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What happened to you man, you used to be one of us

Basically BBK is spot on here. V5 purely shows who is legally responsible for taxing the vehicle, nothing else. It matters not a jot who's name is on the top, but they're the person who will be responsible for filling out any S172s for speeding etc, and more importantly who can be taken to court and pursued for any civil parking invoices by PPCs. You already own the vehicle, as you paid for it. Your receipt proves that, or money transfer to the dealer or whatever. That's your legal proof, right there. The arrangement you have with your ex is a different contract: They're buying the car from you at the rate of £12K over 36 months, and this is what you need a contract for. Easy to do, even something like "Mrs X agrees to pay Mr Y £333.33 per month for 36 months for BMW X5 registration XX00 XXX, commencing from xx/xx/xx. The vehicle shall not become the property of Mrs X until the amount is paid in full" and signed & dated by both is more than sufficient. If your Ex doesn't own the car, some insurers may be funny. However, that's not your problem so it's not something I'd worry about. She'll find someone to insure her, she may just pay a bit extra for the benefit. HOWEVER, personally I would be insuring it myself and getting her to pay me. Why? Well, what if she under insures it, or forgets to pay the insurance, or otherwise messes it up? If the car is then written off by her, you lose your asset and have no claim other than chasing her directly for the money which is going to prove troublesome I suspect. No, far better to insure it yourself and then you know it's done.

Cheap, reliable, quick. Pick two.

What? They’re decent cars, they’re reliable as hell and peanuts to run. Is that not what you’re after?

Look, if you want to go cheap to save cash but with zero risk then grab yourself a new Kia on a lease deal. £120-ish a month, 7 year warranty, you cannot really go wrong. You'll save a fortune and still have something to run around in.

And you think anyone is going to pay decent money for that car if it needs that much doing? Tbh most of that I'd be leaving. Front tyres yes, tie rods yes (so you can get the tracking back where it should be). Brakes if you want but you've got plenty of life left in the pads, and discs being lipped is irrelevant if they're still within their minimum thickness, so ask how thick they are or measure yourself. Headlamp level sensor pfft, if it passes MOT who cares? As for the gearbox and steering rack leaks, how bad are they? Clearly not bad enough you've noticed on your driveway I assume, so just keep an eye on them. Anything else you buy, especially if you're shedding, is going to want work doing to it and there's no guarantee it'll be any cheaper. You could be swapping one money pit for another, and the new one will be an awful lot slower... You're really making more of a meal out of this than it needs to be. It's a car, things need sorting, but that doesn't change if you buy a different one.

I don't know, I wasn't there Not impossible that someone else signed for it that works for him, chucked in the back of the unit and forgot about it, but I don't know if he's a one man band still or not. I just find it odd that he would wait almost an entire year to post a reply, and then lie about it on purpose when there's clear evidence showing the opposite. That's what makes me think there's more to it than deliberate deception. I dunno man, I get why you're mad and I'd prob be p*ssed too but there's the rational side of me here that just looks at this whole mess and wonders if you couldn't have done more to get it cleared up quicker before it became 'an ordeal'. Sorry, but that's just my view.

Question: When did you leave your review? Greg did his today, was yours recently too? I'm guessing not, to be fair to you.

Indeed, I absolutely would. However, I might phrase it slightly differently and I don't think I'd be gloating about it quite so hard when showcasing my own faults in the whole process. ^^^ This.

For a start, stop taking it to a main dealer. Infiniti or not, they're going to be expensive. Find a local garage, ask for recommendations from friends etc. It's only a Nissan, it ain't rocket science to fix it. Second, what are the actual problems? They sound more like recommendations to me, reading between the lines. Thirdly, cost to change is going to be more than the cost to repair your car, so unless you hate it or genuinely fancy a change (nowt wrong with that) then you're going to be financially better off fixing what you have now. Fourthly, MTFU and let's get this sorted

So the only thing you're disputing of Greg's reply is the fact that he said the bumper hadn't been returned when it had? Because, to be honest, that's not the thing that jumped out at me. Now I'm not saying that he was right to lie like that (was it deliberate? Or just a mistake?), but all the other stuff he mentions sounds like a decent garage trying to do the right thing after a simple error by their bodyshop. Greg made good on that by trying to send instructions first, then he just sent a pre-cut bumper and refunded the fitting costs of it. To me, that's pretty reasonable, and you're coming across a bit petty on this. Greg is a case of what you see is what you get. His aggressive defending of his company grated with some on here, personally I found it refreshing but I can see why some didn't (and I admit I wouldn't have said some of the things he said if it was my company!). Reading between the lines, I reckon this was a case of an overly-fussy customer and Greg's habit of standing his ground initially, rather than just giving in. I mean, 110 emails? 11 months? Court threats? I'd have given it three months tops then simply issued court proceedings, you really didn't help yourself by dragging this out for that long! So yeah, there's my take on it. No harm meant, I'm sure you're delighted to have caught Greg out, but I honestly think you need to look at yourself a bit here too.

Pigeons are vermin, especially in numbers. I wouldn't want them anywhere near me, and that's not taking into account anything to do with cars.

I'm about to coat a Gallardo tomorrow. Did a Superb a while back for a mate, still holding up but then you'd expect it to. I use Siramik SC15 (there's better stuff out there, but you need to be accredited to get your hands on most of it). Process is easy, wipe on then wipe off, but you need to be pretty quick and thorough else you end up in a situation where you have to machine the stuff off to fix it. It's not rocket science to get right, but at the same time you can't take liberties with it like you can with... Well, with everything else! It's also not a one-time product that you never ever have to look after: Some people think it is, and then get irritated when it stops working. You do still have to clean your car properly once in a while! What I will say is that don't bother with it unless you've had the paint machined first, and don't scrimp on that bit. Coatings are pretty permanent, and if it's ugly before it goes on then it's ugly afterwards. Travelling to someone who knows what they're doing is going to pay dividends in the long run, unless you're comfortable machining yourself. Well not machining yourself, cos that would hurt. That's an excellent price, but IMHO it's a bit misleading on cost. The basic materials are around £60-£80, then you're looking at 2 hours (ish, includes the 1hr cure time) to apply the coating in full, plus whatever correction work the car needs before that. You can do the whole thing in a long day. IIRC I charged about £350 last time, but that was mate's rates (I know, now I'm misleading ) and a two day detail.

Can we just put a spoiler warning in the title and stop with the hidden bits?! Common sense dictates you don't open a thread about a new film if you don't want to see people discussing it My thoughts? It was okay. The start was ace (finally got to see an X-Wing be proper manouverable like they're supposed to be), the middle bit utter tosh, and the end meh. Having proper model Yoda instead of CGI Yoda was a very good idea, but Luke was utterly wasted. We get a glimpse of him about to snap and kill Ben so proper character development, but then he just becomes whingy and then fades away for no good reason. Pfft. I wanted a proper blood and guts fight! Or at least an Alec Guinness Obi-Wan style heroic death. Also, the end big fight felt like it was only there as DLC for Battlefront II. If that's not now in the game, I'll be amazed. When it all went quiet when the ship went to lightspeed through the capital ship... Man, that was proper awesome. Absolutely bang-on in terms of impact. I'm really glad that they didn't make Rey related to anyone either, there's enough incest in this already without any more. Let her stand on her own. I'd have loved for her to have joined Kylo though post-Snoke and make the third film something to really look forward to, but I guess that was too much to ask for. The little kid doing a force pull with the broom at the end was a lovely subtle touch. The fuzzy things are cute though.

Roof material didn't change at all during the entire production of the 350Z that I'm aware of. The facelifted interior is much better than the early ones, but it's still not wonderful. That said, if you're looking at '08/'09 cars then they'll all be facelifted anyway, so no fear there.

Jeez Bob, that’s awful mate Glad you’re both okay though as that's the main thing, and good luck with the new job in January!

Also, thanks for all your efforts over the years dude, I don’t think we’ve ever had a falling out so you’re okay in my book

NEVER

Unless they’ve sorted their horrendous quality control issues, banging them out of the door any quicker isn’t going to help Tesla. Cynically, I see this as an easy bit of good press to encourage more people to put a deposit down to assist with Tesla cash flow, rather than them actually having sorted anything.

Exactly. No way a Milltek for a P1 costs 500x the amount one for a Corsa costs to R&D and produce, but the market will take it so that’s what they charge. See also M/RS/AMG tax etc.

Given the cars are worth a min of £10M, how does that compare with regular stuff in terms of percentages? I mean, it’s a lot of money but is it out of whack considering the value?

Losing the plot? I’m not the one claiming that a regular insurance policy can be treated like a warranty They’re not saying that steering lock failure is covered in the slightest: Damage, loss or theft are NOT the same as failure. And you’re right, I do take issue with people making foolish and utterly bizarre recommendations without having the common sense to understand just why what they’re proposing wouldn’t work in the real world. Utterly bonkers.

Not a cat in hell’s chance. Damaged does not mean broken, as then you could claim on your insurance for anything and everything, including grenaded engines etc. If anyone is successful in claiming for this, I’ll pay their £100 excess myself!

Nissan themselves say that the issue is down to wear and tear, so this insurance policy wouldn't pay out for that. It's not a warranty, it's meant to fix things when thieves try and steal your car. Tbh every single insurance policy covers the exact same thing anyway, which is general damage by vandalism or theft, so whilst it's a nice idea any one buying a JL policy on the basis of claiming for this is going to be sorely disappointed methinks. Plus it's going to affect your claims history, something most folks want to avoid. Unless, of course, you could somehow lose the entire steering lock mechanism, as it clearly says that it'll replace it in that case...

Demon tweeks have pretty much exclusive sales in the R888R (note the extra R) these days. Just checked and they’re in stock right now. Tried Camskill, Black Circles etc? Where are you looking?