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Max threatened to headbutt the next reporter who asked him about whatever the hot topic was at the time, in a press conference. I did feel a little sorry for Max 'winning' his first championship in this way but having just read his interview on the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59691827), i've changed my mind. Total lack of empathy, and Hamilton's first title was not anywhere near the same. Verstappen pointed out that Hamilton himself had won a title in similar circumstances, when he deprived Ferrari's Felipe Massa on the last corner of the last lap of the last grand prix in 2008. "I don't feel sorry [for him] but I can understand that it can be very painful but at the end of the day he also won a championship like that," the Dutchman said.

Shocking, embarrassing, unfair, and infuriating. I'm a huge Lewis fan, but I have to admit that Max deserved to win the title this year, just not like this. Its a shame for him that this win will be tarnished with such controversy. Masi has been a liability all season and what he has done today is borderline criminal. I have to think he got a call from the American owners of F1 to bend the rules to create the drama, and the subsequent publicity - it's guaranteed to get them more viewers (whilst pissing off the genuine fans). How Lewis stayed calm in the aftermath i'll never know. I'd have done a Days of Thunder and driven my car at full speed into the cars in Parc Ferme before setting fire to the race stewards building. W*****s.

Not car related but a good deal nontheless... I've just bagged one of those fashionable Ooni Koda gas pizza ovens tonight - they've got a 20% discount on their site. I've been eyeing these up all year and this is a great deal... 😀

Nah, it's the oblivious ones doing 35 in a 60 in a Daewoo Matiz that force every other normal driver to risk an overtake when they really shouldn't. These guys need locking up!!

Johnny Chimpo! What did you make this video in, out of interest?

Cheers Andy, i'll check this out. 👍

Hi guys, Since selling my Mustang I have, for the first time ever, managed to NOT let the money burn a hole in my pocket! That said, I have been on eBay every night looking for inspiration of what to get next. I've been to see a couple of classic 60's Mustangs but they've not been quite right. Lately i've been leaning towards a Cobra kit car, but i don't know a great deal about them. Has anyone got any experience? I'm talking Pilgrim Sumo or Dax Cobra etc. I want a ready built one, as new as possible. The Pilgrim's are in the price range i'm hoping to spend (£20k-ish) and the Dax's are £30k-ish+. Several different engine choices available (from Ford V6's to LS3 Corvette). I don't really feel the need for a super fast one, but it would be a bonus of course! I just want one that looks good and i can take it on a cruise in the summer months! This one is £46k but looks so good https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313698441195?hash=item4909e257eb:g:eLIAAOSwoz5hWzT9

Looking lovely as always Andy... Handforth Dean? In the below marked space? Ha, same spot as last time. 🤣

Maybe it works the other way round thinking about it. I bought a car on a private plate once, and it flagged an alert that the plate had been on several other cars (and listed the make and models it had been on).

An HPI check will show previous plates, I think... or does it just show when the car has been on a different plate, rather than the actual plate, i cant remember.

Got you, cheers. 👍

Sorry to read all this. Must be quite stressful. What do you mean by your insurance has been cancelled... why would they do that?

Yep - I paid £38.5k for my Mustang brand new 3.5 years ago. I did 18k miles in it and sold it back to Evans Halshaw a couple of months ago for £36k (and sold all my mods separately for another £2.5k!), and its now up for sale on Auto Trader for £38.1k! Crazy times.

Suzuki Jimny. 😁

Are the ribbon cables that go into the white AC control unit okay? Not folded or pinched or anything?

No idea sorry... happened o me in 2008. 🤣

Agreed - i had this once when i'd popped a footwell fuse - but given this is intermittent i'd say the fuse is unlikely, and more likely a dodgy earth on that circuit, which could be a bit of a nightmare to find.

Yep, i need one one of these in my life.

Jeez, under £60k? Im having one of those if it looks as good in the flesh as it does in the pics!

Excellent. These are definitely on my list to get... I'll have a google, but do you know how they've returned? I'd read a while ago that they were making a commercial version of it which wasn't bound by the same manufacturer aggregate emissions rules.... or have they reworked the engine? EDIT - answered my own question - it's being billed as a 'light commercial vehicle'. Not sure what that means in real terms.

You should be filming this and putting it on a Youtube channel. Check out B is for Build - you could do videos in their format - i.e. a few mins of commentary describing what you're going to do each day, and then just filmed from a static camera position on time lapse. Would make compelling viewing.

I quite like that.

I need to buy stock rims again, plus remove the lowering springs and weld back on the original back boxes... Will cost me £1k - £1.5k to return to stock, but i should recoup all that and more by selling the mods.

Yep, keeping the plate too. Might stick it on my Range Rover, or save it for whatever thirsty beast comes next.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393334681564?hash=item5b9492efdc:g:I8EAAOSw39dgpWUp