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Anything that cheap is worth a punt, you could always split and sell if you got bored of it. Regarding tools, if you're going to buy them then only buy decent ones. There is nothing more frustrating than getting halfway through a job and having the tool break on you because it was a cheapy cheapy special. No need to buy all SnapOn ones of course, but just something with a decent brand name on will do: Halfords Pro range are excellent and they're often doing deals on one bit of kit or the other.

Do a Defender up correctly and you'll make a nice profit on it, especially if you've the cash to upgrade it into a nice mud-plugger.

Defender or the Golf for me out of that list. Parts will be plentiful and cheap for both, and there's a vast amount of knowledge out there if you get stuck.

No issues here, replying on my iPad 2 now. Try a re-sync, or wipe it and restore.

They are, and you'll spend most of your time hunting around for the silly bit of electrics that playing silly buggers rather than fixing anything mechanical.

Break a Zed and it costs £000's to sort, plus it's your only car. Break a shed and you're only down the cost of the shed. I think the OP is doing it exactly the right way, mechanics is mechanics really once you've got the basics down.

Mk1 MX-5 Anything from £500 upwards, get a good one for around a grand, parts are cheap and there's loads of guides out there to help you if you get stuck. A great car to drive as well. You've got is wrong about insuring SORN vehicles though, you either tax + insure or you SORN and don't insure.

Premiership??!! Hasn't been called that for years, not since Carling departed as sponsors IIRC. Anyway, I think Utd will still win it. They'll lose to City, who will promptly go on and lose to the Toon and then draw with QPR. Would rather see Utd win it than City I think, as SAF hasn't been half as irritating in the last couple of years as he used to be and I don't want to see Balotelli end up with a league medal, the petulant little brat. If Pardew doesn't win manager of the year, there's something very wrong with the world.

Yeah, no chance

Never, ever trust auto-renewal. Doesn't matter if it's with Admiral, or Direct Line, or the AA: Always, always, ring them up and speak to someone. In all likelihood if you'd been stopped and this had gone to court, you'd have been okay with what the bank has told you, but that doesn't stop it being terrifying anyway. I tend to check AskMID every week for all my vehicles, just to check. Takes 30 seconds and whilst overkill, does put my mind at rest.

If it's only from a company car, then it's incredibly unlikely he has any NCB. You may be able to get a letter from his company insurers stating he's never had a claim over X years, but whether the individual insurer will accept that is totally up to them. The gap allowed before NCB disappears is 2 years.

Am I right in thinking though that you're now breaking the copyright laws by having got rid of your CD collection but still kept the rips? Not that I give a hoot really, but I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying that.

Fair play to Lewis for not commenting or complaining about it like Alcocko has done: Last year he'd have shouted his mouth off and ranted, this year he's just got his head down and carried on.

I just want to know if it'll be quicker than the Cayenne tubby, or the ML AMG.

Boring race, I bloody hate Bahrain. McLaren need to sort themselves out, they've got the pace but they're too inconsistent. It's no good having a car that can keep tyres well if the driver can't get them hot enough to work properly.

All my CDs are ripped to lossless and stored on the media server, then streamed to wherever I want.

Better than the Bentley.

Why do you see that as a problem? Too many hidden niggles still waiting to come out. I'd take a punt at 3 years old, but not at 6.

10k miles in 6 years? No thanks. Should've had at least 6 services, intervals didn't change from 9k/12mths.

Not going to happen for many years yet, I don't care what the current timescale says. DAB just hasn't caught on enough for any government to consider switching analogue off yet.

*Brundle.

Got my launch night tomorrow night, looking forward to it Is that the Agate Grey? They had that on the 911 at the launch of that and it was the first grey I'd seen for years that I actually like. I'm hoping that the lime gold one will be in Colchester tomorrow, really want to see that up close.

This.

Nowt wrong with them at all. Bit heavy, very ugly with the roof up, but that aside they're fine. A much more involving drive than the coupe too when you drop the roof, as you can actually hear the engine and exhaust! Loved mine, and unless you're after the hardcore drive I'd still pick one over a coupe.