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How do you know the work will be done properly? They might not do a better job than you can Give it a go, I reckon.

Agreed. Think Arran is being a bit optimistic with adding the 350Z in as best sounding V6 though

That is the most terrifying thing I've seen for a LONG time.

I'm not having a go mate, you've held your hand up pretty quick and I respect you for that: Many wouldn't. Yes, we take our cars to track to push them, but it's quite clear neither you, the car or the track were ready for that, so you should've eased off. Instead, the red mist came down and you were lucky to walk away, as Jetpilot says that's a dangerous corner at the best of times. Was that your first track experience?

Perhaps it was harsh, but what if he'd taken someone else out because neither him nor the car were prepared for the track? It's silly things like that that can cause serious accidents on track, and it only takes a second for something like that to happen. If you know you're on crap tyres, drive accordingly. If you've never driven there before, drive accordingly. If it's started hammering it down, drive accordingly. That's three basic mistakes he made, and I would suggest it was pure luck that neither he nor the car came off worse, as well as only involving himself.

I don't get the love for the Audi V10, I really don't. It sounds great on the Lambo, and it's great on the R8 with a different exhaust, but that advert makes it sound incredibly anodyne.

Should be little to no difference at all. Perhaps the best way would be to ask your insurer though, they would know better than anyone else on here

Closest racing for years, no idea what everyone's complaining about.

In that case sir, you are a complete idiot and got exactly what you deserved On the upside, you've not blamed anything other than yourself and you didn't take anyone else out with you. Surely you must've realised that it was going to be slippy as anything?!

Bit late now lesson learnt lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk So come on then, what happened? How many laps, cars in front/behind, what corner, what did the car do etc?

Well, I'd want more info before I could comment properly, but as a rule if you're not 100% sure of you or your car you shouldn't be on track. End of.

Utterly ridiculous.

Aston V12 in the 2009 LMP1 car. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar, or has never heard it in the flesh. V10 CGT. No contest. V8 I'll go with either the one in the 430 Scud above 4k rpm, or the Corvette C6.R. V6... Dunno. Probably an Alfa.

If you believe that, then I have to say you're a bit naive mate. Accident will be defined as anything which causes damage to the vehicle, another vehicle, or any other object or person as an educated guess. That definitely included dings and scrapes, but not bumper chips (although I assume that was a facetious addition). You should've informed them in Feb, so this may well now bit you in the arse as they'll chase you for increased premium. Sometimes, it's ALWAYS worth telling your insurers, and sucking it up. We all make mistakes sometimes, no shame in that.

That wouldn't be admitting any kind of liability. Courts wouldn't view that as it either, unless there was a letter saying that they accepted full liability for it, which I'm guessing there wasn't. The bus company will say it's an apology for holding the traffic up due to a malfunction with the bus, and that DT should still not have proceeded as there was not enough room.

They'll be fine with it. Unless you've got the money to cough up to the letter, then you need to speak to them. At the end of the day though you were in the wrong, as the bus was stationary and you were moving so this will be an at-fault claim. What do you think will be less, a higher premium next year or the hundreds of pounds the bus company want? Your call.

Doesn't matter really, they might not be too surprised as I suspect they get this often.

Maybe my last sentence was a bit too subtle, it was a bit of a dig at both sides. Incidentally, I have no black friends at all. Never have done. No particular reason, my social circle just doesn't seem to be anything other than exclusively white. That said, on the interweb I know plenty of coloured folks, some of whom I've met in real life and have got on well with, so I don't think I'm racist in that regard. Again, it's more what's in your heart than what you say/do when it comes to hate crimes. For example, I hate all religion equally so have zero problem slagging that off, however I do still respect peoples right to believe in what they want. Also, Lewis is my favourite driver so I can't be racist!

You don't need a solicitor, just call your insurance company and explain. That's what they're there for, to fight your corner. Don't panic, just leave it up to them.

So along the same lines, do people feel as strongly about casual homophobia then? Use of the word 'gay' to describe something rubbish or effeminate is a as common as ever: Certainly it's still used infrequently on here.

It doesn't need locking, people just need to refrain with name calling. Much like Chubbster, I too hope that one day people will learn to accept each other without labels, be that a racial insult or indiscriminate classifying.

Same as you would for any other trackday really, if you've already done sone then you know the craic by now. Be careful at the end of Kemmel, I've had moments there in both the MR2 and the Impreza. You'll probably find (judging by your companions) you'll be one of the slowest things there, which means that you'll want to stay right once you're out of Eau Rouge to avoid faster cars punting into the back of you. You won't really gain or lose anything by doing so, and you'll help keep the track safer for everyone else. Buy fuel on site, it's cheaper there than outside the circuit bizarrely.

Casual racism isn't a term I'm particularly comfortable using, tbh. I don't think it does either side any favours, although I can see how the term came about. You're either racist, or you're not: It's black or white, if you'll excuse the pun. It's perfectly possible to use words like nigger, slope, chinky etc without harbouring a racist thought in your head. Equally you could never use those words but be the most horrible human being who detests all people of a certain colour.

I don't like Clarkson either, and haven't watched TG for about ten years. Liking a person or not is irrelevant to the debate in hand, unless you happen to be such a TG fan that you worship at the feet of St Clarkson.

I don't think there's a device or browser available that doesn't have a spell-check function, y'know. Sounds to me like either it's in your mind, or you're done the clutch, or you've done the engine. Fingers crossed it's the first one.