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Badders, If you tip your exhaust up you will probably still have 5lt of oil sloping around in there !!!! This has been an epic rebuild, I bet the car will be transformed when you drive it next! Run it in properly and enjoy your Scotland trip, after this you deserve some fun.

Humpy, I'm think more like barbie pink with matching tutu for Bob, people would pay good money to see that !!!

Wendy, An R8 for Scotland !!!! Just make sure I'm down as a named driver ! I am sure if you talk to insurers you can come to a suitable arangement, start looking on auto trader for similar age and mileage cars, that way if they do write it off you can make sure you get a fair payout and don't accept their first offer ( I argued for nearly two weeks to get my daughter a better "fair market value"), alternatively, you can use the info to help argue for a repair. Good luck and enjoy your holiday.

How many guesses do we get for the wrap colour ??

370ad That was kind of my thoughts, cheaper is generally not better ! But it's always worth checking things out. I also tend to agree ref oem discs, I'm not personally convinced by drilled discs but they do look nicer! All I want is the car to stop when I want it to.

Wendy, What can I say ?? I hope you are okay and don't feel too sore in the morning, as said, metal can be mended - that's what insurance is for! Looks like the V W will become your Daily driver for a while !

I'm looking for new discs, deffinately rear but would prefer all round, seen the mtec listed but no idea if they are any good so before I shell out on stop tech or dba I thought I would ask if anyone has any knowledge of these.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm going to order front and rears now, also got new goodridge brake lines from a group buy to go on so will see how it feels all done.

Only problem with white is if you get much more snow you might lose the car ! Looks really good by the way !

Hi, Adrian at Torquen has hawk ceramic pads listed for road car, I am thinking of fitting these to oem discs on my 370, anyone any experience of these for road use ? I like the idea of reduced / no dust but I'm concerned under normal driving there might not be enough feel through the pedal, not too concerned about a bit of squeal when cold ( but not too much noise ) Any thought / advice appreciated.

Katrina, I'm sure Andy has enough love in his heart for you as well !! At least you know where you stand in the pecking order !! (Only kidding, I'm sure he will have something special lined up for the three of you !!)

Andy, The feeling must have be awful after all your work, glad the news in the end was positive, at least the running gear is straight now. Keep going.

Lloydshaw, Where did you get the kit and how easy was it to fit?

Most dash cams are only any good if powered up so don't work if parked !

Who sells these kits and how much are they now? This could be a good mod after brake lines, badges and tinting the glass and before I do the arb's( I'm so glad I'm not going to mod this car !!!)

Keep going bradders, this will be money well spent and at least others won't see you for dust now rather than won't see you due to your oil covering their screens !

Chris, Sad news about your dad. A real shame that work got in the way but glad everything is on track now, those ramps look epic, I guess you have no plans for your trannie to go on them cos it looks like there isn't enough head room! You won't have time to let work get in the way anymore, everyone will be queuing up to have work done!

If the hirer is withholding information pertaining to a crime then he is perverting the course of justice! If he wasn't driving he has a duty to state who had charge of the vehicle, if that person wasn't driving they too have a duty to provide info etc. I agree the hirer cannot be charged with the actual offence because it cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt that individual committed the crime but they could and should be charged, as I said a while back, with perverting the course of justice. In any other serious offence someone refusing to provide relevant info would be charged otherwise why does such an offence exist? A charge and conviction under these circumstances isn't charging / convicting an innocent person because they are being charged with an offence they have clearly committed.

Dan, I agree to a point but when someone deliberately witholds relevant info then it wouldn't be unreasonable to charge them as if they were the offender, at a minimum they should have been charged with perverting the course of justice. Once they choose not to provide info they are no longer innocent but complicit in the offence.

I agree bobbyz if the insured or main driver refuses to provide details then that person should be charged as if they were the offender, I'm sure then they would soon spill the beans. From recollection Alex Ferguson got off a speeding fine a while back because he / Man U refused to say who was driving at the time.

Hard to believe, as a kid he was always on at breakfast, kind of hated him then but when you look back at his career he was a popular personality. Children in need will never seem the same without him. Listening to R2 today there were so many moving tributes.

I think Mrs K has buried Chris in the pit they left for the ramp and has turned the Z shed mk2 into a summer house.

That's what I suspected, shame because I want a set of those neo but no way I'm buying new rims at the moment just to get those wheel nuts!

That guy is sooooo lucky to be alive, I hope the cctv can be cleaned up enough to get the number plate or that someone shops the ****

Hi Welcome, I'm just up the road in Hilton so might see you around. One question, where on earth did you find a 56 plate with just 28k on the clock that's only 3k a year !!!! Barely run in.