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No more scrunching up the letters and filing them in the bin

Those thumping great 30 signs with the red borders tend to be a giveaway, too

Never been a problem before on launch day.

No chance. That reason would never be accepted by any court, not sure who told you that whopper. If you were doing the speed, then you have no defence. Edit: Unless directed by a copper, under duress or as an emergency service on a blue light call.

Streetview I can live without, but no sat view is retarded. There was talk about Google doing a map app, and I really hope they do.

The new Maps app is ****ing useless. The satellite view has no zoom on it at all, and there's loads of places covered by cloud. Yes, having navigation is handy, but no satellite view just cripples it.

Love the picture of him in the helmet!

If you accept iTunes for what it is, it's a very decent bit of software. If you constantly try and fight it then you'll never get on with it. Let it do what it wants and it's very good.

You have got to be kidding me. 1. iCloud went down for a poxy 10 hours and Apple have apologised and said that the outage was unnaceptable, NOT the service. 2. So a manufacturer deliberately withholds stock to make it seem more desirable. Companies have been doing that for years: Ferrari are the best at it, but electronics companies aren't shy of using the same trick. 3. Something that isn't released may or may not work 100% correctly when it's released. Or it might, no-one knows yet. Christ, I could give you a list of 10 things to knock Apple for if you want very easily, so why pick on complete non-stories like those? This is exactly why no-one takes fanboys seriously, of either the Apple OR Android variety.

A phone could have a 5" screen, built in 128GB of space & expansion, 24MP camera, battery that lasts for 4 weeks and a processor that can calculate Pi to 1M places in 0.4 secs, and yet none of that would remotely factor into my purchasing decision.

Completely agree. Sh*t can happen in any car, so you'll never be able to eradicate the oil/diesel/ice mishaps that can effect all of us. Your best tool is your right foot and a dose of common sense.

Ah, anti-Apple fanboy ads. The cutting edge of humour.

Depends what else you're avers(e) to, I guess. But yeah, even a quick check of the PH classifieds can prove that nugget wrong.

No they don't you numpty, they're miles off!

I think he means a normal bank loan, which should show on the credit file. But even so, who cares if it does? At worst it'll show that you paid it off on time, which is hardly bad news is it? As I said the other day, just chuck the lot on a credit card (even a normal 12% one) and pay it off over a couple of months. You'd still be miles better off.

Buy it. If it's a dream car, then just do it.

Agreed.

It's not as much bigger as you think. I put a tape measure next to my 4S last night and it was only fractionally bigger, certainly nothing the over-compensating S3 brigade have anything to worry about.

I hate to say it, but the problem isn't the TC in the car, it's the TC at the end of your right leg.

I've got 10 fingers and 10 toes and none of them are webbed, I don't qualify for Suffolk Probably stay pretty local to where we are now, easy for both myself and Jo for commuting. Tbh the only other thing I'm seriously considering is a TVR of some kind, probably a Chim. I've ruled most other stuff out because of either potential big bills or just not interesting enough, which leaves an earlier Porker or E46 M3 on the cutting room floor. It's not a definite I'll replace the car with anything yet, but it's always nice to plan ahead. The Zed just ticks so many boxes and it's a car I know so very well, but whether I'd want to do it again or not is a different story.

I wouldn't worry too much about it giving you the best price for anything, more whether it gives representative quotes compared to Gocomparethemoneysupermeerkat. If it does, then they're onto a winner. If not, then it's useless.

Potentially. I'm looking at moving the 911 on so I can accelerate my house move, but I'm unsure as to whether I'd want to replace the 911 with something cheaper (bearing in mind I still have the MX5 to play with and use of the STi) or just not bother. See, I sold the Zed because I fancied a change and could get into my dream car, not because I was bored of it. There's no downside to the car that puts me off, unlike something like the VXR which I'm glad I did but wouldn't go back to. There's a few cars on the list at around £10k-£15K that tick the boxes, and the Zed is firmly there. Coupe over ragtop this time though. The black HR that was on sale here the other day would be perfect for me.

Anyone here ever owned a car, sold it, then a few years later bought the same model again? Any regrets in doing so, or downsides to it, or anything negative at all? Are you glad you went back because you regretted the initial sale, or did you just find comfort in what was familiar? Any regrets about not trying something different instead? Any thoughts on the matter appreciated.

Why should he? He's not Apple, it's down to the individual to work out any pros or cons for themselves.

ESR or Japspeed? Bungs included?