Christian

De-cat it. Better MPG and better performance.

Sounds like fun - put us down as definite possibles.

We figured you'd have either been in there or the Tapas place. We nearly went to Nandos actually but their veggie option isn't great.

Yeah they changed it to 1/4 mile after that one. Shame - as I thought the extra distance gave the 2wd a chance to catch up with the 4wds. I suppose it's best to do 1/4s though seeing as it's really the standard.

OK thanks, I'll keep an eye out for one.

Sorry to hear you're selling it Richie - good luck with the sale.

The 2002 times were over 500m so are not comparable (and were not miserable either - our best times only made it as far as the cutting room floor). A lot of the cars that were there last year were also there in 2002 when it was the first event of its kind in the UK - did anyhone notice the difference in the size of the crowd?

I didn't think the Navigator worked with the FCON-S? As for last year's TOTB - my additional injectors weren't working; but hopefully I won't have any this year.

Sounds like a potential location for a speed camera.

I see - you'll probably find that if you can afford the house you can't afford the extension as well!

I don't think PP needs to cost much if you already have drawings, it's more the time it takes if you're in a hurry so best put the plans in soon if you want to build later this year. You can do them yourself (but have to use more than just a few crayons ). Jenny did ours on graph paper using a ruler and pencil. But if you're adding 2 rooms your builder should get some drawings anyway. You'll have to pay something but not much in the grand scheme of things for a buildings inspector to check the build as it progresses so you get a certificate at the end. The cost is on a rising scale according to the cost of the work to be done. The inspector will check your foundations are deep enough, your builders use proper fireproof materials and that sort of thing - he's working in the interests of you and future buyers of the house and anyone else the house can affect. When we removed an outside toilet and replaced it with a drain cover, he insisted on checking the drains and it turned out one had collapsed so we had to fix it even though we hadn't done anything to affect it. Cost a load to dig up the path at the side of the house and then he insisted we disconnecte the power cable out to the shed because it wasn't in proper conduit or something like that.

It's a box with a couple of logos on it No really it does a good job - can only be tweaked by HKS shops though which is a shame as I'd like to be able to at least do a bit of datalogging on the strip etc.

Actually it's my wife's car but she lets me drive it :-) It's auto running an HKS FCON-S, VPC and AIC (2 additional injectors).

err... yeah but don't forget - we've had quick Supras there every year so far too.

I've found the limit of my tyres - people have got better times than me with stock turbos & drag radials. (Although I remain convinced I was robbed of my best time ever at TOTBIII 'cos I ran in the left-hand lane.)

Gonna have to get some...

The Gewalts are likely to be going back on this year.

They have rarely shown Supras best times in the TOTB videos. For TOTB1 I was still on the stock torque converter so it was brake & accelerate... release brake... roll forward slowly... wait for it... BOOOOOST!!! Had really good terminal speeds back then. Edited for spleeing

By the way - if I remember right, the quarter mile was actually 500m hence the slowish times.

The first TOTB is being shown.

Oh I meant to say - some V70s come with dog guard as standard.

I'd recommend a T5 also (or even just a V70 2.5 light pressure turbo). Check out the 850 and V70 for sale threads here http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/dc/dcboard.php (V70's are much nicer than 850s IMO)

I expect if you were taking a driving test and stopped at lights, put the handbrake on and left it in drive, they'd fail you. If your foot is on the brake, you are still in control of the car. Any driving instructors/examiners out there?

At 86p/litre you put in about 64 litres which is 14 gallons so in summer you get 12.1mpg and in winter you get 14.3mpg. Maybe your Optimax is dearer than it is around here?

Do you drive all day?