Chesterfield

What a gret evening. Sory I wasnt the most chatty Ive been. I'd just driven 3.5 hours to Ipswich for a 2 hr meeting, and 3.5 hours back to chesterfield, before making the 1hr drive over the tops. Doughnuts made it all worth while though Top man stan Thanks Jacko for the sticky welcome The old chocolate on the thumb before shaking hands never wears thin Will have to do it again

Im still coming! Got a run to Ipswich for work tomorrow - probably back in Chesterfield for 5.30 or 6pm Foot down and I should get there for 7

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Apologies for the downtime folks - unexpected server error and not pilot error. Back to normal now touch wood.

Thumb prints on the strut brace is always a winner

dual exhaust. two pipes from the front to back instead of one.

Liam, Have aread of these and make sure you take the necessary documents: http://www.weddingchaos.co.uk/wedding-a ... edding.asp http://www.americansky.co.uk/weddings/w ... ements.htm

I wouldnt mind taking advantage of it though

Im thining of a dual - oops. But still worth checking the brackets.

Try checking the brackets securing the right hand pipe, theyve been known to knock too.

Best bet like Tim says is to let another owner have a look if you can and see if they think its anything different to their own. You can sometimes feel the clutch release through the pedal area, so could be that.

Clean your teeth, bring a million quid round to my house, and Ill show ya big boy!

A million quid! Id do a frog for that if you could stop it hopping.

Never did get the photos that were taken of mine when we had the detailing shoot for Total Nissan. They used the one of the Evo in the Aircraft Hangar as the covershot for Total Evo, so I know what they would be like - just sadly never got to see them. So have you decided to go for the other car then Jay?

Im thinking of having a football painted glacier cherry red for the top of mine

Well you could pick them up off the table and shake em' about, but I think they would ask you to leave.

$2 minimum tables at Freemont Street Seriously cheap gambling with 50c chips Also worth a walk round the Wynn and Bellagio High Roller section - doubt you'll get in though, that is unless you fancy playing $500 slots. I saw one woman playing three $1000 slots at the same time! With the exchange rate at the time she was cewing through about £2000 every 10 seconds and she was there half an hour later when we came out of the bar. Probably the widow of some oil billionaire.

Not seen that picture before - I fair spat my pepsi out I can vouch for the costs on the wedding as well, my toy fund has taken a hit with ours adding up to about £20k with less than 50 guests! We toyed with the idea of Vegas too for a while.

Sounds like the insurance are trying to duck out of doing a proper repair to me. Your insurance should return your car to you in the condition it was before the accident. Before the accident it didnt have repaired/welded parts, so why should it have when you get it back. Cant picture exactly what you are talking about, but if its remotely connected to anything structural around the rear strut brace, then it wants replacing, and most certainly NOT repairing. Thats my view anyway.

I do hope the missus knows about that part of the suprise trip!

You've clearly never seen me eat doughnuts have you. In the Excalibur in Vegas they have a glass wall alongside the small factory making the doughnuts so you can follow them from raw ingredients to finished articles in the boxes, then devour a "few".

Liam, Myself and Tracy have been lots of times. Get yourself a cuppa - I like writing about Vegas... Gambling: If you want to gamble, the tips above from 3FIDDY are good. Also, you may want to get a taxi to Freemont street - its a whole other section of Casinos and restaurants (old vegas). The gambling can be cheaper and the experience on the street at Freemont is great, its a pedestrian zone with a huge covered walkway spanning the buildings that is actuall a massive LCD screen which they play shows on. Obviously its unlikely that the missus will want to spend all day gambling. In fact last time we went I dont remember gambling - though perhaps only a bit in Casino Royale (about halfway down the strip, and they have the famous $1 MicheloB beers or Margaritas). Tours: I think that helicopter company is the one we did our tour with last time. Ill check. Taking the helicopter all the way from Vegas to the canyon (via Hoover Dam) and back is without a doubt the most comfortable way to do it. Some tours have light aircraft and a helicopter ride at the canyon. The turbulence in the light aircraft is awful - so best to stick with the heli all the way in my opinion. If you want to visit the Hoover Dam, it is a great experience - perhaps just a half day will do though. There are various other road tours around the famous houses and streets, unless you are overly interested in seeing the concrete wall and wooden gates of houses that used to belong to celebrities but now belong to multi billionaires, then I would pass. What to see: If only for the experience, get a Limo up and down the strip at night - there are dozens available for hire, and I think the going rate last time we went was about $70 for an hour. Driving up and down the strip taking in the sights of the casinos at night is fantastic. Dont miss going to the top of the Stratosphere Hotel, I'd reccomend doing it at night. The view from the top (which is about 120 floors up) is simply stunning. There are some pretty exciting rides at the top of there - if you suffer in the slightest from Vertigo, then you probably wont bother. Heres one: And no, there is no saftey net under that ride, its your seatbelt/harness between you and a freefall of 120 floors or so. The hotels themselves are absolutely incredible. Gondola rides three floors up along a full size venetian canal, which is inside a hotels own shopping centre gives you some scale of the size of these places. From Ceasars Palace to the Wynn, they are all amazing experiences just walking through the places. Ahh, Walking. Take some VERY comfortable shoes for walking. If you want to experience as much as possible while you are there, then you WILL walk MILES. Temperature. Depending on when you go, Vegas can get VERY hot. The grand Canyon even hotter. 140 is not out of the ordinary in the heat of summer at the Canyon. Plan your timings of walking around or any trips to avoid the heat. If you do find it hot, then most casinos are linked to each other either directly of by short bridges etc, walk through the hotels/casinos and take advantage of their air con. Shopping: If your Mrs is a shopaholic like mine, then there is enough in Vegas to keep her busy for the rest of her life. There is a newly developed shopping village just to the south of Mandalay Bay. You may want to get a taxi. This is an area the size of a small village/town built entirely of shops. Then you have the fashion show mall and the las vegas premium outlets. And all the casinos have their own shopping arcades, some of which are without exageration aproaching the size of the bullring. Shows: Vegas has some excellent shows. In the times weve visited we have seen KA, O and The Blue Man Group. Out of the three, O is probably the best all round entertainment. You cant describe the show other than to say Ive never seen anything like it in my life. The acrobatics, illusions and variety are all staggering. Blue Man show was just great fun. The colour, sounds and way they put a show together to music, even generating music is brilliant. KA has amazing acrobatics, a great story and is an amazing set, although I confess to having eaten a big meal before watching KA in the warm arena and probably rested my eyes a few times. If its a romantic break, then Id try to get tickets for O. I would reccomend getting them now. Try two weeks before you go and you wont find any. If you do they will be the worst seats in the house (although I dont think you can call any of them bad seats), and at times that arent best suited for many. Belagio fountains. A romantic break with the missus would not be complete without a stop in front of the Belagio fountains in an evening after a nice meal out. They play every 15 minutes in the evening. Tips: Dont forget to tip the waitress doing the rounds serving free drinks & cocktails while you are at the tables or the machines. Tip well and she will seek you out more frequently. Couple of dolars a drink or so. Same with the Bars, tip a little more, and when you go to get your next round, if its busy you wont be waiting long Things to watch: Dont do anything stupid like put your wallet in your back pocket or in an easily accesible place. There are a lot of people in Vegas with a lot of money, that attracts the odd undesireable. Although Ive never seen trouble or experienced theft in any of my times there, I dont want to leave myself open. One minor point.. When walking down the strip at night, there will be what myselfm Tracy and our friends call "clippy clippys". These are the men on the streets trying to hand out calling cards for hookers/strippers. There are lots of these idiots. They cant heckle you as they made that illegal some time ago, but they can annoy the hell out of you by constantly ficking these cards and sticking their arm out on fromt of you for you to take one. They dont care if you are with your missus or not, they still do it. Two's company, three's a a party in Vegas. It can be emarrasing and very annoying. If you take one, youll be swamped to take one from them all - so ignore them. They arent allowed on the casino/hotel property, so walking through the casinos and hotels will avoid them. Above all, have fun. Many people say you either love Vegas, or you hate it. Myself and Tracy absolutely love it. You dobt have to gamble in Vegas to have a good time, there is so much to see and do, we have spent about 6 weeks there in total over the years and havent even scratched the surface of what is available. If you've any questions just ask.

What, in the name of all that God allows to grace this earth, is that heap of @*!#? Good colour though.

And I thought you loved me...

Thats not a bad idea. Many members of car clubs will be hit hard by the Governments constant slaps to the face of the motorist. The car tax on the larger engined cars is proposed to be in excess of £400 soon, yet many of these cars will cover hardly any mileage during the year. Being used just for shows or the odd meet. Ive calculated that due to the Z now being a "weekend car", my Altea will pump out 3 times more CO2 during the year than the Z, yet cost half as much in road tax. If the Government is insistent on linking road tax to emissions, then the above scenario simply shouldnt be allowed to exist. Some of the cars seen at shows may cover less than 1k on the roads, so why should they be charged up to £400+ in road tax?