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Old 23-09-2006
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Old 23-09-2006
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Defo, it's my car he's using. Hope it's dry
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Old 24-09-2006
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Has anyone heard how Jimmy got on using a very clean X-6?

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i think jimmy qualified B-10 in 2wd dont no where he finished though.

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Think he was either 4th or 6th today
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good going Jimmy, wonder which one of his many cars he used!
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Old 24-09-2006
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Bj4 i'd think.
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Due to being a rubbish mechanic I only ran the X-6 in the final in 2wd - why ? because I wired it up and it didnt work and I was just too pressed for time to get it working

Ran it in the final after some practice on the field.. IF I had driven it before properly I think I would definately have been quicker with it.. I ended up driving it like my b4- which makes you realise just how different this car is. I was really throwing it into the corners to get it to turn, which you just didnt need to do - the result was getting hung up on the same pipes about 4 times, really frustrating since the car would turn much much better than the B4.
The best bit was powering out of the corners, I could drift the car around without the back end being uncontrolable, I think the car just needs a different technique going into the corners.
So, sorry to Dan for not using his car more, but many thanks for the opportunity and I'll look forward to building mine up asap to see how it goes.

4WD was great, started off with a 6th in round 1 and backed it up at the last minute with a 6th in round 4, definatly the best result Ive ever had to get 8th on the grid. My A finals were a bit poor though, last in leg 1 because of old tyres. last in leg 2 after breaking it (I was in 3rd at one point). 9th in leg 3 after dumping whilst in 3rd. very happy with that still.
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Congrats Jimmeh, you did well for your self dude.
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yep jimmy drove really well on both day's, well done m8.
i managed to trash the my xx4 3 out of 4 quali's then have this happen on the way home
1 totalled mondeo and caravan due to a lovely women reading a map instead of looking were she was driving!
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Gonna have some big galleries from this weekend, gone a bit mad.
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Damn chris, sorry to hear about that, glad you're alright though mate.
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Chris, hope your ok, the m5 24-18 is allways shit realy gutted for you mate.
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Due to being a rubbish mechanic I only ran the X-6 in the final in 2wd - why ? because I wired it up and it didnt work and I was just too pressed for time to get it working

Ran it in the final after some practice on the field.. IF I had driven it before properly I think I would definately have been quicker with it.. I ended up driving it like my b4- which makes you realise just how different this car is. I was really throwing it into the corners to get it to turn, which you just didnt need to do - the result was getting hung up on the same pipes about 4 times, really frustrating since the car would turn much much better than the B4.
The best bit was powering out of the corners, I could drift the car around without the back end being uncontrolable, I think the car just needs a different technique going into the corners.
So, sorry to Dan for not using his car more, but many thanks for the opportunity and I'll look forward to building mine up asap to see how it goes.

4WD was great, started off with a 6th in round 1 and backed it up at the last minute with a 6th in round 4, definatly the best result Ive ever had to get 8th on the grid. My A finals were a bit poor though, last in leg 1 because of old tyres. last in leg 2 after breaking it (I was in 3rd at one point). 9th in leg 3 after dumping whilst in 3rd. very happy with that still.
well done again superstar.....i recon it was all the water we has to swim in, relaxed you, and the floating breezers where a nice treat while wd40ing all the cars....now how do you fix a carbored hauler box that sufferd a 6 hour thunder storm
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Damn chris, sorry to hear about that, glad you're alright though mate.
were both ok thanks just a few cuts and bangs, still picking broken glass out of me hair this morning after 2 showers
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Damn, thats unlucky mate, hope shes admitted liability?....at least your all ok!...............Wanna sell ur tail lights
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i can sell you 1 and a 1/2 nearly new rear lights the other bits are on the hard shoulder about a mile south of junction 23 if you want them free of charge m8
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OMG, glad your ok chris ,we had a near miss to on the way home some silly women in a fiat, and guess what she was looking at a laptop on the passenger seat ,madness
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Did she hit you in the drivers door then, looking at that pic?
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