AliveBoy

Got my stubby today - wasn't supposed to arrive 'til February.

I thought you were a young guy? Getting a stubby on isn't something to shout about until you're late 50's I thought

Late to the party, but I've had no issues driving a late 68 Chevy truck over here in regard to it being left hand drive. My main issues are:

1) You can never "just nip to the petrol station" as everyone wants to chat about the vehicle.

2) You can never sit peacefully in traffic as above.

3) The steering boxes from the 60's aren't great, they have quite a large dead zone BUT you can very easily upgrade to a new rebuilt one which will be way more precise.

4) LOTS of questions about how many dead bodies you can get in the back

5) LOTS of questions about the MPG

6) LOTS of comments about growing a mullet

7) LOTS of comments about being scared of corners...

Basically, other people thinking they're original and funny the first two are pretty cool problems to have, the third is an easy fix if it bothers you, the rest are minor.

I ran a welder for 2 years on mine as a daily, never had any issues, supposedly hard mounting the diff is what causes so many breakages. Had regular track sessions too, I toasted two clutches in that time, no diffs or shafts

Only needs another £7k spending on wheels, air suspension and a wrap and then it would look ok

Or £20 worth of super unleaded and a match.

You're so posh! A rag in the filler cap would do the job just fine!

Poll added, go go go!

100% say An, end it now! (1 vote )

I'd just like to say, I've never been sure on the wing on Dan's car. On Sunday I saw it in the flesh and my God it looks good! Everyone there was taking pictures and on the way home he got several flashes and thumbs up too!

Hopefully he'll comment, I remember he did a post on here so maybe you can find it, but Ricey is a massive success story. Properly inspiring too!

Late reply I know, but I totalled my first Z on the M1, I was driving at about 50mph in the snow. Casually going along with no problems at all, next thing I know the car in the lane next to me pulls across into my lane to overtake the person in front of them. Their drivers door was about to hit my front wing so I instinctively swerved to the right onto the outside lane to avoid the collision. Unfortunately the sharp steering input mixed with budget tyres and the road conditions made the rear end snap out on me, I tried my hardest to catch it. The sudden snap of the rear end in the opposite direction was completely unexpected and I spiralled down the motorway and ended up front end in the armco next to the hard shoulder, that threw the car round and buried the rear end into it too. Would decent tyres have saved me? Probably not, but I'm certain the crash wouldn't have been as bad if I'd got a decent set on. I was driving with a safe distance to the car in front, I wasn't over tired, I wasn't driving erratically, someone scared me and I made a mistake under pressure.

If you'r starting a new career in any field you need to consider the role that automation might have. I doubt train drive/conductor will even be a job in 10 years time.

not driving more maintenance/coordinating of rolling stock

RTFP.

In regards to the spoiler alert......did anybody count how many spoilers were in the trailer?

 

I'm going for about 20

Means I don't have to watch that dross in the cinema now, I know the story already Although, I do wonder what story of a skyscraper they'll manage to get that submarine into... I'm going to say 30!

I swear Nangkang have really bad quality control issues. I hear so many people with properly decent cars (who do track them!) saying the tyres are awesome, then so many people in EXACTLY the same situation saying they're so terrible. Federal tyres are the same. It's so bizarre because I see people who I trust giving each opinion and they're so polar opposite.

However, the people saying that turning ESP off will kill you? Learn to drive boys, I never turned ESP on it 6 years of ownership and didnt have it at all in a considerably more powerful series of 200SX's, how those boys with TVRs dont end up in every hedge/bus stop is impressive too. Sure, if youre not confident then keep it firmly in the on position but its hardly a self destruct button .........

 

+1000

 

Driving the GMC in this weather must be fun

mostly pulling off from a standstill really otherwise it's ok, had to be really careful pulling off when it was icy as it just liked to squat and spin the rears

However, the people saying that turning ESP off will kill you? Learn to drive boys, I never turned ESP on it 6 years of ownership and didnt have it at all in a considerably more powerful series of 200SX's, how those boys with TVRs dont end up in every hedge/bus stop is impressive too. Sure, if youre not confident then keep it firmly in the on position but its hardly a self destruct button .........

+1000

No denying he's cool! He does a lot of driving in other peoples cars. He's done stuff in borrowed cars for Ken Block, Chris Forsberg, Vaughn Gittin Jr to name a few. Supposedly a really nice guy too!

Jesus Christ. Even a matching pair of linglong sportmaxx tyres would be better.

THE FIRST thing you spend money on should be new tyres, even before eating.

It's pronounced like "Turk", and he never had a 370z, he's borrowed Chris Forsbergs 370 a couple of times for promotional stuff, but he's always in either an S13, Camaro or a GT86 competition wise.

You're clearly going to do whatever you want anyway, arguing with genuine, correct and helpful advice with idiotic logic you've pulled from your backside to justify a stupid idea. Why would you want to make it easier for someone to get into an accident with you? Or give your insurers a reason to not pay out if you are in an accident?! When you ring your insurers, please record the conversation.

If the value of the gift is greater than £34 you need to pay import tax.

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It doesn't matter if it's a gift from the lord God your saviour himself. If it's worth more than £34 you're liable to import tax. If you're going to mark it down, that's up to you, but don't pretend you're perfectly 100% in the clear. Just because you gave the money to your mate Joseph who sent it by bottle in the ocean to Jeremiah who rolled it down the hill to the seller doesn't change the value of the item.

Because I ship with a logistics company.

 

I self declare what the goods are (gift,purchase, etc)

 

And I also self declare the value of the items.

 

I have a property maintenance company, and occasionally we internationally ship landlords belongings etc...

 

So I will be sending myself a gift from america in February 😂

If the value of the gift is greater than £34 you need to pay import tax. Those are significantly more expensive than £34.

A formal customs declaration is required if the entire consignment is worth more than £750. If you bring in two at the same time you'll need to do that.

Customs duty is due if the value of the parcel is over £135. Those are worth more than £135.

If you're going to commit tax fraud, I probably wouldn't boast about it on a public forum...

Never seen it happen, you must be doing something wrong for so many people to think you're also pulling over. Indicator stuck on? Driving at 10mph in a 60?

Interesting about Nissan aldershot as they have always been very helpful to me, going out of their way to help with some issues I had a few years back.

Same, 1000% better than Guildford too :/

Dan is that not where the door is open, so the gearstick is in natural light and the seats are a bit shaded by the roof?

Jesus, that work is awesome, didn't realise Dale Winton had that much skin to spare

The numberplate goes in the mouth right?!

wow thats a big bulge!

(ooer missis )