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Oil change every 6K is more than enough. It's the warming up/cooling down procedure that's more important (along with rad & stat). It's always a risk though, but that's why they're cheap: You're getting massive performance, classic styling (okay, so 996 styling!) and brand kudos for pennies. MA101 oil change is 20K or 2 years! Sod that.

Check for pixies.

There's much more interesting roads than the Triangle in N. Wales. I've got an ITN file at home, I could just upload that and you can see the route I normally take.

What t-shirt is it? I mean, which manufacturer makes it? Makes a difference to me for sizing

Pull sensors out. Cut LED from dash. Job's a carrot.

I am!

Other way round, surely? Turbo fattens the torque curve at the bottom end. SC leaves the torque curve alone.

Nope. If I need something important (insurance, tax, tyres, something broken) then it gets bought regardless and dumped on a card if necessary. Anything else I'll either save for, or just get it anyway

I call BS. Not you asking them, nor their answer, but the number they gave you.

A little. VTEC engines have about the same torque as a normal engine of a given size, it's just that they have a lot more power and made all high-up in the rev range so it makes the torque look artificially low. I'd vastly prefer an SC conversion on something like this so you don't lose the character of the engine, but sometimes it's hard to get people to look at the overall drive rather than outright power figures.

A fraction, no-one is buying high-end stuff with a manual 'box these days. I'll be amazed if the M4 doesn't sell 80/20 in favour of the DCT.

I'm not convinced the Jag would put a bigger smile on your face than the Cayman, though. 911 (GT3 aside) almost certainly, but the Boxster was universally praised above the F-convertible so I'll be interested to see what happens with the better F-coupe. That noise though

Eighty. Five. Thousand. Pounds. Great car, but I wouldn't dream of paying that much for it. Boot's a bit on the tiny side still, too. I'd quite like to see this up against a Cayman GTS. That would be interesting...

Speak to the guys at 911Virgin. Really nice, really helpful, if you explain your situation and if they have the cars in stock I'm sure they'll let you test a couple for comparison.

The few hours before that weren't snowy, and I admit that I thought they were pretty good roads until I got to the Spain side

It was last June. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wMrTSlZj0hA Not much use given the snow, but they were night and day in terms of road quality between France and Spain. If I'd known earlier, I'd have skipped planning any decent routes in France altogether.

The trouble is it lets users add scores, and users know nothing. Most people end up rating stuff either a 1 or a 10, depending on what they had for tea that night.

And nobody like dickery

The colour of the car is stunning, looks close to Mexico Blue. The girl needs to smile and lose those awful cheap tattoos. And the dippy glasses. She'd look quite lovely after that I think.

I'm not sure which is unkinder on the eyes.

Up to you of course, but having driven those roads I know that the Spanish bit with the sweeping parts is much more fun than the very tight (and poorly maintained) bits on the French side. Depends on what you want though. The open sweeping bits aren't nearly as dull as they look http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D15pdZUqoSc Have to say I'm with Wasso though, the long drive through France is ultimately boring as hell.

Do yourself a favour too, ignore the French bit of the Pyrenees and drop onto the N260 at Jaca, MUCH better road and one of the all-time favourite stretches recommended to me by the guys on PH. It really is awesome

Kinda why I'd get the springs done as well, it's not really any more work and it's a massive safety margin.

If you're not looking to raise the rev limit or use the top end power, I'm not sure I'd bother with a set of cams. Whether they'll fit or not is a different matter, but given how close they are and the cost involved in doing the work, I wouldn't fit these without also fitting better springs, false economy.

Absolutely and if your prospective is Vauxhalls are better, go get one, join the vauxhalls owners forum and share your passion with "like minded" owners Agreed, nothing like popping the blinkers on and going LA LA LA CAN'T HEAR YOU to know your car is the 'best'. Why these arguments come up again and again, I've no idea. It's small minded people trying to justify their own purchase to themselves, which I really will never understand.