Recent content by burrellbloke

One thing to check is whether your starter motor is dead. I can't recommend a garage in Wiltshire as I don't live near there but a lot of starter motors die when they get too hot, or the heat shield for the starter motor comes loose and causes an electrical short. You should be able to tell if...

This will be of no help to you but I am in France at the moment and needed to top up the oil on my Renault Trafic. The first car shop I walked in to had Elf on the shelf.

Here are a few videos from Brands Hatch last week. My 1m 00s lap. Ethan's 0m 58s lap. Me chasing a Megane 300. Finally, this absolute weapon driving a Mercedes C43 that had absolutely no idea what he was doing on track.

I got tired of looking at a crusty headlight is I decided to polish it. I have bought some clear lacquer so will see how it should be applied to see if the light can retain it's non-yellow look for more than 6 months. The alternator warning on the dashboard irritated @EthanMenace so he...

Good power.

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Track day photos from Brands Hatch. You can tell from the scorched grass that it has been hot recently. Photo at Druids. On to the Brabham Straight.

This is the car. It was a chap who looked like he was in his 60s.

Did you get any messages on the dash like steering not locked?

We went to Brands Hatch for a Javelin evening track session on 10th August 2026. There had been no changes to the Clio other than fitting a brand new set of Direzzas on to the track wheels. I have always enjoyed an evening session at Brands Hatch. The track is about 45 minutes from home so it...

Yes, I saw this earlier. If you watch this video at about 20m 30s you can see a marshal with a yellow flag. DannyDC2 is right that he could not see a yellow flag before he came across me. It was a case of bad timing as I think the marshal put the flag down as I went past him.

I have a hose pipe ban where I live that started today so I did the only responsible thing and used up lots of water to wash the car and clean up the wheels over the weekend. The track wheels, gold Speedines, had suffered with caked on brake dust for months. I had tried to clean off the brake...

It is an odd track and certainly not one of the more premium tracks the UK has to offer. The surface is quite abrasive. The upside to the track is that it is cheap to use and is normally open every Saturday.

Here are a few videos from Blyton Park. Ethan's hot lap. My hot lap.

Here a few of the photos from Blyton Park. When I looked through the track day photos I did not notice that our Clio seemed to be more settled at the front and panted compared to other Clios - it seems that our work over the years has actually paid off. You can tell it has ben hot recently...