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Amazing how many people do not even know the rule of thirds...tut!

Skoda Octavia VRS!

Another Skyline

A good week for Colins to sell up! Looking forwards to the next car mate!

I had a carbon wrap on a previous car, I accidentally got polish on it and it went a hazy white'ish colour.

Neither, watch something worthwhile. Guess I am just old and grumpy but I find TV nowadays has been dumbed down to a level that is almost traumatic.

TV shows are entertainment, they are not in anyway serious and were never meant to be. The Apprentice has always been a joke show and the people taking part know that. Don't read the below if you think this is a serious programme about entrepreneurs... /startrant Friend of a friend told me about it on a night out, he had been on it a few series back, did you know they film the 'exit scene' for all the people at the start of filming. So when it comes to the firing section you might notice they always wear the same clothes so when they exit they match what they wore when they first filmed the exit scene with the suitcase... But he was saying that the show is hugely biased, they come in, are told its an entertainment show and it will enhance their careers outside of the show i.e. public exposure, TV appearances etc. So to be loud and try and be the person who will keep the ratings going. There is a lot of serious chat that goes on when they are given the challenges with some decent debate, but that gets cut of course as that is not very interesting to your basic viewer. They do keep in any flash points that occur and set the context to make it look like teams are constantly fighting or someone is being a bad egg to get the public on their backs. Alan Sugar has built up a decent business empire, if he has an ounce of business savvy which he must have, he must know that recruiting someone to a big salary in his business via a tacky entertainment show on TV getting potentially highly paid execs to try and sell soup to people on the street is not in any way a proper way of recruiting a person to that role. They show is a joke, it should be taken as such. /endrant

SOLD - mods can lock

But no space after it so it is therefore void

Dropped you a PM

Seems a lot for any car (except maybe an RX8...) As above, stick a big bit of cardboard under the car whilst it is still for a few days to see if there is any leaking whilst stationary, give the engine a decent wipe down and after a week check for any obvious signs of oil gathering (usually around the gaskets).

Ian remember the Swedish girl who lived opposite me we chatted to when you were detailing my Zed, she works for BA, so that list above is pretty accurate I would say!

Yes I was expecting some question about needing a cover on the car for an insurance quote or something! Halfords ones are proven to do the job, pretty much the same as storm force and about a third the price. I used a Halfords one on my VX.

VX220 Turbo - a paper figure of 4.7 seconds 0-60, even quicker once you put a remap on it. Looks very different, rare and of course has the legendary Elise chassis which means you can corner at a rate that makes your face distort to hilarious shapes. Engine sat 24 inches behind your head for maximum race car feel. Great driving position, can out brake just about anything else on the road. Once you own and drive one of these you learn a whole set of driving skills most other people never get to experience on the road. You want something a bit ballistic, something cool, something uber rapid, there you have it Edit: Oh and it does about 35mpg and has mechanically mostly readily available Vauxhall parts which makes servicing nice and reasonable cost wise.

Rugby players rarely do it either though So what about Bert Trautrmann playing out a cup final with a broken neck, his head was jutting off at an odd angle when he collected his winners medal, didnt even complain about it until three days later when he finally went to the hospital for an exray I dont think the phrase really is relevant anymore. In my view: Football: Lots of play acting as its the only way to get the decisions. Top players not really in touch with reality living a bizarre bubble of hangers on. Loss of national pride in the England team. Lack of respect for officials. Rugby: Good respect for officials (but only because the game is a territorial one and back chat is very damaging in terms of balance of play to the team offending) I doubt these guys playing football would take the same decisions as well. Lots of nasty stuff which is done with players prone or with intent, very rarely in football do you see fouls with intent to hurt. Players seem to give more for England.

After my wife flew Ryan Air and had to buy a bottle of water off staff to give to a woman that was passing out next to her because the staff were not allowed to give water out for free even in a medical emergency I just felt that ethically even if its cheap and on time, I cannot give my money to such a despicable company.

When the physical length of the article is 80% pictures and 20% text, you know its going to be crap. Fair play for having a go though!

TVR maintenance scares the hell out of me haha. Flew through the MoT today so all done until October 2015

I thought they were literally there as a deterrent to the opportunist thief. Clearly if someone wants the wheels they can just go get the right tools, or order them, then come back at a later date.

Prague is over run with Stag events now, try something different. Madrid is great, nice weather, cheap booze. I booked my stag for Reykjavik but it got cancelled at the last minute due to the volcano ash cloud cancelling flights a few years back, so we rebooked for Cork and it was superb. Great locals, very friendly, decent bars, even the bouncers in the bars were super friendly and joined in the partying.

so I take it you haven't had one ? yet can offer an opinion I bought a set off H Dev purely because I liked the look (worked for me in terms of colour effect!), it was cheap at 29 quid and under the slim hope it might make a noticeable difference, despite trying hard to feel the effect, there was none. You can see the charts from H Dev here http://www.h-dev.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=78_169_293_472_477&products_id=25417 But having been on the VX forum and the Skyline one and this issue come up, almost exclusively everyone who fitted these said they felt no change in the drive of the car.

All the numbers are of course useful, its good to know taking the driver out of the equation what a car would accelerate like for 0 to whatever speed. Same as 30 to whatever. Actually the numbers I am often looking for are 70 back down to zero as that stat is likely to save your life one day!

Most people agree they are snake oil. H_Dev have some measurements that show an improvement but it is marginal and unlikely you could detect it yourself.

Well might take advantage of low roadster prices over winter...no idea what though, 300zx, MX5 mk1, who knows!

Modern hot hatches are generally lighter with better turbos, some super charged also, improved handling etc. Not sure how beating a hot hatch in the twists is any less willy waving than a hot hatch tearing it up on a straight, both have their merits. At the end of the day there will always be another car out there faster than you - thats life.