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Blimey, it's like PH on here sometimes. Fun cars are not about practicality, or common sense, or anything boring. They're a passion from the heart, and if someone wants to put themselves in a fair amount of debt to finance their one true passion then I see that as totally up to them. No point in being the richest man in the graveyard.

It's not structural though, just for added rigidity. I bet that 99% of people (probably myself included) could drive two cars back to back, one with brace and one as above, and not notice any difference. Shocking thing to do though.

Guys, insurance is not alone on having to haggle. That is pretty much how 99% of business works, as any business person in here will tell you: You never pay the first price. It's always about haggling, and getting the best deal on big purchases. For most people on here you're looking at spending between £700 to £1000 on insurance, but if you walked into a furniture store and wanted to buy a particular sofa marked up at £950, you'd haggle. If you were buying a secondhand car for that money, you'd haggle. For anything above the usual £100 weekly shop in Tesco, you haggle. Companies work on the principle that you set a price but you don't expect everyone to pay that. You might get a few that do that are too lazy/stupid/rich to care about the cost and on them you make a lovely great profit, but you expect the majority of people to try and knock 5-20% off. You barter as much as you can without wanting to lose the sale but still retaining a good profit (see: selling secondhand cars). Insurance companies aren't evil or money-grabbing tosspots or trying to fleece you out of every penny. They're simply a company in business to make a profit, and if you were trying to make a profit you wouldn't be offering your best price straight off either. If they give you a silly quote of £2K then it's because they don't want your business, and the extra cost/risk involved in taking you on is why they're charging so high. I've done that before, put in a daft high price for a job because I didn't really want it, but if I got it then I wanted to make a nice little earner on it to account for the ballache. That's life.

Definitely not on the stock exhaust then!

But that's not what the OP is on about. Basically 1st and 2nd are fine, as is 4th, 5th and 6th, but 3rd is unresponsive. That doesn't sound to me like software programming of the throttle, but something being wrong. Surely it would be better to concentrate on fixing the problem rather than trying to get more power from the engine, which would still leave you with an unresponsive 3rd gear? The Zed definitely isn't unresponsive by nature in 3rd gear, unless you're trying to pull away from a start.

Sarcasm is awesome. People who don't like it are too simple to understand how awesome it truly is

That's never going to happen. The V5 is issued by Swansea AFAIK, which is why when changing private plates over at the local offices you always end up with a wait before the V% comes through the door.

That's how I looked at it too: I always buy the uglier car out of the options MR2 instead of MX5, then VXR220 instead of an Elise, then the ragtop 340Z instead of the coupe! Shame we haven't had a summer, I'm sure this would've been picked up otherwise.

lolwut no it's not. It's a fine you get for not having it SORN'd, not your car removed from your own property. That's called theft. If it's on the public road then that's a different story. From the DVLA website: Only applicable if it's on the road, not on your own property, as it's talking about not having tax rather than not being SORN'd. Your mate is exaggerating somewhat. Squee, that's a right ol' mess At this point in time I think the best you can do is hope the DVLA sort things out in time (they are pretty quick, I've had my V5C changes done within a week the last few times I've done it with cars and plates), or alternatively I'd be getting my £200 back and cancelling the insurance ASAP. I don't think this is going to end well, but you've done everything you can as far as I can see. I think the system is going to win here, but ultimately it's the guy's fault for never sorting it out and highlights why it's so important to do so.

Words straight out of my mouth.

Fix the car rather than throwing money at chasing pointless extra power?

Possibly they will be getting some recourse from O2, and it'll be interesting to see if they do anything for their customers.

Money back if you were affected, and £10 voucher to spend in-store to everyone Over and above if you ask me, but very welcome all the same.

Economy = diesel. Anything petrol will be pointless, as it'll drink the stuff. 320d would be the one to go for in that size. After all, a million reps can't be wrong!

Completely agree. Damn lies and statistics and all that.

You must declare whatever they ask you for. They will ask if you've had any claims OR ACCIDENTS in the last 5 years, regardless of fault. You must tell them.

That one is, it's the V6 350.

Oh, and welcome along!

In short, stick with the Rays. You'll struggle to find a lighter 18" wheel without spending thousands, and the other OEM 18" wheels are miles too heavy. You'd notice the difference within a few hundred yards.

I like to listen to my engine and that's the whole reason I wouldn't buy one. A sports far should sound sexy, not rough like a van I agree, but I'm not convinced the SLK will sound rough nor is a sports car

When my back is fixed, I'm going to go drive one of these for the hell of it.

Donnington is a great track, and as much as I'd normally say go for the Lamborghini I reckon the Fezza, the Audi or the Porker would be far more fun round there. Gallardo will feel too wide (possibly might have the same problem in the 360 to be fair), and the Aston is just far too slow.

*fap fap fap* FLAT SIX IN THE ARSE!!!11

Oh god, I forgot about all the S/T/R/RS versions available as well...!

Just a few... O, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, 3.0, 3.2, SC... Bloody thousands of the buggers! 935 wasn't a 911, rather it was a specific race car. However, if we're including that then we could also include the GT1 and GT1 98. There's also my personal favourite, the Flachbau I'm being extraordinarily picky here though, a lot of those are just revisions on the basic car. If we're strictly talking numbers then it's 911, 964, 993, 996, 997, 991. There's only been three completely different 911s though, as the 911, 964 and 993 are one, 996 and 997 another, and the new 991 is the third. Trust me, it gets ridiculously complicated when it comes to 911s, and there's people out there even nerdier than me about them