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A customised Dacia! - ruination of a good car....

Welcome, nice early xmas present! Mind all that snow though :-)

Think I understand now (doh!): there's the normal track with a laguna seca style corkscrew, or a shorter loop that cuts that section out. Trackday's use the full loop normally (I dislike the short loop as you also lose out on the fastest part of the cct; the descent). When are you coming back...

Not sure, NBR; you'll have to explain. (edit: see next post). There's a fast right left drop, just approaching in the photo, that takes no prisoners - 90% of all big off's happen there, normally when drivers "panic" lift off :-) ; imo trickier than the chicane you mention. Agree with you on...

Thanks: A guy from our local club took it (and others) shame it wasn't front on with the new CF bonnet though :-)

A damp friday at Pau Arnos for my once a month track day - great fun though on the road tyres :) [attachment=0:2kp96btn]pauasa37sur67.jpg[/attachment:2kp96btn]

Still a Trophy....lucky you :)

Sir D - Interested to note that you bought a Trophy all the same.. :lol: Don't get me wrong - nothing wrong with the 172 - it's a great value ride, don't buy a Trophy if you want to upgrade though buy a Trophy 'cos they are a little bit special.......

If the PS3's are £10 cheaper and the car is just used on the road I'd have thought they were a better bet than the Yoko's imo :?: but, you got me thinking: ....I've just worn out my Toyo R888 gg's on my 15"track rims - anyone got any views on this Yoko as a trackday replacement for the...

I use a CG lock in my Porsche for trackdays (no simple mounting options for a harness) but I have a drivers side harness in the T- The CG Lock works very well but nowhere near as good as a proper harness; The harness is a pita for day to day driving - Just keep the OE inertia belts too for road...

Possibly a vac hose non retun valve too?? Difficult to remote fault find a noise :-(

Not as expensive as EVO mags Nick Trott who reckons on spending £1750 on a 5 year service plus brakes on his Clio V6!! If your noise is related to engine revs ( like a click each time the motor does a revolution) then check the belts carefully - or to be safe get them changed anyway as hoolio...

Funnily enough I thought the same :-)

My thoughts precisely! And I have the original stone chipped red one to put back on later when they are a priceless collectors piece :-) PS Jamie; great scapyards down your way eh!

?? - Fits and looks 100% like the bonnet you have in your garage on your T :-) - no difference at all bar the weight and colour/finish; so, not sure what other photos might help you....

Was only kidding - wouldn't even know where to start asking about doing that here in the French countryside! , don't think that carbon fibre (inc wraps) is on the John Deere options list :lol: ; mind you a CF tractor, now there's something........

No!! - red paint weighs too much, might do a carbon wrap on the rest now ;-) Looks better in the flesh actually...

I believe the CF one is 6kg although I didn't actually weigh it; the original - no idea of the weight but must be double that?? There are a whole load of 304 snaps posted a while back, on site already, when I gave it a good once over :-)

What a thoughtful mrs - just turned up in the post on my birthday a week or so back! Will keep the original bonnet for best :) It is Very light!! [attachment=1:b86tu2ai]CFT1.jpg[/attachment:b86tu2ai] [attachment=0:b86tu2ai]CFT2.jpg[/attachment:b86tu2ai]

Yep, heatshield would be my first guess (above the box, an aluminium covered composite plate(s) quite brittle around the screw mounts - big washer under the screw and re-fix it).

The A3 is a good drive but no Trophy round the bends; as is always the advice - try before you buy (it all depends what you are looking for).

I had an A3 140ps diesel with a DSG box - 55 mpg, quick and the best box I've ever used: would have another one no question, a brilliant car! :-)

Nicely handled bit of "potential barrier bashing" understeer :-)

Love the dash!

Or the vac feed to the acoustic valve perhaps?

HN55 EWU near the uni in Bristol it seems - thirteen mins in, first time I've used live TV pause and rewind; cool!

Give me a budget - I'll spend it wisely ;-)

Thought the same but with matt orange - guilty pleasure ...

It does look pretty; but.... I have a real, (illogical & non supportable - logically), dislike of Beemers........ Why an M5? there's a bag load of choice out there for those who wish to change up #-o

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