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Brilliant I used to do a similar thing when I worked in a pub/restaurant, but we had to tell them as soon as they started queuing else the manager got the hump

That's a really good price considering you have no NCB to put on the car, who's that with if you don't mind me asking? I pay that for the MX5 shed for a year, albeit it's in track spec so all the mods covered, but even so it's worth significantly less than a 350Z!

This isn't even a facelift revup car, it's a standard DE one so you get all the downsides of the higher tax and the crappy interior and lower rev limit with absolutely zero benefits. It was made in very early 2006 at the latest.

That's very cheap for £13K. I'd ask myself why first of all. Assuming it's straight, and you could flog it on for the same price in a couple of months if you got bored, then why not?

Miles too expensive. It's an eight year old car that's only done around 2000 miles a year as well, I'd bloody hope that the servicing is spot-on too as that's very low miles, which means you might well have a few gremlins left to sort out.

With Halfrauds, Costco et al it's not queuing for a shop, it's queuing because you got there a little too early before it opens. I do that a fair bit with the shops on the local retail estate, especially on a Sunday when I just want to get in and out as soon as it opens, so I always end up arriving 2-3 mins early. That's why I just sit in the car, as arriving early isn't uncool but queuing to enter a shop certainly is.

If they're all the same size all round then you definitely need two new tyres, if not all four if they're rubbish ones. Personally I think those wheels are vile, but each to their own.

HAI GUISE

Good write up If you're after another good forum, try SELOC, they really know their stuff. 66 VXRs were made though, 65 for the road and number 00 for the VX heritage collection. /geek

Walk away, plenty of other cars out there. I wouldn't want to give someone that useless my money anyway.

If the child is small enough to need a booster seat, can't you just pop them in the boot? No need to worry about the airbags then, either.

Run, don't walk.

Over revs. That's why he lost, along with very poor solicitors. If you over rev the engine above certain limits, Porsche do not fulfil the warranty for obvious reasons. Also, it does not cost £25k to rebuild a Mezger unless you've got serious numpties working on it. Hell, a brand new one is only £40K! I'll go read the Porker forums in a bit, see if I can get the companies involved names, but carrying the work out on your own back after it's been refused warranty because of over revs is madness. I wonder which band of over revs he fell in to...

It might be, but equally it might not be. Context is everything.

Depends if it was funny and witty or not, I suspect. I don't know the bloke, but I suspect his love for intelligent and creative use of language would make him smirk at a witty gay-bashing, even if the serious element underneath it might offend him.

Absolutely, but I would rather police resources were focused on things slightly more worthy than "Someone called me a name via the internet". They cannot act on every single threat, there aren't enough police in the world for that, so unfortunately they should simply be ignoring it unless the person who has had the threat made reports it specifically to the police. It really bugs me when people get offended on other people's behalf, which I believe Mr Fry may also be alluding to in his quote on that pic StevoD posted. Usually refers to edgy jokes, but as long as they're funny I say anything is fair game.

How many of those men who posted rape threats actually meant them? Like seriously, would actually do it, and how many used the term simply because it's about the most offensive thing you can say to a woman?

You're kidding, it was bloody awful. Granted, I did enjoy the piece on the Brits at the end (who wouldn't?), but the bus thing was a complete was of time and effort and is a prime example of why I stopped watching TG. RRS review was acceptable, although the track piece was pointless as anyone who's driven Donington will know that the editing was a little more than creative. The Jag review again stunk of "Well, we couldn't actually get Jag to loan us a V8 like every other magazine, so we'll just pretend that the V6 S is the best anyway". I'm sure the V8 is a bit unnecessary and over the top, but I would still have like to have seen them drive it. But yeah, Mark is a man's man. I love how he no longer gives a remote flying f*ck and will say anything about Seb as he won't be there next year. Proper geezer, I'd let him shag my missus any day.

You have learnt well, young padawan Cops would probably hand you the baton themselves, seeing as how it's Mike Brewer I'm as big a keyboard warrior as you're likely to find, but I wouldn't say anything on-line I wouldn't say to someone's face. That generally means that I'll never seriously threaten to injure someone, although context is everything of course. As yet, and I do find this miraculous given my *ahem* outspoken nature at times, I've yet to have been given a threat of violence across the interweb. I have no idea how I'd react, although I suspect I'd laugh it off as often as I do when I get sent insulting PMs.

We do have the best rust in the world!

Almost exactly the same as me mate. I used to despise the brand for being dull and boring, and then I drove a 987.2 Boxster S and fell in love. Then I drove a 997.2 S and decided that, one day, I simply had to have one. I'm fortunate to have driven plenty of decent metal since, but there is something very special about the Porsche brand and their cars that's got me hooked. I hate myself for saying that as it makes me sound like a prize tosser, but it's true. I get very nearly the same thrill from Masers too, and if I didn't have a 911 I'd probably have a GranTurismo.

Of course the XKR you're driving is British Rich, I never meant to imply otherwise. It was fairly obvious from all the rust on it it was made over here.

I couldn't care less either way. Sticks and stones and all that. If someone really intended you harm, they wouldn't put it on Twitter. GQ had the right idea with the Twitter reaction to their 1D covers: Pop them up on the internet and have a laugh at them.

Yes, but there's a few different types and you need to make sure you get the right one.

Yup, you have got to be quite committed to get it to do the fun stuff, but when you do it's just sooooo rewarding. I'm happy now switching all the aids off and letting the back end play as much or as little as my right foot asks for, the chassis really is is something else. It did take me a good few months to get used to the RR setup of a 911, but when you do there is nothing that compares.