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I'm not so sure. I bet it doesn't run next year, at least.

Been doing mine today in prep for LM week after next. The benefits of having a garage so I can do stuff at my leisure...! Last big clean I'll ever do on the car

Easy answer is not to break the law. Or at least, don't get caught.

DVDs? How quaint.

Fine here. Been good all day. Could be the Tapatalk servers, seeing your other post.

Netflix is ace. Loads of stuff, even if it's not hugely recent, but you can always find something to watch. Still <3 Sky though. Wouldn't give that up for almost anything.

Already people are talking about banning it...! FFS it's motorsport, it's dangerous, don't stand that close to rally cars going full tilt if you want to be 100% safe. I feel masses of sympathy for all involved, but it really was just a terrible accident.

Fine + course. EDIT: Or not! I always thought it was both, or that the course was more expensive than the £100 fine?

Congrats on the win and the car looks beautiful, but do you not find the award, how can I put this... A bit patronising? Usually I don't mind in the slightest when they split stuff up between sexes, but when it comes to cars I feel that women have a hard enough time being taken taken seriously with regards to modding, without being given a token award just amongst the ladies. Women have just as good taste in cars as men, so shouldn't they be competing fairly in the main group? A well-modded car is a well-modded car, regardless of the gender of the owner. I dunno, Sunday morning ramble-rant. Ignore me.

Ah, not to worry. To be fair the seats are one of the easiest things to replace (assuming someone's made some runners for it, be amazed if the Aussies hadn't!) so not the end of the world. Have you changed the stereo in yours at all? I'd be looking to put a double-DIN sat-nav unit ideally. I've had a quick search around and have seen there's a guy who does make the adaptor bracket, which is good to know.

Excellent stuff, that's proper helpful, thanks Granby With regards to the Scooby seat comparison, was that the STi seats by any chance? Only asking as we used to have one, so can make the comparison easily there.

Guffinsprocket.

That's fine, I totally get that some people want to make their car slower but look better

No hurry matey, whenever you get a chance

Hi Grandby! I'll just list some questions as I think of them, if that's okay? How much stiffer (roughly) is the Pedders suspension than stock? Any reason you went for the Extreme over the other Pedders options? Brakes upgrade a must-do? Road use only. Do they have cruise control? Any traction control? Is it obtrusive? Fully switchable? Is the water ingress to the front arms, & rust because of, common? When you get to 600bhp, does it overwhelm the chassis a bit? Or still well within comfort limits? Any chance of a photo of the boot? As in the space, since you've got the version with the smaller one. Stock seats offer much support on the shoulders? Do you have to do much in the way of upkeep with regards to the SC conversion? Thanks!

Didn't realise Lexx had a Monaro as well, I only remembered the VXR8. Dunks, that's pretty much the spec I was looking at, how did it compare to the Zed on the move? Thinking specifically in terms of the suspension, the ride, the turn in, the balance?

So yeah, as per the title really. Any one here a previous owner of a Monaro (either CV8 or VXR, any year) and care to share any tips on the experience? Good or bad, and comparisons to the Zed would be very helpful.

Oh no, it does absolutely, just a lot easier to prove down the line. Technically they're correct: It's a used car and shouldn't be perfect unless you're paying top, top money. That said, I'd have done the exact same as you (and have done on all my cars) so they should stand by their word. A repair shouldn't just wipe off, no reasonable person would expect that.

Not acceptable. Did you get the details of the proposed repair work in writing? i.e. what was going to be done to the car before pickup?

GLOL :lol:

I'm just happy I got to legitimately use the word niggardly.

I can see why people like it. I don't.

I don't drive a car any differently regardless of whether it's my own, someone else's, a POS or worth a fortune when I'm on track. I have no idea if that's a good thing or not, tbh.

Fair dos. I didn't bother when I ran the MR2 (first one), only bothered with the VXR because it came free with my road insurance, ditto with the Zed as it transferred over, and then only did one day with the 911 before I swapped insurer. After seeing some pretty horrendous incidents, and realising I might have been pushing my luck a bit, I now only drive cars I can afford to bin, or I'd only do a day if I had insurance. It's very easy to do £20K+ worth of damage to a Porker...! It only takes one idiot, or one slight mechanical failure, or one dodgy turn, and you could kill a Zed easy. Fair play if you've got the balls/cash to track it without, sadly these days I have neither.

Do you bother with insurance?