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For me a diesel is cheaper im 20 held my license 3 years with no-ncb using a golf mk4 gttdi 130 in comparison to a mk4 gti 150 tdi - 1100 gti - 1400
Funny because its the opposite for me on those 2 cars. The gti is about 50 quid cheaper (about 650). Probably because the diesels have a slightly higher value. Also fully comp is much cheaper. In the case of the Leon it was half the price.
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How low was it?

Used to be wound all the way down pretty much so near enough 100mm. I've slowly wound them back up over the past 6 months so was prob 50/60mm before I swapped back to standard. (well, they are shocks from a VRS not ibiza, but very similar...just comfier)

Can certainly notice this difference, was so much stiffer before.

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Taking part in a series called BMW-Challenge this year, 5-6 rounds in Poland with one by the seaside and one international round in Berlin. Can't wait, we're arranging to have an HGV transport our cars to each round of the season which means (if all goes to plan) that rather than pull a trailer hundreds of miles, I'll enjoy myself driving the S2000 to the comp without having to worry about anything related to the M3 - be it breakdowns or even loading/unloading. I'm thinking that the Berlin round could be connected with taking the Honda to the Ring.

In the mean time, need to get ready for a comp on Saturday. Haven't driven the M3 for a while, my RWD skills are really rusty after hours spent in a 4wd car which became quite apparent yesterday when I took it out for a spin. Lacking a proper dry tyre set again, 595's are not going to last more than 1 round. I'd be stoked if it rained, got a really good rain set.

I'm not fussed about this comp at all which on one hand is good because I can take it easy. On the other hand, I had an ambition of coming 3rd in the general classification for the 2013 season which would require 100% commitment on every round and perfect choice of tyres. While I don't much care for this at the moment, taking it easy this round could mean that I won't manage to collect enough points.

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Prawn, shouldn't you install nozzles for your system?

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Sounds awesome Greetings. I'd love to do some competitive driving, just don't have anywhere near the cash at the moment.

A bit of a long shot as most of you guys seem to be completely the other end of the country from me, but I don't suppose anyone has any 15 or 16" 4x100 wheels they'd sell for sensible money do they? I need something to throw on the Scirocco as these Azev replica's have turned out to be crap (bent, heavy, sod all brake clearance). Need something with a 'medium' offset (35-20 ideally) and 7 to 8.5" wide. Other than that anything will be considered as long as it's not hideous or loads of money. If they're 15s I'll need tyres for them, if they're 16s I can swap mine over, so they're not essential.

Cheers.

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Sounds awesome Greetings. I'd love to do some competitive driving, just don't have anywhere near the cash at the moment.

I'm sure there's some cheap motorsport available in the UK? Top Gear did a segment on that I think (rallycross?) and from what I remember it was pretty cheap, the only problem being that you might get ambitious and want to spec up your vehicle. A lot of people who take part in the events I do have virtually no disposable income at all - and by that I mean they probably earn about 700 quid a month tops. These guys drive around in 126p's or more commonly cinquecentos and seicentos because they have quite a lot of potential. Being British, you could use a Mini?

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A bit of a long shot as most of you guys seem to be completely the other end of the country from me, but I don't suppose anyone has any 15 or 16" 4x100 wheels they'd sell for sensible money do they? I need something to throw on the Scirocco as these Azev replica's have turned out to be crap (bent, heavy, sod all brake clearance). Need something with a 'medium' offset (35-20 ideally) and 7 to 8.5" wide. Other than that anything will be considered as long as it's not hideous or loads of money. If they're 15s I'll need tyres for them, if they're 16s I can swap mine over, so they're not essential.

Cheers.

Gah - I very nearly hung onto my old hairpins when I sold the Rover which would have fitted the bill perfectly (though the offset may have been a little out of range) but I wanted to get them out of the 'rents garage so threw them in with the car :(

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No worries Luke, shit happens I guess :(. Probably better in the long run, most Rover alloys I've seen appeared to be made of cheese and as a result weigh loads and bend at the mere sight of a pot-hole. I'd still consider some to see me over though. Right now I just want straight wheels that'll clear my brakes and not make me look like a chav.

Edit, that said, having reminded my self that hair-pins are actually quite nice looking wheels, and seem to be pretty cheap I'll be keeping an eye out for some. They look good for brake clearance too, which is a bonus. (It's clearance to the back of the spokes I'm after rather than the diameter, as I want 4-pots but don't want low-offset wheels.)

Greetings. The Scirocco would be fine for basic competition, and future plans mean it'll eventually be built up specifically for it, so I'm fine for a car. It's more the hidden costs that get expensive over here, plus the risk of braking the car. I do a sort of autocross/test/solo thing in the summer that a local club runs, but it's pretty short and just a laugh really, it's weekly and I've never made enough of the events to be competitive in it. Unfortunately the Top-Gear episode about Rally-Cross massively exaggerated how cheaply you can do it. There's a lot more hidden costs than they made out. I think the plan will just be to start doing some track-days then either hill-climbs (there's a few good local courses) and/or time-attack. I'd love to do events like the ones you have been, but they all tend to need an MSA logbooked car in the UK, which is a good idea for safety, but it can get really quite expensive meeting the regs. Once I'm working full time properly I should be able to do some, but I'm still recovering from being a student at the moment.

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Cheers Adam, not sure who Mark is, but I'm guessing Luke would be able to put me in touch? I've found a set on e-bay pretty locally for good money, but they're an auction not buy it now. Might see if I can pinch a mates account to ask if he'd do a deal outside e-bay, as I'm in a bit of a hurry. I'm seriously bored of driving carefully and being embarrassed because of having miss-matched wheels.

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Westlake indeed - Mark W on here and general Tartybikes PhotoBitch (Y)

Probably worth checking out the MG-Rover.org forum too as they pop up there fairly frequently. Going rate is generally around £100-120 with decent tyres, though I was fortunate enough to pick mine up for £67 with near new rubber thanks to eBay which considering I needed new tyres anyway was an utter winner!

Edit; In fact, I got them not far from you, Robin!

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Haha, I like that price range! The ones on e-bay are £60 starting and I doubt will get much interest, as he's only bothered with a single poor photo of one face and hasn't even cleaned them. Rover sized tyres will need swapping for mine I expect, but that should cost sod all now I've finally found a decent friendly local garage. They're only about an hour from me, which is good going around here. I think hairpins might be the way to go, seems like there's a good supply of them cheep, which is good as my future mods will make wheel fitment quite specific, so being able to get spare sets once it's a track car will be a big bonus. Only real downside's that the centre-bores are smaller than VW, so they'll need taking out a little, I can sort that easily enough though.

Just seen that Mark W's location's listed as Blackpool, which is a LONG way from here, and the cost of a courier is a bit of a big hit with cheap wheels. :(

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I'd check the offset too before you commit, as I think it was more in the region of et42 (totally off the top of my head mind!) but for some cheap wheels to keep you rolling they could certainly be an option. Would definitely try and source something a little closer to home too, unless Mark's likely to be heading down to ride Bristol any time soon of course :)

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