What have you done to your car today?

[Shale]

 Erelyes']

[quote name='Shale said:

Gave it an Italian Tune-up after Alex at Highbrook replaced my faulty and code-barfing knock sensor...bedded in the new brakes good and proper. Dear god...I'm never going cheap again. The new stuff is proper quality gear and the confident bite vs the ol' buttery sensation is TREMENDOUS!

/quote]

What sorta brakes did you go for

Bendix Ultimates. Took a good 6+ hot laps at Manfeild to get them anything near squishy...then it was tyre panic and/or wet conditions that sent me into the pits ;D Very, VERY happy with the pads and new rotors.

Today, I also discovered that Kamineko is right and I need to learn to double clutch. My 2nd and 3rd gear synchros are VERY unamused at me. Trying to get past muppets going 70km/h on the open road sections of SH1, particularly through Desert Rd, is downright painful when 3rd refuses to cooperate even with rev sync, and you have a single turbo Legacy hard up your arse wanting to give it stick. The box gave the instructor on track a bit of hell too. "Does your third always do this?" on megagraunch before the corner into the back straight...

Also. Mega +1 THANK YOU TINTIN for the tow! You are a legend

[mattapo]

 Drunkenmonkey said:

only done 1500kms THANK YOU TIN TIN FOR THE TOW!!

Yes 1500k's and TINTIN YOU ROCK. YOU CAN HAVE MY FIRST BORN and that.

Seriously though. It was awesome,

[deathz0r]

Hmmm today...

-Drained oil

-New oil filter

-New sexy clean oil

-New air filter

[dubbedup]

pulled motor out of Leone, only 20 mins

started the rust hunt... :

[Guest Fastfour]

Crashed it head on into a tyre wall haha

[madmike]

 Shale']

[quote name='Shale said:

Gave it an Italian Tune-up after Alex at Highbrook replaced my faulty and code-barfing knock sensor...bedded in the new brakes good and proper. Dear god...I'm never going cheap again. The new stuff is proper quality gear and the confident bite vs the ol' buttery sensation is TREMENDOUS!

/quote]

What sorta brakes did you go for

Bendix Ultimates. Took a good 6+ hot laps at Manfeild to get them anything near squishy...then it was tyre panic and/or wet conditions that sent me into the pits ;D Very, VERY happy with the pads and new rotors.

Today, I also discovered that Kamineko is right and I need to learn to double clutch. My 2nd and 3rd gear synchros are VERY unamused at me. Trying to get past muppets going 70km/h on the open road sections of SH1, particularly through Desert Rd, is downright painful when 3rd refuses to cooperate even with rev sync, and you have a single turbo Legacy hard up your arse wanting to give it stick. The box gave the instructor on track a bit of hell too. "Does your third always do this?" on megagraunch before the corner into the back straight...

Also. Mega +1 THANK YOU TINTIN for the tow! You are a legend

Did u get fast enough to get the pads up to speed??

[Guest keltik]

If your not breaking brakes, then your not braking hard enough.

[Guest]

 mattapo said:

And proved they can take a beeting

^^^ Hell yeah!

[mattapo]

 

Gives Shale

[WRXER]

Well to be honest Im finding this pretty entertaining, shit happens peeps are on edge I say save it for that stupid pink slips program on mtv haha

[Shale]

 boostin']

[quote name='Shale said:

That's because all of Auckland actually knows me from a bar of soap as it were, and knows I wouldn't spout bullsh!t like that. The bullsh!t I spout is FAR more entertaining for those observing.

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Exactly. And you know waaay better than to bag someones car, whether they're there or not.

The only cars I bag are my own - because I KNOW what they are made of.

[Guest boostin]

Top bloke. You deserve a beer.

[aim]

Installed a new aircon console - yay I know what the out temp is now

[Shale]

 boostin said:

Top bloke. You deserve a beer.

Indeed. Thank you so much Madmike for showing maturity and calm not often seen in these parts, and addressing it via PM. Keen to move on from here. Next time I see you, I owe you both a drink.

And now back to what the thread was originally about

[Munkvy]

AND... To go back to what we did to our cars today...

I got mine home and it still runs. Gotta be a first that Ive managed to beat on it 2 days in a row and havent had to fix anything major.

[ReubenH]

As for me, got home all good. Going to have to fix that steering rack, and go to the place i got my alloy radiator from and show them the lovely cracks in the welds on it. Thankfully the leak is insignifigant, drove 1500KM's this weekend and the fluid level has only dropped by say 100mls from what i can tell...

[Scoobydoo]

Drove it home, performed like a trooper all weekend.

I just need to give the front bumper a cut n polish :-X

[Guest]

hehe and maybe a clean too

speaking of which, i thought about cleaning mine, then it got dark... :-\

[Scoobydoo]

Yes, and a clean too!

[QRAF]

reset the computer

haha man i'd never want to say anything bad about madmike car that was some entertaining sh*t its only a car. man i love interweb fights its so comical when you think about what the other person is doing.

took the car out and drove it, actually driving it to work today.

Need to clean mine now.

[ClubSub Mum]

Came home and parked her in the garage..... gave her a pat and complimented her on how she behaved for the whole weekend. No mishaps at all....... A good clean is now in order though.

[B4 2000]

done 2100+ ks in this epic MM long weekend,

now gotta go to sleep as still up since yesterday morning except for a little nap on the ferry till someone decided to nudge me and woke me up

[dubbedup]

haha, did you keep asking lol?

[wildturkey]

sanded off the glazed pads ..machined the rotors.........gave it a bit of a clean. The old bitch did good ;D

[Shale]

 wildturkey said:

sanded off the glazed pads ..machined the rotors.........gave it a bit of a clean. The old bitch did good ;D

She SO did! Looked fantastic as usual carving up apexes too!