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Yeah, it does, make sure it's not a Cat C or D, could be that it's had a major accident at some stage. Pete

I'm seeing 14 degrees and partly cloudy on The Friday and 15 degrees with showers for Saturday, temperatures more akin to mid April than midsummers day. Although the signals are that this cool and wet period will last well into July and maybe beyond there are hopeful signs that there will be the odd decent day next week or weekend but too early to tell which days these will fall on Pete

1. Vik54 +1 2. Paulie +1 3. The G Man +1 4. NeilP+1 5. Ricey + Carla 6. Garetgax + 1 7. JetSet +Caroline 8. Toyboy + 1 Being a railway fanatic can't miss out on this Pete

Wow!! Love the basketball from the tower block trick Pete

I wouldn't read too much into that, Jack Brabham did exactly the same thing at Monaco in 1970 Note the pit crew standing on the road and photographers in near suicidal positions Pete

I'm amazed you can find anywhere to park! I drove round the car park a few times including the multi storey before I got lucky and found a space, what a nightmarish place Pete

Just around the corner from where Ricey works in The Bank Of America car park. An 07 GM coupe and an 05 Blade coupe, must pay well there as several Porkers, TT'S parked up as well. Pete

Yeah, didn't like the crew and all the wires. Cleggs face was a picture though Pete

Some info on the last time this happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum I've never given a lot of credence to the global warming theory. It really boils down to the sun and its output...sure, it only varies by fractions of 1% but the climate of the world is so delicately poised that even tiny amounts make a huge difference. The general feeling among climatologists is that we are living in a "warm" period, but these are usually short lived and "cold" is the norm for planet Earth. The main concern would be that melting ice sheets would alter ocean currents and The U.K would no longer be under the influence of the warm Atlantic current, without that, we'd be looking at a climate similar to Alaska . Little is known of the timeline of Ice Ages, but if the Gulf stream was disrupted it'd be pretty quick, last time it became disrupted was about 11,000 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas Pete

According to U.S scientists a mini Ice age looks to be on the cards within the next 10 years. It's all down to reduced activity in The Sun which apparently ties in with a similar period in the middle ages. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ Sadly, this summer is starting to look like being a non event (4 years on the run here) there's no sign of any settled weather until at least the first week of July, that's as far as the models go out to!! Pete

Nothing much as I tend to avoid DIY, but in my first house I was changing a light socket and thought that simply turning the light switch off would isolate it. Imagine my surprise when I grabbed hold of one of the wires and was thrown over the room. Wouldn't have been to bad but I was standing not on a pair of ladders but on a bar stool which collapsed under me. Pete

Button is one of those drivers who on his day is brilliant. Yesterdays romp through the field was one of the greatest drives ever seen in F1 certainly in the same class as John Watsons drive from last on the grid to first (in the dry) back in the 80's. Pete

The gear change problem is well documented especially when cold. I'm pretty sure all 350's have this clunk when changing from first to second so nothing to worry about. Pete

3 Different types of tyre Pete

Has to be the best race for years and years, still waiting for my heart rate to come down Pete

Been watching on and off all day, only 12 hours to go Pete

Very strange, according to that list one of them was reg'd as late as 2008 . If there are 5 missing I wonder if any of them were sold in The U.K, for example Northern Ireland but were bought by owners from The Republic. It's also possible that a couple bought on the mainland ended up in the Channel Islands (or The Isle of Man), I don't think these are registered at The DVLA Great link BTW Pete

Reminded me of this , nobody injured luckily Pete

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You mean they could only muster 64 of the 100,000 sold in The U.K Pete

Well, I'd put the simplicity of passing The U.S driving test at the top of the list here and there's also the fact that the seat belt rules are a lot more lax. Americans are generally poorer drivers, the accident rates there are similar to third world countries....The very fact the country is so wealthy also has a big influence, over here kids aspire to a Nova/Corsa/Saxo, over there it's a Mustang/Corvette/350Z/911..... Pete

Yeah, this was down to the dealers and the buyers. When I was going around the dealerships looking to order a new one back in 2006 I was told that the ones with the GT pack would hold their value better (true), be easier to sell (also true) and that if I wanted a non GT one then there would be a longer wait until they got one in stock (probably a load of rubbish, but...). At the end of the day I think most buyers opted for the GT pack, if you can afford to spend around 30k then another couple of thousand for the GT pack isn't going to hurt that much Pete

+1, another easy way to tell is by a quick look at the headlights, if they have the orange stripe then it's a pre facelift. Pete

Good and interesting read . Looks really good, love the rear bumper Pete

RX8's have a reputation for drinking fuel, makes a Zed look frugal from what I've heard. As far as the engines go there seems to be a cottage industry sprung up to replace RX8 engines. It seems to be hit and miss at what stage the engines fail but newer ones are a lot better. Pete