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Jay Leno is a great shout! Can already do presenting perfectly, hugely popular with the Yanks, and knows more about decent cars and driving in general than pretty much anyone I can think of.

Read his books? If not, you really should, they're compelling stuff and give not only a great inside into a pretty clever individual, but he goes on about his cars and knobbing Billie as well. Well worth picking up

So the team he works incredibly well with on the radio don't count? He'd be excellent, but I can understand why he doesn't want the gig. Bear in mind whoever does it won't be doing with with May or Hammond, as I can't see them coming back either.

That's what I was thinking.

Did you try and haggle him?

I can't think of anyone I'd want to do the job less. I like the stuff CH does now, I wouldn't want him doing TG and besides, everyone would hate him because they'd have no idea who he was and he just isn't JC. The first person to get that gig needs either massive personality (Chris Evans) or a healthy disregard for their career (anyone else), as its a sure-fire way to end it. It's like Moyes following on from Fergie.

That's not being politically correct. That's just a smart business decision. Of course you need paperwork, especially in a public institution like the BBC.

I don't see how this has anything to do with political correctness. JC thumped a colleague in the face. As his contract was up in a few days anyway, they decided not to renew it instead of sacking him. Job's a carrot. If you sack someone, you need to have a lot of paperwork. If you decide not to renew a contract, you have to do nothing. Easy & cheap solution.

Well, at least you're honest!

Go bed them in again. 50-30 light pressure x5 70-30 med pressure x5 100-40 as hard as you can before ABS x5 ...leaving a nice cool down gap between them where you don't touch the brakes for a couple of miles.

OH NOE IT'S NOT HE'S BEEN SACKED AND HAS LIEK LOST HIS JOB INNIT HA HA HAHA STUPID BBC LOLLERCOPTORS

Not you Doogy, I think you know the crack by now

Have you followed the instructions on the link? Either of you, I mean.

Oh no, more months of pointless speculation

Thank god that's over and done with.

Nah, I enjoy track days as much as anyone, even just passengering, so I couldn't possibly take anything more than a free lunch as it wouldn't feel right to me. Think of it as a service to a community that's given me plenty over the years more than anything That said, if folks want me there when they're at Laguna Seca I probably will have to ask for contribution towards the air fare at least

Biggest issue with Bedford is that it's so flat, which makes learning it and picking out braking points awkward at best. Personally I find the more challenging tracks easier to learn, and I was up to speed much faster at somewhere like Spa than I was at Bedford. Plenty of run off is always good though, we all make mistakes on occasion

I'm not sure I claimed anything different. Still, may only be a novice but I least I have a clue what to do when you've lost control of a car

ARDS, did it at Bedford in the sheddiest VX220 I've ever had the misfortune of driving! The gearbox really was shot, it was like stirring a bucket of bricks. It wasn't difficult at all, just driving at 8/10ths round the track a few times. The worst part was knowing a spin was an instant fail, as was getting any flag question wrong in the exam. Never have I studied standard motorsport flags so hard in my entire life... Do it fella, I reckon that would be a very rewarding prize to have waiting at the end

Every petrol head should own an Elise-chassis car once in their lives. There is nothing in the world that can compare to one.

I have a race licence, yes. Other than that I'm just an enthusiastic amateur happy to pass on a bit of knowledge and have some fun with it

If anyone is interested, and assuming schedules work out for me, then I'm happy to spend a day with someone in the car on track helping them out. No charge, just cover the cost for a 2nd driver on your car (purely so I can take you out at some stage to point out specifics so you can concentrate on what I'm saying, I have no need to be thrashing your car on track!) and buy me a burger for lunch and that'll do me. If it's a day when I'm there in my car as well then no need for extra costs as all, as I'll just go out with you when my car's cooling down. I did this the other weekend for a fellow Zed driver on here and it was very productive, they showed massive improvement from the start of the day and were putting some serious laps in by the end. It was their first time on track as well, which was even more impressive! I think we both had equal amounts of fun from that day, I really enjoyed instructing as much as driving.

Great wheels, they're copies of the original Speedlines for the VXR. Man I feel old, I remember when the original GB for those was happening! Very nice fella, well chuffed for you

WIll, you need to stop the car in as short a distance as possible. You said yourself to let go of the steering, so does it matter if you have none when you're not holding the wheel anyway? You're 100% wrong on this. If you have lost control of the vehicle, and being in a spin is the very definition of that, then you need to stop the car ASAP. Hitting the brakes hard is the exact way to achieve this.

Welcome to the world of the Lego brick! Is it on Exige size wheels? Sounds like a cracker, if you get a chance take it to a Lotus specialist and get them to put the 340R road settings on it, absolutely transforms the car.