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Has he gone yet? God I really hope he's gone. I'm going to start a thread that goes like "My mate Geoff who is a world champion astronauteer has built a 27L Astra VXR but I can't post pics because, like, I'm too cool and obvs I'm far too busy with running Google on an ad-hoc basis to do that anyway". Anyone interested in that one?

Basically, it means the flexi joint on the exhaust is shot and needs replacing. Cut it out, weld a new one in, job's a carrot. Sub-£100 easy from anywhere, really you shouldn't be paying any more than £50 but it does depend on the garage. Get the seller to fix before buying, or haggle a good £500 off for the ballache of getting it sorted yourself.

Oh god without even trying.

Jack the car up and spin the wheels that side, see if you can replicate the noise manually.

Every day is a school day!

Primary school prom??!! FFS. Good on you mate, sounds like the kids really enjoyed themselves I try and be as open with my cars as I can with the local neighbourhood kids, hopefully try and get them interested in fun cars at an early age

FWIW, that's a great advert. Yes, the car does get driven hard, but make no mistake the owner does not scrimp on maintenance. A great car, and a fair price. Good luck with the sale bud, this deserves a good home after the work you've put I to it

More 1stWPs: I can't get comfy on the new sun loungers by the pool

Brilliant

Lol oops

Scoobies are a hoot on track, but they're always the first car parked up in the paddock on a TD. Apart from a Noble, of course. Coldel wins this with his VX suggestion. Nothing else comes close if you want a quick track car for that money, BUT be aware that one prang could write it off easily. Completely biased, but this would be fun: MR2 mk3 £1500 Suspension £600 Brakes £300 Hardtop £500 Bracing £200 Turbo kit £4000 Seats, harnesses £600 R888s £500 That's £8300, so room to allow for fitting of parts as well if you like. My suggestion includes a set of tyres, too

Why would you not use photo sites? Are you worried that you might accidentally upload those pics of you in your wife's scanties that you only put on 'for a laugh, honest!'? The rules are not massively complex, and ultimately they benefit both seller and buyer. If someone can't be arsed to take a photo of their product, then I can't be arsed giving them my money.

Not good mate, I was off the road for three months the other year following a back operation, I feel your pain.

Swinging club, more like. Allegedly. Ahem.

A sheep? Madness.

Michelin really ballsed the naming convention up on the Pilot Sports. First you had the original Pilot Sports, which were good. Then you had the Pilot Sport 2s, which were exceptional. They then quickly dropped the original tyres, and then stopped putting the '2' on the MPS2 which just confused everyone trying to order a new pair. Then they started trading on the good name of the MPS2, and brought out the MPS3. These were available in much smaller sizes, and aimed at the lower priced car market. They were still good, but they weren't MPS2 good. Then came the MPSS, which are just about the best road tyre you can get today bar none. Miles better than anything else with the PS name, but have zero relation to the still-going MPS2 and MPS3 in anything other than name.

No contest, MR2 over any Civic if you want something that handles beautifully and doesn't want to understeer all the time I've got mine setup now so I can fling it in as quick as I could my old VXR220, it's just massively lacking on power comparatively. With the right setup, it can be made to feel very similar to an Elise-chassis car, just without that fantastic steering. Don't get me wrong, it's great in the MR2, it's just that the Elise is that step better due to no assistance on the rack.

Cripes, realy?! Is the 370 that bad at cooling the oil then? That seems atrocious.

It's like there's an echo in here, that repeats every year. Do people ever just take the first offer that comes through on renewal? Companies must love folks like that. All the big guys do it as they don't have to chase trade, the smaller ones are much better. Both Sky and A-Plan have been more than fair with their renewal prices, but I still search around just in case.

I don't know how you guys get by with so little, I really don't. Two pairs of trainers, dozen or so t-shirts, half again in shorts, couple of pairs of jeans, and a couple of longer tops. Bag of toiletries, and that's it. Easy comes to 20+kg, including the bag. Anyhoo, I'm out here now and it's lovely and toasty, if a little rainy right now. Already seen a 370Z ragtop, common as muck out here!

It's only me and Jo going We don't have a huge amount of spending money to buy stuff this time round, hence taking a lot of clothes with us for the trip. I'm not a massive fan of US clothing apart from the generic stuff like some Levi jeans for work etc, so I tend not to buy too much. Unlike Jo, who tends to buy everything she sees and then wonders why we can't get it all in her case. Wimmin, eh?

I've got a bag of clothes, Jo's got a bag of clothes, and I may or may not have taken my detailing stuff out with me to do my Mum's car whilst I'm there It's surprising how much all that stuff weighs!

Okay, didn't see that bit. I still don't mind though, as it's properly organised and when we can start having motor races on the roads on weekends, it's going to stuff up the cyclists even more

Ah man, what a crap day. Trying to pack for my 21 day holiday to Florida, and I've managed to fill three suitcases with 22kg, 22kg and 21kg worth of stuff respectively already which is only just below the 23kg limit. Thank god I'm not flying cattle class and can take two cases per person, which will come in handy on the way back as I'm bringing a spare holdall to fill with goodies!* Every day is a struggle, it really is. You can all give me your sympathy now. *Up to the legal limit of £390, obviously Mr HMRC.

Meh, it's only a Sunday. Stuff like that I can deal with happily, it's the ad-hoc races like you mentioned above that get my goat. If they want to race on the roads, then close them. Else they should treat the roads like everyone else has to: With respect for other road users.