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Hey man, don't stereotype people. I love driving my line wearing a flannie. Flannel, the new black.

From what I understand Imports 101 now offer compliancing in Perth for R32's. So give Danny a ring.

Well to take the example of the last SES sprint at Wanneroo, out of 90 entrants there was exactly zero HSV's. Which is not untypical. There were on the other hand, BMW M3's, GT40 replicas, old Alfa Romeo's, rotary Mazda's, a Lancia Delta Integrale, Westfield's, WRX's, Skylines, a Honda 2000s, even a Falcon ute - infact just about any and everything that a person who is interested in cars would enjoy. That you don't like something doesn't make you close minded. It may actually make you an astute judge.

Taking an HSV to the track is a bit like taking a barge to the track. There is a reason you don't see them competing in club level sprint events & the like. Reason is they really suck when they get near a circuit. So the HSV owners clubs stick to themselves & save on embarrassment.

Terry, The car is NOT designed to move around on the subframe. The bushes are installed to isolate the chassis (& therefore you) from excess road noise. As the car ages the bushes deteriorate & eventually fail. Most of the difference is that between the pineapples & stuffed bushes, not the difference between pineapples & that way Nissan intended it to be.

Hmmm, interesting that you say that. I previously used them, but I found if they got a big dose of temperatures the friction coefficients went away and never returned. I recently changed them for DS2500's & would recommend those. RB74's are around $170 for a front set, but the DS25000'S are $250ish.

If you are in Melbourne, try Racebrakes. They should have them & be able to post them out.

I will be doing handstands if williams come good. Not because of Mark, but just because they are my favoured team. But, man have they got reliability issues. Here is a thought. They have Toyota engines next year. Should they still sign Mike Gascoyne?

Personally, I think the mass damper thing is a bit of a red herring. It was tyres that killed them in Germany. You don't dump your blistered boots out the back of the pit (So the whole world can see) unless you are majorly pissed of with your supplier.

Different models, different blanks. So what model do you have?

If your missus doesn't understand, maybe you should have just sold her instead....

Well, firstly congratualtions on DPI Racing Sticker. Second, the agents are listed on the dpi website & for Geraldton are as follows: 059L G Des & Jan's Mechanical Services 11 Eaton Place GERALDTON 6530 9921 2000 061L G Midwest Toyota 339 Marine Terrrace GERALDTON 6530 9964 0000 197H G Strategic Fleet Services (Geraldton) 350 Eight Street GERALDTON 6530 9921 0336 195L G Langer Auto Group Corner Urch & Phelps Streets GERALDTON 6530 9921 2966 Absolutely no idea which would be best to go to.

Reading between the lines I think Williams was unable to enforce their option because there was doubtless a clause in the contract that required a certain amount of point to be scored by the German round or a certain position to be maintained in the championship. Frank wouldn't have let Mark go.

Can I offer a prize to the bloke who drives round my home town with an APEXi sticker on his EL Falcon?

If you get the fenders rolled you should be ok on the rear. Depends on how much camber you run also. The fronts are much the same. If they foul the outside of the guard get yourself a camber kit & dial in some -ve camber. It will help your handling & pull the tyre away from the guard.

Chi, I would still try Perth Brake Parts. To be honest, if you need to get them machined & redrilled you are probably just as well to get some new ones via a group buy or similar.

The rotors shouldn't be too hard. Any number of places can help you with them. Try the parts for sale section. What do you mean by redrilled/machined? If they are new they don't need machining & if they are the right rotors they shouldn't need drilling. Try Perth Brake Parts.

With a bit of luck Williams' form at Monaco can translate to Hungary....

Yep, class act. Stole his bosses major sponsor, the Stone Brother's from DJR & set himself up on the Gold Coast. Bathurst 95 was an unhappy one for Glenn Seton for so many reasons. Lost the race when the engine built by his dad went bang with 9 laps to go. Had to sack his Dad because he couldn't afford to keep the engine development in house. How would you have liked to have had that conversation?

It never really got completely clarified, but the supposition is that Frank signed HH up before his big accident at Monaco when he put his Sauber into the barrier (out of the tunnel, from memory). At the time Hill was a bit wobbly & HH was the coming man. Frank stood by the contract even after Hill had won his world championship & it was obvious the HH was not as good as everyone thought he was. (Did good work at Jordan, however). BTW, I loved Coulthard's recollection of Patrick's pre race briefing before his first race: Patrick "Well, good luck then".

Sorry bout that. I have this reluctance to compare drivers when they have quit F1 & are racing in other, lesser categories. Primo example is Alan Jones. In the Williams he was absolutely first rate. In a touring car, well to be honest most of the time he never really looked like he gave a shit. Bathurst '96 was the only time I can remember him ever kicking arse.

Frank has always been a straight kind of a person. Patrick too. (Actually I was going to call him a stand up kind of guy, lucky I didn't) Look at the way he looked after H-H Frentzen all those years ago when he didn't have to. (& people here reckon Mika was a dog....) I am sure the rhetoric coming out of the Webber camp would have been pretty savage had Williams done the dirty on him.

Well, thinking it through. McLaren - Bad year this year & Alonso as your partner for next year. Would you want to go there? Ferrari - No 2 to some bloke called Schumacher. In any case Kimi looks to be headed that way, so is there actually room? Not sure if Webber would have enough clout to negotiate a good contrct with Ferrari. BAR - Done nothing, going nowhere. Plus I think both drivers are signed for next year. Jenson has to pay Frank's bill somehow. Nup, Webber has to have something sorted for Renault. Otherwise I am sure he would have re-signed with Frank. As an aside I desperately hope this doesn't mark another point in a Williams decline. It worries me that they be headed in the same direction as Lotus, Brabham, Tyrrell, Jordan...

You are 100% right. What is killing the Australian component supply industry at the moment is cheap imports from China. How can they compete with companies that pay their workers stuff all an hour, don't expect to make a profit & benefit from a government mandated fixed & artificially low exchange rate? To anyone who may get fired up by that, just go down to the local hardware shop & buy some cheap, shiney Chinese shit. It will make you feel better.

Actually, Predator, there is a fair chance that the BMW you may covet is made in South Africa, or the US. Just like those shiney new Toyota Hilux's come out of Thailand....