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You need a L2S cams licence. See here: http://www.cams.com.au/get-involved/competitors/getting-started You need a car club affiliation to go with it. If only there was a Skylines club that held track days..........

John, Can you elaborate a bit on the logging part of it? I have version 1 and am curious to see what has been added.

Wish I knew what this meant: And although Mercedes wants to wait for the dust to settle on the weekend before holding a crisis meeting, Wolff has assured Hamilton that a simple telling off is unlikely. "Today we've seen the limits of the slap on the wrist," he said. "Maybe the slap on the wrist is not enough. "If Lewis has said that it's going to be a slap on the wrist, and that there's going to be no consequence, then he's not aware of what consequences we can implement." When asked what the team could actually do to rectify the situation, Wolff said: "A lot. But I'm not going to comment on this right now." Fine? He just signed a $30 Mill a year contract like that would hurt. Team orders? You will come second for the next N races? Severe talking to? Really, what could they possibly do that wont hurt the team worse than the driver?

You can usually look up what the rim size range is acceptable for the tyre manufacturer. EG: http://www.yokohamatire.com/tires_101/customizing/rim_wheel_width/ The reason people get mad is that Skylines are supposedly about good engineering. Putting a fitment set of tyres/rims on them is seen to be the same as neons.

Phark. You know things are bad when the manager has to clarify what their own spokesman has said and when the two drivers are both telling less than the full truth and/or avoiding the media.

Cheers man. Just out of interest in rugby big in Japan?

Nice car. Don't take this the wrong way but are you going to get some rims that fit? You look to have a ton of neg camber on the rear which cant be good for the handling.

If you post some photos of the badges you want on the car I am sure someone can help. Just make them big enough & with the dimensions you want.

“It’s fair to say the team had one view of the incident and Nico had another,” said a Mercedes spokesman. “Lewis’s comments about what Nico said in the debrief are largely accurate.” Ouch.

What's so difficult. Figure out who you don't like. Blame them. Profit.

Well I don't mind so much as long as he is not trying to be Senna Mk 2 and be all spiritual and shit. Then I just want to see him in the fence.

Think is was Vettel where he locked up. Button he ran off the road and had to redress. Not sure if the radio they broadcast ("Ask Charlie if the overtake was ok") was from the Button overtake which he redressed or another one besides.

Well that is not so much of a problem for lenses but for camera it would be a right pain. Random question: Where would you get a Coca Cola Red Sparks Nick Cummins aka The Honey Badger jersey from?

Well it was only the first of three overtakes he stuffed up during the GP. Britney should have won once Homo pitted. But the second and third mistakes he made meant he couldn't. Which must have pissed the MB folk off massively. Shame of all of this is the handbags at five paces nonsense takes away from the really good job Dan did. Those last laps pushing for every tenth were really good as was his first stint where he lapped a lot quicker than his team mate and made his tyres last longer. Class act, as opposed to the muppets from MB.

You reckon welcome back Checo could ever happen? McLarens problem now is that there aren't any credible ways into F1 without a bucket of cash or Ferrari/RedBull/Elf/Benz etc backing. None of which are tied to their team now or will be in the future. They used to just be able to pick whomever they wanted - eg Lauda, Prost, Britneys old man, Senna, Alonso. But those days are gone now, it appears. Homo was an oddity as he had support from early on.

But who is the question. Grojean, the Hulk? Not many candidates out there.

No idea how they got away with that so lightly. Oh, wait, its Ferrari. Amazing they got any penalty at all.

Probably not entirely his fault. Am prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt seeing he is from WA. But you have a point.

Don't let the Homo phobia get in the way of a good story. WHAT MERCEDES BOSS TOTO WOLFF SAID "Lap number two of a long race and a crash between two team-mates, we have often discussed the situation and it happened today. You don't try to overtake with the knife between your teeth in lap number two and damage both cars. This is a decisive moment in the battle between the two of them and for the team. Lewis is very upset, we kept him out there for a long time with a damaged car. He will recover quickly. It is going to be handled. "Nico felt he needed to hold his line. He needed to make a point. He (Rosberg) didn't give in. He thought it was for Lewis to leave him space, and that Lewis didn't leave him space. So they agreed to disagree in a very heated discussion amongst ourselves, but it wasn't deliberately crashing. That is nonsense." WHAT MERCEDES NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN NIKI LAUDA SAID "It is unacceptable. If these things happen at the end of the race, when they are fighting for the win then you discuss it but in the second lap to hand the victory to Red Bull. I thought they were clever enough to know that but obviously they aren't."

Cheers man. Sounds like Hong Kong then for camera gear.

Tool had a new engine? Interesting to hear from the commentators that the Renault powered drivers can tell new from old motors which is surprising. Not sure if that holds for the Merc & Ferrari motors?Ferrari look like they have made some good gains in the last feew races.

You don't necessarily need an SLR. But generally speaking the bigger the sensor in the camera the better the image (All else being equal). There are the compact SLR's and the full size. The full size are $'s (Say a Canon 6D or a 5D Mk 111) but the compacts are reasonable money. Below that is the high end pro am sort of stuff. For what it is worth I have had all three and unsurprisingly the more you spend the better the images you end up with but you can get good shots with the compacts This is a high-ish end compact: http://www.georges.com.au/index.php/digital-cameras-australia/canon-cameras-australia/canon-powershot-sx50-hs-digital-camera.html Low end compact SLR's can be had for $500 but you need the lenses to go with. Then the 6D starts at $1600 in Oz which is a pretty good price for that size but the lenses are really expensive. The SLR's wins big when the light is poor or the auto focus needs to work quickly or you want aperture - they are better everywhere but they are a lot better when conditions aren't quite right. Which is all pretty obvious. Best accessory to my mind is a circular polarising filter. Downside is that SLR's are a balls ache to cart around everywhere. Anyway the reason for me posting is really to ask where would you buy camera stuff in Japan and how cheap is it compared to, say Hong Kong. I read something about a sales tax rise?

Nah far more amusing quoting people out of context. Anyone for a prediction for p3 at Spa? Bottas or Dan?

"...on my side, it's not fair to compare." Tool on being compared to his team mate. Or, on other words, being a tool. Quite right it is not fair to compare a four time world champion to his P plater team mate.

My comment would be this. After a certain point you don't get more grip from the front tyres when you turn the wheel more. So once the tyre has reached its peak of lateral grip turning the wheel more will only increase the amount of understeer you get and not make the car go around the corner any quicker. See here, just over half way down. http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets22.html Trick is finding how much lock that is at and resisting the urge to turn the wheel more. Much like resisting the urge to turn in too early. Comes with practice.