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thank god for demandTV, i'll watch that tonight!

I had some middle aged man call me a ****er from the street for no good reason while crawling through the town centre to which I replied " yes , I do have a w@nk from time to time, it's why my children came out thin"

The Dutch played the last final as if they were listening to "everybody was kung fu fighting" on the their I-pods, definitely don't want the whining Argentinians to win it, or the Germans even though they play disgustingly well and especially the Portuguese because of that arrogant rat Ronaldo. Can't say i'd like Brazil to win it as they always bloody expect to and then there are the Italians, who mistaken the world cup for Olympic diving. if the wind changes direction most of the team roll around the pitch as if they were on fire.

Just a tad eh? there are levels of seriousness i.e. what was a £200 fine will be hiked up to £800 Not that I drive my Zed like I stole it, but Jesus tap dancing Christ! I think i'd prefer to bring back the public stocks and have rotten fruit and veg thrown at me for the best part of the day by anti-motorists, cyclists and hippies.

Really sad. Loved his slap stick style. Such a shame to lose him early in life.

up to £10.000 for speeding?? Yikes. How fast and drunk do you need to be going before they slap you with that? Sounds disproportionate and draconian to me. I don't think people think about what they are doing when they are really going for it on the public motorways, so I don't see it as a deterrent. The current possibility of getting a £2500 fine is enough to make me shudder as it is. I think it's only after people are stopped they are sorry for what they've done not before. Anyone's thoughts?

my dad's got the 330d M mapped and oh my, that really gets a move on. Superb car.

I had my first middle finger incident this weekend. I'm going to put it down to jealousy too. I was enjoying the sunshine in the zed, driving down a nice twisty B road I know very well. I was driving normally enjoying the bends with the windows down and the 3.5 V6 burble in my ears when, what's this? It's a lowered BMW with enough M badges to make Matterson's Jealous "Mmmmmmm" this BMW was right up my chuff. I did nothing. It over took and I thought, wait a minute, that's no M BMW! so I thought i'd just keep up at a safe distance. So I did, it wasn't hard to do. When we finally arrived at a dual carriage way I took the outside lane to over take and it was trying to speed match me, but I got to 70 before she did. While doing so and passing her, I got the finger. Well isn't that nice.

yes, the zed is perfect for me and only me. The wife has only been in it once! We have a golf for our everyday errands and we have a kiddy wink. I bought the golf for my wife who can drive but hasn't for the best part of 15 years yes, I know, incredible. She only drives the golf if i'm in the car with her so she can get out when a corner arrives. She doesn't like corners.

I think - and that's not too often before opening my mouth - that, when someone drives like a c0ck, they know they've driven like a c0ck. You can tell them they are a c0ck, but they already feel that the are a c0ck. It's human nature to feel you would like to tell them they are a c0ck. If they value your opinion or not is anyone's guess but the bottom line is, that person will continue to drive like a c0ck. Not much we can do about it until, perhaps, one day he'll have a crash and think "i'm a c0ck" it's then, and only then, that they might consider changing his driving style from c0ck to considerate.

Craziest car I've ever driven was my mum's Citroen Xantia diesel estate. That thing was amazing, the dash bought was always lit up like the New York skyline. It told me, I was going to break down at any moment and that I had better call my dad ASAP for a lift. Putting your foot down in that thing was also astonishing, you'd have to write a letter to the engine, send it, and hoped it would get back to you which it never did, for any response in acceleration. A woeful piece shite that car was. Then there were the brakes! I stood a better chance of stopping if I opened the door and my pressed my nike on the tarmac. The Citroen DT which did mean diesel turbo, but I liked to think it meant death trap.

In regards to how long the ticket takes to arrive, I was caught doing 77 on a dual carriage way about 6 weeks ago. Still haven't received a ticket yet.

I think that looks as sound as a pound. love it!

it's your word against theirs, not much proof in that. not that it's a great help, you know who'll the magistrates will believe. What a bugger. What you said makes complete sense. I couldn't tolerate the beep for that long. it'd drive me round the bend.

if the turbo has gone you would really know about it. Lots of black smoke from the exhaust from the turbo seals and a real loss of power. If it were a cracked pipe, i.e. vacuum pipe, it'd running irregularly without whining but a bit of hissing/whistling perhaps. It doesn't sound like that from what you've said. If you really think it is the turbo, just take of the intake pipe and wobble the impeller. It should only have a minimal amount of play like a mm or so. if there is more than that, check the impeller veins. The tips will be badly damaged from hitting the turbo housing from the extreme play from the seals going.

love it, looks superb! I really want a set of rays to get rid of my GT wheels as i'm not overly fond of them.

can't hear anything. I'll have to check my speakers. Sorry.

This is a bit old but still, this nutter in his GT3 Porsche takes on 2 bikes on the motorway.

mental with big wrecking balls I'd say. truly amazing.

They're what doctors call, Donors.

I can't say that any of the Zeds are "boy racer cars". I was under the impression a boy racer car was something that was all mouth and no trousers. A Nova with a cherry bomb. A pug 1.1 with one of the Titanic's chimneys for an exhaust. Not the Zed, it's too classy. Having said that, I quite like the 370 Nismo. yes, it is a bit " in ya face" but no more than most other cars that are the sports option of a model, apart from the M series which is discreet in my opinion.

I, like many of you, are sick to death of the very big possibility of someone slamming their zafira door open on my beloved Zed! I just don't drive it to the super market, EVER. I drive my 2003 golf tdi instead that is tatty enough that I really don't give a monkey's left testicle if I get a ding. And do you know what? I never do, but I know if I drove the zed to the supermarket i'd return to find a ding and a letter of apology scratched into the door with a car key.

could be Enkie

You will get plenty of old chaps raising their caps and pipes to you Neil don't worry Or just get yourself a Skyline and have every knob head in a Fiesta ST want to race you! This! I get this often in the zed. Some bollock in a clearly inferior car (power wise) trying to crawl into my exhaust!