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Indeed, its 20th birthday this year

You only noticed how tall she was..?

No fading at all, history of it is that is has had one rich owner in Japan (have the address!) who sold it out on import to the guy I bought it from who is a car collector here in the UK. So sat in his lock up since 2009 alongside various vintage 911s etc doing about 1000 miles over 6 years and only got sold to me as he was spending so much time on the Escort Cosworth he just bought with 13k miles on it. So really hadnt been exposed to the sun in its life and hence the oxidisation hasnt really had a chance to start on the paintwork. I did all my work today by hand, but already brought up a nice gleam to it. I would imagine a machine polish would really take it a few steps on.

Cheers mate, I didnt have time to fire up the rotary and get the PlastX on the lights which could do with a polish but might have a go tonight. Like some cars (RX8 for instance) when you photograph them they look a bit odd but in the metal they are pretty good looking cars, do need the spats on though!

First chance in a month to properly give the GT4 a bit of love and attention. G3 Detox shampoo, came across a bottle of AG Ultra Deep Shine so put that on, followed by Dodo Juince Supernatural wax and some metal polish on the exhaust. Waxed the wheels, tyre dressing, Fast Glass all around, Nanolex Trim Rejuventor on the inside, Leather Care Balm for the seats and then ran out of time as had to go for a walk with the family in the unexpected sunshine! Damn she is a sexy beast of a car

Sounds like something Greg needs to address then in terms of staff training.

Just went and checked and the person has removed their note and left mine there! Some people have their own little silly world they live in I guess where all their bizarre behaviour makes lots of sense...

Cheers mate, no knock as of yet. The car is loud but I use it once or twice a week and it runs for no more than a minute before I take it around the corner to warm up where it's less residential....like most people like this they haven't got the balls to actually approach someone but think they are very clever leaving sarcastic whinging notes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think that would be worth a go (although appreciate your car is slightly more special in terms of tuning than most ) - average gain across the range is definitely a really good stat and much more useful than peak bhp - even average across the everyday usable range ie not to the redline, I dont rev to the red in every gear

Last one I watched was Haye vs Klitschko (or however its spelt) went to the pub, every waited for it, started late and was boring as hell. Used to love watching the Benn vs Eubank fights, Tyson, Lewis etc was super eventful and often lived up to the billing.

Aye yeah there will be those moments (maybe more often for you Adrian than most of us!! ) but in getting there you are looking at less bhp from 800 through to 5800 - its that average between the two which is more reflective of the map and which will be used more often.

I didnt see the fight but I thought the marketing guys did a great job of making something out of two blokes the wrong side of 35 and probably past their best having a fight just a few years too late...didnt sound an exceptionally exciting affair unless you are someone who appreciates the technical skills of defensive boxing.

This. Its not a lot, you get a 'feeling' that the car is quicker and more responsive but hey placebo and all that. It's not really a placebo effect when you compare the two graphs, what you'll find that although you gain 10-20bhp peak figures at the top end the gains in the mid range and low down is what makes it feel quicker and more responsive. I tend to ignore peak figures and to be honest I am not sure why tuners seem to have them printed out on dynos and make a point of highlighting them (well I do, its a great way to justify the outlay) but peak gains on their own mean very little - you wont be driving with 15-20 bhp gain at all times, thats what I mean by the placebo effect - people see their one max gain figure and 'believe' they have that on tap which they dont. The more usefulinformation is average gain over the whole graph (why is this never shown if you have all the points on the chart its an easy calculation) was more like 5bhp (well it was on mine anyway) - so yes you get 15bhp say at 5800rpm but how often do you spend time driving in that range? Gains around the 2000-3000rpm mark are whats important for day to day driving and are usually around the 5-10bhp mark and to be honest on a car starting out around 260-280 its not something you will notice - it does smoothen the power delivery though.

Boss of the building company came around the other night, said he would pay in full, in cash direct to my bank account - so just a case of getting it over to TGM now for its repair. In other news, I jumped in the car yesterday at 8:50am to go view a replacement for the dead Focus (which we bought, lovely blue megane) and this morning found one of my lovely neighbours had left a note on my car "You migth have a lovely and beautiful car but warming it up at 8AM ON A SATURDAY is not very nice, do not do it again" So I wrote another note, left it on my car for them to find today "I wasn't warming it up, I live at [insert address here], if you would like an adult conversation about it please come and knock today" Lets see what happens...

Yeah sitting on the moby and ignoring a customer, regardless of the situ is not good, he should have been all over that situation and ready to jump when you wanted him to. A good salesman should never let a customer wander off without realising what was going on, if you have felt hard done by, regardless of the who what why when etc, then that is not a good result for them. But dont give up yet, give it another go and see if it was a one off and take it from there. Dont let emotion get in the way of good business!

Why should people not have a view? If you dont attend a football match does that mean you cannot comment on the game? I have heard this a few times, and its just wrong, why can someone not have a view just because they didnt vote? Plenty of people give a view on my cars I buy but none of them have actually owned one? I just find this idea that you 'gotta be in it to have a view' just a bit odd.

Sorry, an actual dyno run is about £40ish, for an hour of tuning and diagnostics then £90+

I think its been argued already that Matt, what do they charge, £40 an hour on the dyno or something? I dont think the argument is whether the uprev licence is worth the money, its whether adding 5% onto your bhp count is worth £350+ isnt it? And even then you usually have to have spent a sizeable lump on exhaust, breathing, spacer etc.

A business person should be the chancellor, a leader needs to run the country in my opinion - not very often you see a good combination of both.

So with a map from you what sort of gains are we looking at on average? 10-20bhp This. Its not a lot, you get a 'feeling' that the car is quicker and more responsive but hey placebo and all that. Most of us slapped on an exhaust etc to make the car sound better, the uprev is a nice icing on the cake, as discussed in another thread though is it actually worth it? Well its up to the individual to decide whether £350+ is worth the extra 5% power you get on average. Tuning NAs is not a cheap thing to do for the return you get.

I think the side stripe suits it

V6 conversion, do it!

Assuming good businessmen are the answer (shouldnt it be business person?) is just ridiculous. Being a leader is not the same as running a business, Cameron is an idiot is he, yet he is prime minister, idiots generally do not make it there. Does Cameron sit there on his own with a list of things he has to say yes or no to? Of course not, in fact many decisions are made probably without him knowing anything more than a ten minute top line - things like war on other countries, are not taken likely and although the prime minister at the time is the figurehead there will be many people behind the scenes pulling the strings. You only have to look at the nature of politics as to how it can make people look idiotic, they have to support their own party line, they cannot be seen to be making bad decisions, they cannot admit to making bad decisions, they must always find fault in all opposition points of view that contradict their own - this isnt normal behaviour in most debate you or I might have where we agree and compromise etc. They are not idiots at all, they cant be if they have climbed to where they are. Are they the best businesspeople in the world, no not that either as Dan said, the best businessmen are off earning £1m+ a year running their own business. Do good businessmen make good public leaders, thats not a given either, you only have to look at Ed Millibands dithering on TV to see how it negatively impacts his perception by the public. Clearly Ed is not an idiot and could run a successful business, but in front of the camera he doesnt come across as a good leader. Is the country all about business, I dont think it is, there are softer policies to look after too which impact public opinion, from a business perspective they make no sense but they are must haves.

I think Kev has a point though, basic politics and the impact of big decisions is so lost on the majority of the UK. When I lived in France they were very political and very capable of talking in depth about the main issues affecting the country - most people in the UK think that over half the country is now made up of muslims, that all our financial woes are based on some people living here illegally and have no idea what the left vs the right actually means.

Surely 'people died' not to force people to vote, but for people to have control over their own decisions and to decide if they want to vote, they can. A non vote is a wasted vote, but the only impact is that person has no say in who ultimately wins so they lose out. Although our system of voting means votes are wasted anyway, vote Tory in Scotland for instance?