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What/where the hell is Oban? It's a long way from Kansas...... It's on the West Coast of Scotland.

when i read your first post i was just waiting for the condemnation you cant use the "D" word on this site Of course you can. Many members have attended Drift track days etc. Drifting or racing on the public road normally gets people (myself included) into flame mode though. The OP still got a sensible answer of check the local bodyshop though. I requested pictures to see if any other members could offer advise.

I typed out my reply but wasn't close..... My cars/bike 350z - 276 Navara - 205 Z1000 - 135 616 Add in my other halfs Punto Tjet Punto - 120 736 bhp Still waaaaaay off.

Thanks. Honestly, you got pics of the damage? Might give people a better idea if the damage is repairable or not.

Is it the Zed you were drifting or was it your mums 1.0 3 cylinder Corsa Club????? Like the boy from my School who rolled his Mums Frontera about 2 days after his test trying to do handbrake turns.

A couple of questions though.... Were you 'drifting' round the roundabout or on the roundabout..... Did you lose it and hit something or did the sideskirt just miraculously crack? Do you have pictures of the damage? I used inverted commas round drifting as if you were doing it right I doubt you'd have posted this......

You could try on MCN ninjas site too then..... You have a make and model so hit the local bike forums. Someone will know them. The police should be able to act though to be honest.

The numbers are picking up already! Nice!

Awesome. Just awesome.

I'm liking your style.

They can't. Bikes have to adhere to the same rules and regulations on numberplates as cars.

Where to start......

A common idustry term - You F*ck up, you go up!

Funny you should say that..... I was standing very close by when the pics were taken!

Isn't that another form of discrimination? I find it rather odd that there isn't an employment law on this just as there is a law on age discrimination. The VERY large company I work for has brilliant internal training. Once you get to a certain 'grade' it not longer matters what qualifications you started with as you have proved yourself. The same 'graduation' process exists whether you are on the tools, in HR, office based Engineer or are a buyer. Every employee can go through and become management if they want it.

Oh just as a side note my Pension is performing brilliantly.

Well done Ross. Shame you are away when I'm off. Looking forward to some good runs!

I don't employ myself however the company I work for is rather picky about where people studied. I have found when training new employees that quite a few highly qualified new hires didn't know which end of a screwdriver did what, they just weren't interested in installing complex oilfield equipment. This was mandatory for their progression though. I also had a new start that didn't speak to me for about 2 months as I was one of the youngest field guys we had at our base. They only started speaking to me when they were informed that although one of the youngest I held the most senior position. My father on the other hand does employ. Well actually he has people that employ for him. He can have a say in hiring as at the end of the day it's his company. He generally employs people that have served apprenticeships and those that don't flit from employer to employer. His sparkys obviously have to have the correct qualifications coming from apprenticeships but his office based Engineers have all graduated from workshops rather than universities. He said he's wasted time, money and energy on graduates in the past and generally it's not worth it to him. He'd rather give someone a chance in a shift that just hung up their coveralls. For the record he has no school qualifications, didn't even sit any exams. Half his teachers probably didn't know his name as he was never there. Hard work and good mentoring has made him and his business the success it is today. At the end of the day, it's what you do in your job that counts. Getting the all important foot in the door can be hard but once in it doesn't matter if you graduated from the inner city school of chav with an honours degree in being a c*ck or with a PhD from Cambridge. If you work hard you WILL be noticed.

There are definitely two shades of GM. One light and one dark however they used the same paint code I believe!

We all are Rich.

None of us are in a position to change the country (unless David Cameron has a Zed???) so we can discuss it as long as everyone is aware that each person has different views and that we all respect them. Grown up discussion never hurt anyone and I personally take the time to read these discussions and try to learn something.

They are just doing what some Union leader tells them to.

Unions and all the rubbish that goes with them boil my pee. They are half or what's wrong with this country. I can see why people in the public sector are annoyed that the pensionable age will raise but it's the same in the private sector so the WHOLE country is affected by it. If people are that bothered by it then they need to look after themselves and get a private pension to top up and let them retire early. Simple as that.

The TTE supercharger is factory approved! I was always keen to get one for my IS200.

Changed to IS300 seats or a retrim?