Seriously tho, knowing the way we are, we will moan and groan and put up with the rediculous prices and continue to use the car.

Quote from danowat :

Indeed, make the most of it while you can, I seem to remember the government said a few years ago that they would reduce (remove?) the duty on bio-diesel, never happened.

Ok, so other than LPG, what are our transport alternatives?, apart from human/beast power.

Teleportation, i'm working on it right now and might be onto something.......anyone fancy giving it a whirl?

Quote from danowat :

Diesel is a byproduct of petrol (correct me if I am wrong), and is cheaper to produce (again, correct me if I am wrong), and therefore should be (and was for a long time) cheaper than petrol.

The single reason diesel is now more expensive is supply and demand, if everyone jumped ship to LPG, the same would happen.

OOps my bad!
Surely LPG is already in quite large demand as in heating etc....?
But as sure as eggs are eggs, once the major petrol stations get their sticky fingers on it the prices will go up. ATM IIRC the price of lpg is frozen till 2009/2010, then it'll rocket. Going from diesel at 120p/l to lpg at 54p/l is quite attractive.

Quote from danowat :

for now

Bottom line is that lpg will (maybe??) never be as expensive as petrol / diesel as its a by product. So for the time being i'll enjoy the benefits. But yeah, eventually the Government will bugger it up!!

I've just sold my 2.0 TDCI Mondeo and bought a 2.4 V6 Merc and put an LPG kit on it for the cost of selling mondeo. 54p / litre. It'll cost roughly the same running the merc as it does the mondeo.....!!!

mmmm bummer, for some reason i get 'core.exe' has stopped working..... running vista aswell, just checked rscnet and there isnt a solution just yet....d 'oh.

Quote from zeugnimod :

MHR is the "Main Hotlap Rank".

You have to upload a hotlap for 18 pre-selected combos. You can find out which combos when you click on "RANK INFO" at the top right of the MHR part.

Everybody who uploaded a hotlap for at least one of the combos is included in that rank.

Thanks very much for that

Quote from Funnybear :

Isn't it a bugger when they want in on your game. Little ankle biters. Managed to get rid of the oldest my getting him a DS, but my baby girl like daddy's lap too much . . . 'Vroom Vroom daddy'. 'No, this is a flying lap, don't pull on the steerin . . . . Too late.'

YUP They've got a DS each but its no match for LFS unfortunately

Hatched on 1st June 1972.
Now got a 6 and a 4 year old wanting to play on MY LFS......

I've been dabbling with hotlapping lately and noticed that times are stored under the Nutter rank, how do you get times into the MHR ranks and what is MHR?

Thanks

Andrew

Yup, my lad is 6 and loves driving with G25. Auto all the way for the time being tho......

Quote from Scawen :

Nice to hear from you Joe.

Yes I remember your son in the S2 preview video! Well done on becoming a 3 times grandfather!

Thank you everyone for the good wishes and congratulations. It's all going well and Nicole is becoming more aware of her surroundings. I look forward to the improvements in her understanding of situations so I don't have to hear that mad crying so often! Amazing that such a small person can make such a loud noise!

Heheheh, the loud noises never stop!!!

It changes from crying to "where's my..... i want my....... thats not fair......... he hit me..........."
I've got a 6 and a 4 year old, this is when they seem to make the most noise.
At least with a baby its usually food or wind and once you've done those they are quiet again. How its 12 hours full on. Still at least LFS keeps them quiet!!!

All the best

Amdrew

My question is should Rossi have stuck with the Michelin tyres?
Or are Bridgstones better suited to his Yamaha with higher track /air temperatures which we'll probably get during the normal day races...

Quote from Scawen :

Snip...

Nice to get a little insight there of what may be happening to LFS in the future.....

Andrew

Quote from Jakg :

Good luck insuring that, and good luck with the reliability of a £50 car!

Most countries have compulsory insurance, but here in the UK (and most of Europe i'd geuss) rip young drivers off like crazy

And you wonder why....?
Blame the movie industry for the stupid car related films, such as 2 fast 2 stupid, they produce. Kids then try and replicate what they see in their riced up 1.0l fiesta and go and stuff it into the nearest lamp post.

The trouble is any berk can hold it together for 30-40mins to pass a driving test and then go berserk straight after.

It doesnt matter whether you've watched these dire films or not, as a teenager, you are full of testosterone, impressionable, likely to show off driving and get it wrong. I know, I was one. I was trying to be Ari Vatenen. And got it wrong a couple of times. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbl8LgLXwRo

In fact come to think of it when i passed my test in 1989, the insurance for a 17 yr old (me) in a ford escort mkII was £300 and I only paid £300 for the car, so insurance has gone up relatively over time. I was being ripped off for being young and inexperienced, just like you are now.

Andrew

The BBC website has stated that he has been withdrawn...

EDIT : OOPS I meant to say to be withdrawn

Quote from Riders Motion :

Ain't the UF1 already slow enough like that? Even at full throttle it's kinda easy to drive in my opinion...

Yup, but its HOW fast you go slowly, the uf1000 rewards those who can drive smoothly. There is much skill needed to keep the UF going as quickly as possible with out unecessary braking and or turning.

Quote from dutchshogun :

This week Me and a friend of mine made this skin
It's my personal Pioneer Yamaha skin (Helmet skin also equipped)

Click images for 1440x900
Edit: Different Images, because i changed the skin a bit

**Screenshots from my xFire Profile**

I quite like that!!

Ian remember this it was fantazia 92

http://hardcorewillneverdie.com/eswe/vids/castledon.html

check this

http://www.hardcorewillneverdie.com/index.html

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Alright

http://www.jungletrain.net/

any good?

Quote from Ian.H :

One of the best tracks I had in regards to getting people moving was Hype's remix of 'Ready or not'. £50 for a single-sided white label though.. but was always a hit! I still love the classic happy hardcore, old skool and d&b tracks Regards,

Ian

An old skool rush!!

Quote from Ian.H :

Never went to The Edge, but knew of it

Went to a lot of Moondance and World Dance raves though.. some real good nights had

One of the best tracks I had in regards to getting people moving was Hype's remix of 'Ready or not'. £50 for a single-sided white label though.. but was always a hit! I still love the classic happy hardcore, old skool and d&b tracks

On a separate note for Toki.. you might be better off to start with trying to find a few d&b albums / mixes. Random artists etc, a good way to start off with a list of possibilities to hunt for



Regards,

Ian

Yup the happy hardcore days were pretty good. I found this the other day http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/ and theres some good choons in there. We used to goto the Fantazia do's, Donnington Park was incredible. Pity its so sanitised these days.

Quote from Ian.H :

DJ Hype (and any of the old 'Ganja Crew' stuff) Ray Keith, Aphrodite, etc.

Really depends on what "style" you like. I personally prefer to try and avoid "intelligent d&b" (some of Grooverider's stuff is more "intelligent" for example) and stick with the more classic / older stuff. Still have a big collection of 12" vinyl with d&b tracks from through the 90s and knew a few of the big names :cool:



Regards,

Ian

Woohoo, didnt think anyone out here would mention this!!
I was a cheezy quaver in the early 90's and Fabio n Grooverider were the best!! Anyone remember The Edge in Coventry, they always played the darkest dnb. Goes to find old tapes.....

Andrew

something odd about Woz getting his knuckles wrapped for asking the question about why Kunos posts in netbike but not about details of the patch.......

Quote from G!NhO :

Its a race and a free roam game, but because the developers haven't got much time and money the won't have multiplayer and you cant make addon cars and tracks for the game. I have read that somewhere

If the physics are that good, then MP can wait.
Having said that, the ability to tow your mate out would be good

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