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Not a cat in hell's chance the CTR that did that time was remotely standard. IIRC it was caged, stripped and on Cup2s, as well as being a pre-production special. Not saying it's not quick and that engineering hasn't come on in leaps and bounds, but on no planet would it be quicker than a GT-R. And looking at those times, why is a 997 C2S quicker than a 997 Turbo? By four seconds? Even assuming PDK to manual, that doesn't remove the extra 100bhp+ and 4WD of the Turbo. Nope, I'm calling shenanigans. Much like the shenanigans of the Huracan doing a 6'50" the other week.

Well I'm amazed, an Infiniti that doesn't look terrible at all! That's reasonably restrained considering it's a concept and their designs of late, I quite like that.

He said he was offered the chance to move to Manchester for a job, which would mean relocating from Newcastle. Graham said that might be the best thing he ever did,to which I wittily retorted that swapping Newcastle for Manchester isn't fair, intimating that Newcastle is a much nicer place to be than the sh*thole that is Manchester.

HRs seemed to have dropped to reasonable levels, but earlier cars seem to have hit the £5K wall (excluding the starship mileage dog-eared JDM cars that pop up for £3K once in a blue moon).

Ah that'll be the one then, not the R. That makes more sense now, stupid Golfs and their billionty special editions

I'd also do the really obvious and easy one, which is clean the MAF. I agree, unlikely but nothing to lose.

I dunno, swapping Newcastle for Manchester doesn't seem a fair swap by any means

Oh, if only! Then again, I think my rubber fetish may already be a bit too far gone.

I used to think the same until I saw the 458 next to the 488. The 458 really looks quite dated. Still the best car I've ever driven though, and purely for the engine alone I'd take a 458 over a 488.

Good point. Still, that's who Honda themselves target. Still, with all these fast hatchbacks out now is it even possible to buy a bad one? I mean, the CTR looks like a dog's dinner but it'll drive fine, and then you've still got the Leon CR and the Megane RS and the two sensible 4WD in the FRS and Golf, and not even forgetting the big boys with the A45 & M140 & S3/RS3. Great time to be a fan of fast hatches

Thing is, the 720S may be built in the UK, and be the fastest in the segment, and have some super trick bodywork. And I'd still pick the 488 every time. A supercar should be a thing you desire deeply just looking at it, and for me the 720S (like 570S) is simply too plain Jane in profile. Gaping air intakes ftw!

Nope, the stripped out Golf R thing on Cup2s is atm.

Fixed. The proportions are just so, so wrong for a modern car. They could get away with it in the '70s as everything was a bit funky and odd, but that just looks daft.

Not just you Will, I also think it's a bit ugly. Full of clever bits, but that doesn't make for a pretty car. Love the double skinned doors to hide the air intakes, but it makes for a very plain looking supercar. 650S is still where my theoretical McLaren money would go.

And with no Manor, that leaves them firmly at the back of the grid

Obviously Excellent choice sir, lucky to find a decent one these days. What's it like then?

100% wrong here buddy. You didn't become unattractive, you BOTH just became different people who wanted different things. That's normal, people change over time, I bet you're not the same person you are today as when you were 20. To go back to my own experience, I remember crying myself to sleep in my kitchen one night after I'd broken up with my Ex, and I remember thinking just how I should've gone out with her and her friends more rather than spend time chatting to friends on the internet and faffing around with cars. I was utterly despondent. Today, I'm with someone who enjoys my company but understands I have other interests: Some she shares, like cars; some she doesn't, like chatting with strangers on the internet! What I'm getting at is that the person I wanted to spend my life with wasn't the person I thought it was, and I DID find someone who accepted me and tells me to go do my own things every now and then as otherwise I irritate her, but in a joking way. Then say it. Write it all down in a letter, and send it to her. I did this, and it does make you feel better when you've said your piece.

Maybe they already have: That's where the designers of the first gen Cayenne and the 996 ended up

Cue Nissan execs scrambling for a black sheet to cover that up Looks worse in red.

Hey, it works for Aston Martin!

That's a bit harsh! The Prius isn't that bad.

See, I go the other way: PDK for the road and a manual for the track. I like the less faff on the road so I can concentrate on what's happening around me, but I want the manual for the track so I can really push my skills. I personally found PDK boring on track, but each to their own. Certainly your way round makes more sense.

No-one is buying their cars any more, they're all off buying either the better driving Ford, the cheaper Kia or the more premium Audi. So they're trying to make their cars stand out, so you go "Ooh, I saw a Honda today!" rather than "Oh, that was a Honda? Looks like a bland sh*tbox to me". Unfortunately, they haven't quite figured out that 'stand out' does not equal 'sandpaper for the eyeballs please'.

I don't think it makes you a walkover, but paying for her insurance is no longer your responsibility: It's hers. If she needs the car for school runs, then she needs to make sure she can sort that herself. You need to stop asking her things, and start telling her things. If she won't meet face to face then that's fine, people have lives to get on with, but then send her a letter telling her what needs to be sorted. For example, tell her you'll pay the insurance up to the end of April, and the loan as well up to the same point. This gives her time to sort things, but also gives a final cut off that she knows to stick to. In a few years time you'll look back on this and agree with me, I promise. I kept my other half on the mortgage of my old place for way longer than was healthy, and it did no benefit to either of us.

Anyone with half a brain or an eye on resale will get the manual. In reality, I suspect it'll go 50/50 in terms of sales, but it depends on who the dealer picks to sell to.