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You could remove the mentions of the P1 from that comment and replace them with pretty much any performance car from the last 10 years, and it would still be completely true and make perfect sense. And I've just realised that it's been about 8 years since I've watched TG. Still not convinced I'm missing out. I love every other single thing that Richard Porter contributes to or does by himself, but I guess I've just grown out of TG.

Was only watching THG:CF today as well. He was brilliant in Happiness, best film no-one's ever seen.

Mk1 Ford Focus. No better driver's car of that age, and on spec it'll be as much of a muchness as anything else you'll look at.

Just remember, if you drop the clay on the floor you must throw it in the bin, else you'll be adding scratches to your paint if you try and use it again.

Now sold, good to meet you today Mark

That's going to be a lot of data if you could do it with PH...!

Sorry, that's what I meant. Some just do the reg and think that's enough, when it's the VIN that has the details. I wouldn't worry. It's a £10k 996, at this end of the market any stolen markets are meaningless as long as the car is in one piece.

He's correct, could well be on a different car which is why you must HPI against the VIN, never against the reg. I don't know of any HPI that would check the PNC, as they wouldn't keep any info of use. Essentially you're looking for finance outstanding or Cat recordable damage, anything else and it's a judgement call.

Me neither, standard mobile version of PH is fine on a 5" phone screen.

Brave man! Top purchase mate, now you can look forward to never being let out of a junction ever again

Sweet Jesus Pallett!

I wouldn't change the IMS bearing on a car of that age and mileage. If it hasn't gone yet, it probably won't do. Much more common and risky (hence the recommendation of the boroscope, a must-do) is the possibility of scoring or d-chunk, which isn't as big a repair but still not great. It's a 10% risk tops, and really that's nothing for what is such a great car and a great ownership experience. Do it.

Should tell it to her straight. You're going to be in the wrong regardless, so you might as well get your points in as quickly as possible and be done with it. I hate workplace politics, I really do.

Fair point. However, my car is much faster than yours so I don't care

Looks a good, solid car. Do you know who you're using for your PPI yet?

Great engine, great chassis, great quality. Got rid (well, got my deposit back) within 16 hours of buying it as it didn't feel exciting enough for me. Still a great car, though.

I have a pic of the salesman giving me the keys when I bought the 911

Sounds good! Got any mr2 bits I can take too?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Actually, I've got a Markiii intake pipe in the garage I could be tempted to part with. We'll have a chat when you come round and see what you think.

Nothing so far. :likeafool:

Great idea! How about we start though with a bone stock 350Z, on say Alps Festival? Pure driving skill (or lack thereof on my part!) only, no tuning. Any aids the driver wants, though.

HEL would be fine as well, I think that's what I run on mine actually You can have a good nose at mine on Sunday, might give you some inspiration.

Apologies for not getting a specific challenge sorted out yet lads, I'm still currently Xbone and wheel-less until the replacements arrive. Hopefully soon!

Brake fluid change is a must, and tbh for £50 I'd chuck a set of Goodridge brake lines on there too. If you don't have one already then a front strut brace would be a great buy (the cheapy £105 one on eBay is more than good enough, it's a better shape than most too as it clears the brake fluid bottle), but other than that I'd say that a standard mk3 is good to go. Stock brakes will be fine with stock power, there's a load of chassis bracing I'd do too but you can get to that down the line, along with a decent seat and steering wheel.

^^^ A million times this. I'd never do a TF day, but a proper track day there was great fun. Bit late now you've booked though! I'm sure you'll be okay, just remember you're not insured so drive with that in mind

I binned mine, as pretty much it's only effective on the highest and lowest (sport and eco) modes. Eco just made the car feel rubbish, and sport made it too twitchy. Just put your foot down a bit slower or quicker to achieve the same effect. It's a nice gimmick, but really Nissan did a great job with their accelerator calibration. Much better than Porsche did on theirs, but that's another story.