Firstly: Sorry for the americanism. Now, onto the post proper. Next year I quite fancy going on a fairly long camping holiday in the summer. I also fancy going around Europe. Preferably in the Golf if I can convince it to be suitably reliable. Anyway, the route I've just scribbled on Google maps goes here (Nottingham) to Dover, on to France via some sort of tunnel or ferry, down to the south...

just wondered cos i saw this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AaBcHlbuI either that or you been building bikes and sending them out there, dude was nuts! and that cop was too right near the end how close is that!

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Hmm I went to my local Sainsbury's for a couple of bits and bobs and lo, there was some sort of impromptu VAG meeting going on in the corner, so I went and had a quick look. Mostly VW's, there was a tidy Mk1 Golf and a nice big bumper Mk2. And a decent looking white Scirocco. More Mk2's and Mk3's and a couple of Audi A3's. Shame I didn't have my camera (and my K800i was on charge at...

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.... and replaced with a nice sensible four-door shopping trolley. Which means that the A8 is now definitely for sale. -- '89 Mazda RX-7 Convertible Mazda MX-5 trackday shed '94 Mitsubishi Evo II Audi A8

Well, it was only a matter of time: http://www.essexracing.com/popup_image.php?pID=1161&osCsid=9355d57c527ce 206eb14ccd5578c14c0 Or for the cheapskates, you can get some to stick on the outside of your lens: http://shop.full-beam.co.uk/index.php?p=product&id=288&parent=25

BTCC, Knockhill, UKRCM meet if you remember...

Hi Chaps, SWMBO has managed to break her ankle, which has put paid to our upcoming trip to New Zealand . Anyway, as she isn't driving her car for the forseeable, I have been tootling about in it, and have discovered a nice little list of thing which need sorting out . One of the things which needs sorting is the headunit - the one which is in at the minute is frankly senile. I've thought...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200245786366&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:GB:1123 1991 Pug 405 Mi16 4x4 :-) It's the early, 1.9 16v, alloy 160bhp engine'd Mk1. Complete with 4x4 although aren't these some kinda transfer box setup for the 4wd - as opposed to the centre LSD setup of the rare, and LHD only, 405 T16? So I guess what I'm really getting at is that it's probably not...

Following on from the bickering in here the other day about how flexible / inflexible the power delivery is on a TDI, I did a couple of indicated 30-70 roll on accelerations tests yesterday. Same stretch of road, but two cars. Car one: VW Passat TDI Sport 130 B5.5 - mapped to a tested on the rollers 173bhp with 273lb/ft of peak torque at around 2,250rpm. Car two: Vauxhall Astra 1.7 CDTI SXI...

Decided to strip down the top end of the 106 engine todays. It's always had a slight misfure and it's a bit smokey on startup so decided it was about time I did something about it. So after much messing about I wipped the head off today and started stripping it down. Unfortunately due to the weather and lack of space in my garage I had to take the head indoors to clean it up - so here's...

(This is mainly aimed at Burgerman, but any other useful comments are welcome, derision and cackling from the sidelines is something I've come to expect ;-) So I want to put Nitrous on My Mondeo. I've read Burgermans site (www.nitrous.info) a few times and I think I've absorbed some of it. What I'm after is: what I've got now (reliable, smooth, cheap to run, not too thirsty 2.0 Mk.1 Mondeo)...

Blimey was it ****ing down - we extended the lunch break simply because we would've needed an outboard motor to get around the circuit. Other than that, cracking circuit for a slower car like my MX5, learned plenty of stuff (it was more of a track school rather than a trackday) including the important information that MX5s are crap tools for tending the lawn. Obviously, that was shortly after...

Sold the Capri. On the lookout for its replacement now. Fancy something RWD and old that I can shove a hoofing great V8 in and blast down a drag strip. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

I belong to the school that believes if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. After visiting a few websites of Co's selling information on how one can make and fit the HHO system yourself, I'm still not convinced, despite all the 'apparent' evidence that it does work. One report claimed only 4oz of water was consumed on a 100 mile trip in a car.

As subject - I've got an offer pending for the RX7 that involves taking another silly four-door car in p/x, in which case the A8 would be surplus to requirements. It's an N-plate A8 4.2 quattro, around 137k on the clock, Tax and MOT'd until sometime next year, FSH - yes, up to now - with me having a couple of smaller issues sorted out (weeping oil sensor and breather line and stuff like that)...

**start of review** It's all the car you actually need. **End of review** It's not any of the car you want right enough, but I was very surprised at just how competent such a piece of junk could be. This really was the bit where Skoda got it together enough to build a car that stood a reasonable chance of making it from B back A.

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