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If a Camel is a race horse designed by a committee...

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IIRC, in 2006 the GOP had the white house and both houses of Congress. Bush tried to pass immigration reform, and the conservative wing of his own party scuttled the legislation over the amnesty issue. I am certainly not in favor of the "progressive" agenda being foisted upon us by the Democrats, but I was a disgusted Republican after seeing the '06-'08 Congress accomplish NOTHING of substance. For all the talk by politicians of bipartisanship (the best way to accomplish any meaningful change IMO), in today's political world, it seems any politician who even tentatively reaches across the aisle is accused of treason by their contemporaries. Our parties seem more concerned with scoring rhetorical points and preventing any successes by the opposition than they do addressing any of the serious issues that face our country. No one has a direct line to The Answers, regardless of party label. Maybe a little compromising, and acknowledging that almost everyone has something valid to contribute to a good solution...? :rant:

Caterham VINs are 17 digit, US conforming format, and located on the right side of the engine bay on the top lip of the sheet metal, where the edge of the bonnet rests. Georgia recognizes both the VIN and the brand of car for titling purposes, and my VIN also pulls up on Autocheck, albeit with incomplete information about year and equipment (can you believe they couldn't intuit the type of engine from the VIN? Amazing!)

Caterhams should come from the factory with the attention to detail your car has...of course, then none/few of us could afford one (certainly not me)! Congratulations on a superb execution :drool:.

7 "day" episodes and an epilogue.

Pictures of the Mocal gauge are to be found here: http://www.usa7s.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3913

Having been spoiled by the mechanical oil pressure gauge I installed this summer, I thought it would be nice to have a water temperature gauge I could rely on as well. Mocal makes a mechanical water temperature gauge, but the capillary tube probe is too big for my sender hole. Stack claimed on their website to make a mechanical gauge with a 1/8 NPT thread pitch probe, but when I got it, it was 1/2 NPT. So I went with one of Stack's electrical stepper motor gauges. Again the Stack website was wrong about thread pitches, but the good folks at Merlin Motorsport got me the correct parts. The temperature gauge sender hole on the SVT Zetec thermostat housing is 1/8 NPT, as is the sender for both Metric and English Stack water temperature gauges (the Stack website says the metric gauge sender is M10x1). In order to not have 3 different types of gauges on my dash, I swapped out the Mocal oil pressure gauge for a Stack unit. I have a Stack fuel gauge on order to complete the set. Pros to the Stack gauges- very high quality compared to stock better mounting hardware very accurate/responsive solid state senders Cons to the gauges- they look very different than the stock gauges -brighter lights (LED) -illuminated needles -purple/black bezels, especially noticeable in sunlight Stack recommends a 1 amp fusible link in the wiring, which they do not provide As one can see from the night pictures, there is a striking difference in the brightness of the gauges. The Stack gauges are not too bright, just whiter and more visible. I am getting LED bulbs to replace the incandescent ones in the speedo and tach in the hope that they will be closer to the Stack lighting. All in all, the Stack gauges are very nice, especially if one is willing to go whole hog and buy the complete set. If the goal is simply to replace the crappy Caterham oil pressure gauge/sender, I would recommend the Mocal gauge, as it looks and lights very much like the stock gauges. With that honest but perhaps shameless plug said, I am selling my Mocal gauge if anyone is interested. Less than 6 months old, new condition. Cost new $50, $30 obo plus $5 shipping.

Ok, some respect is due AMC for making a series that doesn't beat us over the head with everything, assuming we are too stupid to "get it" if it isn't completely explained. I like the utopia/distopia concept, and it is interesting and not a little bit relevant that 6/2 is convinced he can build a better utopia, especially since he was so desirous of the downfall of the village. Hubris, even with the best of intentions, is dangerous. On the other hand, the idea that we could all live in simultaneous conscious/subconscious planes, wirelessly connected to each other (or the mainframe that hosts us), and existing in a world that is the subconscious creation of a single, again wirelessly connected, individual, is quite a leap, even for suspension of disbelief. Oh, and if someone who came from the real world dies in the village, it would seem that they are just out of the game, and not dead in the real world, if Mrs. Curtis' condition at the end of the show is any indication. Hell, everybody should just jump in the holes, then! All in all, though, better than much of what passes for network TV these days, I think. It did get better as it went along, IMO.

No car, not much story, and little or no acting, other than Ian playing Ian. It took AMC an hour to set the stage, something that the original did in the approx. 3 minutes prior to the credits of the premiere episode. And what was with the little "mini-previews" of the upcoming segment at each commercial break? Do we have such a short attention span that we can't wait 2 minutes to see what's going to happen next? To AMC's credit, at least the now commonplace promo for another show on the bottom 1/3rd of the screen while the current show is running was missing. I'm surprised the guy from Mad Men didn't keep popping up in the corner! How about a pool with bets on whether the new show airs 17 episodes, or more, or less?

Knowledgeable, fast to respond by email or phone, and prices enough less expensive than the US alternatives (on my order, at least) to pay for the shipping. Also, delivery to the East Coast from the UK in 1 week! And they actually know stuff about Caterhams!! http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk

Physician, heal thyself! I love the answer to the question "what type of car is that?" "I'm pretty sure that's a Lambo, dude.", Looks more like a lame-o at this point.

The 1st letter is the country of origin. 1=USA, 2=Canada, 3=Mexico, W=Germany, S=England, J=Japan, 4,5=foreign transplant manuf. on US soil.

My understanding is that the red light is a low voltage warning light. It is on when the ignition is on but the car is not running to show it is working (as on a "normal" car). It should turn off once the car is started, unless the electrical system voltage is too low. I have no awareness of the red light being used as a check engine light, but my SVT doesn't have the light connected. I use a Diablosport Predator handheld tuning programmer to check my fault codes, and I have a couple of evaporative emissions codes, a high fan speed switch code, an OBD II test incomplete code, and one or two transmission output shaft speed sensor codes. All of these are supposedly normal, due to shoe-horning a transverse, front wheel drive engine into a longitudinal, rear wheel drive car using a completely different transmission. I suppose it's a minor miracle that the engine management systems work at all, considering.

I was told that the red light, which is not connected on an SVT Zetec, was the alternator light on a standard Caterham/Zetec installation (?).

It looks to me like Ian McCallum has gone to work for Volkswagen/Porsche. The rear quarter view of the 928 is a dead knock off of the Aston Martin, IMO. As to the LFA (Laughable F##king Activity), if Mercedes-Benz and Porsche lost their shirts trying to sell SLRs and Carrera GTs (which they did), than what chance does Toyota have making this business model work? Oh wait, I forgot about their racing heritage as a selling point, embodied by their recently concluded domination of the Formula 1 series! I guess losing $28 Billion isn't good enough for Toyota. Say what you will, Ferrari has discovered a profitable way to make stunning, dynamic cars that are true to their heritage and vision (are you listening, Porsche?) while functioning as a division of a giant mainstream car company, something these 2 manufacturers are really struggling with. I think the 458 Italia is a masterpiece; alas, a picture is probably as close as I will ever get to one.

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It's a pretty car, but at the price the lack of provenance is disconcerting. A serial number from another car because the correct one was "lost during restoration"? What, did it wander off?:willy_nilly:

-New coolant temperature gauge (Stack?) -4 Bridgestone RE-11s -New fuel gauge (Stack-if I like the temp gauge) -Replace Mocal oil pressure gauge to match other Stack gauges -Annual brake/clutch fluid refresh If I have any time left over-polish the aluminum on Andrew's car:D

Pretty color combination + nice specs!

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them.

Very usable on my iPhone! Thanks.

Wow, $46K!

The cut off valve was installed by Jeff Sloan at British Auto Specialist, specifically to reduce heat in the cockpit. I will post a couple of pix in the next day or two.

That's pretty close to my numbers, especially since my stock temperature gauge reads a little low. Maybe there is some truth to that whole assembly line/quality control/modern technology thingy (at least where engines are concerned!).