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I think so. Oil pressure sensor has been replaced, and the whole area cleaned up. Took her for a blat yesterday and I can't see any sign of oil anywhere in the engine bay, so I'm hoping that's cured it.

Bear in mind that passing emissions is just one stage of MOT cat testing now, the other part is that you must physically have one if the car came with one from the factory. Not necessarily the question asked, I know, but reasoning as to why many friendly places won't risk it any more as it's too simple to get caught out.

Con/UKIP for me. No real surprises either.

'03 JDM with 60k on the clock then. I wouldn't want to be paying much over £6k at best.

I loved mine. At first. Then I realised it just made the throttle rubbish so flogged it. Nice idea, but poorly executed imho.

Agreed, all needs removing and re-doing.

No idea how sensitive the 370 is with regards to TCS and altered profiles. Probably be okay though.

MPS4S are much better but not available in 18s, so if you have 19s then go for it but otherwise you have no choice anyway.

Leave it as it is, spend the money on a proper car instead Seriously though, I wouldn't bother. It's a family run-around, I don't think that kind of car lends itself towards anything like you're proposing particularly well at all.

So what sizes are you intending on using front and rear? Nope, very very different compound construction, plus very different tread pattern. No better than mixing P Zero and RE050A, which depending on your comfort level is either a no-no or perfectly fine. I wouldn't.

I'll be moving from MPSS to MPS4 when my current rears are dead.

They won't. It'll be just like the 2015 GE and Brexit, the ones who shout the loudest end up on the losing side. And then there'll be a ton of yoofs marching on parliament complaining.

me? Nah, not you bud. Are we still talking about warranty? If so then you can upgrade within reason. So you could put any E-marked brake pad on, but if you fit a BBK and the suspension fails you're likely not going to be covered (manufacturer will argue that you're putting extra stress where none was intended, and I bet their lawyer costs more than yours). Highly unlikely to be enforceable in court, it goes directly against European law so would almost definitely be classed as an unfair term. Modification restrictions, on the other hand, would almost certainly be enforceable on a PCP agreement. So no remaps, but consumables would be fair game if they'd genuinely worn out.

Are you actually serious?

OE-quality parts, don't have to be OE.

You're bonkers. A running-in stamp is worth nothing to the next buyer, as long as you have the proper stamps in the book that's all that matters.

BMW do it on the M cars to tax you more money Modern engines and oils are much, much better than they used to be: There really is no need for it any more. As long as the engine is warm, there's no harm in going to the rev limiter either on a new car, that's what it's there for. Each to their own though, no damage will be caused by an early oil change, there's just no technical need for it these days.

Does the car need a run-in oil change? My guessing is it doesn't, not like it's an M or Ferrari engine (actually I don't think even Ferrari do that anymore these days), so don't worry about it. I certainly wouldn't bother. You've answered your own question though: If you use their parts, how would they ever know? This is why I was quite happy to do my own changes on the 911 when it was under warranty. Let's not forget that EU-type approval applies on brand new cars, so you could actually use any other similar-quality oil or filter and you would not affect the warranty in the slightest.

Return pink, buy blue instead. Surely the easiest way to do things, and it means everything stays consistent.

Ironically the car isn't going to LM this year, but it is going to a car show tomorrow. Allegedly.

If you look at the three manifestos, the Tory one looks boring as hell. That said, it also looks the most realistic.

For those that don't know, the Bummer suffered a bit of an issue at the weekend. Drove for a couple of hours, fine. Moved car 10 mins down the road, fine. Blipped throttle a couple of times in a tunnel whilst static, heard a massive squeal like a slipping belt and it began pouring smoke out of the bonnet Thankfully my mate Mark was stood in front of the car at the time and told me to turn it off quick sharp. Upon RAC inspection, couldn't find a damn thing wrong. All belts fine, all pulleys free. Drove home fine. Upon second inspection (i.e. it happened again later that evening) it looked like the A/C pulley was stalling a tad. Belt and compressor was smothered in oil. Took it to my local guys yesterday who had a look at it today. A/C compressor is fine (thankfully, it's a £1K part) but the oil is coming from one of three places: The cam cover, the chain cover, or the oil pressure sensor. Given I had issues with the oil pressure sensor not a month ago, I know where my money is going. Going to drop the part off to them in the morning, they'll change it and see. If the oil disappears then great, if it still carries on p*ssing out of the covers then we're looking at a significantly larger bill. Fingers crossed and all that. Funnily enough it was just before Le Mans last year that the car started chucking fluids everywhere, it's like it knows or something...

If a dealer has carried out a HPI check which later then turns out to be false, you have recourse against the dealer.

Be careful when turning left, all that extra weight over the rear right of the car might make it really snappy.

Tory manifesto out. Key tax pledges: Personal allowance up to £12500 Higher rate up to £50K by 2020 Corp tax down to 17% by 2020 Seems reasonable enough to me.