sasha@lazytrips

Let's hope the door smacks your backside on the way out.

1. Manager - Craig Bissett --- Team - Sex Panter Motorsport 2. Manager - AsianUK (Dips) --- Team - Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies 3. Manager - Struan Fredersdorff --- Team - MOY Industries 4. Manager - Leo Au-Yeung --- Team - Hobknobs united 5. Manager - Sasha Yanshin --- Team - LazyRacing

I wouldn't go out with Pippa Middleton either.

They are Volks Josh... All a matter of personal taste I guess whether they are Volks or not. I personally love the splitter, but really not a fan of the wheels either.

I think I might be alone in not being a Boxster fan. I generally don't find that porsches do anything for me anyhow and am not a fan of a lot of features like those side air inlets.

I'm driving down end of next week - should coincide with the launch of my new travel website as well so look out for the piccies

After watching the above, check out this out. Absolutely hilarious.

Really not my cup of tea.

Our renewal was considerably cheaper than two separate policies on the zed and a 3.2 v6 TT. By considerably I mean around 60% cheaper than the cheapest quotes for separate policies from anywhere else using all the price comparison sites, independents, etc .

Well I'm taking my zed down to France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and wherever else I come across (including Geneva Motor Show) on the 15th, so if Zed Ted wants to come, he'll need to do so soon.

The previous owner is probably sitting at the computer with popcorn and laughing his head off thinking "I knew it would drive them nuts".

It's actually a crazy conspiracy theory. CS and Rarerims each run 20 additional board multi accounts to create an illusion that everybody has them to pressurise people into thinking that they really ought to purchase them themselves. All photos are photoshopped and there are rumours that Andy's RX-7 boot hides alien bodies that escaped from Area 51.

They will fly through MOT. But they can't test the quality of the brake pad relative to an OEM one there. The regs stipulate that any brake components such as pads, discs, lining, piston parts or whatever that are not OE have to perform within 15% (better or worse) of the standard equipment. Therefore brakes which are considerably better fall foul of the regs. Note: the box that DS2500 pads come in says "For Race Use Only". Yeah i noticed that on the box! But if you think about it. Noone tells their insurance company if they have changed their OEM tyres, brake pads, discs or even headlamp bulbs, and who knows what parts garages fit or whether they are up to OEM spec. In fact I dont think at any point anyone actually checks a car to ensure items are up to OEM spec. Seems strange to some degree to have regs like this if they are never actually checked. It's a reg that makes perfect sense and exists for a good reason. The reason is that when a barryboy in a corsa writes off a lambo because he fitted Aldi own brand brake pads, the insurance company and courts will have a reasonable argument to say that the driver is at fault and fully liable for all costs which they wouldn't be able to do without regs like this. Unfortunately the regs were poorly written as it is hard to see how a significantly better performing brake component can not pass the tests, so it's down to individuals what they want to do about their brakes. As I said I value safety over a pointless regulation. In my personal opinion, just because there is a reg out there, does not mean that common sense should not be used. Reminds me of firefighters who would not enter waist-deep water to save a drowning epileptic because their rule book said they had to have special training to do so.

The wheels look OEM on the car, fit the wheel arches perfectly (not leaving large holes and being too small as with the RAYS imho and not stupidly rubbing everywhere as with many other aftermarket wheels on other cars). In addition, they are reasonably priced, perfect offsets and widths and have a high quality finish. What's not to like?

Bingo, and this is why I'm having to keep a 'new pistons' fund sitting around just in case, and realistically I'll probably go for a bottom-end rebuild before too much longer. It's just not nice not knowing what state the pistons are in The previous owner was very open about having run it on 95 for the last 6 months of his ownership, so it seems that despite the obvious warnings people see it as more of a recommendation than a necessity. DB Disclaimer: I didn't know 95 was THIS bad for the engine when I bought the car, or i would have walked away. I like to see it as an opportunity. If/when the engine begins giving up, you have a perfect reason to go and get a forged block with all the bits and pieces. There's always the good excuse of "It's cheaper than buying a 370z".

They will fly through MOT. But they can't test the quality of the brake pad relative to an OEM one there. The regs stipulate that any brake components such as pads, discs, lining, piston parts or whatever that are not OE have to perform within 15% (better or worse) of the standard equipment. Therefore brakes which are considerably better fall foul of the regs. Note: the box that DS2500 pads come in says "For Race Use Only".

The Ferodo pads do not have ECE R90 approval. These pads are considerably more than +/- 15% range that the requirements stipulate. Having said that, I choose to run these and the reason is simple: I would much rather be able to stop and avoid writing off my car / killing someone and know that I have an extremely good quality component than put on worse brakes to comply with regulation. There is no known case law from a high level court regarding this and I would personally happily go to court and represent myself against an insurance company if they try to argue that brake pads which are proven to be much better than alternatives make me more likely to have an accident. About a year ago I had an incident where I had to slow down from fast overtaking speed to zero in an emergency brake situation and I can tell you now that if it wasn't for these brakes, the car most certainly wouldn't still be here and I am not confident I would be either. That's good enough for me. The position on this reg is quite complicated as the wording is very minimal and unclear. For example, sticking a big brake kit on your car also technically falls foul of the reg as does virtually any modification that makes them >15% better.

That's not a ripped seat. It's one of the apparently "ok" airbags along with the passenger footwell one in another picture

Love that ad. Especially as with 102k miles, that price is really not all that far off the price of that car in a pretty decent condition The "light scrape" and "very easy repair" offered some good entertainment.

gen II Cayman S is the only Porsche I don't completely and utterly hate the looks of.

Is that sales figures? Or does that take in to account numbers written off over the years? That's according to the latest figures taking into account exports/imports, written off and SORN cars.

I still remember that a mate from uni borrowed a fiver from me and hasn't paid back. That was 8 years ago and I don't forget to mention it when I have the opportunity but I think the fact that I still remember makes them a lot more keen on not repaying.

Now if there was an option of some red ones... Neither orange nor white/clear go with my colour scheme

There are around 1450 convertible zeds in the whole country compared to 5700 coupes. Out of these only around 300-350 have the 313 engine - pretty damn rare.