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Any consensus at this point on what external mic is best and, what are the conclusions as to powered vs non-powered external mic?. Also, have others tried the "Mofo Fix" to block the internal mic so it doesn't faithfully record unwanted wind noise? And, does his fix work for you?

Can't confirm, but read elsewhere that this car is now listed for sale @ $24.5K.

Yr reading my mind here Croc. And, the deaf and dumb camera can be positioned backwards and provide a different perspective and supplement my new forward facing GoPro w/sound! That way not a precious detail of my future spins, offs and other driving misadventures will be missed!

The problem with the "62% say country is going in the wrong direction" stat is that those 62% do not agree on what the right direction is. Conservatives, of course, believe it's too liberal, etc., but that 62% also contains liberals who are disillusioned w/Obama's perceived "Bush-light" approach to the economy, foreign policy, etc.

Croc: Not to mention the impressive drought-assisted dust clouds CSR's make! The Ferrari guy made a mistake I have unfortunately made several times in the past: losing focus to do something other than drive (here pointing Tom by). Tom: At least you have sound! Is this a GoPro set up and, if so, wh/version? As you know, I cant get my GoPro to record sound but I have the old internal mic set-up.

Billo-Wow, that's pretty thin stuff. I think the Redline MTL is abt 70-80 weight. Your car must shift very smoothly. How many miles on your transmission? I think it might be worth a (hopefully small) trade off in longevity to go thinner than what I have because at the track as I cant consistently get it into the gear I want and the stiffness also slows up the shift. Hurts lap times and end up being in wrong gear occasionally. Since I have a few qts of MTL in basement I wil try it next and work my way thru these suggestions if it doesn't help

On 2/20/10 Hank reported here that the car weighed 1184 lbs w/full gas tank (12 gallons). So roughly 1100 lbs dry (abt the same as my Duratec Birkin). The full cage added 60 lbs and he had a heavy wheel tire combo. Still, not as lightweight as one wld think.

TTom: Any idea what a Zetec can be safely "over-reved" to via inadvertently shifting into a lower gear, rather than higher (as I did yesterday at the track). I caught it almost instntly but wld estimate I ended up around 8000 for a split second. Car seemed fine after that, til the fuel pump died again-3 track days, 2 fuel pumps.

Danilo-when I was an auto-xer, I talked to a Honda guy who said MTL ruined his transmission, for the reason you mention. Hence this post: I have enough se7en mechanical problems without making more:).

Thx Tom. What is the 6sp transmission's capacity?

At yesterday's track day my 6 sp Cat transmission seemed notchy/stiff. What transmission fluid are others using? I put Redline MTL on my T9, as well as my Miata, with excellent results, will it work here as well? If not, what do people recommend? And, does this transmission have a drain plug, unlike the T9?

Interesting results also occur at the track, wh/tests the whole package, as you obviously know. Hope to read your initial impressions soon. It may take a while to get the hang of the car, it will be so much more direct in providing feed back, ideally in a forgiving manner.

When Caterham sent me my Brooklands, I just used the 4 large washers, used for the windshield. I concur that the brackets are better-just another example of Caterham's endless improvement program:).

Listed on Lotus Talk's for-sale section. Randy Chase's personal car (Caterham dealer in CA). Basics: For $50K you get what looks like a well- sorted S3 R400, orange w/black racing stripe and lots of goodies. I will let those w/more technical skills post a link for more details.

JimR- Our current welfare system, thx to Bill Clinton, has a life time limit of 3-5 years, no matter how poor, pregnant or # of kids. And, the recipient must work in a position identified by welfare dept-even if they dont find it convenient, or feel it's beneath them, etc. Exception is for disabled parents. The program is called TANF and it totally replaced ADC. It costs about $16B a year (compare, for instance, to TARP, etc's $1Trillion+). There is some debate about how much flexibility states shd be given in designing work requirements. Repubs tried to make political hay out of the fact that Obama recently responded to the concerns of some governors (incl Republicans) by allowing the states some additional wiggle room in fine tuning TANF. Contrary to the attack ads, he didn't "Gut welfare reform":). He did agree that the nature of the reform shdn't be dictated totally by Washington DC, so granted the states some additional say in how their state implemented the reform.

Just noticed, I lied abt sales price of my '97: I sold it for $21.5K, not $23.5K (wh/I think was asking price). I was just going thru paperwork on it for the new owner and saw this.

I am attending one of their low cost "Fun Days" this Friday, 8/31. Cost is $130, pay at the door, for tons of track time-3 groups often merge to 2 groups. Anyone else interested? Currently chance of rain is 10%, but you know how that goes.

Rik: The forum rules prohibit bad-mouthing, or critiquing, cars for sale on this forum, not cars for sale anywhere in the world.

Is it a Lotus or a Caterham? If a Lotus, the price is probably right. It does have a Lotus mfg plate, not Caterham, per the engine bay pix. The X-flow doesn't look like an X-flow, tho I am obviously no expert.

"Editing ability" LOL. Croc, my tech ''skill" is limited to rebooting my computer occasionally. Feel free to tell me how you got the YouTube clips here-I was baffled. No idea what the problem with the sound is. Still trying to sort that out. This is the older GoPro w/internal mic and no sound settings that I can find. So it shd wk. I was hanging back on the Panoz and deliberately not passing wh/I cld have done. The Bimmer was pretty nervous abt me passing him and was watching his mirrors too much. I had the opposite problem on my spin: I was trying so hard to catch the guy in front of me that I forgot about driving within my car's and my limits.

Too much money for what ya get (IMHO).

OK, this one made my highlights film from 1st full track day in the new Caterham. OK, maybe not. I thought I had posted my first ever U-Tube video, from my first ever experience w/my GoPro. But not so much. Those who are curious will have to google: 978Kitcat. And there I am, 3 short track clips from last week's Waterford Hills event. One clip shows me following a Panoz, one shows me chasing a white BMW. Note he gets a little wobbley on the small uphill section-several laps later he went off there, into the tires and ended upside down, with a passenger. Everyone was fine tho severely bent car and ego. And saving the best for last, clip # 3 is a sample of my own driving. Faithful trackday friends will recognize my unique style:).

Yes, and what's more: "It looks silver". Kinda hard to know what to make of this. Looks pretty awesome in some ways: pristine condition, lots of CF, great power. But, the rollover bars wld prbly not pass the laugh test at most track events. Interesting side mirrors w/integrated turn signals, tho not really true to the elemental design of the car. Interesting/ugly headlights. For the right person, sure.

Lurkers/browsers: This car is not a deal.

Lurker/browser alert: This car is a deal.