Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Toro Rosso will officially complete its 2008 driver line-up on Wednesday, according to a specialist report on Tuesday.


Multiple Champ Car title winner Sebastien Bourdais has now reached a deal with the Faenza based team to replace Tonio Liuzzi from 2008, the Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell claimed.


28-year-old Bourdais will join the already-confirmed German rookie Sebastian Vettel in the team, and plans to relocate from Florida to Europe with his wife Claire and their baby daughter Emma.


The publication reported that Bourdais was tying up loose ends with his American employer Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing so that an official announcement could theoretically be made on Wednesday

i wouldn't say no even it is the colour of salmon!
http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=5832726

Estimate to replace two front shock assemblies, including the struts, $750. :sweat:

Two or three less nights I can spend in Japan. :puppydog:

Spent the good part of the day working on the car:

1. Wax
2. Wash and clean the air filter
3. Remove, clean, and reinstall the sparkplugs
3. Change ventilation microfilter
4. Replace drive belts


Time to pass out. :tired:

bmwracer wrote:Spent the good part of the day working on the car:

1. Wax
2. Wash and clean the air filter
3. Remove, clean, and reinstall the sparkplugs
3. Change ventilation microfilter
4. Replace drive belts


Time to pass out. :tired:

a busy day for you. i just washed and polished my bike. :mrgreen:

kenjilina wrote: a busy day for you. i just washed and polished my bike. :mrgreen:

Good job. :thumbsup:

Car goes into the shop today.... Cha-ching! :sweat:

great video. lovely noise.
http://motoring.aol.co.uk/motoring-video?CLI=15996785

Grand Prix of Turkey, Istanbul Otodromo, this Sunday. :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:Grand Prix of Turkey, Istanbul Otodromo, this Sunday. :thumbsup:

yeah watch out for the 160mph left hander that is turn 8. moto gp bikes also take this corner at 160 mph! :sweat:

you guys ever heard of a site called RideJudge? you can upload pictures of your car, truck, or bike and have people rate it (usually unfairly :beatyou: )
http://www.ridejudge.com/

a-nesuto wrote:you guys ever heard of a site called RideJudge? you can upload pictures of your car, truck, or bike and have people rate it (usually unfairly :beatyou: )
http://www.ridejudge.com/

I've seen several forums like that... Some of those guys are brutal. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Some of those guys are brutal. :sweat:

is simon cowell judging? :hehe:

kenjilina wrote: is simon cowell judging? :hehe:

His offspring and proteges. :hehe:

Grand Prix of Turkey, results:

1 F. Massa FER
2 K. Räikkönen FER 00:02:275 00:02:275
3 F. Alonso MCL 00:26:181 00:26:181
4 N. Heidfeld BMW 00:39:674 00:39:674
5 L. Hamilton MCL 00:45:085 00:45:085
6 H. Kovalainen REN 00:46:169 00:46:169
7 N. Rosberg WIL 00:55:778 00:55:778
8 R. Kubica BMW 00:56:780 00:56:780

yes congrats to felipe for a professional drive. :applaud:
did you here the renault team radio? every race they tell their drivers to hurry up. that would really piss me off. what do they think the drivers are doing? :shakehead:

kenjilina wrote: did you here the renault team radio? every race they tell their drivers to hurry up. that would really piss me off. what do they think the drivers are doing? :shakehead:

"Hurry up?? Why should I?? I get paid whether I win or not..." :beaten: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
"Hurry up?? Why should I?? I get paid whether I win or not..." :beaten: :hehe:

that certainly seems to be ralf's attitude. :hehe:

kenjilina wrote: that certainly seems to be ralf's attitude. :hehe:

Yeah, he seems to have lost quite a bit of steam... Doesn't help living in the shadow of an uber-famous brother... Lotsa pressure. :sweat:

Italian Grand Prix, results:

1 Fernando Alonso - Bridgestone 1 1h 18' 37'' 806 0 53
2 Lewis Hamilton (England McLaren) - Bridgestone 2 1h 18' 43'' 868 6'' 62 53
3 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland Ferrari) - Bridgestone 6 1h 19' 5'' 131 27'' 325 53
4 Nick Heidfeld - Bridgestone 9 1h 19' 34'' 368 56'' 562 53
5 Robert Kubica (Poland BMW Sauber) - Bridgestone 10 1h 19' 38'' 364 1' 558 53
6 Nico Rosberg - Bridgestone 16 1h 19' 43'' 616 1' 5'' 810 53
7 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland Renault) - Bridgestone 4 1h 19' 44'' 557 1' 6'' 751 53
8 Jenson Button (England Honda) - Bridgestone 7 1h 19' 49'' 974 1' 12'' 168 53