Traktion

still waiting for my subscription to arrive in the post...

lol!

I think it looks great! Am I mad?

That's never happened to me in the 20 months I've had my Zed... very odd!

Mmmm that yellow Aston looks better than I thought it would! lol! Good luck with the new business; since starting mine, I've never looked back!

Looks like he was just going too fast and the car under-steered into the wall.

I can't fault them either... done about 7k miles and still wearing well also. I've only tried these and the bridgestones and these are MUCH better and pretty cheap too.

lol! I know what you mean though - it's not a green tax, it's just yet another tax for making the government more money "disguised" as a green tax. If they were serious, they'd put the additional tax on petrol and let people decide whether to drive (and pay for petrol), use public transport, walk/use a bike, or even not bother with the journey at all. Instead, there will be people who will use their cars more to try to make better value of the excessive amounts charged by their road fund licence (even that name is a joke, considering how much goes on the roads!!). It *really* gets on my tits, this!

Signed up and forwarded to everyone I know!

At least you get cheaper fuel in the republic though!

This whole subject really winds me up! Whether or not CO2 is the problem, I don't understand how this is the best solution. Surely, the best solution is just to put more tax on fuel? This way, the people who use more fuel (and hence, produce more CO2), pay more. The people who do little mileage (I work from home, so don't commute, for example) pay a proportionate amount to they CO2 produce. Not only will this encourage people to use their cars less (that's what the greens want, right?), but it will stop occasional users getting stung too. IMO, if they want people out of their cars, they have to make the costing more related to the amount of fuel used (and emissions generated). I mean, why are you going to use a train when you've paid £400 a year to have a car on your drive?! I now doubt the CO2 argument also having listened to recent documentaries about this. There certainly should be more research and I get the feeling it is not being done as the government would rather just get the tax off us instead, while hiding being dubious "evidence". I think this stinks of using too much stick and not much carrot once again.

Any decent real ales for me. I don't mind lager, but it tastes boring

Maybe something had spilled onto the road? Some diesel perhaps? If it was FWD, it may have tram lined into the same armco anyway in this case. I must admit, I tend to only turn ESP off when it's dry or for short "fun bursts" in the wet. If you've been cruising on a motorway and then slow down for a roundabout on a turn off without giving it full attention, I could imagine it keep easily catch you out without ESP on in the wet. Anyway, sorry to hear about your car Simon; at least you and your loved ones are in one piece!

When my engine is very warm (say, after a long journey), it starts to "bob" a little around 500 too, when idle. If I put air con on, it smooths it out though, so if I'm letting it idle for a while (in a queue etc), then I sometimes stick air con on. I'm sure I remember someone saying that it's due to the car being designed to idle with air con on, which means the timing is a little off when it isn't.

It's a shame they didn't bring COD3 to the PC, but from what I've heard it's not that good anyway. If you play COD2 on the PC though, check my link below and come and play on our server!

That's not the same Sinbad that used to play Live For Speed is it?

lmao!

You should have just drove on clearing a way for the ambulance

haha, hope you're alright Ming... I had to admit that made me chuckle too!

Aye, Firefox 2 is great! Saying that, even IE7 is better than IE6, but I'd still go with Firefox.

I'm tempted to give this a go myself... I've never been on a track day and it sounds like a nice one to start with!

Great vids! Nice one!

lol! probably!

Opie Oils has a sale on too still? Dunno if it will help, but worth a look!