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Old 25 Apr 2018, 05:29 (Ref:3817270)   #76
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don’t want to embarrass you, but you actually said “Ford haven't had thousands of cars just sitting around waiting to be sold since before the last economic crash.“

obviously they do have thousands of cars sitting around.
if you are going to be pedantic then at least be consistent
I flew into Bristol yesterday. I reckon there was 3000+ cars on the dock there!
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 15:25 (Ref:3817341)   #77
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Don't forget some of those are headed to foreign lands...
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 17:50 (Ref:3817367)   #78
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But homologation requirements aren’t country-specific, surely?
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 18:06 (Ref:3817372)   #79
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But homologation requirements aren’t country-specific, surely?
They're not. Unit production is global - and requirement for sale is national.
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 19:26 (Ref:3817394)   #80
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What could this be?

@RCIBRacing - "Sworn to secrecy by @AmDessex essex , got some mega exciting @DunlopBTCC news coming soon Shhh don’t tell anyone @autoaidbreakd @MGmotor"

https://twitter.com/RCIBRacing/statu...317775872?s=19
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 19:34 (Ref:3817399)   #81
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Mr Hollamby teasing again...

...mega exciting to one man might not be to another.

Kimi Raikkonen in an MG?!
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 01:51 (Ref:3817438)   #82
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@RCIBRacing - "Sworn to secrecy by @AmDessex essex , got some mega exciting @DunlopBTCC news coming soon Shhh don’t tell anyone @autoaidbreakd @MGmotor"

https://twitter.com/RCIBRacing/statu...317775872?s=19
Well seeing that they have included MG motor in the tweet maybe MG are providing some backing for the season and it's just taken longer to finalise things because of the switch to AMD from BMR/888.

Or maybe nothing remotely like that.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 01:59 (Ref:3817439)   #83
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@RCIBRacing - "Sworn to secrecy by @AmDessex essex , got some mega exciting @DunlopBTCC news coming soon Shhh don’t tell anyone @autoaidbreakd @MGmotor"

https://twitter.com/RCIBRacing/statu...317775872?s=19
Maybe some backing by MG swing as they are linked in the tweet? Or maybe nothing of the sort. Dunno.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 07:24 (Ref:3817456)   #84
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Mr Hollamby teasing again...

...mega exciting to one man might not be to another.

Kimi Raikkonen in an MG?!
Could just be a compeittion to win BTCC tickets

Interesting they tag in @MGMotor to the tweet, probably just an excitable mistake.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 11:37 (Ref:3817495)   #85
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They have brought the Golf back and converted it to NGTC.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 11:39 (Ref:3817496)   #86
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https://twitter.com/RCIBRacing/statu...317775872?s=19
Instead of hats and posters, they are giving away free MG6s to everyone on the pitlane walkabout. Got to get rid of those thousands of unsold over-production cars somehow.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 13:06 (Ref:3817507)   #87
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Instead of hats and posters, they are giving away free MG6s to everyone on the pitlane walkabout. Got to get rid of those thousands of unsold over-production cars somehow.
Are you trying to put people off going on pitlane walkabout?
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 15:08 (Ref:3817519)   #88
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Trust me, there are not many of those sat around. Now the other models are a different matter!
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 17:27 (Ref:3817534)   #89
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Serious head on, what on earth could have cause catastrophic understeer in JP's Levorg, a location of a key geometry point that just didn't agree with his driving style? Something that would have been picked up with more (some) intensive testing?
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 20:27 (Ref:3817561)   #90
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Serious head on, what on earth could have cause catastrophic understeer in JP's Levorg, a location of a key geometry point that just didn't agree with his driving style? Something that would have been picked up with more (some) intensive testing?
Could be anything?

Differential issues? Damper issues?
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 08:29 (Ref:3817658)   #91
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There's no sound.

The colours are weird.

The main moment is not included.

But - here's some un-seen and onboard footage from Round 1, Race 2, 2018.

More of this, please - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjOkY1pFSI
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 08:55 (Ref:3817666)   #92
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Could be anything?

Differential issues? Damper issues?
Aren't bolt-on parts lifed or regularly rebuilt? In teams with the funds to do so. I'd imagine identical components are put on the sister cars leading me to think its something hard fixed to the shell/cage pickup points that doesn't agree with Jason's driving style? It could explain why the times and feedback were the same when Ash and JP swapped cars at the tyre test last year?

But to me it all comes down to BMR not being able to comprehensively test the thing and tune it closer to a position where he can drive it. Ash seems to be able to jump in and its a lot closer to where its working for him.
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 11:51 (Ref:3817702)   #93
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Instead of hats and posters, they are giving away free MG6s to everyone on the pitlane walkabout. Got to get rid of those thousands of unsold over-production cars somehow.
Actually not too far off... http://www.btcc.net/2018/04/27/amd-w...uy-btcc-prize/
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 11:58 (Ref:3817703)   #94
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 12:07 (Ref:3817707)   #95
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so basically a 2 year old (at least) poor quality motor with some fancy graphics....
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 12:14 (Ref:3817710)   #96
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so basically a 2 year old (at least) poor quality motor with some fancy graphics....
Good amd upgrades to make it half decent though.
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 12:50 (Ref:3817718)   #97
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Good amd upgrades to make it half decent though.
its an MG
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 13:16 (Ref:3817724)   #98
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so basically a 2 year old (at least) poor quality motor with some fancy graphics....
For free....
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 13:23 (Ref:3817725)   #99
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Considering that competitions might usually be weekend tickets, a team shirt etc, I think that a car - whether it is new or used - is a pretty good prize to be up for grabs...
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 13:50 (Ref:3817728)   #100
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Considering that competitions might usually be weekend tickets, a team shirt etc, I think that a car - whether it is new or used - is a pretty good prize to be up for grabs...
Exactly. Not quite as desirable as one of those 1 Series Championship Editions but still a pretty incredible prize.
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