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Yes it is. All it takes is for one tyre to touch a slightly different part of the road surface (temperature/water/surface composition) and the car will have a hissy fit as well as potentially chuck you into a ditch. Just because you've had no issues so far means absolutely nothing, you've been lucky and nothing more. It's an incredibly dangerous thing to do as you are introducing an element of uncertainty into the one thing that's keeping the car in contact with the hard stuff. Do you know the exact compositions of the tyres you're running? Their thermal expansion points at set temperatures? How much water they disperse at set speeds? It's that kind of data you need to know (or at the very least be aware of) before you start mixing tyres. Unless you go into it with your eyes wide open and in a controlled environment (i.e. not on the road), then it's just about the worst thing you can do in any car, whether it's a 1L Aygo or an 8L Viper.

I need to get some for tomorrow, I'll just grab the Halfrauds ones again as they do the job and come off very easily as well (but not too easily!).

Would now be a good time to point out that WD-40 really isn't what you need for a situation like that, it's actually Plusgas (or similar penetrating oil) that you need?

Shame I don't run the K1 any more, he'd be able to hear me before he sees me! Get him to pop along the Mulsanne on Friday about lunchtime, that's the one place I can guarantee I'll be in the next week.

I saw it and just had to have it

I'll be there again, and hopefully I'll be able to keep my driving licence this year!

They're probably there on the stock bumper to channel airflow through the rad and prevent lift at the wheels. I very much doubt that there's any issue you'd notice whilst driving without them though.

Whilst I feel sorry for Rio on a personal level as it's every bloke's dream to lead England out at a World Cup, if we can't manage without him then that doesn't say a lot for our squad. Carra will be a more than suitable replacement, even if he's not had the best of years either. Anyone know who the vice captain is now? Lampard? Rooney?

If it works then that's good enough for the MOT which is all you need to comply with. It's up to the manufacturers to get the correct brightness from the lights they install, not the end user. All the MOT requires is that every brake light fitted works, which yours still does. That said (and without trying to lecture), given how important the HLBL is and the relative lack of visibility in the Zed anyway I don't think tinting any of the glass is a particularly good idea. If all your brake lights (including the main ones) had seriously reduced brightness then there's an argument that the police could prosecute you for not having a vehicle fit for use on the road, which is why I try and talk anyone out of putting that horrid film on their rear lights for the sake of trying to be cool. Well, that and it looks bloody vile as well!

If only it didn't have the GT-R logo on there, I'd have that.

I'd actually argue the Bugatti is better value for what you get.

That Veyron is absolutely incredible. No drama, no hassle, just smooth power all the way. Beautiful.

Direction on grooves is unimportant, it's the vanes inside the disc that control which way round the disc goes on.

HOLY COCKWEASELS BATMAN! Dude, I've been waiting forever to find someone else who doesn't like TVR interiors, I thought I was the only one! I know they're minimalist and stylish and beautiful, and yet I really can't stand them in the slightest. Chim, Grif, Tuscan, Sag... They're all fugly to me.

Very nice car Rich, good choice to get back in a ragtop too FWIW I'd concentrate on the brakes more than anything, as my experience with them shows that to be a bit of a weak spot as stock. Even a set of Yellowstuff pads should be enough for now, but it would be a shame to not make the most of the (relative to the Zed) lack of weight and have other cars out-brake you into corners. Personally I don't buy into the whole 'twitchy in the corners' thing, as after having driven one with mismatched tyres on a soaking wet track I found it eminently catchable and it does give you warning, especially on good tyres which you've already got on there. Having seen you drive your old car hard, I think you're going to really love Stook ownership.

Sag had the Speed Six engine in though If only they'd made a convertible Sag, I'd have that in a heartbeat.

Esprit

I don't think most 296 engines have any problems with oil consumption, mine certainly doesn't. I believe there were a few reported cases, but I certainly wouldn't say most have problems. Agreed, and the same with mine. Certainly I see it as a minority rather than a majority, although it's definitely something I keep an eye more than I would normally just in case...

RE040 or RE050? Both have Potenza written on them...

You can say whatever you like as long as it's your opinion

Have a search and make your own mind up, this has been covered many times.

Who cares? If Amy doesn't say anything herself then it's irrelevant what the rest of us say, we're all going on pure conjecture and hearsay and if MP would like to take us to court to prove otherwise then they're more than welcome. FWIW about two years ago MP did a complete re-design and became far more about the performance side of things than anything else, and it was a damn fine read so I started buying it. Obviously their readership level then dropped and they brought the tits and fanny back along with the chav wagons, and that's when I stopped buying it. The only decent Jap mag there has ever been was J-Tuner, everything else panders to those who think that a bodykit and huge heavy set of wheels + big turbo equals anything approaching a quality car.

Is the price acceptable to you? If yes, then buy it, you really don't need our advice. If not then walk away and go elsewhere. Also a 3 month wait for a car is pretty standard, and actually quite good for a performance one.

Look much beta? As opposed to looking much alpha or much gamma? Apparently 20" wheels also make you speel liek a totall reatard two.