Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

That might be it actually - I've literally seen it outside my house maybe 2 or 3 times and tried and failed to get a picture of it

Yep

And yep

Nice quiet-ish day at Goodwood yesterday, worth it just to see an RS200 spoon it into the hay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdBuwzRAEAw

Looks like video-game rallying

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jaguar-land-rover-classic-works-inside-dream-factory-turning-rotten-relics-into-royalty-1626942

Yup, loved those since I was a kid... Beautiful...

That mossy Rangey should be left how it is

'From September, members of the public can book a guided tour of Classic Works, including a look at the heritage collection. Tours cost £49 per person'

Nah, your alright.

You'd have to really love that ratty old Range Rover that you'd left to rot under a tree with the windows open for 25 years to spend 135K on it, when they cost 20-30K in really nice condition:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C878922

What could possibly go wrong?

http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C882575

Nick Mason's loose change...

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This mornings project:

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Give it a rest

Second one is a lot better, I may re-do the first one:

Give it a rest

Fair point.

But even fairer, if also applied to the post he was replying to.

I'd strongly recommend using a hairdryer (or heat gun if you are too manly for a hair-dryer) if anyone is tempted to use vinyl wrap on things, makes an incredible difference to how you can use the material.

Yes, I am ambering the lights - they're the Litronic version, which were never made with the amber indicators.

They have HID projectors for the low-beam.

I picked this pair up from a chap in N7 a couple of days ago, I'll fit the lights tomorrow now that they'll match the car.

The amber indicator section of the lights was Pinky Lai's original design, it makes sense of the shut-lines of the various panels that make up the front end of the car.

The clear indicators lose this, and lose (to my eyes) an important part of the design.

Of course, when the cars went to gen 2 and changed the lights completely they lost all of the elegance and consideration that had gone into combining all of the various lights that were scattered around the front of the 993 into a single unit whilst keeping the iconic round headlamp that was and is so strongly associated with the 911.

Finally, only a single year of 996 had the amber indicators, and a lot of owners of those have "upgraded" to clears over the years, so it's nice to preserve one.

Spotted a 93x in the wild today. Mildly aroused.

Going to have a look at one next week. Also mildly aroused. Incredible spec for the money, out of business car brands ftw.

Falling on deaf ears

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Anyway, bedtime.

Beautiful, for your injectors, on the Zone is 'Injectortune' he does a refurb at reasonable cost with good feedback.
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