Stutopia

The Apollo Aspire 4Gs have gone to the great tyre fire in the sky. RIP. Instead I've got something better, something new. So far I've only found time to scrub the release agent off the rears, but it feels like a tiny bit softer ride than the Aspire 4G/Primacy 3 combo I was running, despite these being up at 35 and me running those a little softer. Pleasingly confidence inspiring in todays' damp conditions, I'll see how things go and report back. Also gone Nitrogen, because you know, racecar! Apparently I will be able to feel the difference. I'm not so sure... PS - Check out the awful valve caps they insisted on fitting too. VOM

It sucks you might not get back what you already had, even in the bizarro world of insurance, if it's not your fault you should be getting a replacement or as near as is possible with the current builds. Good luck

I can't understand why we don't our own OS at government infrastructure level. The savings in licence fees alone would pay for the nerds to do the coding, it would be much harder to hack and we'd actually be creating some work in the UK instead of Redmond. Having said that, during my last contract in government they were going mad for open source, so expect Linux on Raspberry Pis to be running everything by 2040!

I use one cos I hate waxing!

Imagine thinking that if your current party of choice has historically made a policy decision you don't agree with, you can never agree with any of their future policies. There'd be no one left to vote for, whichever way you swing.

Got a wedding just near Skipton on Sat. Gutted. Have fun!

But that's exactly where the billion pounds came from that they paid the DUP. We didn't have it, but the we did. That's magic.

I'm with you on the two things not being mutually exclusive, but I don't see how maintaining the current CT rate at 20% isn't feasible. The only military people I know think that money would be better spent if we spent half of this upcoming bill on troops and equipment. That will get used. Let's face it the nuclear deterant has no effect, if a sane person has got their finger on the trigger they won't start a nuclear war and if an insane person does, then it makes no difference threatening them!

I think she's been painted in that light because she tried to make some tough calls at the wrong time. Irresponsible spending while our debt is through the roof seems more immoral to me. Good old money saving TM. Brexit will cost a fortune, Trident costs a fortune, the coming tax breaks cost a fortune, the election was needless spending (albeit only a few millions). Yeah, she's all over saving money, just you know, saving it from the right people. Brexit wasn't exactly May's idea, Trident and tax breaks are necessary evils and the election was a good idea that backfired spectacularly. Sounds like you really bought into the 'May is evil' spin though... It doesn't require spin, just listen to her talk. Trident and tax breaks are necessary evils? Good job the NHS and Education aren't. Sounds like you really bought into the 'magic money tree' spin.

£1bn for a functioning government wouldn't have been THAT bad but we got Team Dinosaur Denial! It's only a matter of time before they start being labelled 'So called Protestant State'

I think she's been painted in that light because she tried to make some tough calls at the wrong time. Irresponsible spending while our debt is through the roof seems more immoral to me. Good old money saving TM. Brexit will cost a fortune, Trident costs a fortune, the coming tax breaks cost a fortune, the election was needless spending (albeit only a few millions). Yeah, she's all over saving money, just you know, saving it from the right people.

Another satisfied Royal wheel customer here, can't recommend enough. The leather is to die for.

I had four "car park" style dings, one on the roof and one on the bonnet that all needed attention . I called up Mark at DentGo a couple of weeks ago and he's just been round to do the job. Being an idiot, I forgot to take before photos, but I think the afters speak for themselves. There was a 5" crease in the roof, not deep but noticeable enough when you were within a couple of feet of it. The red line is where the crease was. The bonnet had a small round dent, no idea what from, it looked kinda of like a golf ball or similar sized solid object had hit it. All gone. The driver's door had three dings, I was going to try and mark them up, but you can see from the reflection that there's not much there There was another one in the driver's side door sill, Mark wasn't able to get a tool on it without drilling a hole (which I wasn't keen on) so he could only pull it from the outside instead of working from behind too. It's about 90% gone and looks much better. I've no doubt he could have got it perfect if I'd chosen to have a small hole in the door jam (which he was going to plug with a small grommet). As you can see, excellent work all round. £95 for 6 dents and he also gave me some pointers on how to work them myself in future. If you need dents sorting in the North West, I'd strongly advise you to give Mark a bell, top service. http://www.dentgo.co.uk

First one I've missed this season, caught up with the highlights etc, I thought Seb's outrage at driving into the back of Hamilton was brilliant. Ultimate trolling!

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The most pathetic objection so far I've read was from one of the Nice But-Dims saying, "Ya guys, I mean I'm totally for people having houses ya, even poor people and some refugees, but I really fear that some of these guys were illegal sublets, so you know, err, I don't think these illegal landlords should now get to live, you know, near me yeah? It's seriously unfair guys, I'm just looking out for the little guy." Dressing up being a snob as social justice is a new nadir. The folk who live "in the nicer parts of Kensington" desperately need protection from these paupers. I mean if every day any one of us had to see places which you know to be crawling with people on under £70k a year, we'd simply move. Right guys?

I really hope you are very wrong Stu. Yeah, me too.

No one is going to jail for this, some organisation will get a huge fine and there will be "lessons learned".

It's not going to be alright if you guys don't start to believe in Brexit, like Teresa did when she was advocating against it.

Don't worry, the weak pound is charging in to make all our imported goods cheaper! No wait, it doesn't work like that does it, hang on. The slump in migrant labour coming to work on farms will mean higher wages for farm workers, which will make food cheaper for everyone! No that's wrong too. Err. yeah it turns out inflation has been low, but the rise in wages has been even lower. Inflation is on the rise though, so that will mean more disposable income for everyone. Gosh, that one is wrong too.

As Col says, the PB site is superb, it also includes info about how they use the products, as well as reviews. There's no need to spend a fortune, you'll be surprised at how few products you need for decent maintenance wash, and the specialist items like clay or trim restorer or tar/bug remover or wheel sealants, you don't need to buy that often. They'll build up over time. Also consider buying the routine stuff in bulk, like 5 litres of snow foam, it's always better value. You can use a mitt on your wheels, just not the same one as goes on your paint (get a different colour/style so you don't accidentally confuse them). My wheel "stuff" (including my bucket) never touches/shares water with anything that touches paint. Wheel woolies are brilliant for getting in the barrel and around the caliper, I'd suggest a big one and a small one, but a mitt is fine if you're keeping costs down. In terms of your outlined "routine", I tend to wash my wheels whilst the snow foam is working, as watching the foam drop off is tedious. I don't use fallout on the paint every time, as I just don't think it's needed. Clay when you need to, I personally don't agree with doing it at a regimented regular interval. Use your hands, fingertips or the back of your hand, slide along on wet, washed paint, you'll feel if clay is needed as it won't be glass like. I don't polish every time, just after when I've clayed. I'm a big believer in touching it as little as possible. If you get a decent sealant on the paint, then that's half the battle, maintenance washes become a doddle and it's only the big quarterly or so days that I tend to break everything out. As Col says, read ilogikal1's testing thread, you'll see how good protection saves loads of effort on wash time

Nice one. Pinned and moved to 370z guides.

We should have devalued the pound sooner to boost exports.

That price with no cruise control or stereo buttons?!?