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Like this? (Note: picture was blatantly stolen from the CCC version of this thread) http://www471.pair.com/stalkerv/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1030&g2_serialNumber=2 -John

Glad to see you decided against that porky Elise, and bought something reasonably light ;-) I’m looking forward to seeing the beast in person and going for a blat after it arrives. BTW good choice on the color - red cars are the fastest -John

Scion yellow?

I like that color! It goes really well with the polished aluminum.

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