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Nice - Dolphin, turtle and seal is far too expensive to buy seperately

Only coz the OP called us dicks - felt the need to explain why we were being tools Carry on - I think it's yes, to no dolphin

We'll be more than happy to let you know if you ask about a tuner and they're no good. We'll be more than happy to confirm a tuner you're asking about has a good rep and have proved themselves to members here. We'll be more than happy to answer any specific questions. We won't be likely to try to raise any specific tuner above any of the other fantastic ones that both frequent and contribute to the forum and don't have a forum presence, but good rep/proven work. The one that's good for you isn't necessarily the same one that's good for another person. The best tuner is the one that you can confidently leave your car with to accomplish the goal you both set for the price you're both happy with. All tuners differ on their methods of reaching those goals. Am sure if you mentioned the area you're in and what sort of work you were after you'd get a few relevant suggestions of tuners for you to speak to. After that it'd be up to you to decide on which one is best suited to work with you to achieve your goals. edit: plus - we thought "thecook" was after food advice

Will be headed to dinner as soon as the little fella gets dropped off - maybe a little late, but we'll make it to Kelly's (as long as car is back by then - should be)

It's a great track - mirrors the actual race track

Without the lock any tuner could use a single xcal unit to flash all his customers cars.(you'd be naive to think it wouldn't happen - $800 odd difference in price between a first tune with a legit xcal and a shared one - would be tempting to both owner and tuner) Would also be a fair bit of "passing around" of tunes between friends too. Followed pretty quick by the backlash when the xcal is blamed for dead engines. I too was a bit iffy on the lockout, but, thinking about it - the only times I can see where (when being used legitimately) there could be an issue is if for some reason it lost the match to a car it was matched to.

Yep. If I was doing track days I'd be using clean rubber, but for roads I'd be happy to plug.

Never heard of a plug failing.

Proper plug and whatever they do to galvanise it at a shop is perfectly fine - have had to have it done more often that I would wish on anyone. The temp plug packs you can do yourself are definitely only a temporary fix. If tyre's close to changeover time I'd just get a new tyre, but if I had to replace every $300+ tyre every time I'd gotten a simple puncture then I'd be spewing. I put 100k kms on my old Blackbird - probably about 30k kms of that was with tyres with plugs in them all up - something about the setup I had seemed to make the front wheel flick screws, nails, stones up in exactly the correct position for the rear tyre to eat them :( Last couple of bikes I've had zero punctures (touch wood)

Yeah - should be fine as long as it's not near the sidewall. Will end up stronger at the repair than it was before. Any tyre shop should be able to repair it. edit: if need be you can get a plug kit from any bike shop that will let you get it to a workshop/home if stuck.

Do you like fish sticks?

Can't be too smart if they get stuck in nets

Meh - salmon beats all - less dolphin

Cheers?

Yeah - on gas. Definitely a Grandpa car now - gas plate in the numberplates and "New Oak Ford" on the numberplate surround. Bowlers hat on the back parcel shelf (on top of a tartan blanket) and I shouldn't get pulled over at all.

Yell out when you're headed this way - we should be able to work something out.

Got to take the car for a quick cruise this arvo - Mick wanted to make sure I was happy with the changes he'd made on the gearbox tune before he locked it down. Still nice and smooth, got rid of the not shifting down to 1st on stopping and a bit more bite when told Aren't after chirpies every gear change and spilling my coffee each time it shifts on the way to the office so seems pretty spot on for the vague description of what I was after I was able to give him to work towards. Didn't give it a good right foot, but even the small sample I tasted showed a hell of a lot more pull down low - came on earlier/quicker. I won't mention the time it stalled because the engine tune still has some minor tweaking to finalise and I wouldn't want Mick to feel embarrassed

Carved at 4am Oh My God No pics because the shots didn't do justice to the meat. Why the hell isn't this a staple meal idea? Out of this world. Bacon used to be my favorite food/flavour It has lost the throne. That is it - nothing more to say - that should say it all.

My humungous combusted once - got a severe case of a 14 year old (so far - and still growing)

Temp reached - off the cooker Cap removed (dicing the cap tomorrow and making a chilli) It's now sitting in an esky, wrapped in foil and a couple of towels to let it finish cooking and breaking down. Yeah - we did a taste test. "OGM - that is so good - that is so different from anything I've ever tasted" was one comment. "woof, schlurple schlurple" was another. "Do we have to let it sit for a couple of hours?" was mine. Sad part about this cook is that it screams out to be served with zero fuss, on buns with easy salads and sauces on paper plates, while a quick, easy roast demands a full entourage of veggies (roasted, steamed and boiled), gravies and a sit down table with plates and cutlery. Time for the meat to rest. Will post some pics in a couple of hours when it's carving time. (humour me - I was asked for pics and it's my first proper long and slow cook)

Half the time?

I reckon Dags should run a "test and tune" type weekend on how to get tapatalk to work on your phones. Am pretty sure there'd never be any problems reported on the forum regarding tapatalk after that

Grappa is a hell of an intro to the family

Will be there on time We need CB's for this run (never had one before, but will get one if needed)

I thought we were all upgrading to Skoda's?