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Put a guitar in it and I'm happy enough.

It's a fair comment, and an interesting POV. Unfortunately my family will never ever do money for gifts, they struggle if I dare ask for gift vouchers, so whilst I quite like the idea I don't think its a goer sadly. For me, just spending time with (some of!) my family is enough of a present

And mix with the great unwashed? Urgh, no thanks!

That card thing is a brilliant idea, I reckon I might give that a go too And yeah, prob best to stay away from the question of sanity

Definitely, just hope it comes out more like GTAIV and less like Watch_Dogs though It'll be a massive blow to T10 and Polyphony if a bunch of blokes working in a shed can produce something better than Forza or GT, that's for sure. Fingers crossed for them!

My birthday falls in December, so naturally it's around this time of the year the usual questions from my family start as to what I want for both birthday and Christmas. Every year it gets more and more difficult, as tbh if there's anything I want I'm so impatient I usually just buy it myself Last year I actually ended up asking for (and receiving) some socks! So this I've decided that I'm going to do something different. I've started asking people to donate to a nominated charity instead of buying me anything, as I have more than enough 'things' in my life and I'd quite like to be able to do something for those less fortunate instead. My mum thinks I'm mad, my wife kinda understands, the rest of my family are keeping their cards close to their chests. Am I genuinely daft in doing this? Anyone else ever done similar, and if so what was the reaction?

It worked for Watch_Dogs, and GTAIV. They weren't ready, so they got bumped.

We're choosing our next house today, then I guess it's just a matter of time.

S'okay, I can't stop thinking about you either sweetie

Erm yeah, I wouldn't be waiting, I'd be getting down to A&E!

I've not played it so I don't know, but that's a long delay. A couple of weeks is polish, a month tops, anything over screams to me that they still have a long way to go. Of course, that's just going on prior history: They could well be the first company to actually be telling the truth about releasing it there to give it some breathing room.

5 months is not adding polish, 5 months is so broken they cannot release it like that. Most games don't come out in March because no-one buys games then, it's a dead time. GTAIV got away with it because, well, it's GTA!

Pcars has been delayed until March next year. This is not looking hugely promising at all. Well, it's looking very pretty, but I just hope they're going to spend the next few months working exclusively on the physics and handling. PC testers still saying it's clunky.

Excellent

Golf R would be an excellent choice then, they're getting some superb write-ups.

Definitely, I'm glad you're thinking like me Not looking for anything too big then, if you're looking at 1s and As?

Enjoy, fingers crossed for the weather

BMW wouldn't be any cheaper on parts and servicing, and trust me that their warranty department is not much fun to deal with at all Are diesels an option?

Oh I dunno, I had a V10 R8 that decided to outbreak me into a corner at Donny last weekend: Luckily I saw him coming, but I very very briefly considered just turning into him anyway and watch his face when he compares the cost to repair of a £100K R8 vs a £2K MR2 snotter There's always at least one idiot on a TD, you just need to identify then avoid at all costs. But no, I've never seen anyone quite that dreadful. Tbh, MSV are as much to blame as he is.

1 series is 2 door as you are Mr Pedantic... what part of BMW 1 SERIES M135i M Performance 5dr Step Auto 3.0 did not compute I'm a 2dr? But yeah, apologies, I read what I wanted to read, my bad. Good shout then

@StevoD: But they have chocolate bottom ends that break even when not modified

RS5 is, yes. Also not under £30K new or 1 yr old.

1 series is 2 door I guess we really need to know if an oil burner is a consideration. Sticking with Vauxhalls, the Insignia VXR would be a good Q-car: 2.8L blown V6, 4WD, available as a hatch or even better the estate, 320bhp. Yeah, that's be a laugh.

Great spot, where's that guy who bought the Xbone and needed a new HDMI TV?

Admittedly I didn't check, I just assumed a big thirsty Vauxhall would depreciate like a stone