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http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonheads/nurburgring-no-more-lap-times/32397 Discuss, good, bad, dont care?

I agree, 3rd party only. If you want to insure beyond that i.e fully comp or just fire and theft, you can with brokers/companies.

Thanks, very kind words

I got the wheels from Japan and fully refurbed on arrival, dish is in a Nissan black with gold metallic (skyline colour i believe) and spokes are House of Kolor Cocoa Pearl.

I have never found any rhyme or reason to insurance, I am old, clean license, live in the safest of area codes, garaged, no accidents, plenty of experience with performance cars, you would think I was an insurers low risk dream, apparently not

Best do a p/ex on the whole boot lid with someone who has a black car and wants the spoiler, probably quite a few i would imagine and you will probbably put a few quid in your pocket too.

They hate getting discharged/flat and if for whatever reason it does happen a few times they end up knackered. If your confined by space, great idea, if its to save a few minimal kg's they arent worth it from personal opinion and experience. I ended up relocating with one of these, then relocating again so I could use a normal battery. I used Odyessey by the way.

Your in luck, Keyser has this wheel on his 370z and is just down the road from you in Ferndown.

If it aint broke, dont fix it

Why does everyone who didnt like TG or JC keep banging on about it being tired or it needing refreshing, it had absolutely monstrous ratings and generated huge revenue, it needed nothing of the sort but the BBC's hand was forced by JC's behaviour.

Happy to put 12 months mot on for any prospective buyer. Will start taking off some parts soon, so speak now or forever hold your peace

If someone presented you this kind of example in relation to another topic, you would be the first to say, something along the lines of, do you believe everything you read

There a few key words in there for anyone confused about being in business: Company, financial year, investment, returns, shareholder return, growth

Your f'ed then as apparently CE has said siarpc is definitely staying You should have switched on to the last few series, the TG boys did enter a rallycross comp and imho did some great car features recently, 918, LaFerrari, P1 etc The last two series had picked up a little from the general twatting about, which agreed was tiresome (too much of it), perhaps if you had watched it, you might have enjoyed it again.

This is all that the anti TG crew say, who honestly wants to watch 60 mins on cars with a star and a bit of stig thrown in, that will not be the worldwide success TG was and if people want a car show, why is 5th gear so crap, just the presenters? They would have died for TG's ratings. So who is going to drive in these specials? and even then your saying you switch off from TG specials during a show If your going to have an opinion that TG needs a revamp, cut out the deadwood etc, for you to want to watch, you have to have an opinion of what you want like to see, surely? You the alienated ex TG audience are the ones they want back, if you dont know what you want to watch, how are they going to!

Agreed its conjecture, but at this present time, his schedule is pretty full and personally i cant see him jacking everything else in, just for TG, unless they have paid him a huge huge salary. Take away news, take away who can get there fastest, take away the specials, i,e three guys in a chosen car tour (america, italy, east europe etc) and i mean this as no criticism (as this is what the new team are up against) and how do you intend to fill an hour, let alone 6 - 8 shows? All you have done is take away, what would you like to see, what is going to replace that?

Its not about who watches, its about how many people watch, its a numbers game, plain and simple, if you think TG will be better off because it attracts a better, but lesser audience your very much mistaken, its a business which needs revenue, will you still think its "great" if they loose those viewers and they are not replaced on mass and the show is canned? As said elsewhere i think xfactor, celebrity etc are all a load of dross, but whilst ever they get ratings from whatever demographic they will be on our screen, i am not going to whinge about the credentials of the audience and the show isnt what "I" want, i just wont watch and find something else to enjoy. he presents a feature but takes no part in it because he isnt really interested in driving or can drive with any enthusiasm? That looks like another opinion to me, but whatever. And I havent "just read a book", Ive read both autobiographies, watched BB every morning for however many years, loved TFI and watched it every week and saw most of Toothbrush as well. I now listen to the guy every morning on Radio 2 as well, and I think its a bit of a pisstake how many people are saying "hes crap, TG will be crap, I dont like him" without really having seen, read or listened to anything the guy has done. Maybe thats not your opinion exactly but theres plenty of people who seem to be writing the guy off without actually having seen any of his previous TV. So you dont want to quote the part where i said i think he is a great presenter? Whats the big problem with me saying he is not my cup of tea, i have no idea why thats such a big deal for you, as you say above, i havent condemned the show to failure like others, jeez you want to have a read of the pistonhead thread. I liked the format of TG, if there are no road trips etc with the main presenter taking part, i think that will be a shame, take away my views on his interest in driving or any enthusiasm for driving, with his schedule its not even going to be possible. So for those who are welcoming a change and CE + co presenters, what do you hope the show to evolve to and do you think its a recipe for a worldwide audience, because thats all it really comes down to, the TG brand surviving or a car show that CE is at the helm of?

Do we forget TG is global, I do, I think of my own and UK viewing, the new rendition has got to globally succesful, who has heard of CE globally, let alone any of the other names bounded about. Sure when the trio started they werent known globally, but even more credit to them for succeding in making it that way. Zig and Zag making a comeback, is one of them female or a minority?

I like it, on the right car

Why would you feel the need to comment on someone you know nothing about then? To be completely PC, I dont cast judgement on female porn stars, despite quite liking them ......... I have seen, heard and read enough about CE since he came onto out screens many years ago to be able say, i have zero interest in him, i havent been critical, i havent really cast judgement apart from an "opinion" on his petrolhead status, just he isnt my cup of tea. You seem a sensible chap with your posts, but really, you feel you have right to comment on someone you know no better than me because you have read a book about what he wants you to know about him? Sorry, that doesnt cut the mustard coming from you

Why would i read a book about someone i have zero interest in and to be completely pc, i havent read JC's biography either who i like.

Chris E and J Leno are worlds apart. Chris E loves Ferraris, Jay Leno loves cars, CE is a collector/investor in a brand, that in my book does not make him petrolhead, but that is merely opinion. The word presenter is an interesting one in this case and there is no denying he can present, so what happens now, he presents a feature but takes no part in it because he isnt really interested in driving or can drive with any enthusiasm? Who is going to do the car features? I am guessing there will be no more road trip style features? So literally we may have one guy sitting in a studio "presenting", with two others doing the features. I never watched it for the presentation style or presenters itself, i watched it for the format.

I am not sure a car enthusiast would have all his Ferraris painted white so they match, didnt he also say he doesnt drive them, just looks at them (think in TG itself), however, he does let people drive them for charitable donations which is pretty cool, certainly not a petrolhead though. Looking forward to seeing the format though, for better or worse, be very interesting to see which route they follow and in with regards to co presenters, one of the reasons i think JC's TG worked so well was because of the relationship between the 3, whilst ever they bickered and behaved like fools, it seemed they genuinely got on well and it was like watching 3 mates twatting around in cars and who cant relate to having a laugh with your mates centred around cars/road trips/opinions etc

When you want the job.....at your price....you don't jump and down with glee at the prospect so that you don't get offered the millions you want. But jury is out in my book as to whether he makes or breaks the show. I was going to mention the money aspect of course and fully appreciate your not going to show enthusiasm, but, no need to be quoted publically saying, I dont want it. Fully agree he will make or break it, he is a very large character but in a different way to JC, much more diplomatic but has a large ego that needs massaging just as carefully. I cant argue with the masses though and know I am in the minority.

I know its petty, but its already annoyed me he said he didnt want the job, but, no denying his talent and popularity, not a fan personally however but will be interesting to see the new format and other team choices.