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i don't know the law well enough to say if it is or isnt illegal, but it is poor driving, the correct procedure is to pull out into the right hand lane waiting for the person to pull back in and then pass them. In germany it is accepted that indicating into the central reservation means you wish to pass somone and they should consider this in their manouvering (ie. **** off out the way). Highway Code rule 268 advises against undertaking on a motorway: "Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake". On other roads you can "only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right" (rule 163). On all roads, undertaking is permitted if the vehicles in the lane to the right are queueing and slow moving. Undertaking in an aggressive or reckless manner could be considered Careless Driving or more seriously Dangerous Driving, both of which are legally enforceable offences. "Queueing and slow moving" does not cover a lane hogger. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTr ... /DG_070314

yes! yes it is! :notworthy: when the contractions start you will be saying "think of the cobra, think of the cobra, think of the cobra"

I would too! *drool*

Sod other peoples feelings, it's your womb and if you want it free so you can own a zed then you do that! Zed rules, baby drools thats not what this is about is it...

If only they did enforce the law, equally and fairly. +1 I have mates who are police and they would never be able to get cuffs on me if I resisted due to them being far too small and weak. Police don't had the correct education to analyse the law and that's why so many cases get dropped even before they get to court. I know its a typo but that made me laugh sorry bud

sadly, undertaking is really dangerous. I agree they are in the wrong but if they pull back in on you, you are stuffed as it's your fault for being there. It is a very blind area to be in and people simply will not be expecting you to be there. Although how much safer is running the ignorant F***s down, bumper to bumper when they don't move... you cant win. It's like ricey said in his euro trip thread, british driving is appauling.

I swapped in my focus ST3 for it, well it was better than setting the focus on fire and dancing round its dull burning corpse which was my first idea.

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get someone to go back over it, it will hurt like hell but you can get more detail in it and get the colour to be more vibrant. looks a bit unfinished, no offense intended I think someones pulling your leg dawg Try searching 'crap tattoos' in google look how polite I was! I'm such a good boy

i've re-edited your route new epic route ok so its maybe a bit more riding Point D is where my mum and dad have a holiday let you can use PS: i diverted you round glasgow

htey did them on the skoda superb...

happy birthday dude

goods recieved, many thanks

looks awesome bud

best suggestion i've heard is a hot water bottle left lying on it for 10 mins

Now that's not a bad idea at all! I think the pressure washer got everything off that's going to come off easily though. I've got a pit in the garage at home so I'll get it parked over there tomorrow and hand scrub the rest, safe to say it'll be cleaner than it was before! However it's supposed to be stormy tonight, if we get a proper downpoor I might have a blast up and down the A52. Why not just go in a "evil" car wash, some of them you can pay to only wash the underneath? I already used the brush from those "evil" petrol station pressure washers to have a good scrube underneath but most of it is gonna take some elbow grease. Can't believe people use those on their paint :O at least its raining just now which should help.

Now that's not a bad idea at all! I think the pressure washer got everything off that's going to come off easily though. I've got a pit in the garage at home so I'll get it parked over there tomorrow and hand scrub the rest, safe to say it'll be cleaner than it was before! However it's supposed to be stormy tonight, if we get a proper downpoor I might have a blast up and down the A52. Why not just go in a "evil" car wash, some of them you can pay to only wash the underneath?

Its not the cost of the road tax that would bother them, but more the principal behind it. Ive said it before and probably sound like a stuck record on it, but a system that uses emissions as its basis for deciding the charge should take into account the usage of the vehicle if its to be fair. The key is the KM part of the g/km figure they use (or dont as the case may be). Ive just had the MOT on the zed and its done about 1000 miles since last time. That equates to 437Kg of CO2. The Altea has done about 8000 miles which equates to about 2.1 metric tons of CO2, almost five times as much, but the Z costs £70 more in road tax. And Im one of the "lucky" ones whos Z is registered prior to 1st March 06, otherwise it would be £270 more, almost 2.5 times as much. never really thought of it like that! really valid point!

this appeals to me

have to agree that would be hilarious. best quote i've heard so far relating to this car is: "Basically, F**k you Jeremy Clarkson!" You know they did build that version of the XJ220... and they unnoficially did a high speed run of it

right sod watching it http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArtic ... rs/256876/ Jaguar has decided to turn its hugely impressive jet-powered C-X75 hybrid concept into a £700,000, Bugatti Veyron-beating flagship for production in 2013 – and is enlisting the aid of the Williams F1 team to do it. The deal, a momentous decision that will affect everything Jaguar does for decades to come, was announced in London this morning by Tata chief Carl-Peter Forster, with Sir Frank Williams in attendance. It will involve a direct technology transfer between the partners, especially over lightweight structures, and brings Tata ever closer to the F1 connection that has often been rumoured. See pics of the Jaguar C-X75 in action Jaguar is planning 250 cars, and continues to work on the jet-powered concept for C-X75. It will eventually sell a limited number of them, but the there are strong indications that the majority of cars will use a 'highly boosted' 1.6-litre engine related to the four-cylinder engine Williams and other F1 teams will adopt from 2013. Williams currently uses a Cosworth engine, made in Northamptonshire. The production C-X75 (the concept name is being kept "for the time being", but won't necessarily make production) will have electric drive motors on the front and rear axles and thus have four-wheel-drive. No detail of the powertrain is available, but it seems probable that the four-cylinder engine, which could easily produce 500bhp-plus, will power the wheels in parallel with the electric motors. Read Autocar's first drive of the Jaguar C-X75 Total power could amount to as much as 1000 bhp, but the car will also have an electric-only mode for urban use. Jaguar promises a 200mph top speed, zero to 100mph acceleration in less than six seconds and an all-electric range of about 30 miles. Jaguar bosses believe it is paramount that the car should not merely have been given a tuned version of their familiar V8 range, but should be an embodiment of their determination to get to grips with future technology. "People expect us to be innovators," says Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar brand director. "The C-X75 received an incredible reception as a concept car. We've been building on that momentum and there is a clear business case for the exclusive halo model. No other vehicle will better signify Jaguar's renewed confidence and excellence in technological innovation than this." Read more on the original Jaguar C-X75 concept The C-X75, tipped to retail at between £700,000 and £900,000 when it hits the market in two years' time, will be designed, engineered and built entirely in Britain. Both turbo and jet-powered versions will use a carbonfibre tub chassis, expected to weigh less than 1400 kilograms and to feature much Williams composite construction know-how. Jaguar bosses are not saying where the car will be built, but so far much of the work has been done at the Whitley engineering centre, near Coventry. The production shape will be very close to the concept, with only minor dimensional changes and alterations to aerodynamic equipment and air scoops and outlets. See pics of the Jaguar C-X75 in action Of the 250 cars to be built, more than 200 are likely to be four-cylinder turbos. The version using a pair of miniature Bladon gas turbine engines to drive generators will come late in the programme: there is much development still to be done, not least coping with the 380degC jet-pipe temperatures. Tata, Jaguar's owner, last year acquired an interest in Worcestershire-based gas turbine R&D company, Bladon Jets. In either version, electric power will be stored in a 230 kilogram lithium-ion battery bank carried in the spine of the car's carbon tub. Jaguar insiders say performance may even exceed the remarkable figures quoted for the 1350kg show car at its unveiling in Paris last year. Read Autocar's first drive of the Jaguar C-X75 At the time, the project's lead engineer Nigel Taylor forecast a top speed around 205 mph, 0-60 mph acceleration in around three seconds, 0-100 mph in 5.5 seconds, and most remarkable of all a 0-300km/h (186 mph) time of just 15.5 seconds. Meanwhile CO2 emissions are forecast at less than 100g/km of CO2, an amazingly low figure for such a potent car.