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I don't hate myself enough to want to play any of the DS games

Sod that, I'd just send them for refub once a year too.

I'd say anywhere from 40k onwards, but with a healthy dose of 'depends'. You have to remember that a rotary is designed to wear out and need tips replacing etc, it's the very reason why it works. Add boost to that and it accelerates wear, turn the boost up and it's even worse. A stock RX7 (if such a thing even exists any more!) is probably good for at least that. Start adding boost or tuning and you're going to be reducing that considerably. Short trips as well, much more wear on a rotary on a short trip than on a piston engine. As such, it wouldn't be unrealistic to see a rebuild being needed from just 20k, if it hadn't been looked after. If you can find an engine that's just been rebuilt, I'd buy it and run it without worrying too much as I'm guessing you're like me and don't keep your cars too long. If it hadn't been done, then I'd simply budget a couple of grand in to get it done before I put any miles on it.

Either that's a typo, or you do it to put off other cars overtaking you.

I looked at them before the 911. The R8 was arguably more stylish, interior felt more racecar, and obviously a fantastic manual 'box with a dirty great V8 in it. Downsides were stupid running/repair costs over the Pork, and the total lack of usable storage space for travelling. Ultimately there's very little difference in engineering between the R8 and the Gallardo, which is both a good thing in terms of pace and dynamics but also a bad thing when you think about what a Lambo costs to keep on the road. I'd still love one one day, and a manual V8 on the regular shocks would be an absolute treat of a car to own. I'd be staying miles away from the R-tronik 'box as it's incredibly weak in that application, and the magnetic dampers are brilliant but waaaaay too much to replace. I say go for it, it's probably the most exotic junior supercar you can get at that price.

I think it's an MOT fail to not have a working CEL, isn't it?

Ouch! eBay, local breaker or even Zmanalex might well have one for you.

Yup, Lexx is your man when it comes to the R8

That doesn't count as a win, so no chocolate for you! I jest, send me a PM with your choice of nom and your address and I'll send it over to you. Fair is fair and all that.

I still have that link saved on my laptop, I'm desperate to know the outcome! Good to see you back fella

Don't ztand for this Bradderz, have a zeat inztead

So much cute

You ztupid zwats

£2K respray? For the whole car? That seems a bit optimistic unless you're doing it yourself. I reckon close to double that for a decent job, maybe even triple.

I can imagine. Onwards and upwards is the only way, think about the future not what you've lost, get excited about the next project

Bingo. Some bonkers pace/lines in that kind of weather. Felt a bit sorry for the Jag XJ though, that looked pretty unlucky to me.

First off, massively sorry to hear about this mate, must've been absolutely awful Just glad you're okay, that's so much more important than a car even if it doesn't seem so right now. This is why I bang on to people about insuring what you want insured, not just the bare minimum. Nic did it correctly and had his mods insured, even if they weren't insured for their full value. Most people just have coverage that lets them have mods on their car, which means you could put £10K worth of wheels, bodykits etc and get precisely zero back. Sorry to hear you didn't get as much back for the mods as you wanted mate, but I don't think you did too bad out of that having heard a few horror stories. No comfort, I know, but hopefully it'll still give you a base to move onto the next project with.

Shiny shiny!

I hope the owner of the white car kicked the Mustang owner square in the balls when the camera stopped rolling.

North Germany: http://www.tuv-nord.com/en/low-emission-zone/order-form-english-8761.htm South Germany: http://www.tuev-sued.de/car_vehicles/services/emissions_stickers_from_tuev_sued

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Doesn't support throttle position logging though, unless it's a feature they don't mention on that page.

notice the stick in front of the handbrake You're making excellent progress, young padawan

Good spot, sir. Any downsides to that? I assume it's relatively straightforward.

That's lovely!