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Is that package where they install nice big brassy balls as well? :rofl:

Congratulations! You will be like a kid just before Christmas waiting for your present to arrive with Santa! Did you go through the option list and tick every box?

Is the Pope a Catholic? You bet - I am in. Your drives are always fun since you do not get lost in the area unlike me. Both dates work and short of someone scheduling a surprise work meeting I will be there.

On backroads I use a pair of polycarbonate safety glasses (over my regular glasses). However, on interstates, I tried the same and felt a little exposed and took a pebble in the forehead from a truck adding to my craggy good looks. Since then I have avoided interstates with the aeroscreen tending to use the windscreen for any long runs down the turnpike. It is easy to switch the windscreen and aeroscreen back and forth if you have the captive nut brackets fitted. Takes about 10 mins for me to do it by myself. I put socks over the end of the windscreen brackets to avoid scratching the paintwork. The chassis comes out of the crate looking like this. No suspension, engine, transmission, axle, steering column, etc. The seats are just sitting in there not bolted in. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/mjohnson555/seats/CSR/Colorado%20April%202011/DSC_5410_edited-1.jpg

I can understand the desire to move out of Christchurch. I think you will go well in Brisbane - it has been a lucky city and done well in the last 20 years. Unfortunately real estate prices have got ridiculously high. Good luck finding a new home!

Yep that is the standard Caterham muffler. Its supposedly larger as it is a "cool touch" type. I have the burns to prove it too! How was the noise on the Chessman muffler for the CSR? Too loud for street or track? I believe your catalytic converter has dropped off accidentally just in case you were not aware and need it for registration?

Hi Kiwi - You know how to make me jealous when I am faced with cold wet crappy weather! Have you made a decision yet on whether you are going to stick it out in Christchurch or move somewhere less shakey?

Shamelessly stolen from the Ozclubbies site this is a brilliant rallying video that shows the range of driving talent on offer from the sublime to the oh so mediocre.

I think Fluke Motorsport and Mog Racing are the same? The Fluke price is in pounds so may work out cheaper. Email Carl anyway as he does work with Mog for some of the pieces he sells. Blubarisax has ordered stuff from Mog so can chime in on his delivery experiences.

Thanks Terry. I have been around there in an E30 Beemer and the combination of changing elevation combined with old style feel makes it unique. One day I will do it in a seven.

As a suggestion, try Carl at Seven Speed. http://www.sevenspeed.co.uk/ No guarantees but I have seen quite a few times that he manages to have access to items when Caterham is out of stock.

Sadly I have to take a pass on this one since I have plans for either a UK or Spa track day later this year.

Not sure about the "crash and burn" my place bit :ack:

Two things: 1) I am very jealous :cooldude: 2) Make sure you post plenty of photos on your return Have fun!

Interestingly the W Hotel in Hoboken is also block booked those dates. Anyway, why I would need a hotel when I am probably the only person on this forum who could walk to the track from home (although I would prefer to take the tram!).

Enjoy the celebrity treatment while you can. Like Cindarella you will be back to drudgery by Monday or Tuesday.

You would not be laughing if you read the csr forum this week on my latest idea....

Now that is nice! I just spent an enjoyable hour browsing your photo galleries - lots of interesting ideas in there. You have my respect for being one of the few who has built from scratch - ground up.

Thats right we all signed up in intermediate group and ran together. Ian Prout (the organizer) was keen for us all to be together and it worked surprisingly well. Speed differential for the sevens was fairly close. It was only that blasted Infiniti that was the mobile chicane! Register before May 25 and save 10%. Tom monitors the sign up rate to make sure we do not get left out. So I would not sign up urgently - you have time. Like Karl, I want to keep up with Mike (Kitcat) too!

Oh I can guess what the concrete guys said. "What the Fxxx do you think you are doing!" Was the driver blonde?

Unfortunately, NJ phased out the safety inspection for an OBDII emissions check or a tailpipe check if you were pre-1996 OBDII. The last time I tried to get my old yellow Seven emissions inspected there was a 1992 Mercury POS with rust holes in the rear fenders that would swallow my entire arm, sagging suspension, cracked windscreens and only one wiper. Yet he passed. By contrast my little yellow seven which I had carefully maintained was failed because the computer did not like my high idle revs on the zetec (it eventually passed at specialty inspection. So great - the Government set the safety standards yet does not stop a car being badly maintained to the point where it can do worse harm than a simple car of 20 years ago. I totally agree with you. I feel safer in my seven at 130mph on a track than in my 2010 Audi doing 35mph during my commute to the office. The government has let drivers be dumbed down (or they dumbed themselves down) and have increased passive/active safety to compensate for this. Personally I would dial back a little safety in a vehicle in exchange for getting the driving population to improve their driving skills - no cell phone, no texting, no eating, no drinking, no ear drum bleeding sound systems, displyaing driving courtesy and being considerate. Then we would not need the auto cocoons that we have evolved to. Kudos to Caterham for trying to develop a non-seven-type car that harks back to the simple light formula.

Nah....I am trying for a flat out through Turns 2 and 3 at Thunderbolt this season. Anyone want to try and keep up? :nopity:

LOL......dumb and dumber? :dupe: When are you going to get on track so we can have some fun with you? :toetap05:

Actually, thinking back, I think this looks to be about the time when Tom ran over the exhaust bolt that fell off MichaelD's car and sliced his new slick and then he kindly kicked it up to smash my windscreen. I should look for contributions from both of them to replace the windscreen? :willy_nilly: Now Steve, that is how you start some shit! :hat:

Its ok....I lapped everyone at least once. Coming up for my third on Tom! :jester: