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I spotted a rather nice looking modified dark red LS with gold coloured wheels this morning driving into Morrisons this morning.

Like you I've been a big Fallout and Oblivion fan, still like Skyrim and Fallout 4 too. Fallout 76 showed how to get it wrong. As well as a guitar collector I also collect watches and pens and bought the Brotherhood of Steel watch for not very much money at the time I was very surprised to see its value on e-bay these days

No, they are more expensive than standard pads, if mine were anything to go by at 25,000 miles when I sold the car the pads were only about 1/3rd worn. So the whole package is better. There is one further thing to be cautious of, the cars come equipped with extended wheel bolt shafts because they can be easily chipped and ruined by careless handling so tyre replacement needs to be left to a very responsible set up. Obviously you fit one once the standard wheel bolt has been removed. This also opens up my favourite pet hate about Porsche car salesman, when my friend was specifying his new Caymen the salesman said 'are you likely to want to track your car', he said yes and was told he should have Carbon Ceramics. At which point I mentioned that if by any chance you left the track and hit the kitty litter/small stones trackside you could completely ruin your discs which is a fact. Most of the die-hard track guys I met with 911 track weapons all changed their Carbon Ceramics for steel discs for this reason alone. The other big plus point is absolutely no brake dust so if you have fancy silver coloured wheels they stay clean.

On a lightish car they are good for 100,000+ miles, As I mentioned I would never pay the extra to have them on a new car although some have them as standard. I would always buy low mileage secondhand car with them, interestingly enough the guy I bought my Boxster from said a lot of people were put off by them and the car was no more expensive than similar condition cars, just goes to show how uniformed most people are over them.

And I forgot to mention the cost of warranties on other marques engines that are prone to these failures and it can never be guaranteed they would do anything about it. For instance N/A V8 AMG headbolt corrosion that could lead to the car getting hydro-locked (rare I know) Porsche flat six bore scoring issues, I speak from experience but did not suffer either these two well known issues with my cars, but it was always in the back of my mind and effected ownership joy. Also, I paid Mercedes £1500 a year for my SL and Porsche £900 for peace of mind. I know I'm beginning to sound a bit like a Lexus RCF fan-boy but quite honestly it's a pretty good car from all angles. I even landed up not buying a 720S and keeping the RCF, but that's another long story that I won't bore people with.

I must admit of all the cars I've had, I enjoy the N/A cars more. I had a very interesting day at MB World many years ago, I had booked myself into the 4 hour intensive drivers course (they no longer do these) because I'd just bought a SL63 N/A and I wanted to see how the car performed pushing it on a closed circuit rather than the road. When I turned up I was expecting a N/A SL63 but they had one of the all singing dancing new twin turbo SL63's. Had a great day being instructed by one of the AMG GT3 team drivers (how was that for luck) it was brutal instant brute force that I loved. Anyway despite doing hundreds of track days I came away having learnt a lot. But on the drive home it was very revealing to me, at first I thought where's the power in my N/A SL63 it seemed almost dead compared to the instant power I'd been used to for the last 4 hours. But then after a bit of time I reverted back to N/A engine driving and quite frankly it was almost an epiphany where you just enjoyed ringing the N/A engines throat. My flat 6 Porsche was exactly the same although I felt that was a bit long geared but I just loved revving it out. One of the reasons I keep my RCF is the fact you can rev the engine as much as you like and it never seems to complain.

Carbon Ceramic brakes are fantastic, on a light car they really do make a difference all round unsprung weight and be able to brake later and harder without boiling your fluid is a plus. they are never worth the extra on a new car but are a bargain on a low mileage secondhand car. as to whether a car as heavy as the RCF would benefit I really have my doubts

Not that the RCF is a turd but if it was the TE is a polished turd.

No, the last time I saw it it was draped in scantily clad young ladies at the central display at Japfest. I must have come across as a bit strange because I ignored the girls and was more interested in my old car

I spent a fortune on it with engine re-builds, suspension upgrades etc. I kept with twin turbos that were uprated as I felt the big single turbo was a bit unsubtle with the power delivery. It was at Castle Coombe that I realised It needed a front V Mount to keep it cooler as it got a bit too hot going round the circuit. For Japanese car lovers it's heaven.

Many moons ago when it was held at Castle Coombe you could take your car round the track, there were excellent displays on track in fact loads of things going on. I took my RX7 round the track a few times. In those days there was always a Police checkpoint on the road out checking number plates, caught a lot of them if I remember correctly. I had a very small front number plate that read H1 RXT which I'd altered slightly to read Hi RX7 (juvenile I know) I got away with it because the small number plate was a moulded in feature of the car but it did waste a lot of time grovelling.

Thanks, I'll check to see if I can make this

What are the dates for this?

I also got hold of a bottle of the Plata which is also lovely, Rey Sol is really good as is Tapatio Excelensia

Thought I'd just add to this. I've been a bourbon drinker for many years, but my favourite Blantons is now over £300 a bottle so decided to try others. Along with buying another bourbon Angels Envy which is very smooth and pleasant by the way. I decided to buy the Tequila taster pack from Masters of Malt, 10 miniatures arrived of which 4 were outstanding unfortunately they were all over £200 a bottle but one in particular Classe Azul is a nectar straight from the Gods.

I only have one left now the cheapest one and the best one I think. Might keep me in fuel for a while though. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294545841062

I did buy the Esso fuel for quite some time after watching a video by Bamford Rose, then the price went up and it put me off. I think with the RCF having the two combustion cycles it may be a waste of money. Also I only put a small quantity in each time as I read another article that said V-Power goes off. Sorry OP if I kicked a hornets nest on your introduction post, hope you are enjoying your car and hopefully may catch each other out and about the area. We will be able to hear each other first I'm sure.

The Shell in Waterlooville has very pricey V-Power though, I am being a tight git though.

I also understand that Sainsburys buy their fuel locally so would buy the E5 fuel from the Esso refinery at Fawley, not sure how accurate this is but I'm not inclined to pay over the odds for V-Power despite its good additives. Mind you I hardly buy a great deal of fuel these days so I'm just being tight. Sainsburys fuel station is a 3 minute drive for me too.

Yes welcome, there is another white one in Southsea I've seen a few times now but he obviously isn't a member on here. Good to see that the car is fitted with a Quicksilver already makes a world of difference and makes the car sound so nice on start up, my neighbours even like the sound of mine and can hear it although it's not a close distance away. Sainsbury's in Waterlooville do Super Unleaded E5 for a reasonable price (you'll probably be a regular visitor)

Excellent, I'll keep an eye out as I live in Hampshire, without revealing your location what area of Hampshire are you. I had a Boxster S some time ago and loved it.

I like the idea that you can charge them up and leave them unused for months (well according to some YouTube content) I think I got the power rating 1500 A about right there is the next model up is 1750 A but that is £175 the one I bought was £150 and I may just buy another as I run three vehicles. It's a small unit too so you can easily put it in whatever vehicle you are using, there is an optional lead that can go on your battery which I also bought it's supposed to be spark proof too.

I imagine it's still the original as I haven't changed it. I will change it this year if I get another problem. I don't imagine I'll be caught out again as it was a bit of a wake up call and have taken measures to ensure the possibility is minimised.

The whole idea of using the cigarette socket was to power the car so as to move the gear selector, not start it. Remember I had the calvary ready with jump leads it was moving it that presented a problem. Like I said I always thought that it was a heavy duty link to the battery which I'm sure it was in my older cars.

There probably is a screwdriver in the kit, not really a very good defence but I was not having a good Saturday and logic seemed to go out of the window. I was somewhat disappointed about the cigarette socket not feeding power into the system perhaps modern cars don't allow this.