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Depends on the dealer. I've been very lucky and only ever had excellent relationships with main dealers, so I happily recommend Glyn Hopkin in Bishop's Stortford to people on here for Zed stuff as they were great with mine, and reasonably priced too. Same with Porsche, OPC Colchester were fantastic both in sales and servicing; and also Hills Toyota in Stortford for the MR2. I've yet to go near a BMW main dealer though, so can't comment on my local ones there. I think main dealer's are unfairly maligned for the most part: Sure, some are crap, but then so are some indys.

'Tis very good stuff, but it's not a petrol additive and I can't seem to get hold of it anywhere any more Run it through the intake and just make sure there's no-one standing behind the car, the crap that comes out of the exhausts is insane!

So how long should Russia be banned for then? A year? Two? Five? Ten? Needs to be a big one IMHO, but what's reasonable? How hard do you punish athletes who have done nothing wrong?

So your answer to my question is yes then, not no I said that we all prefer indys to main dealers, albeit for silly reasons. Also, indys do use apprentices too! Every one has got to start somewhere, and they're only cars. It's really not rocket science working on them once you have the basics.

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All it means is that she's been lucky, the engine was a particularly sturdy one, or th elife has been drastically shortened from 250k miles to much less. The DE cannot compensate for knock on 95 high up in the rev range, so it's a 100% guarantee that the engine has signs of damage. As for one lady owner, surely no-one stupid enough to fall for that as a sales line any more?

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That's exactly the point I'm making, thanks Graham I wasn't saying that indys are using rubbish labour, my point was more the irony of car enthusiasts when it comes to things like this. We view main dealers as a risk, but we want those same people working at our indys. It's just odd, that's all.

Interesting, have you managed to fix it then?

Just leave your car exactly as you would for the road, and make sure fluids are topped up. Literally, that's it. Oulton is a power circuit, like for like it'll be quicker than a 182. In the real world they'll walk all over you, Sod's law

Photobucket is the best way to do it Love to know what it was!

Don't worry, it happens to everyone once in a blue moon Definitely the right call, I think it'll look so much better afterwards

Have you tried turning the braking force up? In 40mins, I'll be playing F4.

Shock news, Russia is full of crooks. So is most of the Eastern bloc, but hey ho. Can't say I'm that bothered, seeing as how Russia don't win everything anyway they're clearly not cheating hard enough

That's what reminded me after I thought about it yesterday! It makes no sense though, why do we do that?

It occurred to me yesterday that we're all stupid. Bear with me on this. What's the first thing in general we say when people ask about servicing? "Don't go near a main dealer, they don't know their arse from their elbow, they'll break your car as they have zero knowledge!". Instead, we tell people to go to a good independent instead. Usually cheaper, usually better. Which is all well and good, and we feel warm and snuggly when we do that as we're helping fellow owners as well as the little guy trying to make a living. So why the juddery f*ck do we then see it as a good thing when we find a good indy that employs ex-main dealer technicians?! :lol: I'm as guilty as anyone, all the indys I've used for current and previous cars have guys working that are ex-Nissan/Porsche/BMW, it just struck me yesterday that that's a really odd thing that we as petrolheads do!

It affects all wheels, but some people seem to be affected more than others.

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We should get a race going Yeah would be good. I'm KingMarz. Usually on after 10.30pm most nights. I'm not that happy with Forza 6 though... i gave it a couple of hours at the weekend and i dont like the handling with my Thrustmaster TX. Under braking the cars just dont feel right and i don't have that much confidence on the steering. I've got the handling set to simulation though so maybe i need to try it on standard. What do you use? It's not you, it's a game-breaking bug and is why I've stopped playing it. Basically, when using the wheel it turns every car into an oversteery mess, like you're running 165 width tyres on the rear! It doesn't matter if you put it on Sim or Std, it's still broken. You can try changing the diff lock, or camber or toe, or whatever you like: It doesn't matter, every car will still be shocking. Some people have had success by turning the steering lock down on the wheel itself, but it just made it too twitchy for me. Basically, you need to play with a pad, which is ridiculous. However Fallout 4 is out tomorrow and scoring 9s and 10s, so I don't care.

They'd look far better set into the bumper matey, is that not an option? Right now they look like cheap jewellery, like kids stick to home made Christmas cards.

Dear god please remove those awful LEDs from that bumper! That's a lovely colour

If it were my money, I'd be looking at a Merc instead, probably a CLK55 or similar. Far better drive, better engine, more grunt, won't make you look 75 when driving it Not known for their reliability, but certainly not going to be any worse than a Jag of that era for sure! My Mum runs a 3.2 X308 which is very wafty, and Rich from here had the equivalent engine in an XKR which was nice enough to waft around in but felt lacking in personality to me. The car, not Rich.

And can be made to handle

Which age XJR? Personally the X150 XKRs are looking an absolute bargain right now.

I can feel it trying to kill me from here.