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Napalm or GTFO

ARGH FLASHBACK

I also spotted in EVO this month that the new CTR comes on 20" wheels as standard. TWENTY INCH F*CKING WHEELS ON A HATCHBACK. Utterly ridiculous. That's miles too big.

Def needs gold wheels.

Tighten your belt if it's a bit too loose

I think my mum still has hers somewhere, y'know. Probably worth a fortune now if you can flog it to a hipster!

It's something your grandkids had the pleasure of using

Amending in ink is fine. How do you think people used to do it before typewriters, or why they still make you sign it with an actual pen?

Which is ironic, since everyone seems to think that taking a car to Nissan is pointless because their techs don't know anything

The AA don't want the risk of modified vehicles, simple as. Just tell them that as far as you know there's no power gain, it's just for looks. Or swap insurer.

No chance for the non-cooking models, as the 2+2 is a massuve reason they sell so well. GT cars maybe, but the tooling costs are enormous. Nope, can't see it happening for many, many years.

Someone has broken that, I reckon.

Rome in May, then Le Mans in June, then Florida in August. Although it's only the LM trip that StevoD will be accompanying me on, not Florida as well

Audi A7 is the worst example. It can look cool on some cars (P1, for instance) but for the most part I tend to agree. I was never a fan of the 9x7 era at Porsche when it came to moveable spoilers.

It'll work the same way the current Panamera does, in terms of lighting. It'll be interesting to see what Porsche do engineering-wise with the car. I don't expect the engine location to cone any further forward than the 991, but how much more tech will they pack into the suspension? We already have 4 wheel steer, I'd expect that to become standard on the S if not the whole range. We have hydraulic ARBs, adaptive dampers, so what else? And just how much bloody quicker does it need to be? I'd expect the S to be knocking on the door of 450bhp, so if they keep the weight the same (likely, Porsche do like their lightweight materials now) then it's going to be an absolute weapon.

I don't think she knows how to argue a point at all, I just think she knows how to repeat a catchphrase. Quite how she has the nerve to bang on at TM today with A50 being started saying that the Tories have no idea what they're doing with regards to Brexit, whilst still pushing for independence of which she has even less of a clue puzzles me. She cannot even answer what Scotland would do about driving licences, or car registrations, never mind how to run a country on pittance and Irn Bru.

I like Ruth Davidson, I have to say. It's a shame she's stuck that side of the border, I think she'd give May a run for her money tbh.

stuff that. .....everyone NOT running on MPSS' s would get hanged And rightly so! Exceptions for R888R and MPSC2, of course. Some excellent points you made there matey, and I think it shows how incredibly naive NS is in picking a fight now. She's relying on all those who voted Yes doing so again, as well as picking up votes from those who voted against Brexit. Great if you can, but as you say trying not to alienate one group by playing PR games with the other is easier said than done. Ultimately though, let's say she gets a vote post-Brexit and loses: What then? How many times in a generation does a once in a generation vote take place? Is there any real need for the SNP if it cannot win independence? Clearly NS would go, but for the party as a whole they all look a bit dead if that's the case.

Southend On Sea it is then

£250 is almost worryingly cheap. Still, can't argue with quality for the price

The trouble is that it's all a political game of willy-waving. Sturgeon wants independence at any cost, and will spin and spin to get there. I'm not saying that Scotland on it's own couldn't be more successful, but I don't think it's better placed to go it alone on the world stage than if it remains part of the UK. If your ideology is to have Scotland stand by itself, then that's fine. If you're prepared to accept any cost for that, again no arguments from me. The trouble for me is that the SNP have yet to present a clear case for independence that covers off all the bases, which leaves people voting blindly in the dark. That's not an acceptable place to be starting from with something this important. Same with Brexit really, no-one was given anywhere near enough facts on either side, hence the clusterf*ck of arguments and unknowns we have now. If I were Scottish and were keen on independence, there's two very clear questions I'd want answered before voting Yes: - Which currency will we be using, and what will it be tied to? - How exactly will we go about forming a relationship (either re-joining or a separate agreement) with the EU? Those questions define EVERYTHING. The first is obviously mission-critical for the day-to-day working of the country, and the latter is the sole reason that Sturgeon is saying she has a mandate for IndyRef2 (she doesn't btw, as the SNP don't even have a majority in Holyrood and instead are propped up by the yes-men of the Greens).

You have a significant height advantage for viewing widths in yours though

Day's work there (coolant burping can be a bitch), so work on 8 hours x whatever hourly rate is depending on where in the country you are. About £400?

I don't think he likes me that much NY Dales are good, done them a couple of times but not for a while, looks another promising option

My friend has very kindly allowed me to be put onto the insurance for his Gallardo Spider, and has offered to let me take the missus away for a weekend somewhere in it. I'm actually struggling with where to go, so any thoughts? - Needs to be somewhere I can stretch the car's legs. - Needs to be somewhere I can get to and from easily enough in a weekend from Essex (rules Scotland or Europe out) - Needs to have roads suitable for a 2M wide Lambo! I really don't want to be kerbing wheels or scuffing bumpers... Thoughts? I'm thinking Peaks or Lakes, but I've not driven those roads in a long time and it was in a much smaller car so I cared less Wales I've done extensively and it's great, but it's bloody far away. Not writing it off though.