i would say 450D(which i have and like although the iso performance annoys me a little) or the 500D or even maybe a 50D is within your price range, they are the canon offerings and although im a connon fan there arnt really any of the major manafacturers that make a bad camera. one thing i would say would be to go to a store were you can try them, mainly to see if they are comfortable in the hand and if you like how they operate(user interface etc) because they are more important than you think, even if you ont end up buying it from them. as for lenses, you get what you pay for really, some makes are better value than others but generally the more you spend the better the lens you get and its not worth spending the whole budget on the camera and get a cheap lens cos the more decent camera is pointless without the right lens and wil only show up any weaknesses the lens have more than a cheap camera

if they have the facilities i wouldnt be suprised to see cooper tyres put in a bid for the contract as to me they seem to be trying to get more invilved in motorsport but i may off the mark

well from what people they just say render it usless, that could be cutting the cables ofr smashing it to pieces

if the noise annoys you send it away but im not sure there is too much wrong (although i havent listened/watched the vid cos i cant hear sond from embedded bids on my pc) co my first g25 wasnt tht noisey untill my dad had a go and pulled on it getting out, it then got noisier but went on for over 18months till i burned the motors out, my new one is alot noiseier than my old one was but again works fine

ide imagine the rear suspension is a beam setup so there aint much tat can happen camber wise unless something is seriously bent, if it is independant rears check all the bushes by trying to lever them with a crowbar, if in any dout get someone to have a look at it on a ramp, damaged and dangereous buits of suspension is all i can think off

edit: just had a quick look on autodata and it looks like the rear camber is adjustable by a washer on a rear arm telling me its independant so it is probably either the camber not set corectly or that trailing arm bush has gone

edit2: @tristan. not all corsas are chavvy thanks you very much

Last edited by james12s, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00.

well only if it was kept on the original gp layout ofcourse lol, lydden lol i could imagine that, just wident the current layout, then they really would have somethign to moan about when it comes to the track

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Take it to something even more hilarious, like Brands Hatch or make a city track in London.. that seems to be Bernie's favourite trick.

now brands would be good :P especcially due to the fact i live like 40 mins away lol

yh alot of hire karts have those, the ones i usualy race( biz karts) do, its cos its easy to overheat the brakes or burn the clutches out if you so called double pedal

6th november is the last one of the races i do this year so there is a chance of rain and its gonna be cold no matter what so things could get interesting

technically not purchased yet but booked, 2 hour lesson for the price of 1 hour (£22) booked for the 14th of november and my provisional arrived this morning so all is lookin good

lol ok

Quote from Alistair :

i sing or stroke the cat

that a euphemism by any chance

well i intend to definatly not be like that lol, and like i said maybe they have got rid of the bad marshals hence there is currently a shortage of marshals, ive heard stories from neil(who is medical oficer, head marshal etc) of what some are like and it really pisses him of because he is himself an experianced marshal

thats why im starting cos i think my uncle (who is the manager there) has just got rid of a load and as i karter myself i definatly wont be one of the ones who sits there doing nothing

and if you got banned its cos they had good reason to not just cos of what marshals did, im not making any judgements as i dont know the details of the incident but i can almost guarentee the actions of a marshal was what got you banned

im a semi karter, do some hire races and about to start doing some marshalling at bayford meadows but really want to get my own kart

also another little thing to maybe consider i dont currently use multiple screens but if i did i would love to have when spectating the extra screens which currently are just blank show things like a timing sheet etc, and for it to be possibe to set what and if you want it to show and on whuich screens, even for example the chat being moved onto one of the screens. i know this thread isnt really for feature suggestions but as scawen is working on that area atm it may be something worth looking at

Quote from menantoll :

Put a little yellow sticky on your monitor that says

"RACE PREP - Check lead before racing!"

lol yh, i tend to check it regualrly now anyway lol

"sorry my monitor power cable came out"

this one has happened to me a few time, my monitor power cable is quite a heavy one and goes from the back of me monitor (were it conects upwards) to the floor with no support so over time it works loose and hs on a couple of occasions droped out during a race

one of the first things that impressed me about lfs was the way the pricing was structured, in that you could go from s1 to s2 for the same as goign straight to s2, so many game devepoers would have made it more expencive to do the stages and this displayed an attitude to game development and marketing that is so very different to everything else but also so refreshing to see. another £12 to go to s3 would be a huge bargin, another £24 would still be a good deal, and i would pay without hesitation, the only reason people are seeing it as expencive is because lf is so god damn cheap for what you actually get not just in the game but in the way the whole community and game developent is run.

well i race these babys (pic attached) yes as you can see twin engine hire karts lol, if only i could afford to own and race something like a tkm. i do an hour enduro (2 drivers) once a month with a bunch of guys from work and freinds, also have the odd practice session and also raced in the last bayford 50, technically i shouldnt be racing twins(supposed to be 18 lol) but ive proven i can handle them and am reasonably quick, especially as ive only done 3 races and am already up with the guys who have been doing it for years. i want to take it further but the chances of that are slim, but one can only hope lol. hopefully i may be doning the lemans 24 hour kart race next year as part of the college team which should be a good laugh.

also i maybe buying the helmet of the guy behind

ive got another race this friday(penultimate one this year) and if i trust my dad with my camera there may be some pics of me racing

edit: helps if i attach the pic lol, oh and as youve probably worked out not me in the other kart, i was the one taking the pic lol

to do a jan de roy: get banned from rally cross for dangerous driving then go racing offroad trucks instead (oh joy)

i like them, went to see them for the second time at brands a couple weeks ago, the racing is ok, could be beter, but the sound is amazing lol

Quote from IlGuercio :

They moan whatever the case.
If they announce something they moan,if they don't they moan,if they don't put whatever they want they moan...

yh tbh if i was scawen and crew i would fid it very hard to even bother when people dont seem to apreciate it, well i do appreciate it and am looking forward to whenever comes whenever it comes, i dont care

i dont get why some people in the community are such whining arses people moaned about there being no real tracks, a real track is announced and then they moan about the track. as for the track, lookin good, i do like rockingham and judging by the screenies its looks great, and i cant wait to drive it. im also happy that the lfs name seems to be getting about a bit more now within the racing comunity

well the centre diff is in operation every time you corner, that is its reason for being there and if you were to shift with a hshifter during cornering it would have an effect of unbalancing of the car due to the suden change in state of the centre diff, the only place were it wouldnt be a problem would be on the straight

c ftw when it comes to the c20xe(red top) or the c20let but the x engines are good, x14xe, x16xe bith very god engines, and as for z engines not just the z20let but the z16ler z20 leh and more