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I understand that. I have a different take on it as well. Not really sure of your point. If those WORLD level atheletes were any good or had half a brain, they'd change discipline and go into something that paid more money if that's what they were after. I'm guessing that whatever it was they chose to do, they did for the love of it rather than the money. I'm pretty sure that just about every player in the top leagues around the world don't have what you'd consider to be a normal life either. That's the price you pay for competing at the very top, no?

Why not? They wouldn't want to poison the RS brand by using the 2.5L motor nor stripping the weight down, so the TTS seems like a better place to start.

You know what? I'm going to second the Corsa VXR mentioned above. For what it is, and I'll ignore the drive as I've never been in one, they got the styling absolutely spot-on and at a great price. Looks like a modern-day Max Power special but with a lot more class, and the fact that you never see one with extra bodykit bits on means they got something right. A nice turbocharged engine means you can get some good power out of it easily as well without massive expense. I'd drive one.

Exactly. Hamilton entertains me far more than Captain Johnny Go-Faster-Smythe in a Eurofighter, so I don't care if the racing car driver gets paid more than the pilot.

In that case, those cars were worse than I remember. They look like Halfrauds cheapo specials! Stickers are ace though

OH NOES A TYPO THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH

I was thinking about it but most places set everything up the same! What? No they don't, that's rubbish. Take it to a specialist (pref someone who knows about Z4s, ask the owners club) and get it done to how you like it. The only type of car I'd have a generic 'get it back within the specs' alignment on is a shitbox used for the daily grind. Sometimes you just need to bite the bullet, accept that you're never going to get decent service from a place, and take your money elsewhere. If they can't get an alignment correct, do you really want them servicing it?

Just take the car somewhere else for a proper alignment. It'll be better than generic BMW settings too.

Beautiful.

*brake Sorry

Why not? You've watched enough to form an opinion on who is better than who, surely?

Dunno, I've never watched surgery so couldn't comment I could tell you how to run a doctor's surgery though, or at least how not to if you use my local one as an example. There's a difference between the tiny details (I wouldn't tell Adrian Newey that his diffuser is 0.5mm too high to work) and the bigger stuff (I'd tell Ross Brawn his cars are working their rear tyres miles too hard).

Quick, someone get the Whoosh Parrot!

I would disagree there Vik. I'm not involved in TV either, but I'm pretty sure that the acting levels in Silent Witness are significantly better than in Hollyoaks, but I still enjoy watching Hollyoaks more I don't think you need to be directly involved in something to have an opinion on it.

Gearbox. Quite usual, especially on the HR models.

That's why the RoC is so good. It separates the drivers from their disciplines, and it's just a shame the top F1 guys don't get involved too.

Cloud cuckoo.

U mean after that shooting in Africa cup? I believe that's where the chant came from, yes.

Adebayor, Adebayor, he used to like coach trips, but not any more.

Stupid lopsided vent bonnet. And I'd forgotten about the massive mechanism for the wipers! Were they stock wheels?

If the filter fits and is the same size as the old one, then that's all that matters really. New oil is thicker than old oil (hence the need to change it for max protection), so you may initially see higher numbers than you're used to. As long as the gauge never reads off either end, it really doesn't matter what goes on in between.

Good finish, very impressed. Bit too Prem footballer for me though, sorry.

VOE?

Does that include Grosjean and Maldonado?

He has gone quiet hasn't he? Not at all, I'm quite used to people being very wrong on here I want to include Ferraris in my list too. Actually it's not Ferraris themselves I hate, although some are pretty dire (whoever was behind the quality control for the 355 interior wants shooting), but the brand. It's a dead, diseased corporate whore that chases every single last penny. If ever there was a brand that could genuinely trade purely on race credibility it would be Ferrari, but they decided to sell the prancing horse to every man and his 8 year old child draped from head to toe in red. Ghastly way to kill a brand. And the whole "You can't purchase one of our top cars unless you already own a hundred of them and can never sell it" just pisses me off. No need at all, your brand is so watered down anyway that there's no point trying to be snobby about it.