TPDave

Guys, remember it's all about the SAUCE!!!!!

Yeh my grandparents have a C-RV and it's great for them because it's higher up s they can get in easily, it can fit a years worth of shopping in it and it has seat warmers. When you're old, that's all that really matters

^^^ Steve, you should probably delete that edited post and try again!! It had better be 9 or there will only be about 5 people left in the competition

The title fairy might consider it if the picture in your signature conformed with the board rules From the ToS

^You know the first one doesn't count and you can't count the reflected one...

Getting to the transmission isn't easy is it? I'd love to do that sort of thing but i'd probably screw it up and then not have a car so if it were me i'd send it to a garage. Of course, there is every chance (and then some) that you are far more mechanically minded than myself and would be perfectly capable of doing it on your own! Regarding the whole H3 situation, you said you didn't want a smart car, and that's fair enough but no-one said you should get a smart car, just a smaller car, there are a couple of advantages to this: - It's safer - It's cheaper to run - It's cheaper to purchase - It depreciates less - It's "kinder" to the environment - It's cheaper to insure It seems you want a Hummer because of the image that comes with it, but this thread is proving that public opinion has changed. People no longer see huge SUVs as nice cars to have, and far fewer people aspire to own one...

More nice stuff Hanno!! Now the Europe stuff is out the way it's time to enjoy the East Coast!! Thanks for all the updates, there are many awesome photos in here Dave

Ha! I'm pretty sure i've got everything covered, but Mike are we counting relfections? Dave

I'm either pessimistic or blind, i'm going for 9 duckies...

I don't remember if the painful bit were transitions or elements (it was probably both!) but I *think* the elements were pretty bad. I think the ride would be bad (but not appalling) if you could see where you were going and were therefore able to brace for some incredibly painful elements. The fact that I had no idea what was going on and was being thrown around everywhere in an uncomfortable train made it a very bad ride experience. I don't think the problems come down to one single issue (that would be far too easy!), but bad track fabrication and poor train design come to mind.

Thanks a lot for these photos! I really want to get to one of the large german fairs one day, they looks absolutely incredible...

Ha! 99 people so far Come on guys! Let's get 100!! Dave "this is going to be awesome!" Wilson

Nice report Big Mike, I will indeed need the "get soaked to the bone" credit on the East Coast so no doubt Robb will take far too much pleasure in getting me drenched!! I linked the TR to the front page, but you'll have to calculate the milage Dave

Shut up Donald!!

Thorpe Park (right next to London Heathrow airport) has a 500ft celing for construction as far as i'm aware. 150ft does seem a little low some how...

What's everyones massive fixation with RITA? Maybe i'd like it better if it had a slightly different brake run... Oh and I forgot the wild mouse at blackpool, that's a pretty good ride

Steel: Nemesis Wood: Megafobia/Big dipper Dave

^Robb, I still prefer your original captions for the pax coasters on "day -1" of the europe trip!! We were very sad, but the were only pictures of the SAME FUDGING TEN PEOPLE in the update so the sadness wasn't displayed

Another great one Chuck! Lots of rather neat captions there too And folks, stay tuned for the raw action of the final battle between Bitner and Hoffman. When the Disney report rolls around, you'll see the climatic climax of this awesome grudge, in a STEEL CAGE!!! Keep it up Chuck!

In october we did USF and IOA in 1 day and all four Disney parks in two days. Now that might be a *little* too fast paced but two days each at SFMM and KBF seems overkill to me

Moved to the Coaster forum...

That seems a very long time to be spending at the parks...

^ Yup! On the trips I don't take a camera safe in the knowledge that Hanno and Robb are taking far better pictures than I ever could and i'll get an awesome DVD of the whole trip, so I just enjoy the experience and let other people document it!!

If you think of it from another angle, if you enjoy making these things and do them as a hobby, you're getting paid to do something for fun...