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To make this even tougher, the near twin of this car is available in LHD at wirewheel.com. Why couldn’t I have been born with a trust fund… -John

My guess is that you don’t do a lot of extended freeway driving on Bonaire Without the wind wings or side curtains in place, my car becomes downright unpleasant at 70mph. -John

This is potentially very interesting. A group of engineering students from Stanford and the Technical University of Munich have collaborated on a potential solution to a drafty convertible: drill a hole through the windshield. According to their findings, the air flowing through that orifice creates an air stream that prevents the air at the sides of the cockpit from curling back around the windscreen. Cool! I've been thinking about replacing my windscreen which is pretty pitted after 25k miles of use. I may have to try this on the outgoing unit. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/26/backdraft-does-drilling-a-hole-in-a-convertibles-windshield-al/ -John

Lotus Solar Yellow? http://www.huntingridgemotors.com/images/cars/lotus/average/2007-03-08_01.jpg -John

I should know better than to post a sarcastic remark before first doing a little research :banghead: -John

Smart? Smart would have been including an American made AR-15, rather than an imported AK-47 -John

The Veyron is a deeply impressive piece of engineering, but I’ll take the one the prioritizes the driving experience over everything else. -John

The All British Field Meet at Bellevue Community College is this Saturday from 11-4pm. Anyone interested in meeting up first at the Tully’s near the Toyota dealer on 148th & Eastlake Way like we did a couple of years ago? -John

Thumbs up from motorcycles is pretty common in all manner of se7en. I think most riders recognize that we are almost as twisted as they are ;-) -John

I am running something similar to the BackOFF and find the flashing very effective. Prior to installation, it would generally take a few polite taps of the brakes before people trailing too closely would clue in and back off. Now I rarely have to give more than one tap before they ease off the throttle. Not sure if this is down to the fact that the flashing increases the following driver’s awareness that I am braking, or if the flashing is just so damn annoying that they want to get as far away from me as possible -John

Martin, I understand the draw of a Porsche, but I still think you’re nuts Given the economy, I would sell the se7en first. Toys are harder to move these days, so it might take a while to get your price. Caymans, however, are pretty plentiful and the prices seem to still be coming down, so you can probably find the car you want pretty quickly. -John

Wolo LBT-10 for me. http://john15.web.officelive.com/Documents/bootlid.jpg -John

Bloody expensive. -John

I’ve heard of people doing all kinds of creative things with se7ens (paging Slomove ), but two things I’ve never heard before are ABS and a roll-your-own battery. I’m impressed! -John

Bruce, I think you’ll love the Emerald K3. In addition to the new features you mentioned, you can also move the load and speed sites to increase the granularity at low load, low rpm situations. This makes a big difference for dialing in drivability at city speeds that require minimal throttle openings. Although I haven’t enabled the switchable map option yet on my K3, an interesting thing you can do is create an antitheft mode. Set up one of the maps so the car will start and idle, but will die if someone touches the accelerator. You can also just zero out everything so the car won't even start, but with the other approach, they won't begin looking for a hidden ignition kill switch. Instead, they'll just assume it really is an old Lotus and curse the Lucas electrics -John

I love the color choice. The car looks great! -John

Hmm... I wonder if there is some money to be made by auctioning off bans and pardons on Ebay? I may have found a new way to finance upgrades!

I smell a ban coming...

I sent Don a PM last weekend with the interior dimensions for my SEiW, but never heard back. -John

Martin, try this: Click to User CP in upper left hand corner Click on Edit Options abut half way down the left hand navigation Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the last drop box located in the Miscellaneous Options section. What is this set to? If it is set to Basic Editor, then this is the problem. Change it to Enhanced Interface and all will be revealed. -John

Keep it. Just find an equivalent for Ford, Honda, et al. BTW what does this one mean? :svengo: -John

Hey, what's this one doing here?:Chevy_anim: Some of us have Fords under the bonnet! :rant: :jester: -John

Ever wonder what would happen if you placed a quarter inside a coil of wire that was hooked up to really, really big capacitors, and then you discharged them very rapidly? Well… http://intellectualventureslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/qs1.jpg -John

I'm pretty sure the Protechs have a 10 or 13 click range. Definitely more than 5 though. If I am reading your post right and you are running the Protechs full hard, then definitely dial them back. I am running the rear either 2 or 4 clicks (can't remember which at the moment) softer than the fronts and the fronts are somewhere between 1/2 - 3/4 from full soft. Like you I am also running 180# springs out back. By any chance do you notice your car pulls to one side if you are at freeway speeds and lift off the throttle, and then pulls to the other side if you accelerate? I’m just wondering if part of the problem is worn suspension bushings. -John

I’m not a suspension expert, but I’m not sure alignment is the cure for problems with standing start acceleration. I’ve never heard of anyone having the problem you describe and that includes people running insane amounts of power. Do you have an open or limited slip differential? Are your rear suspension bushings all in good shape? As for toe out vs. toe in up front, I find that a little bit of toe out helps with turn in and I don’t find it makes things objectionable at speed in a straight line. YMMV. “10 min Out” means 10 minutes toe out. -John