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I'll save you the time: Everyone who owns a 370 loves it. /thread

Lols at Vettel getting stiffed by the same rule he desperately wanted implemented because of Vestappen! I was so desperately hoping that Rosberg would finish fourth to at least keep the title race open a bit longer. Two easy circuits for him now though, can't see him not finishing second at least in both (tbh I suspect he'll win in Brazil anyway). I wonder if he'll take the option of the number 1 on his car next year? He's not such a brand as Lewis is, so I suspect he'll be very tempted. I would!

Bloody hell, I'm not sure I could drive a 458 that slowly if I tried!

They're different models though: The R35 is still an R35, no matter how many facelifts it's had. 355 to 488 covers 21 years, the R35 is only on 9. Wait until next year, then you'll really see the price of cars not made in the UK soar. No way manufacturers are going to suck up the low pound themselves, they'll do an Apple and pass it on to the consumer.

1. Yes, as the redline on the revcounter moved from 6500 on the DE to 7000 on the revup to 7500 on the HR. 2. No idea. Probably though, I can't see them changing much. 3. I would presume so, yes.

£80K gets you the most highly-specced and fancy TTRS you could possibly want. Perhaps it's a little lacking in ultimate involvement, but it'll be up there in terms of pace and a nicer road car. Plus you get that uber-fancy dash display, which is just incredible. Or a V8 F-Type. Or a lightly used 911. Or as seems to be the way forward, just get an older GT-R!

But it affects the handling of the car in ways you can't describe through sheer numbers, and you get far more feedback to drive the car on the edge. The extra noise alone just focuses you in a way that no intake/exhaust combo ever could. 50kg from a 1500kg car is noticeable, 50kg from a car weight just 960kg is a different world.

I was chatting to a Vanquish owner today who has the Cobra Nogaro carbon buckets in his. Fully trimmed by AM for their Q range, they sell for about £13,000. Second hand. EACH.

I think when you try and combine a road and track car, you compromise both too much. Road cars can be fun on track, and track cars fun on the road, but ultimately you have to pick a direction and maximise the car for that. I get that not everyone has the cash to do that, and I feel fortunate that I have been, but if you can (even if the track car is worth 4p and all you've done is strip it) then you really should. All I did to my mx5 was strip it, add bucket seat & steering wheel & harness. No suspension mods, no power mods, just weight loss. Apart from the lack of power on a longer straight, it was a hooligan of a fun car. Sometimes just removing the weight and sitting in a tin can is all you need

You mean not giving a sh*t at all? Or enjoying a chance encounter with a fellow petrolhead?

Mk1 eyeball

On a non-serious note, I think you must be mad to be considering refunding your ex for nights out. Are you claiming back from her the time you treated her to a Maccy Ds? Same thing. On a serious note, I do think you need to speak to a professional. A different one.

Don't be a mug, push back!

I wouldn't be paying a penny towards nights out for a start, that's just utterly bonkers how she thinks she's due any of that cash back!

You need to see a solicitor before you get bent over.

I wouldn't track a WRX tbh, they're perhaps a little fragile and tbh not that involving when on the circuit. I've taken our STi out for a Spa day one year, and whilst competent in road form it would've needed a fair bit spending to get it track happy as they're not the lightest of things. Also, the first cars you always see parked up on a trackday after something's broken are a Noble and an Impreza... MX5 great fun but you'll get left for dead on the straights, that's one of the reasons I ultimately swapped mine for the MR2. Which I then strapped a dirty great turbo too as well (although not turbo'd in the vid above, I hasten to add).

Ros Ric Ves Hamilton to not finish, collision on the first couple of corners.

You don't need mass power in an MR2 to be hurrying other things along... Bloody slow, those Ferraris!

That's the best thing about a track one, the bodywork and interior can be battered to hell, and the roof can be held together with duct tape

As a fellow Lotus fan, I know exactly where you're coming from. And which is why you need to go buy yourself an MR2. Pick an early one up for £1200-£1500, strip everything out of it, put a decent seat in it with a pair of harnesses and you're done. It will give you 80% of the Lotus for 20% of the cost, and be considerably more reliable. For cheap MR fun, there's really no better place to look. You can easily disconnect the ABS and power steering too, if you want it to be even more Lotus-lite. Plus, performance bits are a lot cheaper too...

Some of the best drives I've ever had have been on Xmas day. One year I took the VXR on a stupid long drive and ended up on beach at night time, then there was last year when I managed to get from my house to the MIL in record time by discovering the A12 after Ipswich is a really fun road when it's empty... One year, I'll sack off the Xmas nonsense altogether and grab a hotel in the Lake District, then just spend the day hooning. Can't think of anything better tbh.

It's just another day. Get in the car, go for a blat on the emptiest roads you'll ever drive, come home and stick a game on, job done.

That's a really, really old tyre! Pilot Sport 1s haven't been produced in years.

I don't think there's much in it with any of the options available around that price point: It wouldn't surprise me at all if they were all made in the same factory. But yes, I agree that the HSDs shouldn't be written off either.

Not convinced I can sell the missus on that one