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So what? If they manage to make you spend more than you want then either they've done great, or you've failed. You know your own budget, so as long as you stick to it and are prepared to walk away (that's the bit I usually fail with!) then it doesn't matter if you tell them exactly what you have to spend. If you don't think the deal is right, then don't buy it. What your budget is, and them knowing that, is ultimately completely irrelevant. It's the haggling bit that's fun.

Two trains of thought: 1. Don't tell them. This means they have to work harder to get you in a car, as they have no idea what you're willing to spend. 2. Tell them. This way, there's no faffing around with them showing you stuff that is either way over or way under your budget. Me, I just tell them. They're going to figure it out once I start getting interested in a car anyway, so I see precious little to be gained from hiding my budget. I may go lower, or I may go higher. I won't tell them my absolute top whack I'll pay, but I see no harm in mentioning a figure. Life's too short for playing games, they'll either sell you the car for a price you're willing or they won't: No amount of hiding and double-bluffing will change that.

It's not CRS, it's just a piece of regular slang. Personally, I'm going to put it right along the same shelf as 'bae'. Make of that what you will.

:lol: She'll be so chuffed with all the comments, she really will

Well, it's still far too quiet, but it's obviously one of those cars that's very colour-sensitive. Like I say, the orange is rubbish but the black looked lovely.

Brand new OEM warranty? No, but if you have a failure that is directly attributable to the exhaust then Nissan may well not cover it. Very unlikely though! Aftermarket warranty? Quite possibly void, but check the contract. No one else can safely say yay or nay in that case.

They're black and white, are they not?

What codes are you getting from the CEL? My first thought is nothing to do with the stat at all. Rev limit on DE is 6500 btw.

Never going to happen on a mass-market Jap car worth what, £8k tops? Also, they cannot write off your car if you don't let them. That's a myth.

Seats and wheels are lovely

Pretty much what Charlotte Rampling said yesterday, then promptly got absolutely slaughtered by the Twitterati for it.

It's okay to send brake bias forward a touch with pads and discs, it's sending it to the rear where you can have major issues. You'll be fine.

Don't bother reducing your insurance cover, it makes little to no difference to the premium these days and can even make it more expensive. It's only six months, but I'd still start her up every two months and let everything flow round for a few minutes.

Brilliant idea Dicky, sometimes the best ideas are the easiest!

I feel your pain, my brother! Bloody horrible walking round your own house, knowing you're being analysed* all the time. *Hope I spelt that correctly, or that's a really awkward sentence...

Everyone is autistic, it just depends where on the scale you are. My other half did psychology as her degree, and I've been reliably informed on many an occasion that I sit a bit further along it than others

I have every right. Have you not been on the internet before?!

No wait, there's one my Mum's FB account!

Trying to find some pics of it, but apparently they're all on the PC at home. I'll try an upload one later.

Oh I'd say it, I would just pick an appropriate time Like I wouldn't walk into a small pub and shout out "WOW IT'S AN UTTER DIVE IN HERE!!" just as I walked through the door. However, if the owner asked me what I thought I'd tell him. Time and a place my friend, time and a place.

No, I do have some tact. But I would say it if they asked. I've told friends before that their track accident was their fault, after they'd written their car off.

My Mum's got the V6 tintop Camero, gutless thing with a slow gearbox, but I do have to admit that in yellow it's a very pretty thing indeed

Some people are just generally arseholes when you put them behind a keyboard, but are actually nice people when you meet them. I count myself firmly in that camp. I'll happily repeat in person anything I say on here though, but I'll also admit if I'm wrong and something looks better in the flesh. StevoD's car, for example, I totally 'get' when you see it in person.

My photographical skills are legendary, I'll have you know! Just for the wrong reasons

I saw a black one yesterday in the flesh, looked a billion times better than the orange one I saw last month.