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Here please! Great job

Nice job by Wallsall.

Cheers for all the points, Incey. And to think that many would've liked him at SMS.

The Skates' score just adds Hull to the list of clubs who'd vote against any measures by the PL to bail them out. Don't let it bother you. More annoyed that Swindon have equalised.

Do you know something we don't?

Lambo hattrick!

Lambert 2-0 Pen

Lambert 1-0

Off the line by Chadwick.

Here please..

I've got a bike, StL. Only a 125 but I'm saving for an upgrade. I just know that they're bloody dangerous in the wrong hands and that you're completely at the mercy of car drivers, not all of whom should actually be on the road, IMO. Also, I'm well aware that there are plenty of bike riders who shouldn't be on the road either. This is my current steed....

I'm not sure that tdd wants a motorcycle, chaps

You can back up your photos and that on iTunes first (I'm sure, though I've never bothered tbh) or just drag them to a folder on the PC. Obviously any music, apps, etc. are on iTunes and will reload when it syncs anyway - assuming they actually go anywhere when it restores. I'm guessing that, like any other PC, it's just got its knickers in a knot through constantly loading applications without restarting the device after each installation. If the restore doesn't cure it then there might be a firmware/hardware issue.

Use iTunes to return it to factory spec and start over.

Indeed, hence the remarkable efficiency.

With the cars becoming more and more "spec" it will allow engine performance to be a differentiator on the track. I'm actually looking forward to 2013 and hopefully some tasty new engine regs, perhaps based on emissions or fuel consumption. I.e, you can configure the engine in any manner you choose - turbos, V6, flat 4, anything - but you have to complete race distance with 100kg of fuel (or any other arbitrary figure). That would drive engine development in a direction with real-world relevance and would also create different cars on the track again. Something that's been eroded for 10 or more years. Out of interest, did you know that an F1 engine, mounted in an average road car and driven in normal conditions is capable of returning a better MPG than most things on the road? They're a very efficient engine already but driving the tits out of them in an open-wheeled car that lugs around a ton of downforce tends to make them a bit less frugal. Of course, you'd have to pump hot water through the engine for an hour before you started it every morning (the engine is siezed solid when cold - so tight are the tolerances), so that might be a bit of an inconvenience.

**** the Beemers. Look at that RS200! Jammy ****.

Drop the engine freeze. Case closed.

Correct. Well, in essence. The cars would be less reliant on aero grip and would therefore run less downforce and consequently would generate a smaller wake which is what troubles the car behind. Diffusers are banned for next year (of the current triple decked type) and the floor will be flat. It's essentially how most teams started last season but, of course, Brawn, Toyota and Williams ignored that rule and created the double decker diffuser which the FIA went on to judge legal... Not that I'm bitter. As an aside, the front tyres were narrowed to shift the mechanical grip back towards the rear of the car. When they removed the grooves for 2009 the tyres kept the same width, despite the rubber added back to the fronts being a greater percentage. Consequently everyone had a bit of trouble getting the balance back towards the rear of the car. The narrower fronts for 2010 simply reset the grip at 50/50 front/rear.

What a pointless car that would have been. I mean the Veyron is essentially pointless but at least it was beautiful and an engineering marvel. The Galibier was as ugly as sin.

The cars are no wider than a family saloon and are, in fact, narrower than the "glory days" of the 90s.

Fair enough, the state of the market has probably knocked 5k off a 2nd hand Porsche. That flat-six lump is easily good for 150k though, if it's been reasonably well looked after. I just would advise against buying the cheapest version of the most expensive car you can afford. You'd still have to pay Porsche prices for spares and repairs.

Forget the Carrera. You'd barely get a high mileage 90s model for that.

Well, that's cleared that up....