Snoopy

I used a torch to do the light painting. I tried a flash but kept on hitting the retroreflective license plate too much, the torch allowed me to control where the beam fell more accurately.

Beautiful shot, incredible detail! Well done. My photos of the night sky have considerably less magnification! This one I took in January but processed over the weekend just made Flickr Explore:

Isn't that the idea? Vancouver, BC:

Birch Bay State Park, WA:

Thanks It's a multiple-exposure (HDR) photo. But nothing has been added.

Steering wheel's on the wrong side, too!

My wheels: Re-engage lurk mode.

Nobody knows... And, for the record, I don't even have access to the mods forum any more. lovely persons...

No, oddly it rubs at the front if you go through a very big suspension compression but so far not at the back. It is pretty stiff though!

This is what happens when you give a complete child a decentish salary: (Sorry for the photos, the downside of driving is that you can't be the one taking them!)

Yeah, my only car. Didn't really have to take it out (could have worked from home) but my commute is short. Doesn't seem to steam up anywhere near as badly as the old one either. Still jolly cold though, my poor toes!

Teehee. VX beats S2k even in snow No unintentional issues on the drive in (apart from huawge braking distances). Some awesome 0.2mph slides on the roads on site though!

For what it's worth, I have one of these in my car (obviously not a Lupo!). The amount of power it lets you put down through the corners is simply outstanding. I've no idea how well they work on a front-wheel drive car, but if it's anything like as effective as on mine I'd highly recommend it.

If you're in busyish traffic then chances are there's a car about 2 feet behind you that you're blinding! Rear fogs ought to be fitted only if the car has a rear proximity sensor to automatically switch them off when another car is behind. Plus, as said, the visibility needs to be absolutely horrific for them to be useful. Heavy rain (of the sort we get in this country anyway) is not even close to needing rear foglights - even taillights will penetrate several hundred metres in that weather, let alone brake lights.

I must admit I don't get why people complain so much about them. I drive an extremely low car and I'd say I get dazzled by 1 in 10 cars at night due to incorrectly aligned main beam headlights, and don't even get me started on if I have a 4x4 behind me, it's like having a searchlight through my back window. Despite this, in 60,000 miles I've been inconvenienced by front fogs maybe 5 times, of which over half I believe were aftermarket units incorrectly fitted. I just don't get why people complain about the light output. One car with foglights still puts out less light than, say, two cars, and if you can't drive towards two cars without not being able to see where you're going, please, for the love of God, get a bus pass. Having said all that, if you do drive around with them you look a complete and utter tit (even more so if you haven't realised that one of them has blown) and risk getting pulled over by the police. It doesn't look cool, even if your Mum says it does. But of all the transgressions the British motorist regularly makes (*rear* foglights, especially in traffic jams, not signalling, not looking, not giving way, staying in the middle lane, the list goes on and on), front fogs would come virtually at the bottom of the list for me in terms of annoyance or danger.