Italian Lambo Police Car!
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It doesn’t get much cooler than this - not the car you are going to outrun any time soon….
Is this the new MacBookPro?!
I wish it was, but it isn’t, but you never know! It is in fact a very nice mock up from someone over on MacRumours.
I’m going to be in the market for a new Apple laptop in the next 6 months. My first gen MBP is pretty slow now, has AWFUL battery life (and that is even with a supposed extra capacity battery), and is going to be used to show photos off at weddings (so risking people touching the screen) 
I must say that this mock up looks superb - but I am still lusting after the Air, as long as it has a +2.0 chip.
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Catalunya Rally 2003
Well, a slight break from the wonderful world of the web, Apple and Technology, I thought you would like to see a short film I made from when Tom and myself went to the Catalunya Rally in 2003. Speaking of Tom, if anyone sees him, tell him he is rubbish at staying in touch and would be great to get together! (If you’re reading this yourself Tom, lets try and catch up soon!) 
Enjoy!
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You would think a bonnet respray would be easy…
You know when you get a car just how you want it? Well that is what I had just over a week ago. After a very quick Westfield, a TT, a Subaru and a Lotus S2 111s, I had decided to go back to my favourite car, a Skoda Fabia VRs. Frugal, understated and very quick and makes sense at the moment as I am setting up my own businesses.
Remappped, huge brakes, suspension changes and a ARB, it is a real sleeper and provides a lot of 
for the ££££.
Glyn from Elite Detailer did an amazing job correcting the paint and I then started to look after it properly. I bought a PW, an AB lance and a load of products from Polished Bliss, Monza Car Care and Clean Your Car. (Great service from all!) 
The pear-shaped ball starting rolling when the plum-sized rock landed on the bonnet on the A1M. Bang!!! 
After inspecting it when we arrived home, there was a nasty, down to the metal chip + dent and also 2 more chips where it had bounced. Bu**er.
So, after speaking to my local Chips Away guy (who is a great chap, has done some very good work for me on wheels and small scratches), he recommended a local bodyshop / paint place.
The car was dropped off on Thursday morning and it was ready to be collected on Friday evening. Unfortunately having got it home and under the halogens, the paint is not a 100% match (too light), they have really scratched the front wings, there is an orange peel effect on at least two areas and there are numerous fisheyes.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I was gutted 
To double check my thoughts, I saw Glyn this morning and he confirmed my suspicions. Not only is the paint not a perfect match, the job is not brilliant and they have just not taken any care with what they have done.
I made it VERY clear when I dropped the car off that it needed to be a good job and that I look after the car and it had received a lot of detailing work. I am not sure what happened, but perhaps I wasn’t clear enough 
I also told them not to wash the car, and thank goodness they actually listened to this part of what I said.
So, I am taking it back on Monday for them to match the paint properly PLUS do a good job of it. It is going to need more paint correction and so I am going to look for at least a contribution to this.
Any thoughts, help, advice would be much appreciated.
Yours, miserably,
Jon
Audi’s Superbowl Commercial
You may know the Superbowl adverts, that run on TV between the action, are the most expensive TV ads in the world, and have become something of an institution. I have just started reading about the adverts which appeared this year, and was instantly struck by this gem from Audi - major kudos to their marketing team. The R8 is an awesome car.
Menacing
Menacing, originally uploaded by JonnyMoss.
Something I have always wanted, getting one of my cars professionally cleaned and detailed.
Glyn at Carnoisseur fulfilled my ambition and then some! 10 hours of cleaning, correcting, detailing and waxing and the car has been transformed!
He can be contacted here and I cannot recommend him enough. It is like having a new car! The paint sparkles and is soooo smooooth!
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Bye bye Lenny!
So, after nearly 3 years, I drove the Lotus up to Hexham Horseless Carriages and said good bye. It was great car - sounded superb (once decatted and with an induction kit though), handled like a go-kart, but sucked for long journeys and not very practical at all!
You shall be missed Lenny!
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New motor
After leaving the Borg, they kindly allowed us to keep the trusty Skoda Superb for a few months. However, it is now time for the black barge to go back and find a new owner. So, that leaves the questions of what to replace it with….
After at least a seconds worth of thinking, I came up with a quick list:
- Ferrari 430 spider
- 360 Challenge Stradale
- Porsche 997 GT3 (white, clubsport spec)
- BMW M3 CSL
Again, after at least 2 seconds of thought, I stopped dreaming and thought about something that we could afford. Now I am not ruling out a CSL or a GT3, but not just quite yet! Affordability is unfortunately something to bear in mind, but also looks, spec, frugality on the gogo juice and also speed + fun. It did not take long, yet another few seconds, to come up with the Skoda Fabia VRs, a cracker of a little car. 130bhp, diesel, low insurance, 50+ mpg and damn quick too. We had one a few years ago (a silver one from new)…
We both loved it and were quite sad to see it go. So an easy decision to get another. They have actually stopped making these now, so a new one was not on the cards, so off to the most excellent Pistonheads website where we found exactly what we were looking for pretty quickly. To cut a long story short, we saw a car on a Sunday in York and did the deal on the Tuesday - what was a bit spooky, was that the chap we bought it off, Robert (top bloke - thanks Robert!) had bought it off another friend of mine in London - hello Adam! I had looked in the logbook and saw his name and though “no way!”. Coincidence and a half!
So we now have our second Fabia, and it is just as good, if not better than we remember! (This is a picture from Robert’s advert on Pistonheads).
We have a few things to do like install a bluetooth kit for mobiles, get some chips sorted out, but that is about it. Insurance is the huge sum of £305 for us both including business for me from AON. (These guys are highly recommended). One thing I have always wanted to do is get something that would handle an iPod connection in a car, so after a little bit of research came up with this from Alpine.
Looks superb, works brilliantly (I hope) and is just what I wanted. I am really looking forward to getting this, and then I may have to look at some decent front speakers!
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Busy day
I don’t know about you, but I hate getting back from being away, just because I am so behind with work, client projects, email, online stuff and feeds. I really must learn to relax and just get on with it!
So, it was an early start and late finish and just starting to get on top of stuff. I promise to get round to posting exactly what I am doing regarding work, but I am waiting until a couple of things are finalised…. It is worth the wait though! (Very exciting!).
Before going to bed, I am transferring 1214 photos from the MBP to the MacPro, so will be starting to process them over the weekend, phew! As a little teaser, well the second one after the Ferrari 430, here am I in the driving seat!
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A sneak peek …. mmm 430!
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