I pick the car up from the dealer and drive all day – it’s not until nightfall i realise I’ve taken no pictures. Where can I find lots of light…?
GT3 at the dealer showroom
I couldn’t wait all day at home so I grabbed a camera and went over to the showroom!
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GT3 arrives at the dealer
I get a phonecall from the dealer to tell me it’s arrived – he also sends me these pictures.
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Essen Motorshow 2006
Essen Motorshow, in Germany, is predominantly about the after market tuning scene, so you can imagine it attracts a specific crowd. Add to this the lack of a no-smoking rule (which I believe has changed now) and you’ve got quite
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Night time BBQ’s are awesome
Gather round the heat of the BBQ and you can generate one of the most social evening pastimes possible, especially if there’s a bit of a chill in the air. If you can stomach the thought of your neighbours wondering
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Summers best pastime
I’ve been making chicken wings for time eternal now. I buy them from halal not for any religious reason, but simply because they de-skin them and they are unfeasably fat in meat. So when you say chicken wings, normally you’re
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GT3 Launch Party at Thruxton 2006
Porsche choose Thruxton as a venue to launch the new 997 GT3 Still no launch dates confirmed, although an estimated delivery of first models due Aug/Sept 06. Amazed at how few people have actually stumped up a deposit on the
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GT3 party at Brands Hatch
Soon I will see. Porsche are asking me to spec the car – so far I’m thinking white, zenons, PCM, carbon buckets, club sport and sport chrono.
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Blowdog returns to a semblance of normality
550 was sold today – but not without blood and sweat. It was a beautiful car and it really was a fine specimin. It deserved infinitely more attention than it received, but the market is well and truly dead. For
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550 Competes at Vmax
A PistonHeads organised event, Vmax is basically a top speed event which measures your speed at the end of a 1.75 straight. Pictures by Trackdemon. Trap speed was 175MPH
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550 at Silverstone
Enjoyed a great day at Silverstone with the 550 today.
Performance on circuit…hmm.
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How the other half live….
Was very happy to be invited to a gala black tie event at Graypaul Ferrari in Nottingham. Celebrity D-lists aside, there were some cracking cars.
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Socking the Gatsos
Zap…… within 14 days, a nice brown envelope drops on your door mat. It’s a horrible feeling, and it’s not the £60 fixed penalty that bothers you, it’s another 3 points on the way to 12 that will see you banned from driving your pride and joy that gets your goat.
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Newport Pagnals finest hour cometh
That’s right, Blow Dog has his name down for an AMV8 – should do wonders for their sales once people find out the invincible is down for one. Late 2005 they say? Thanks Adam.
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Flipping Falken
I’ve tried to be nice to them but they continue to mess me about. I’m never going to see the tyres they’ve promised to return to me from Germany.
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