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Hi "absolutely immaculate" and "mint" (his words without being prompted)" Made me smile "mint" was one of the favourite words of Arthur Daley in 'Minders' You get the message Mike

Hi, Mike

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Well my 2004 JDM Coupe went this afternoon with 51k. MD from Oxfordshire looked at it, drove it and loved it. Asked 5,500 and accepted 5,400 cash But I will be back when I get another after house downsize Advised him to come here to be kept on track Very sad to see it go up the road without me . I will stay here keeping on eye on you all

Terrible I hope you get it sorted. You need to see the CCTV recording asap because a lot of places have an overwrite cycle - how long the recording is kept being being over written or erased. The local garage to me works on a 48 hours cycle. Good luck Mike

Somebody's got to do it Yes it is me

and have lots of Mike

Hmm exactly I am not a good passenger and watching someone drive my car is like watching someone fiddling with my wife Mike

What do people do when they are selling their car private as I am? The penny dropped with me a few days ago after someone had come to view and drive the car that their insurance would have only been 3rd party so if they bent the car I would be f..........d. Someone is coming tomorrow and I have asked them to get temporary comprehensive cover and bring the certificate which they have confirmed they have got and will bring. I will go with him and he can drive as long he likes. So what do other people do allowing test drives? Mike

- hope it is dryer up north than it is down here ! Mike

Hi I got a pair from SGS. I recall something like £50 for a pair. If you have or intend to have a spoiler they sell a stronger pair of struts to take the weight. They fit perfectly and work well. I also renewed the thrust springs at the same time. Useful video here about changing them: Mike

Hello Pete, thanks and good of you to put the nice comments on my car Just try to remember next time on a test drive the indicator stalk is on the right Good luck in your search and I hope my comments about what to look out for will help in your search and then M

Hi Pete, good luck with your search. I think I may be one of the ones you are viewing is mine tomorrow My advice is check to see if the car has been looked after. Imports/or UK does not matter but you get a lower price with JDMs. There are plenty of guides on here ..................And

Oh dear impulsive me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17564941 Mike

[quote=" Do agree with smaller/no plate option tho (Like motorbikes don't have front plates so.....) I had bikes for quite a while, last one was a Moto Morini 500 ~~~~ years ago. I seem to recall that bikes did have front number plates mounted vertical on the front mudguard (numbers both sides) but they found they acted like Stanley knives in an accident so the requirement was dropped. Is my memory right? Mike

Where are you in the UK? Mike

Looks like a fatality to me The owner may have not been the driver; poor car and driver.

I agree

Hmmm Filled up today with diesel the Isuzu 4x4 at the cheapest in East Sussex - £1.40.9 litre Filled up today the Z at Tesco (Momentum) in East Sussex - £1.42 litre Nearly getting to the point where I can defend the keeping of the Z on fuel cost saving! Mike

Bad luck indeed ! Faults can appear very quickly. About 20 years ago I bought new a Renault 5. The car being 18 months old I went to the shops and went back home. Then I was to take my one year old daughter somewhere. We went out to the car and it would not start. I decided to return baby to the house and then go back to the car to see what the problem was. A few minutes later, when I went back out to the car it had smoke and flames belching out of the engine area and in a few minutes the windows had shattered and two tyres had popped. Fire Brigade were called by a neighbour. The Fire Brigade inspected the car and traced the fire to a fault in the original loom leading to the dash board. Even now whenever I see a car parked up with children left inside it makes me wince. As regards your fire trashed car, take the loss or claim on the insurance and lose the 2k over time with the premiums Mike

Check out the pdf.

You can try the pennies trick in the springs but it is a short time fix. The struts are not a big price. I had to replace mine and they work fine even when it is nippy. If you have a spoiler then tell them and they will boost http://www.sgs-engineering.com/nl1749-n ... boot-strut Hope this helps. Mike

If you are going to put a PC together with good components and good back up then the place to check is: http://www.novatech.co.uk/barebonebundles/ They are very helpful. I am not a computer expert but wanted a fast 4 core machine to run radio software. I put one together for £300. Mike