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You would go quicker by having a good poo before every drive than you would by changing the throttle body.

I’d have given them the official instructions as well, so no blame there on your part. It’s their incompetency that’s caused the issues, but that’s small comfort now. If you paid the mechanic direct then that’s who you would be taking to court tbh, and in this case it’s unlikely to get you anything other than ballache. It’s a sh*tty situation and there by the grace of god etc, but I really would recommend moving on and hope that this thread can help others in the future.

In short, walk away and consider it a lesson learned. In long... First off, although this will now sound like a huge criticism of you it’s really not meant to be. Nothing you’ve done sounds particularly wrong, and thousands of people do the same thing all the time and everything is dandy. Hell I’ve done the same as you in the past, so I’m not judging your actions at all. However, you’ve now sadly discovered the main issues with having a friendly garage and also with supplying parts yourself. From a clinical POV, the garage is right. You supplied the parts (granted they were fine), you supplied the instructions, you negotiated a rate direct with their employee, you lost out on transport costs for the first trip etc. Yes they bodged the install a bit by the sounds of it, but ultimately who was your contract with? Sounds to me like it was with the employee, so your claim is against him personally, but then it depends on how you paid (cash?) and if you got a receipt. Again, it’s just bad luck here. Every one one is a mate until things go wrong, and then suddenly they look out for themselves. The garage has done you favours in the past to keep you sweet as a customer, but now things have gone wrong and they are at risk of losing money they’re going back to black and white terms. Do I think it’s lousy practice? Sure. Do I see where they’re coming from? Yes. Ultimately if you took this to court then the waters are muddy enough that I wouldn’t be comfortable saying you’d have a good chance, or any chance. It’s time to be more practical, and going forward be very careful about supplying parts, make sure you have everything in writing about the work being done and the costs, and accept that whilst jobs may now cost you more at least you’ll have protection when things go wrong. Like I said, we’ve all been there and I feel for you, but whilst there’s no harm in asking for money back from your garage I strongly suspect that ship has sailed and they’re done with you, as you should be with them.

No, they look f***ing horrendous on the 911 as well

Another half-arsed “test” post as per usual. Honestly mate, if you’re not prepared to make an effort with these things then why even bother?! Sterling stuff as always, and more wheel naming in the future!

Thanks for killing the joke, Captain Literal.

Ironically it’s already a more popular engine than the 2JZ, given how many are already out there...

YES FINALLY WE HAVE A SALE LADIES AND GENTS

But then so did anything with a fart can exhaust on

I’m okay with agile over brawn. Although given that most Supras over here were the NA auto ones, there wasn’t much brawn at all This looks much more aggressive than the mk4.

Rays if you’re skint, RPF01 if you’re not. Lighter wheels equals better handling.

That’s not always a good thing.

Why would anyone consider buying a two litre muscle car? I don’t get it. Buy a cheapy runaround shed for fuel economy, then get the V8 for funs. You know it makes sense.

Road presence? The mk4 Supra was bland and ugly, hence everyone throwing bodykits at it just to give it some style! The mk5 looks just like modern Jap cars, ie give it angles for the sake of it and be damned with cohesive design. That’s why it’s not a looker from what we’ve seen so far.

5th gen non-V8 is an absolute dog of a car. My mum has one, gets attention but is shockingly awful to drive.

Can you not check the opposite side assembly, and identify where it should go that way?

A what??

Safety schmafety. When in doubt, flat out.

It sounds cool just sat there with zero ignition. Such a shame that we’ll never really see one turn a wheel in anger. Imagine a one-make series of those, or up against the Merc-AMG One in a two-make series... Come on ACO, change the LM regs to get these in there!

Any good?!

I’m voting for Stormhorsegirlthing as leader. Whatever it was, it was a breath of fresh air!

It's always been like this though, the young shout loudly about not getting what they want but they can never be arsed to do anything about it, aside from long marches with big placards. Brexit isn't unique in that at all, and it shouldn't come as a surprise to the yoof when things don't go the way that the big polls of the day say.

As @StevoD pointed out to me yesterday, once you've seen that bonnet shut line then it's game over.

Not at all. It was sitting around 129/139 P/D a month or so back, now as Steve says the Shell near me is 121/130 as of last night.

Good ol' Sturgeon, still clinging on in there to that dream! Can't say I blame her in fairness, after all that goal is the only reason she has a job really. I've no issues with the SNP putting forward plans for IndyRef2 in about 20-30 years time whatsoever, although you'd think that one look at the mess Brexit is causing and they might well want to think again. If the UK is going to struggle in the world on its own, then you can only imagine how difficult it would be for a country with the relative limits of Scotland (and I mean that with no disrespect, before G-Man jumps on me). I genuinely fear for any country that does not have the resources of the USA or China striking out on their own. I'd also have no problem with a Reverse-Brexit Vote 2 in another 20-30 years, btw.