Another successful year for Duncan and the crew from BORC who organised the Show n Shine at Cleveland showgrounds on Sunday Feb 24th.
Also a winner for us, with Nev and the big XB taking home a runners up trophy on Elvira’s first outing after her latest rebirth.
Little while back, the dear light of my life decided the old ‘lux (2003 model? OLD?) had to go as it just couldn’t be modified for play and she wanted more seating capacity. After a bit of looking around and a little bit of pressure from myself, she picked up a Suzuki XL7, the stretch limo of the Vitara range.
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Tough Tracks kicked off the year with a blast out at Janowen Hills on the weekend. Everyone had a ball, there were roll overs and tough competition, ribbing and help on tap, by all accounts.
See, I wasn’t there.
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While the Tony Hawk Helmet Cam was a cheap buy, it gave cheap results. After looking at a number of high end cameras, and gagging on the price of most of them, we settled on the Elmo SUV Cam.
Nothing ticklish, or furry, about this little piece of technology. But it’s just as cute. Well, as cute as a micro video camera can be.
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Over the course of the year, we’ve had a number of tyre changes and with it better performance both by Pinball and ourselves overall. But in each case, we were able to get just that little bit more from the tyres by the obligatory reduction in tyre pressure.
Of course, to do that you need some way to measure the pressure. Although we already had a tyre gauge, one of the prizes we won this year was able to make things a little easier… the ARB E-Z Tyre Deflator.
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