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 dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #51
What about people new to the Forum who don't perhaps know what NSFW means? (Agreed, unlikely, but needs to be some consistancy to the banning)I did think the new rule was zero tolerance. ________________________________________  |
 Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 10:16
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docwra
Regular  Location: Cambridge UK Registered: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 217 Status: Offline |
Post #52
BrianM wrote: They're right though, that does look epic fun, and I must say it was an obvious but interesting point to note that Golf is an expensive and boring sport by comparison though. Peugeot 106 GTi's all round/buggered GTi-6's?! It was a cracking episode, and I hoped the 6 driver would be on here, but as a regular golf player and a regular drifter (which is probably the cheapest motorsport there is), I can tell you that unless you are taking a flight to play at St Andrews with gold plated clubs every week, motorsport is considerably more expensive.  A round of Golf, including driving there and a couple of pints after, costs me about the same as half a tank of fuel in my driftcar. Thats without the £70-150 entrance fee, another two tanks of fuel, tyres and tyre changing costs, food ........ and before you start on breakages or upgrading equipment  ________________________________________ Lots of Nissans, two 306 GTI-6's. They are catching up! |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 10:52
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nashy
Sarcastic Tw@  Location: Nuts deep Registered: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 14,788 Status: Offline |
Post #53
dangti6 wrote: I did think the new rule was zero tolerance. What are we, 12? If its say NSFW then theirs no issue, its all on the person clicking the link to expect to see mucky stuff, if some bumberklart links something like meatspin without the warning, then yeah, ban them ________________________________________ Pete Sims - R.I.P buddy!PS£ id - onenashy |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 12:58
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rallycross
Regular  Location: kingston Registered: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 204 Status: Offline |
Post #54
yeah Rallycross is good fun cheap way into motor sport you can buy a ready prepared stock hatch for upwards of £1500 and off you go, great fun. Cars sometimes come up cheaper than that I bought an xr2i rallycross car off ebay for £600. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 13:34
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro  Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #55
Fwiw, we generally plan on £500 per weekend for racing with the buggy, that's fuel, food, entry fees, etc. That doesn't include repairs and upgrades though. Nor the big outlay for safety kit to get you started. And we generally get a whole lot longer out of tyres than the rallycross/circuit boys as the compounds are rock-hard to stop the tyres getting ripped to shreds. ________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 13:35
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #56
phillipm wrote: Fwiw, we generally plan on £500 per weekend for racing with the buggy, that's fuel, food, entry fees, etc. That doesn't include repairs and upgrades though. Nor the big outlay for safety kit to get you started. And we generally get a whole lot longer out of tyres than the rallycross/circuit boys as the compounds are rock-hard to stop the tyres getting ripped to shreds. A large chunk of that must be taken up with the fuel for trailering the thing around to events is it not? Or are you not including that in the £500? ________________________________________ |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 13:37
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #57
Yep, fuel to get there is a fair chunk of money, people usually forget they need a tow car, trailer and fuel too.Even if you're entering stock hatch or similar and intended to drive there and back - it'd be a pain to keep it road legal, plus the cost of tax, getting insured and be able to drive it there. And if you damage it you ain't going home until it's fixed. It can be done on the cheap, just go into it with your eyes wide open for the cost of the initial outlays before you can actually get racing! ________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 14:40
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gtisid
Seasoned Pro  Location: chelmsford Registered: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4,992 Status: Offline |
Post #58
I still maintain my initial guesstimate of 10k is about right. Purchase a car, prepare it, trailer it, spares, fuel, entry fees, licence, helmet , fireproof suit,repairs 10 k in the first season easy and once you become competitive i doubt the bill comes down much. ________________________________________ puglessPhase 1 GTI 6 1996-1997 Subaru Impreza GB270 2007-2008 rare spiderman comics same day international courier |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 17:40
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #59
I'd say that's about what it's cost us for the buggy for it's first season inc. building it.________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 18:27
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redrallye
rimjaw  Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
Post #60
To be fair, if i did a trackday every month it wouldnt be far off £500 a pop ________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool"  Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 18:31
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #61
And racing's a damn site more fun. Tbh, lots of cars on here are halfway prepped for racing anyway  :________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 18:50
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af1-gti
Senior User Location: avoiding my pug Registered: 08 Nov 2010 Posts: 807 Status: Offline |
Post #62
Well I'm definitely building the 306 into a rally cross car  Nothing stopping me using it for track days too Now who can Advise on a sensible tow car? We have a Mitsubishi outlander 2007, that should do!! ________________________________________ Rich E wrote: With the 306 Rallye the goal wasn't to make a purer or more focussed car. It was to make a cheaper car, and then cynically use Peugeot's motorsport heritage to make it appeal to enthusiasts. |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 19:07
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redrallye
rimjaw Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
Post #63
My derv civic is a great towcar. Torque tastic!________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool" Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 19:18
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
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Dont forget the towing category on your licenses folk!If u ain't got it, your going to get some points, and won't be allowed to drive it away if you get pulled. ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 20:06
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justinaccurate
Seasoned Pro Location: Cov Registered: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 14,425 Status: Offline |
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nashy wrote: dangti6 wrote: I did think the new rule was zero tolerance. What are we, 12? If its say NSFW then theirs no issue, its all on the person clicking the link to expect to see mucky stuff, if some bumberklart links something like meatspin without the warning, then yeah, ban them What new rule? |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 20:18
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CUJ
Seasoned Pro  Location: Southampton Registered: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 22,218 Status: Offline |
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justinaccurate wrote: What new rule? khj100 wrote: grumpychef wrote: please could you keep an eye on these dodgy links to meatspin etc i have no desire to accidentally let my kids see what is unsuitable! I see the practise of hiding filthy vids behind dodgy links has started again! how long till one man one jar appears again? and anyone else who reads this... come on have some consideration for the "family" members and people at work just stop doing this crap it is beneath most members on here have some respect for people who may have kids in their homes! or should we censor this forum and make it clear that it is only for adult viewing? this sort of juvenile crap really p*sses me off! (as do most things in life right now ) [rant over/] Well said Chris. Juvenile is definitely the word. And before anyone else jumps in with the "oh lighten up" comments, remember that most search engines classify websites not just by their own content but also by the sites they link to. Ash has already pointed out that we've been black listed by Google once. We do not want a repeat of that. We'll probably never agree about the social networking value of the site, but surely you can see that anything that ruins the site for others or prevents its being listed on search engines is completely counter produtive. From now on any hardcore links like this will be removed and the poster permanently (and I don't mean "until we get over it") banned. How come you are still here Nev?  ________________________________________ 340 horses |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 20:43
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redrallye
rimjaw Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
Post #67
Well I'm glad someone pointed that out to me as I hadn't seen that  ________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool" Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 20:47
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justinaccurate
Seasoned Pro Location: Cov Registered: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 14,425 Status: Offline |
Post #68
Yeah Ed, these rules are buried in a random thread somewhere, its not actually on the forum guideline pageAnd besides which doesn't compare to Meatspin, Japanese porn F1 is not a "hardcore link like this". Having said all that, I'm probably only still here because admin haven't seen it... |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 22:23
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justinaccurate
Seasoned Pro Location: Cov Registered: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 14,425 Status: Offline |
Post #69
CUJ wrote: How come you are still here Nev?  Report! Or do you mean as in why do I still post here? f**k knows  |
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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 22:25
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monkgti
Regular  Location: New Ross Registered: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 343 Status: Offline |
Post #70
anyone have a link to it on youtube or anything? i missed the start of it, just seen the end race between Hammond/Clarkson  ________________________________________ IF YOU CAN READ THIS IM STILL IN 5TH!!! |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 00:00
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #71
monkgti wrote: anyone have a link to it on youtube or anything? i missed the start of it, just seen the end race between Hammond/Clarkson Yeah. Http://www.iplayer-obviously.co.uk ________________________________________ |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 00:05
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redrallye
rimjaw Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
Post #72
Why not just iplayer it?________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool" Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 00:09
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monkgti
Regular Location: New Ross Registered: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 343 Status: Offline |
Post #73
thanks lad  ________________________________________ IF YOU CAN READ THIS IM STILL IN 5TH!!! |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 00:19
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nadium
Regular  Location: denmark Registered: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 241 Status: Offline |
Post #74
how does it work /youtube ? |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 19:08
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teej
Cheeky Chav!  Location: Chelmsford Registered: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 8,505 Status: Offline |
Post #75
gtisid wrote: I still maintain my initial guesstimate of 10k is about right. Purchase a car, prepare it, trailer it, spares, fuel, entry fees, licence, helmet , fireproof suit,repairs 10 k in the first season easy and once you become competitive i doubt the bill comes down much. Not far off, I reckon. For me - Process of getting license (go racing pack, medical, ARDs test, license) £450 (£41 for rallycross non-race license) "Race" car £1700 Minor preparation £100 Tow car £1500 (specially chosen to pull the) Trailer £1200 (plated at just enough to get a car and kit on so I didn't exceed the 3.5t gross train weight tow limit without the license entitlement) Club and championship reg fees £150 approx Wheels and sets of slicks and wets approx £800 Safety kit (helmet, suit, gloves, boots, FIA belts) £400 £6300 to pay another £200 to pose in the paddock and wonder why the hell a 125bhp Nova is even allowed on the same track as a WRC-spec EsCos. For a seasons worth of entries (approx £2k) plus more tyres and buying track and transport fuel and other consumables, and keeping sweet the people helping get you out there, £10k is a damn good estimate. That's without repairs, though, and the desire to go faster. After my first race I needed some gear-linkage repairs (not expensive, but took time and arm-twisting of volunteers) and dropped over a grand on suspension and set-up. And testing, which is not far off the cost of a race day. Or buying a house on the basis of it having a double-length and extra-wide garage! Hopefully that's a reasonable idea of how much it costs (not just money, but time and effort) to do this. I haven't raced in over 4 years, and have only managed one trackday since then. I still have a track car, because it's in the blood now. I'm constantly planning what I would do if I had the money ("sprints, mainly" - extra credit if you can name the film that's from), and if my little girl hadn't come along 4 years ago I'd probably be out there selling off non-essential body parts to fund the habit. The urge I felt to do it (and escape from a very dreary office life) caused a lot of stress, and was one of the main reasons for losing a couple of very good friends and having a near-enough mental breakdown. Motorsport - "Buyer beware"! ________________________________________ "Talking about badgers is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" Steve McBadgerTransversa aurigatio transcurro arvae. |
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Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 20:48
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