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« on: September 10, 2017, 06:01:53 PM »
I guess the Tire rack should know, must say I've never gone to that much trouble, but great suggestions, thanks for the link.
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« on: September 10, 2017, 05:07:39 PM »
There's nothing wrong with storing tyres, it's storing them in cold storage facilities that's the problem.
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« on: September 10, 2017, 03:17:48 PM »
Thanks to everyone for the great advice, interesting Murray that you didn't notice any difference with the 215 compared with the 225, they are also cheaper.
My tires are stored in a heated garage. The Miata is real kind on tires, I'm on my second season with them, 7 events last years 3 so for this year, I think they probably have another 4 events left. I flipped them at the end of last season, and I didn't notice any difference in grip after the winter storage.
I take the advice and wait till the spring.
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« on: September 10, 2017, 09:04:55 AM »
As a general rule when is the best time to buy these tyres, one world assume in the depths of winter. I see Costco is doing a set of four 215x45 17 installed and balanced, for $623.00 sounds reasonable to me, any other suggestions.
Im also thinking of going up in size. Stock tire is 205x45 17, my current RE71 R are 215x45 17, thinking of going to 225x45 17 will defiantly give the car more rubber on the road, will give it a small amount of top end speed in 2nd gear, but will probably have more side wall flex and not sure if the 225 is too wide on a 7 inch rim, the other issue is will they rub ?
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« on: August 30, 2017, 07:58:28 PM »
The 2 door is the most popular in the UK
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« on: August 29, 2017, 06:22:19 PM »
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« on: August 29, 2017, 04:55:09 PM »
Drove a 2012 M3 today, nice car, very poised, but not sure its for me. The running cost of these cars is through the roof.
Stopped in at LA Mazda where I bought my current Miata and drove the new ND GS. Its a very different car than the NC, it felt very nimble, the power delivery is very different, engine is much more responsive and pulls harder in all gears. I can see why the old model NC is totally out classed by the new ND.
Downside, didn't like the audio screen that sticks out the dash and cant be closed, it has very little storage compared to the NC and the body roll is outrageous. All in its a great car. I'm going to test drive the WRX tomorrow, spoke to James a few weeks ago, he is supper impressed with his, seems the consensus is its a better car than the STi and in D Street its competitive. The downside with the WRX is I loose a convertible the plus is I gain a winter car.
Watch this space.
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« on: August 29, 2017, 09:32:52 AM »
Thanks Murray.
James in the Catheram isn't what I'd call a big power car and just destroyed everyone in RAW time. Then again I don't know the power to weight ratio in that car.
The Caterham is a big power car due to its power to weight ratio, I still think its unfair to stick it in D Mod and one of the reasons is, all Caterhams are stuck in the same class, a 110hp Super Sprint is never going to compete with a R500 or 620R. Sadly the racing community has had a problem with the Lotus 7/Caterham since it was banned by the FIA for competing in the British Sports Car Championshipback in the late 60s
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« on: August 29, 2017, 09:26:11 AM »
Thanks Murray.
James in the Catheram isn't what I'd call a big power car and just destroyed everyone in RAW time. Then again I don't know the power to weight ratio in that car.
It's about 400HP/tonne, but a little worse Sunday because we had both people in the car each run so probably closer to 360HP/tonne which is still quite a lot. We also had Hoosier S80 compound tires and the car weighs around 1600lbs with both myself and my dad in it.
It's a very difficult car to drive I find in some respects and easy in others, I think an experienced 7 racer could easily have been 3 seconds or more quicker than me on Sundays course.
Once you start chucking the Caterham around it can start to feel very nervous and unpredictable.
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« on: August 29, 2017, 09:22:08 AM »
FYI - the ZCP sedan only came with the package in 1 year (2011).
In 2011, there were only 2170 sedans produced for the NA market and with those only 1220 have ZCP. Of these only 10% are manual.
As far as the coupe there were roughly 8299 produced after 2009 (they didnt go into details on year by year production unlike the sedans). If you were assume that the ZCP option take rate was just over 50% (similar to the sedan), you'd be looking at roughly 4500 coupes from 2011-2013. If you want manual, only 30% of the coupes were made in manual so you're looking at ~1350 manual coupes with the correct option package in all of North America.
Personally, the coupe is the way to go. The sedan although it weighs similarly for the most part comes with a sunroof standard and a steel roof. The couple 9/10 times comes with the Carbon Fiber Roof so you're saving some weight up high. (as an ex-M3 owner... I sorely miss my old car haha)
Thanks Chris. Its only the Coupe Im interested in. The sun roof is the big problem in the sedan, I cant sit in it with a helmet on.
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« on: August 29, 2017, 09:21:07 AM »
Sounds like a unicorn and one that will get buried in a tougher class if it does too well.
I think your quite right, that's one of my concerns.
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« on: August 29, 2017, 07:46:15 AM »
Keep up the good work Murray, it doesn't go unnoticed.
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« on: August 29, 2017, 07:43:37 AM »
I think its clear that these big power courses make the PAX system a joke, although I loved the course (BEST EVER) the little Miata was totally outclassed by the big power cars.
On the contrary, if you'd held a gun to my head yesterday and told me I had to win PAX, but could drive any car I wanted, I would have chosen a Miata.
Of course you would, Its all about the argument LOL
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« on: August 28, 2017, 10:39:28 PM »
I think those of us with a few grey hairs, (even my grey hairs have gone) have all been down the mod road, only to realise that most modded cars are horrid daily drivers, dont get me wrong I love quick cars, before moving hear to Canada had a 390 HP Integrale, incredible piece of kit on the track, on the road it was a f....ing nightmare.
Coming from a Racing background, FF, F3 and Touring Cars I love high speed tracks, and Sundays Course thanks to Reijo was BRILLIANT. We marshalled at the very far end of the course, and without doubt I was giving up 2 seconds in acceleration in my 100 plus HP Miata. The problem with the very fast track is the supper powerful cars make up more time in the quick bits than they loose in the slow bits, saying that I love the fast courses, I just new when I looked at the course map that this event was going to be dominated by high HP cars or Caterhams, but it was still a GREAT weekend.
F Street with with 400 HP, yes I like the sound of that, there's a very good reason that Richard is at the top of the time sheets, he's clearly a competent driver with a very competent car with a great PAX
I'm off to Edmonton tomorrow to test drive a 2016 M3, watch this space.
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« on: August 28, 2017, 07:00:18 PM »
Thanks Murray.
I think its clear that these big power courses make the PAX system a joke, although I loved the course (BEST EVER) the little Miata was totally outclassed by the big power cars.
In the end it was a great day, loved the course
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