JetSet

Yeah, just take their number and report them. While there are plenty of idiots who will try and bully you there are 10 times as many who just don't realize that they are tailgating. On a recent motorway drive in my Clio I estimated that probably about 20% of drivers leave sufficient room, about 60% drive too close and the remaining 20% drive dangerously close. There's a stretch of Motorway on the M56 near Runcorn where they have painted chevrons on the road and signs to leave a 2 chevron gap between vehicles. I was in inside lane doing 70 but overtaking me at about 85 was a line of cars about a third of a chevron apart . Pete

Same here, had to sell my Lotus Europa to put a deposit down on a house. Going from a Europa to a Mini 1000 was something of a shock Pete

Not too far behind you Will . should make the 1,000 before Wales Pete

Welcome, looks great Pete

Vettel won his first GP in the hopeless Torro Rosso back in 2008, he just blew everyone away on a wet track, I knew that day he was a bit special. Hamilton has only ever driven for a front running team but it's obvious that he's very fast and his race craft is excellent, second only to Alonso of today's front runners. I can see a good three driver race for the championship this year . Pete

If you're doing an 8 mile round trip to work and back then that's all you'll get . The highest average I've ever seen is 31.3 it's currently at a more realistic 26.8 over the last 4,000 miles or so. Pete

Yeah, looks to have a Nismo kit on it but well overpriced, somewhere around 2.5k would be my guess. Pete

Vettel is a very young guy and he'll get better. He certainly has the potential to become one of the all time greats once he irons out the mistakes. No doubt about it Hamilton is also exceptional and I can see some great battles between the two of them (and Alonso) this year. Can't wait for Malaysia Very impressed with Perez too, a great debut, in fact this could be the best intake of rookies for a while Pete

As Beau has said, it's not that difficult to get over 30mpg on a long run. The Zed drinks fuel like crazy in the first 3 or 4 miles then once the engine warms up the mpg is very reasonable. I'm only getting 2mpg less than my previous car a 1.8 Toyota Celica. Welcome to the forum BTW Pete

Welcome, very nice car Pete

Both Saubers have been DQ'd for a technical infringement regarding their rear wings. Sutil moves up to 9th, Di Resta to 10th. Pete

Yeah, going to attempt to get up myself, going to be a big struggle as I've stayed up the last 2 nights as well . Pete

Happy Birthday Pete

Welcome Pete

Welcome Pete

1. martinmac 2. bladesgrant 3. ChrisS 4. The G Man 5. Neilp 6. Lexx (only if Im in the HSV. I dont need pics of the pug!) 7. Jetset 8. 350ZCaroline

That combo will throw your speedo out by 0.4% Pete

Never been broken into but had a few things taken from the garden when the A55 was under construction 25 years ago (some underwear from the clothes line and gardening tools). I live in a very modest cottage that's hard enough to find so security is pretty low on my list of priorities. Pete

20" Vertini wheels. Car needs a good clean Pete

1. Beavis 2. martinmac 3. octet 4. Tarmac 5. ChrisS 6. Chesterfield 7. 350Russ 8. Stew 9. bladesgrant 10. JetSet 11. Sam McGoo 12. mbs 13. NeilMH 14. AK350Z 15. Bockaaarck 16. DoogyRev 17. GT4 Zed 18. P15ULT 19. evest 20. Ian 21. Chris`I 22. ATTAK Z 23. choptop 24. Ken 25. Stoker11 26. P19DRO 27. simon da silva 28. Maccaman 29. Roo 30. Irfan 31. Millzzz 32. CaptainSensible 33. The G Man 34. Sized 35. lilsheepshagga_turbo 36. SunGodRA 37. MuLL 38. From a to zed 39. Jim 40. Maxi-Glasgow 41. Peter10 42. Lincolnbaggie 43. Keyser 44. Jak 45. UNABASHED 46.Blacky 47. mick43 48. Ricey

Ouch Pete

Front number plates are also square. Pete

Welcome Pete

The reality is that there is already an unofficial speed limit of 80 on Motorways, as long as you're not tailgating, driving erratically or doing 80 in fog or heavy rain then you're very unlikely to be pulled. The only problem with making the official limit 80 is that it'll push the unofficial limit up to 90 (80+10%+2mph). I'd go for a 75 limit with an unofficial of 85 for a trial period first... Pete

Some younger drivers think they're immortal and often drive well beyond their limits, it's only a matter of time with some of them. Young lads are a particular menace they're easily distracted and just don't have the sense of responsibility that older drivers have. We've had several fatal accidents around here involving young men, what's noticeable is that they like to show off to their mates and especially to young girls. It's often the case that when they have fatal accidents...1, there are no other vehicles involved and 2, they are quite often the only survivor as they are the only ones in the car wearing a seat belt. I believe that a curfew for under 21's who've recently passed their test is or has been under consideration. Just generalising here, but older drivers, well, younger and middle aged men tend to be more aggressive, driving too close, cutting you up, women and van drivers are the worst offenders for using mobile phones, and just about everyone, young and old. fails to use signals these days. Jeez, when I took my test I had to do hand signals Pete