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Perfect colour, and it's one of the free options!

Sweet baby Jesus! Can't tell if that is/was a genuine VXR, and didn't read all the thread to check.

FIFA 'cos it's free, Forza, DR3 and probably Ryse. Did have Watchdogs on pre-order too, but that's been delayed hence me looking at Ryse. May pick up Just Dance 2014 and Lego Marvel too, for the missus. Also want to get a wheel, but it looks like neither the Thrustmaster nor the MadCatz one will be out in time Most looking forward to Forza, but only with a wheel. Aside from that, I can see me putting a lot of time into DR3 now they've removed the stupid time limit on it. How about you?

So yeah, buy it. I'm going to get one.

I couldn't live without my JesusPad. If I didn't have it, I'd have to talk to the missus in the evenings!

Which, ironically, is exactly what the PS3 wanted to be. I used to be happy with a pure games console, but now I expect more from a home entertainment solution. Being able to snap back and forth between games and Netflix all via voice is going to make a huge difference to our experience here in the Morgan household.

I'll let you know when I pull it out of your arse. It's currently stuck behind the sunshine in the queue though, apparently.

A good ribeye for me, medium.

Little man Chuff me, you really are a tool, aren't you?

Well, I take it back what I said about Watchdog not being interested, clearly they are. I didn't see the programme, so don't know how the data was collected, but I'll stick my hands up and say I was wrong.. Shady practices, but I do still maintain that it's always a risk using these companies for things like that, just like WBAC.

My eyebrows already look like that

Lol, I'm not saying! Wasn't a Cayman, though.

BF4 also runs at a lower res on XB1 than PS4, however to my eyes (due to the washed out colours on the PS4), the XB1 actually looks better: http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/10/28/battlefield-4-xbox-oneps4-graphics-comparison Technically I've no doubt it's slightly inferior across the board (DF have tested this), but as long as the games still look amazing then I'm happy enough. I wonder if the rumours of a poor MS software dev kit could be the cause here? I don't believe for one second it's purely a hardware issue, comparing Forza 5 with something like Drive Club.

Since we're generalising, I will say that it's mostly youngsters in Jap cars that try the race thing. Experiences from 10+ years, across various marques, but that's pretty much the rule. Also, old people are significantly inferior in terms of lane discipline and indicating than youngsters.

Sorry, I forgot to reply to Colin's tyre question. They were relatively new (2000 miles ish) 050As, so tyres I ran on both my old Zed AND my 911, so I'm familiar with those too. All were fine in terms of tread and pressures, so I ruled them out as contributory factors. Correct sizes for the car, too.

Deserved. So much effort, enthusiasm and talent deserves recognition. We're all with you matey

That gets you a £1k shed, £200 tax, £400 insurance and a crap load of fuel.

Actually, following on from that comment from our good friends at Sky Insurance, can I just clarify that I was in no way responsible for anything that happened and I am still an amazing driver and in no way should this be held against me when I renew with you guys in Feb

I'd suggest picking a venue for the grub, at least we'd know where we were going then

You're not kidding, he was away in Amsterdam on a heavy weekend and was asleep after a mad night when I rang him. I think it took a couple of hours before it actually sank in what had happened!

Tbh I probably wouldn't do it either. Can create all sorts of friction if you're the newbie. I think I'd stick with keeping written accounts of everything. Even if you keep a diary alongside, so that when you feel you're being singled out unfairly you can go back to it 6 mths time and say with accuracy what actually happened. I agree with Neil in that I'd be over friendly if possible, it's very hard to be angry with someone if they're constantly being nice to you.

This, a million times this! I do this now all the time, just because the culture of some people is to blame every one else when stuff goes wrong, so now I do it all to cover my own arse. I'm guessing that having a quiet word with her superior isn't an option?

Yeah, being a passenger is probably the best way to describe it, spot-on. Holding on more than driving, so to speak. I've a couple of mates (not related to the same guy who's car I binned) who I've grown up with mucking around with cars. One of them wrote his MR2 off ditching it into the pit wall at Anglesey in the rain, and another spun my old VXR220 into the armco on the A1 in the rain. Given how I've light-heatedly teased them about that over the years, you want to see the stick I'm getting off them now!

Thanks Graham, great post mate You too Doc, legend. I guess it's just me venting as much as anything, it's hugely frustrating to have been hit twice with confidence when it comes to driving (recalling my recent discovery of a fear of driving on mountains on the Spain trip) in the same year. I'm sure I'll eventually get back to where I was and more than likely better as I now know what can go wrong, it just seems a long way away at this point. Something else that's odd, is that I seem to be completely unaffected when driving my truck in the damp, but put me in the 911 or the Mini (MX5 is SORN'd right now) and I get THE FEAR again. Truly my mind works in mysterious ways. Should have a new car to play with next month anyway, might be time to do a cheapy airfield day and go push..

Can you believe he actually complained at the time, having to fork out £20!