum for convoys, with the same naming scheme. If people don't name their threads properly (and they won't!) then it's not too hard for a mod to change. If you want a volunteer mod just for that task, then I'll do it: You can set permissions so I can only mod in that forum and keep me barred from the main mods forum. Biggest issue I can see is with potential meet discussions, but that could be done like so: 1. LONDON - Potential pub meet, June/July 2016? 2. CORNWALL - Drive out, weekend of 23/24 April 2016? Again, a question mark should always be added. Easy as that. I just feel we're not really making the most of the events section, and it's too convoluted for it's own good. So yeah, merge what Grundy said here and I reckon we could sort this out easy.

The 2nd finest M NA engine ever says otherwise. Special very special. Character? Maybe, I'll probably give you that one as that might have been why I didn't buy one. I would say that the M3 has a very strong identity, and part of that appeal is that it's not all shouty shouty. Some folks do want that though, I concede. Not sure I'd ever consider a car because of the owner's club though.

No, I don't get the quote comment. Do I not normally use the quote button then?

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So we're going to write the Cayman off because it's lighter, has more power in the 3.4L and handles better? Oooookay. There's reasons not to get the 987C, but I can't say it should be those. M3 weighs the same as a 350Z, has an absolute stonking engine, and one of the best chassis of a generation. Given you're putting the Holden up as well, in every single measurable way the M3 is a superior car. I agree, the 370Z interior kills it for me too. The exterior is lovely, and a shape that was miles before it's time and is now perfect.

Why did that not surprise me Well someone on here has to have good taste

In terms of cars that are just crap, I've never owned a poor car. In terms of a specific car I've had that wasn't very reliable, I guess the MX-5 that rusted away is probably the worst. Still an utterly brilliant car though, I loved it!