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Interesting point, you're right.

Thread over, Roscoe wins. Move along people, we're done here.

Good shout, I bet they'd be a hoot.

I think it's safe to say that the 996 is most people's least favourite looking 911 I've a soft spot for an early fried-egg headlight 996, but the later facelift cars don't do it for me. At £35K though I'd be getting a 997.2 C2 non-S manual with as few options as I could find. Keep it simple and as light as possible. The S is a bit too much for the roads if you really want to go play, but the non-S is just about right.

Evora is a great drive but until they put the indicator stalks in the same postcode as the rest of the dash, I'm not interested. NSX is possibly the ugliest car to come out of Japan since, well, the latest CTR, and with such an uninspiring drivetrain I wouldn't look twice at it.

The thought of owning one at all bores me to tears. I get how for some it's the dream, and it's certainly incredibly capable, but it's not for me.

Actually, there's a million and one different cars I'd buy with £35K Exige, M5, Boxster, Maser GT, RS5...

Depends. If I want something that drives well, I'd buy a 911 (yes, obvious). If I want something that's pretty and makes awesome noises, I'd buy a V8 Vantage. If I want something for the experience, I'd buy a Corvette.

If you look closely, you can see a young badger nesting in one of those tips.

Ultimately, this. No-one is going to like everything you do, so just go with your gut and take a punt. FWIW, I definitely wouldn't put the blue-tipped ones on your car with it being that colour. I might go gloss black to blend in with the pumper but that might be too subtle for you, although I think it would work perfectly with the wheels.

Really, anything like that will do. Unless you're tracking 24/7, or FI, then pretty much anything around those grades will work on the DE/HR engines without a lot of fuss. I may not specifically buy those, but if I had some knocking around or could get it much cheaper in those grades then I'd happily put it in my car.

If regular tyres are lasting you 9K, then I'd expect Cup 2s to see about 6k at a guess. Bearing in mind it's a LOT harder to slide the Cup 2s unless you're doing silly speeds or are Billy Big Balls, so if you currently slip a lot on regular tyres then you may well get closer to your usual mileage.

I'm more offended by those god-awful mudflaps

That's the cheap stuff I've personally tried their Vintage wax at over £2K per tub. It's good, well in fact it's bloody fantastic, but I'd never in a million years pay that much for a wax.

The Cup 2s are much, much better than the Cup 1s in the wet. A lot of the GT3/RS guys are happily running these year round, including Euro trips. Hellishly expensive, but the ultimate if you can cope with the cost and the wear.

And that, ladies and gents, is how you join a forum.

Yeah, it'll be fine. 5W-30 is the recommended, but 5W-40 isn't a million miles away and I'd be happy with that especially as it's decent stuff.

Neither, the width

As a rule, exhaust tips should not be bigger than the size of your engine. Exceptions are any Lambo, and a mk4 Supra with a dirty great turbo strapped to it with a huge single box at the rear.

Our old Blobeye was stock! Assuming you don't include the PPP of course.

It is true. They can go up, but they can also go down. Mine did, after I binned a Cayman R the other year. Completely my fault, but makes no difference to my premium at all. It's the exception rather than the rule, but it does happen.

It's a myth that premiums always go up if you have accident or make a claim.

Basically, p*ss-poor engineering by Nissan with the 370.

The extra support is well worth the trade off, by a country mile.

The saloons, yes. 6 series too has diesel and petrol lumps, although that's more sports GT than outright sports car.