This is the third occurrence and I'm sure it wont be the last. I was invited to a karting evening with some colleagues last Thursday and when the time came to get ready, I began putting my race suit on and somehow managed to pop my shoulder out of the joint, as the following before and after x-rays show (look away now if you're squeamish). That's a posh way of saying I have a dodgy right shoulder. ![]() Now I'm going to enjoy a Toffee Crisp and watch Top Gear :) The old battery had lasted for just over seven years so I can't complain too much, and an afternoon spent shaping and bending bits of metal was quite cool. It was a tight fit but it went in, but to be on the safe side I fabricated a tie-down strap as well. I removed the old battery tray and a small amount of material from the side skin and outer chassis rail. I'd checked the dimmensions and believed it to be an easy fit, but typical of me I'd got confused while measuring up and in fact it didn't quite fit. So I bought an Odyssey Extreme battery from Grand Prix Racewear yesterday which so far has completely solved my problems getting the car started.įitting it was a bit of a fiddle. One day last week I parked up at work and came to start it at the end of the day to go home, and it barely turned over at all. I've had to use it quite a bit over the last couple of weeks which to be honest has been quite fun, but what hasn't been fun is constantly running out of electricity. The Caterham's been great but it's a useless only car. It won't be the end of the world if that happens but I'm quite keen to have a car that I can just jump to any time and use. Less than four days to go until the delivery date for my iQ and I'm getting a little paranoid, thinking any moment the dealer will call to let me know it's going to be delayed. The next entry will be soon because I already know what I'm going to write! I've even had the pleasure of working on some exciting new projects at work. ![]() The iQ is going well with over 2,000 miles on the clock now. I've had a new bonnet on the Caterham (very long story) and feel like I've replaced my starter motor about 15 times. It turned into something much bigger though which hopefully we can repeat next year.Ī few other things have happened since the last post. It started off as a small group going for a drive on that looked like the last decent day of warm sunny weather. ![]() Unfortunately that means the car will be tucked up in the garage for November, but that's not a great loss.Īnyway, I marked the end of Summer with a few fellow Caterham owners with the first official End Of Summer Blat To The Beach. I discovered that I can save £130 by waiting until I'm 25 before renewing my insurance. Although I won't be using the Caterham much before then. In the meantime I've got the traditional end of year get together at Brands Hatch in December to look forward to. Anyway there's video from both days in the gallery so have a look. I'd like to visit some new places in 2010, perhaps in a different country. I might have a slight Silverstone addiction but I'm working on it. ![]() Only a month and a half earlier I was on the Southern circuit at Silverstone, which was brilliant fun. It was wet, there were many slides, but all was good. That was taken just a few days ago on the GP circuit at Silverstone. In fact, here's a picture of me having fun, enjoying the great British weather. Which makes it a great time to kick off my 2009 track day season. Summer is officially over and Autumn is in full swing, with Winter just about in earshot, waiting to interject. Where did that spring from? It's rapidly getting colder, wetter, windier, darker and altogether gloomier outside.
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