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Cars and bids max bid value was rather insulting for a well sorted Duratec car. BaT seems to be a better venue for 7s. Otherwise sometimes it takes a long time to find right guy at right time. It's certainly a bargain compare to what new models go for nowdays even at asking price. @DatsunRBZ was in the running too. Maybe worth a PM here.

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Yes. I plan to take a look at film this Sunday.

Two adorable photos!

Sad trombone noises. Huge credit for Croc for saving me with experience from going down a very long and wrong partitioning path for the problem. I realized too late I missed my once a year opportunity to ask somebody to take me for a quick spin as a passenger in the paddock in a Duratec car to see what that powerband feels like compared to mine. Or maybe even the crazy 620 to experience the crazy wheel spin. More power is very low on the totem pole but the desire is there.

3 cars didn't make it into the photo for various reasons.

Do I wait for a signal to pass here or stay behind him? Croc masterfully and successfully troubleshot the issue just by hearing how it happened. Tip over sensor triggered from hitting the curbs/kerbs/rumble strips a bit too hard

I had a helper this time around.

Bump for this weekend

I'm officially in.

While going down the Matt Farah rabbit hole and his Northeast Rally I discovered a DrivingWhileAwesome group that puts on events that mere mortals can afford https://www.drivingwhileawesome.com/desertrally For their Desert Rally they have a Seven in promo. Westfield?

I was about to register to click "buy" but then started debating on the cost benefit of the insurance as the whole family seems to be coming down with the sniffles and never got back to it. While on the subject matter, SNELL2020 is still good right for helmets or does it need to be 2025? I did read the spec book but want to confirm because I think the spec book was talking about 2015 even still being good and I dont think thats the case

Shoutout to Caterham on TST podcast @11:24 "I want a Caterham" "I think they are the greatest car" Reply "I dont love them" - IE I don't fit in them from Matt "I dont know how to describe it. It teaches you more than any other car. Slide them around" "there is nothing better" "When you get in tune in them they are literally as much fun as F80... " "Lightness + revs is a linear scale. Weight go down, rev go up, FUN GO UP" "You need to fit into narrow body, because the wide body is not the same" - THEM BE FIGHTING WORDS

Do you plan to bring it with? I would love to see it in person. Have been debating on getting one myself.

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Had a cars and coffee and took it to work after

I'm registering soon. Just dragging my feet

Original Avon order was with Krause. I didn't specify as I had no need at the time but that said was the one that was at least 4 years old. This year neither Krause or the son had stock for me last I recall. Next shipment was coming in after the track day. Doesn't look like there's any good resolve to this problem. I skated by last year because the inspector was struggling to find date codes on the Toyos. I didn't realize this was one of the new rules at the time. Certainly don't want to commit to the whole weekend and fail tech. Speaking of which, HANs device will be out of date next year too 🙄 I feel like they should allow to go by date of purchase for new tires but I understand why they don't want to get into that nuance.

I have been having a hell of a time with the 5 year rule for tire age for NJMP The avon replacement set that I have is aged out before I ever got to use them. When they were shipped they were already 4 year old and that was years ago. Those were my backup tires specifically for NJMP on a spare set of wheels. Now I'm ordering Toyos. The fronts I got are 2025 and that works but the TWO SETS of tears are both 2023 which is far from ideal. I'm going to try to return one, but I don't think I can return both. Is there something I'm missing here? Is there a better way? I don't go through tires often or quick enough to use them up within 2 seasons years which makes a significant extra cost for every years even to meet the compliance rules. I'd even settle to get more 2025 tires for the back but how do I get them to ship more recent ones? How do you all deal with that?

@1turbofocus Any experience with the AEM management? If anybody has it, its @1turbofocus Most Caterham Zetecs unfortunately run Pectel

This perspective varies greatly on your age and your networth. For those with high value 401ks and assets, it's never been better. For others who are still trying to aquire assets and 401ks themselves > the costs of goods, rent, housing, fuel, daycare, electricity, college etc are extremely prohibitive to success. So in short, if you're buying multi million dollar cars competition from others is huge and values rise as the wealthy are getting wealthier in this economy. If you're buying a $35,000 toy the market is shrinking in these times of rising costs and uncertainties. This can be a whole another topic.

Don't try to put reason behind the current auto market. It's been running without logic since Covid and continues to be only certain in continuing not to make sense.