sasha@lazytrips

The Ferodo pads do not have ECE R90 approval. These pads are considerably more than +/- 15% range that the requirements stipulate. Having said that, I choose to run these and the reason is simple: I would much rather be able to stop and avoid writing off my car / killing someone and know that I have an extremely good quality component than put on worse brakes to comply with regulation. There is no known case law from a high level court regarding this and I would personally happily go to court and represent myself against an insurance company if they try to argue that brake pads which are proven to be much better than alternatives make me more likely to have an accident. About a year ago I had an incident where I had to slow down from fast overtaking speed to zero in an emergency brake situation and I can tell you now that if it wasn't for these brakes, the car most certainly wouldn't still be here and I am not confident I would be either. That's good enough for me. The position on this reg is quite complicated as the wording is very minimal and unclear. For example, sticking a big brake kit on your car also technically falls foul of the reg as does virtually any modification that makes them >15% better.

That's not a ripped seat. It's one of the apparently "ok" airbags along with the passenger footwell one in another picture

Love that ad. Especially as with 102k miles, that price is really not all that far off the price of that car in a pretty decent condition The "light scrape" and "very easy repair" offered some good entertainment.

gen II Cayman S is the only Porsche I don't completely and utterly hate the looks of.

Is that sales figures? Or does that take in to account numbers written off over the years? That's according to the latest figures taking into account exports/imports, written off and SORN cars.

I still remember that a mate from uni borrowed a fiver from me and hasn't paid back. That was 8 years ago and I don't forget to mention it when I have the opportunity but I think the fact that I still remember makes them a lot more keen on not repaying.

Now if there was an option of some red ones... Neither orange nor white/clear go with my colour scheme

There are around 1450 convertible zeds in the whole country compared to 5700 coupes. Out of these only around 300-350 have the 313 engine - pretty damn rare.

Windows 7 is the only decent thing that came out of Microsoft since XP Pro and judging from the pictures Win8 is really not what I need for a complex multi-monitor set up so think it's gonna be a pass for now.

You said that you have "just" put them on. I'd give them a little bit of time and see how well they perform when you have to do an emergency stop coming round a sharp bend at speed during strong rain. Some racing team might be using "Neuton" tyres in a drift series, but I'd bet that they aren't going to be the same tyre that they're selling at £80 a pop online. I'm sure I'll be proven wrong, but I've heard about a new budget tyre that is better than anything else on the market at half the price of the cheapest reasonable option before and somehow they didn't quite catch on. In a huge market like tyres, unless there has been some ground-breaking innovation, you generally get what you pay for as if there was a way to manufacture great tyres at that price, I am sure somebody else would have lowered theirs too.

The sort of people who would consider purchasing unknown budget tyres for their sports car tend to be the sort of people for whom the sole satisfaction factor is the price of said tyre hence why there are only positive reviews. I honestly struggle to believe that any manufacturer is able to produce anything even remotely reasonable for half the price of other budget tyres in the same size - it's not magic. In my humble opinion if you choose to run non-standard wheel sizes, you should only do so if you are able to afford to put proper rubber on them as otherwise it is a pretty pointless decision.

Obviously so would the owner of the Chimaera.

horses for courses, but the wheels will stick out like no tomorrow unless you have a widebody kit and the stretch on the 265 tyre will look completely idiotic.

Not really worth the discussion as soon as people begin saying things like "but it's slower than a GTR or a 911".

Is it too late to join and take Zedley on a trip to the Alps mid-march?

I went on a reverse version of exctly what you just wrote up there in December You'll have a ball. If plans permit, check out some of rural Luxembourg - some proper mint roads through the hills.

Chesterfield's post is great, but just to add my 2 cents: I would highly recommend staying at the newer end of the strip as the hotels further down can come across as much more dingy and dated with everything from size of rooms to carpets and overall decor as well as the halls, etc. By newer I mean the end with Aria & Cosmo.

And you never know... Rumour has it that some people who go on photobucket might win an iPhone 4S although I have personally not heard of anyone who did.

You too? How bizarre.

Or a Ferrari 355/Viper SRT-10

Had exactly the same story in Belgium in 2010 except it was a white van. About 10 inches of thick snow on the road, everybody going at around 30mph in one lane of the motorway (it literally felt like northern parts of Canada) and this one smart guy in a van decided that he's gonna go into the fast lane. He lasted 200 yards before writing it off into the central reservation.

So it has a supercharger, failside bodykit and some aftermarket wheels. Irrespective of personal opinion on whether those are nice or not, £8-9k is all it's worth unless there is a one-off buyer who has more money than sense. Unfortunately 95% of any money you spend on mods is irretrievable when you come to sell the car.

*presses BID for a laugh.

When supplied with tyres, we always use F 245/35/19 and R 275/35/19... or if you don't want your rims shaved off by every pothole on the road, go 10 mil wider on both

Mileage is low which is good, but the price still seems reasonably high given that this is a non-GT car. Granted it has a lot of extras, so if they float your boat it could be a good deal, but I am a sucker for heated leather seats and cruise control can come in handy. Those also look like anniversary edition wheels which are highly sought after and very expensive, so if you like the rest, you might be onto a winner.