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Until they make it 30mph with SPECS, of course.

No, you've missed my point: It's not the cost of the parts of the individual car you're insuring, it's the cost of ALL the cars that the company insures. The 3 series is seriously popular and seriously expensive to repair, Audis the same, and even Fords are no longer a cheap fix. Doesn't matter what you drive, it matters what other people are crashing.

458 is cheaper for me to insure than the BMW is 😂

Wouldn't worry about it in the slightest. All rolling roads use clever calculations and guesswork to get to the figure you see there, so really the only thing they're particularly useful for is before/after comparisons when you've done various things to the car. Outside of that, they're an interesting curiosity. Put it this way, if you really are that far down on power, you'd have plenty of other symptoms to be noticing!

You're kidding, they're the comfiest things in the world! I happen to be wearing a rather fetching grey pair as we speak.

Another thing affecting insurance prices, and probably more so than uninsured drivers and personal injury claims, is that cars are just so damn expensive to repair now. A few years back a bumper was £300, a spray job £200, a light cluster £400. Now the bumper costs £2000 because it has parking sensors, the paint alone costs £800 to buy, and a bi-xenon headlight with fancy LEDs in it is the best part of £1000. That just adds up so, so quickly.

If you're running GG 888s, then they're nowhere near alike in compound. Have you ever tried a matching set of either?

Don't mix tyres, especially when using trackday specials as you're playing with much finer margins at the limits (and it you're not running them to the limits, there's no point in them ). With such wide wheels, I'd suggest you're limited to running either the 888Rs all round or looking at the MPSC2s.

Oops. Best buy a new one then. No way I'd be happy with that, if it pops off you're going to lose the contents very quickly then bye-bye engine.

Almost certainly postcode then, which is the one thing you can't really do anything about

Insurance tax went up in October which doesn't help, so everyone will be/would have seen a rise anyway. It could just be that your car has been reclassified and is now statistically worse or parts are much harder to come by, or there's been significantly more crime in your postcode, or anything really. I'd suggest it's the car or the postcode rather than you, if every insurer is coming up the same. Tried it with a different car, just for giggles?

That's awesome Craig

Who was that with though? I wonder if they've adjusted their insurers list, as they seem to be far more reasonable for many people in the last few months. No chance in hell I'd be paying £700 to insure an ST170, much less £1300!

That doesn't seem to rhyme quite as well as mine though

They would be fine if it was three straight lines, it's the fact it tries to say Z when it actually ends up saying S on one side that makes them awful. IMHO, before anyone else starts.

Very different driving experiences, only you will know what you prefer. A turbo spinning may seem like winning, but life is great with a V8

Otherwise known as 'dad clothing'.

Any PC gamers want a free key for the Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 beta that kicks off tomorrow? Got mine today, and it comes with a couple of spare ones.

Very good day, last proper day of 911 ownership that was

Good man, been too long for a catch up

Well, I've not seen them then if there's been that many. Fluid low and light flashing yes, lots of them, but midway and flashing? First I've heard.

I don't want to end up looking like a beefcake (no offence to those who do, you're all bigger than me! ), I just want to lose a little weight from my torso, arse and legs.. If I'm brave enough I'll grab a before and after pic, can judge for yourself then on body shape. Easy to get thin first then I can work on building some definition here and there. Sure, I've done the damage to the skin by stretching it in the first place and I'll never hide then when butt-nekkid, but if I can get into my regular sized clothes comfortably then that works for me. Sorry if I'm coming across defensive, I'm genuinely not being dismissive of your concerns and points of view at all, as that was exactly my POV as well when others around me were doing VLCD.

That's why I eat the bars as opposed to just guessing myself: They contain all the nutrients you need, in the right quantities. I used to knock it as well, until my brother did it a couple of years back. My missus then did it too, and both have kept the weight off as they've adjusted their calorie intake to suit their calorie usage. I know it gets knocked, and it's not the proper way, but if you can stick with it and understand it's not a quick fix and that you need to adjust your lifestyle too then I feel it's a perfectly acceptable way of losing weight. I've done it the hard way before and I know I can do it, I just figured I had enough time to do it before the wedding but I don't so the cheat way it is! In all seriousness though, it's not something I take lightly and I understand the risks to the body and the cons as well as the pros. And I genuinely appreciate the concern guys

Well, I'm horny now. Anyone else?

Boredom is the worst for me, I've had to throw myself into Skyrim on the PC to stop myself wanting to snack