10th February 2007: Bedford Autodrome Trackday Pics... videos coming soon.
Alpina and the TN crew headed down to Bedford Autodrome today for what turned out to be a great ( if not quite strict ) trackday. After Alpinas 3DR Cosworth was black flagged for shattering the 87.5dB track limit (by only 0.2dB I must add) he had no choice but to bring out the E46 M3 Coupe. Head on our to our busy forum for some fantastic pictures and watch out for the exclusive video clips arriving very soon.
28th January 2007: Bedford Autodrome Trackday
Its that time again folks, the first track day of the year. Our video clip guru (Alpina) is organising a mass invasion on 8th Feb. See the forum for more details on the Bedford Autodrome Trackday #1. Stay tuned for the video clip fest in the coming weeks. Remember Club TN gives you exclusive access to video clips and content not available to normal members. Click ClubTN Membership for more details.
Its not very often we showcase other peoples clips but this Subaru Impreza Snow Ski Jump is a corker. It sure beats freezing to death and breaking your leg! Remember to check out the videos pages and videos section of our busy forum for more exclusive Turbo-Nutters video clips.
27th December 2007: Donny Trackday Report and Pics
In usual Turbo-Nutters style Jonboy and the crew headed off to Donny for some trackday mayhem. The wet weather caused some interesting results from the likes of Alpina's 400BHP 3 Door Cosworth but overall it went like a dream and Jonboy didn't even manage to kill a Nova. Check out the thread on the forum for pics and watch out for the videos coming soon. BIG BIG thanks to switch (Olz) @ neocapture for the pics.
25th December 2007: Merry Christmas from Turbo-Nutters
Us (Well myself, Jonboy and the team) would like to wish all our visitors / members and haters a very Merry Christmas. We know things have been quite slow towards the end of the year but with a new team at the top and some very dedicated members we will be hoping to come back bigger and better then ever. See you all in the new year.
18th September 2007: Turbo-Nutters Shop - Get your TN Stickers!
Running out of ideas on how to improve both the looks and performance of your pride and joy? Well look no further - Turbo-Nutters has the answer. How about a pair of Turbo-Nutters.co.uk stickers, not only will your look the part but they are also guaranteed to give you and extra 20BHP instantly! Check out the Turbo-Nutters shop and order yours today!
Its Pub Meet time again folks, so why not pop down to the Paul Pry on Sat 29th of September from 8PM and join the rest of the TN crew as we reminisce about the old days and hear tall tales of the Nurburgring Trip 2007... our resident racer "Jonboy" just might tell you about the time he lost his mobile phone on the Cannonball Rally! As usual, all are welcome and we hope to see you there! Check out our Events section of the forum for more details.
11th September 2007: Nurburgring Trip 2007
The Turbo-Nutters Nurburgring 2007 was officially a success! No arrests, no crashes or stolen mobile phones (JB). Now the boys and girls are back expect some amazing in car footage and glorious photos of the event. Big thanks to Jonboy for organising the trip and for everyone that attended. Pictures and videos of their time at THE RING can be found on our busy forum.
14th August 2007: August Pub meet, Paul Pry Peterborough
Its been nearly 3 months since the last front page update and its time to get the ball rolling with the TN events - so its pub meet time again. We will be meeting at the Paul Pry, Peterborough on Saturday 25th from 7:30PM onwards. All members and non members welcome so why not pop along for a chat and a refreshing pint (of coke if you are driving). . Check our our events section for further details. Hope to see you there!!
Clarkson for prime minster!!
Being a true petrol head, my dvd collection is littered with Clarkson and TopGear dvds. Not only do I enjoy Jeremy's ramblings and tomfoolery but the guy really does talks some sense. If you have ever read his columns in the daily mail you will know what I am talking about. Some 15,000 people have taken it upon them selves (soon to be 15,001) to lobby the government to make Jezza prime minister. Show your support for the by signing the petition (UK residents only). We can only hope in his first term he outlaws caravans and drops the UK motorway speed limites Autobahn style! Click http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PMClarkson/ to sign up and see our busy forum for more more!
23rd May 2007: May Pub meet 26th, Paul Pry Peterborough
Its pub meet time again folks and my god isn't the time flying. We will be meeting at the Paul Pry, Peterborough on Saturday 26th May from 7:30PM onwards. All members and non members welcome so why not pop along for a chat and a refreshing pint. As a very special treat one of our members will be bringing his
VWDRC Record holding dragster along for us to drool over. If you want to catch a glimpse of this 7 second beast it will be parked over the road in the retail car park from about 7PM. Check our our events section for further details.
I (the_did) own a fine*ish* example of one of Germany's favorite hot hatch but the only thing I crave is more power. How about
228bhp and 252 torque? That's enough to enable the sub tonne panza wagon to embarrass the likes of Italy's finest thoroughbreds. Check out our Cars page for our newest feature "Reds 20VT Golf". You wont be disappointed!
10th May 2007 : Forza 2 Demo released today!
Finally the wait is over! Along with the spring Xbox Live dashboard update comes the Forza 2 Motorsport demo. With over 20 cars it'll be sure to get your automotive juices flowing.
The May 29 release date for Forza Motorsport 2 is approaching fast so this demo will keep most of us happy until then. Check out the Automotive Gaming section of our busy forum for more details.
4th May 2007 : HIC Insurance Offer 10% For Turbo-Nutters Members
Fed up with being ripped off when its time to renew your car insurance? Just because you own a powerful car doesn't mean big power equals big premiums. Not only can HIC Insurance Consultants offer you a great deal on your car insurance but can exclusively offer a further discount of 10% for Turbo-Nutters members. Just call them on
08451 291 291 can quote the reference "Turbo-Nutters" to qualify for your 10% discount. Check our our forum for more details.
2007 Gumball Cancelled due to fatality
The Gumball 3000 rally has been cancelled after a fatal accident on the route in Macedonia . Maximillion Cooper , the founder of the rally, said in a statement: "As a sign of respect, we have decided that this year's Gumball 3000 Rally will not travel any further and will end in Bratislava this evening. "As the organisers of the rally, we feel it should be stopped as a mark of respect to Vladimir Cepulyoski who died today after an accident involving one of the participating drivers." Two British drivers have been arrested by Macedonian Police. Read more about this on our busy forum
3rd May 2007 : Gumball Start Line Gallery
Some of the Turbo-Nutters crew obtained very special PRESS access to one of the hottest motoring events of the year. Armed with a camera they snapped away at literally MILLIONS of pounds of automotive porn. Check out the gallery for over 110 pictures from the days events.
22nd April 2007 : Pub Meet Time!
Its pub meet time again folks and this months meet will be help on the 28th April at the Paul Pry, Peterborough. Now the better weather is here we will be holding our pub meets on the last Saturday of each months. Check out the forum for more details and also check out the photos from our last meet in the turbo-nutters gallery.
We would like to introduce our new web host - Endif-Webhosting. Back in the day the forum and site was hosted on the_dids home PC but these days things need to be slightly more robust to cope with the 1300+ visitors that come to TN each day. If you are a Turbo-Nutters member Endif will even give you 10% discount on their already fantastic prices. Just tell 'em who sent ya!
18th April 2007 : Nurburgring Trip 2007
Not content with terrorising the tracks of the UK we are very excited to announce the Turbo-Nutters
Nurburgring Trip 2007. Everything has been organised from the ferry to the accommodation - all you need is your wallet you car and a helmet. Check out our busy forum for more information.
20th March 2007 : Switch' XE Nova Feature
Its Feature time again boys and girls. Here's what happens when you take a 1.2 Vauxhall Nova Spin and place a 2.0L 16v Throttle Bodied XE engine
under the bonnet. 184BHP and 727 KG's makes for a Nova not to be sniggered at! Check Switch's XE Nova feature on our "Cars" page today. Thanks to Switch @ neocapture.co.uk for the great write up and pictures.
17th March 2007 : Turbo-Nutters Pub Meets
With the good weather comes the start of TN Pub meets for 2007. Our next meet will be 17th March at the Paul Pry, Walton, Peterborough. The evenings entertainment will be starting from 7:30PM - members and non members welcome. For directions and more details More Details on our forum. Hope to see you there!
4th March 2007 : Alpina's 3DR Cosworth Feature
Alpina's 3DR Cosworth feature has now been added to the cars page. With 400 BHP and a stripped out interior this retro racer will get your pulse going! Alpina's Feature
26th February 2007 : Turbo-Nutters.co.uk Gallery
In our never ending quest to give our members everything they desire we have now added the Turbo-Nutters gallery to our busy forum. From Members car pictures to Turbo-Nutters events it promises to be a one stop shop for all our automotive picture pleasures. With over 4,330 members our online community forum is a great place to not only hang out with fellow petrol heads but to checkout exclusive Turbo-Nutters videos and event reports.
16th February 2007 : MOT Testing
The UK Government has recently suggested that it plans to change the yearly car safety and emissions test (The M.O.T) from a yearly to a bi-yearly event. This has caused quite a lot of controversy esp in the the UK media. This is a topics that effects all of us - especially us petrol heads. So why not check our this topic on our busy forum and join the M.O.T debate. More details are on our busy forum.
3rd February 2007 : Cadwell Trackday
A couple of our members attended a trackday at Cadwell Park today. As a bonus, they have provided us with some interesting photos so we can see for ourselves how it went. To view the report and photos, head on over to the topic on the TN Forum by clicking the following link: Cadwell Park Report & Photos
22nd January 2007: New Video Clips!
Sorry for the lack of updates guys. To start us off in the new year its time to share the TN Video Montage from 2006. Once again we have put together the best bits of last year for all you lucky people. From the 2006 Rolling road to the exclusive Cannonball footage - its all there!More video clips are available from our videos page and from our Videos section of the forum.
Our resident "Trackday Warrior" (also a TN Committee member) Alpina has been busy uploading his entire video collection to Youtube. Not only has he uploaded some old school clips of his 450BHP+ Skyline GTR but also some exclusive clips including the video of his 3dr Cosworth breaking a rolling road at a TN event. View Alpina's Collection
31st December 2006 : Happy New Year!
Turbo-Nutters.co.uk would like to wish all our members and visitors a very happy new year. Its been a great year for TN with many fantastic videos, features and our forum has grown to over 4000 members. Thanks for all your support and we look forward to seeing you all in 2007.As usual we have produced a video montage of the best bits from 2006. Check out the video clips section of the forum for more details
10th December 2006 : Feature Cars, Staff Cars
Wanted: Feature Cars. We are looking for feature cars for the Cars page of our main site. Anything is considered but we like to keep our standards high. If you think your car is worthy of a TN feature then email features@turbo-nutters.co.uk with a brief description and a few pictures. If we do decide to feature your car we like to be very detailed about every aspect of the cars spec and history so be prepared to get that keyboard tapping.
Did's Golf GTi Staff car page has now been added to the cars section. You can view this as other feature and staff cars including Nik's 500+BHP Nissan skyline by clicking the cars button above. Enjoy!
23rd November 2006 Mitsubishi Evo rally car
Check out this cracking videos of the all new 2007 Mitsubishi Evo rally car. It certainly performs in this video of pre-season testing.
22nd November 2006 : Police Crackdown
Police officers in the UK are being armed with a new weapon that can take a suspect's fingerprints on the fly and instantly compare them with a database of 6.5 million prints on file. The goal is to reduce the number of false identities given during roadside stops by "suspect drivers". 4Car reports that about 60% of suspect drivers give false identification when they're stopped by authorities. This technology will also allow police to identify innocent travels who don't match suspects being sought, thereby reducing the time imposed on those who were just unlucky enough to be caught in the cross hairs of the law. The initial pilot project, called Lantern, is being run in Bedfordshire, whose force was given 10 units to try out. While fingerprints taken during traffic stops reportedly won't be held for future use, civil rights groups are still wary that the new devices will take Britain one step closer to a national database of all motorists' fingerprints. With the UK being one of the worlds most spied on populations it was only a matter of time.
28th October 2006 : Top Gear Lap Record Broken!
Tog Gear Lap Record Broken... by a British Car!
The TopGear Lap record has been Broken by a Caterham CSR260. The British kit car equipped with Dunlop's new track day tyres managed to cut 0.2 seconds from the mighty Koenigsegg CCX's lap record. Not bad for a car with only 260BHP! View the lap on Injection.tv.
22nd October 2006 : Woodbridge Trackday
RAF Woodbridge Trackday 2006
The pictures and report are now online from the Turbo-Nutters RADF Woodbridge Trackday. Big thanks to Alpina and Oll1e for some fantastic pictures Be sure to watch out for the videos coming very soon.
16th October 2006 : Speed Cameras
UK drivers change lanes to outsmart SPECS speeding cameras
Why pay thousands for that temptation-quelling adaptive cruise control option, or dream about the forthcoming Siemens VDO electronic governor, when all you have to do is switch a few lanes while smashing the pedal to the metal? The Home Office has fessed up to a "massive flaw" in the costly (and abundant) SPECS speed monitoring / ticketing cameras, which allows drivers to avoid any legal repercussions by simply ending up in a different lane than the one they began in. The system takes the average speed between two points to calculate if a motorist has been speeding, and then snaps their photograph and sends them a very unwelcome ticket in the mail if they were; however, the cameras are only designed to analyze and penalize those who remain in the same lane throughout the speed-checking segment, opening up a very exploitable loophole. Government officials, along with the cameras' manufacturer (Speed Check Services), have resorted to begging with the public to not evade the presumably imminent £60 ($112) fine in order to maintain a "high level of safety" on the roadways, but it's not likely that pleading to deaf ears (and lead feet) will entice folks to willingly suffer a penalty this easy to avoid.
14th October 2006: Test Drive Unlimited Club
We have now created a Turbo-Nutters Test Drive Unlimited Club. If you would like an invite add me (thedidtn) to your XBOX LIVE friends list and I will give you an invite. Check out our automotive gaming section for more info on TDU and other motoring games.
12th October 2006 : Tinted Window Debate
The tinted windows debate has reared it's ugly head again. If you have tinted windows and pass the UK's MOT, then you still run the risk of breaking the law. The equipment needed to test how much light tinted windows allow through is very expensive and many MOT stations can't afford to purchase the equipment. And when they do purchase the equipment, the cost could be passed on to the motorist whether you have tinted windows or not. Join the debate on our busy forum.
11th October 2006 : Skyline R32 Video Clip
New Turbo-Nutters Video: Niks R32 GTR Skyline sideways on a roundabout is now available on our videos page. His 550BHP beast sure does drift! Click the videos button above to access this and other exclusive TN videos.
Peugeot have decided to close its doors at the Ryton production plant slightly earlier than planned. The scheduled closure is now January 2007, which was originally scheduled for Summer 2007. Peugeot claim that this is because many employees have found work elsewhere. Trade unions are up in arms about this decision and have called for a boycott on Peugeot vehicles.
Nik's Skyline feature has been updated. It can be found by clicking the Cars button from the menu above.
10th October 2006 : Cannonball 8000 Video
A video showing the highlights of our team's adventure on this year's Cannonball 8000 is now available on our forum.
Youtube Clip: This is one seriously controlled tyre downunder
11th September 2006 : Cannonball 8000
As many of you may know two of our members are attending this years Cannonball 8000. They promise to give us updates through out the event and no doubt countless pictures and videos from their mad weekend of speed. For updates on the events and pictures please visit our Cannonball 8000 section of the forum.
Good luck Lushman & Jonboy from all at Turbo-Nutters.
21st June 2006 : Turbo-Nutters Rolling Road Day
The turbo-nutters rolling road day #4 Event Video is now available in on our videos page. To check out this and other exclusive video clips click the videos button. Its worth it just to listen to the RB32 Powered Golf roar!
12th June 2006 : Turbo-Nutters Rolling Road Day
The turbo-nutters rolling road day #4 Event report is now available in our events section of our forum. Click the image below or the forum button above to access it and many other event reports. The video of the day is still being complied but it will be worth the wait!
6th June 2006 : Car History Pages
Nik's Car history page has now been added to the cars section - if one word comes to mind its "RS". Click the cars button above to access.. and get the tissues ready!
Some might think its the day of the devil but here at turbo-nutters its a day of celebration. The Sculthorpe Trackday report is now available in the Events section of our forum.
We would like to thank all our members that turned up to the turbo-nutters rolling road day #4. It was a cracking day with some seriously powerful cars gracing the rollers. The video and report will be finished later in the week.
30th May 2006 : Rolling Road Day
We Still have a number of places available for the Turbo-Nutters Rolling Road Day#4. With one car alone running over 800BHP its going to be interesting! Spectators are welcome so why not pop along.
29th May 2006 : Watton Trackday Video
The Watton Trackday video has now been added to the videos page. Enjoy!
25th May 2006 : Cannonball 8000 Trackday video
The Cannonball 8000 Trackday video is now available in the videos page. Click the videos button above to view this and other exclusive Turbo-Nutters videos. Turbo-Nutters are the only ones to publish footage from this exclusive event so check it out, Lushmans V8 Capri will be music to your ears.
24th May 2006 : Cannonball 8000
Ollie and Lushman's Cannonball adventure has now officially started. A report from the Cannonball 8000 is now available in the newly created Cannonball 8000 forum section.
For exclusive updates, videos and pictures from the Cannonball 8000 make sure you check out the forum section. This section will be updated regularly so make sure you check it out!
15th May 2006 : Watton Trackday
The Watton Track Day report is now available in the "Events" section of the forum. The exclusive video clips will follow soon.
Advertising is now available on turbo-nutters. If you would like to advertise with TN email advertising@turbo-nutters.co.uk for more details. Our busy site and forum are the perfect place to get your products noticed. Over over 3500 forum members, 400 unique visitors and 17000+ hits per day can't be wrong.
01st May 2006 : Did's Car History Page
the_did's car history page has now been added to the cars page. Our staff car pages give you a run down on our car history - from sh*tter to show car, they are all there. If you have a car that is worthy of a TN feature then email features@turbo-nutters.co.uk
30th April 2006 : Podcam Corvette
Jonboy's Podcam April 2006 has now been added to the videos page. This exclusive turbo-nutters clip features a 10 sec 800BHP Corvette, 3.2L Mk2 Golf and some mental motor bikes. Crank up your speakers - it'll be music to your ears!
26th April 2006 : 3,500 Forum Members!
The turbo-nutters forum as recently welcomed it's 3,500'th member, why not check it out by clicking the forum button above and see what all the fuss is about!
We have also added even more clips to our video page for your viewing pleasure.
17th April 2006 : Turbo-Nutters.co.uk Video Update #2
Our videos page has now been updated with even more exclusive turbo-nutters clips. If you enjoy them then why not visit our busy and friendly forum for even more.
We are now taking bookings for the Turbo-Nutters Rolling Road Day #4 at Street Racers in Leicester on June 4th. For more information or to reserve your place on the rollers visit our forum.
28th March 2006 : Video Page update
The video clips page has now been updated with some of our exclusive turbo-nutters videos. The page is still under construction and we will be adding more daily. Click the videos button above to access. Remember: turbo-nutters make the videos so you don't have to!
23rd March 2006 : TN Shop Online!
The turbo-nutters shop is now back online. Click the shop button above for all your TN stickers, clothing and mouse mats. We have also started work on the turbo-nutters cars and videos pages. These will be finished in the next week with all new excusive videos and features.
21st March 2006 : Turbo-Nutters.co.uk New Forum!!
New forum online. the_did has been busy giving all you turbo-nutters a brand new forum. Click the link above to access.
