Sarnie

Some interesting stuff. It hurts my brain to consider; If we can only see up to 140 Ym of our Uinverse, and it's estimated to be 900 Ym, then thats a hell of a lot of stuff that we can't see/know about e.g other planets/universes. And then, even if we could see up to the edge of our universe, what's to say there isn't another universe next to us? Or even lots and lots of other universes When you think of things on these sorts of scales, it's actually hard to fathom that Humans would be the only intelligent lifeform out there

This is because your expectations are not realistic. A rally/drift company can let you thrash their cars as they are probably worth about £5k each. Before people moan about not being allowed to drive a Lambo/Ferrari exactly how they want, they should think about if they had shelled out £200k of their own cash, would they allow people to jump in a thrash it? No. I paid £90k for my Gallardo no one ever drove it apart from me, not even my wife. If I'd invested that money in a car and it was not only a car but also a business investment and was my livelihood, would I let inexperienced people into the car and cane it around a track? No. People need to realise that these 'experience days' are not ever going to be a true reflection of the car or the ownership experience. Its about getting in a car that most people will never even see on a road let alone own one. If you want to drive it like you stole it, you can hire any car you like for about £600 a day as long as you leave a £5k deposit. Then see how brave you are when it's only your £5k on the line........

£9k for your zed

http://www.autosalon-singen.de/en/archi ... 6status%3D Yum

I think the problem arose from the fact that the kid was not only been arrogant, cocky and a general ****, but also failed to communicate sufficiently, especially if he is an eductaed person. If there was a clerical error with his tickets, as an under graduate you'd think he'd be articulate enough to convey this to the conductor sufficiently, rather than telling an 70 year old man on the verge of a heart attack to **** OFF. If he had engaged his brain cells he would have known that being civil would be the only way to win out in this situation and keep other rail users onside. Instead, he alienated every other train user who now seemed royally pi**ed off that he was abusing the attendant AND had seemingly not paid for a journey that they had. He projected himself into a role of fare dodging scrote who has probably been to town on the rob and now wants a free lift home instead of the wronged intelligent young man he probably is. I too would condone the throwing off of the first character but not the second. As a result of the kids behaviour, he saw the public react accordingly. Someone acting like a scumbag gets treated like a scumbag. In hindsight perhaps the guy shouldn't have laid a hand on him but 'forcefully suggested' he leave the train. As a parent I see the video from a few angles. If that was my son and I saw this footage, I would be telling my son that he got what he deserved. I wouldn't like seeing my son man handled but I'd be advising him where he went wrong by not utilising his brain and speaking to the attendant cordialy and respectfully, and that eventually it would be proved that he was actually given the wrong tickets. If I watched footage of my son being apologetic, civil and respectful and then getting man handled off the train then yes, I'd be fuming and wanting the 'Big Man' charged and the rail company sued.

Do you have headlight washers?

I saw this at the Geneva motorshow, its a lot smaller in real life than you'd expect and the matt red/pink colour was vile but it was still

Wow, that is one mean looking GT4. Was 26K a typo? If not what the hell had you had done to it?? £26k was the going rate when i sold it in 2007

Wow, looks good! You sold this now yeah? Are they the same wheels that are "my" one? Yup, sold it to buy something more exotic To give you an idea of the value of car your getting, I sold mine in 2007 for £26k They are the same brand of wheels but a different model. Mine were SF Challenge's, yours are TE37's. I would take a VERY close look at the wheels as if they have been run over winter they will look like @*!#.......

My old GT4, for old times sake, with Volks too:

Nice car and wheels but please remove the excessive number of 'nismo' stickers on the car

I'm sorry to hear that mate.

I never asked what you were buying, I asked what you were getting

As per the title, what are you getting off your girlfriend/Wife or parents etc? I need some inspiration for my dad's present from him to me. I don't know what to ask for and need to come up with something quick before I get the usual aftershave and clothes Anyone getting any cool gadgets etc?

Admittedly convertibles are sure to sell better in the summer months but not increase in value If Roadster prices went up in the summer I'd be stock piling them in January (as the prices have gone down) and selling them for profit in June Well maybe I was very mistaken when i looked at selling my missus`s car, but the prices I looked at definitely did go up. And again, when I looked at zed roadsters last year, they were more expensive in the summer months. And likewise, when I bought mine in Spring this year, the prices I saw on autotrader for similar spec zeds to mine, in June were 15% more than what I paid for mine in the Spring. Like I said we will have to disagree, as it sounds all your research into roadster prices are giving you different results to the ones I saw. As a side note, i just googled "convertible price rise in sunmmer" and there seems to be loads of articles about how convertibles go up in value over summer, such as this one: http://conversation.which.co.uk/transpo ... ing-in-uk/ Which mentions a glasses guide on auction prices where convertibles went up in value by 16% from Spring to Summer. And some of the other links seem to suggest convertibles go up in price by 20% in the summer months. http://www.convertiblecarmagazine.com/u ... is-summer/ Says that carsite.co.uk website saw the prices of the mx5 (for example) increase by 18% in the summer months in 2010. So maybe you should start stockpiling them ready for the summer months. I agree with the sentiment but logically it's rubbish. Roadsters will naturally sell easier and quicker in the summer. But do they go up in value? I can't see it. I would say that the price it is in the summer is the right price and then seller knows they are going to struggle over winter so they lower the price. If the same car is still for sale the next summer and they increase the price to the price it was the previous summer, has the car gone up in value? This thread is a perfect example. Jamie's car was up for £16.5k over the summer and now £14.4k. If Roadster go up by 20% then surely it will be worth nearly £18k by next summer??? On that logic, Roadsters would be virtually depreciation proof. The only convertibles that I have seen that legitmately rise and fall with seasons are Lambo's and Ferrari's.

Admittedly convertibles are sure to sell better in the summer months but not increase in value If Roadster prices went up in the summer I'd be stock piling them in January (as the prices have gone down) and selling them for profit in June

Not being funny but have you ever seen any cars for sale at the prices quoted in Glasses guide? The only thing that guide is good for is giving you a rough idea of the sort of price a dealer would pay for your car as a part ex. For a market price, you need to check on ebay, local papers and autotrader to get an idea as to the sort of price people are advertising their cars for. Even then that doesnt tell you what the actual sold prices are. £14k? Maybe... In the summer when I looked, the prices for 2007 roadsters at garages were £15k -> £16.5k with 25k on the clock. A 2008 should be a faction more, and the lower mileage should also increase its value. The biggest factor will be the time of year like others have said. Last year, from the figures I looked at, the roadsters were worth roughly 15% less over jan2011->march2011 than you would get selling the same car in June/July2011. I think what happens is over winter the roadsters seem to drop to similar prices to the coupe`s, then when its sunny they rise back up again and are more expensive than the coupe`s. People will still buy in winter as they know they will get the car cheaper. Its just a question of whether you will accept less and a maybe sale now, or wait until summer hoping to get more. Of course, the car may sell easier in spring/summer next year, but by then it will be 2012, and the prices may have dropped a bit more anyway. People say about the 370`s getting cheaper etc.. but people who want a 350 may not want a 370. I know im one of them. Roadster prices do not go up in the summer. Almost all cars depreciate. Roadsters may not depreciate as much as Coupe's in the summer but they still depreciate. Jamie is selling his car for £14.4k now, in 6 months time the car will be six months older and therefore worth less, not more because it is sunny. Only high end car prices will fluctate according to seasons. Anyone telling Jamie to keep it for another six months needs to think about: 6 months road tax: £200 or so Insurance: £300 for example Depreciation: £200 a month roughly x 6 Servicing, MOT's and consumables. Before you know it, it's cost you well over £2k to keep it in the 'hope' that you get a buyer in the spring.....

I think your location may be the biggest factor mate, added to the fact that the Uk is just about to get covered in snow

And so it begins

...but in a non-incriminating sort of way... None of what I read was incriminating. He said that the GT-R left him for dead and accelerated away from him up to about 100mph. Nothing criminal about that, unless your the GTR driver.

This thread is now ghey.

Much easier to just add a link for us lazy people? lol... Have you tried linking a thread from here on NS? The bottom line is that you only seem to post here to show us your mods, add to you build thread, show us your latest vids or a link to your pics that you've posted on another site A cynical person would say that it was self promotion or at best promoting NS. The fact that you can't be arsed to go to your thread on NS and copy and paste the pictures heres seems to back up that theory.

Tim, if your posting pics in a thread on NS, why not just post them directly on here too? No need for one-way linking then