The G Man

If it comes with a free (full size, no baby toys here) Black or Red mustang, then I'll order 2 It might not come with European support for the tuning, at the moment. This may change, but Ford may be offering this soon as an option.

Build date 18th Jan, ETD 23rd April, I was willing to wait until August/September, but I want it now! 9 months is about right, but as the Ford machine gets slicker, it might speed up Congratulations on your order, DIB is an awesome colour, just be careful on your options, if it's black wheels you want, the PP wheels can be coated/dipped. If you want it sooner, check out Autotrader, some are only £4k over list (Eco boost) one is list, obviously a cancelled order and from a Ford dealer, who are not allowed to up the price, some are £13k over list!! Good luck

Now if the Italians were leading the charge it really would be serious What was the old joke, ahh yes it was something about Italian tanks in WW2 having one forward gear and five reverse gears. Wasn't it along the lines that when the RAF sold off the Harrier jump jets the Italians snapped them up as they were the only planes they could buy that flew backwards? JFI the Italians are still carrying out combat operations in Afghanistan. I understand the cliche, but they are a great bunch of professional soldiers

Has that been annoying you for some time

My point was we don't have the political stomach for mass casualties, not about whether the military should or shouldn't be used in certain circumstances.

No mate, you stay on yours though I'm just joining a discussion, not baiting, carry on...

It was done said to make people think twice about putting others in danger, before they would put themselves in danger, that's all. Oh there are soldiers who are plumbers . Trained by the Army

Isn't that like saying if you wouldn't clear a blocked toilet yourself, don't expect a plumber to do it? No, plumbers don't die clearing a toilet as far as I'm aware, soldiers do die, that I'm only too aware of.

It would be interesting to know from those that advocate bombing another sovereign nation and, especially those that advocate 'stage 2' (WTF!) which of you have actually been a 'boot' on the ground, I have. I don't come on here a lot, lots of reasons, but if I could offer my thoughts: Irn Bru, Snjr and Rock_Steady get it. Let's deal with the air strikes. Anyone think seriously that by bombing some sh1thole of a desert that a Paris style bombing will not take place anywhere in Europe? As far as I'm aware, most of those terrorists were indigenous, as were all of the 7/7 terrorists that murdered those poor souls in London. Bombing someone 2000 miles away isn't going to stop this, better control of borders might mitigate against it. But there's something else that, call me radical, can be tried. Read on...... Iraq and Afghanistan, instead of raising those countries to the ground and going in to kill everyone that looks like a terrorist or Taliban or Al Qaida or ISIS or whatever they're called, how about making their lot much better. We, as in the UK, spent @ £100 billion in 'fighting' phoney wars in these two countries, mostly spent on building infrastructure to support the military effort. While some infra was needed, it was needed more to improve the lives of those people whose country we intervened in, just to affect regime change (shock!, we were lied to). How about spending the said £100 billion on roads, sewage systems (Kabul is the only Capitol city that I know of that has no sewerage system! ), education, hospitals, power plants (I have mates that were involved with getting Kajaki up and running). If a people are more contented, then they might not look to their western neighbours with envy and jealousy, that will drive fundamentalism. It's not all that simple, but if we put the same hard work and effort into that, maybe we wouldn't be in such a mess (we'll always be in a mess in the Middle East until the Palestinian/Israeli problem is dealt with effectively). OK, the 'Stage 2' 'fans': Ground War!! Firstly, we haven't the political stomach for the casualties that would ensue, you have to ask yourself, Mrs Smiths son, who stays up the road and he's in the Army/Navy/RAF (all tri service cap badges were on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan), gets killed by an IED, should we then expose Mrs Browns son to the same, to satisfy 'our' need for a bit of 'face saving' and to show that we're doing 'something'. The reality is, we go into battle carrying up to 20kg of body armour, that's not including the ancils, ammunition, a weapon system (usually multiple systems), Valons, ECM and all this is before you include food, water or something to keep you warm/dry (yes it is wet and cold in the desert sometimes) or use as a bed, all this in 50 degC. Of course we have vehicles, many, many different types, to transport troops to the 'action', but sooner or later we have to dismount to engage. Two or three well placed IED's can hold up a division, never mind a brigade. So ask yourself, would I put myself in their sons/daughters, brothers/sisters, father/mothers position? If the answer is truly yes, hey join up, put your boots where your mouth is. I haven't even touched on the civilian casualties that such advocacy would bring. We have several great charities that help disabled servicemen/women, you'll find it difficult, but go try and find out how many disabled service people came back from Iraq/Afghanistan, that's another consideration. Apparently, we've no money in this country, for what's needed in THIS country, but we can find billions for what's NOT needed in other countries. Spend it on home security, not sabre rattling. There's lots of other gems of experience I have, that I couldn't share here. In summary, IMO, stay well clear.

Can't find the video on that link, just photos, my post clears it up

Haha, that tickles the exhaust bone

Oh well, mods delete if it is, I've watched it seven times now anyway

This is not because it's an old modified mustang, Ken Block is simply awesome.... Turn the sound up..... http://youtu.be/wg2YWt0F9cU

Damn, I wish I was a betting man, there was a treble certainty today

As expensive as is loud though .

Just noticed your location, come and have a listen to my set up, not that far away, PM if you would like my details to have a listen

On a cold start up it fairly booms, settles down after the auto choke levels out ( 30 secs or so), only as loud as your foot allows. Pops and burbles when settled. People will break their neck looking round if you're 'on it'. My daughter and son in law own the house next door, my granddaughter doesn't hear it in the morning, but knows when grandpa is back from work. It's THE perfect sound, IMHO.

My first 370: Akrapovic True Dual with Carbon Ceramic tips - build quality, second to none - noise, too quiet on its own - Expensive. Added Berk Technology HFCs - quality, excellent - noise, ten fold improvement - added expense (nearly worth it if it wasn't for the CELs that the car was eventually throwing) My Nismo: Stock - quality but heavy - noise, not enough, stuck with it for 12k miles or so, got a bit growler as it coked up - came as stock so, err, free . Ark GRiP - quality, superb, screams developed engineering, someone actually paid attention to design here - noise, , that's what I do on every start up, on chat, it's untouchable, awesome all round, no contest - expense, worth every penny, £1050 fitted, bargain. There are many out there, it's a gamble, but the Ark, is a certainty:)

Scotland gave Japan a hiding today, various reasons for this, fatigue etc, however, that was a clinical display. I just can't believe we got a bonus point Bring on the Box! Mon the Aussies , n c'mon the Froggies

Have they not all got the same rubber/compounds? I know Hamilton went out with a scrubbed set to claw it back, but it can't all be down to that? Honestly, I'm baffled to f**k!!

I'm getting another dog! Two are not enough. Beautiful dogs there

I don't get it!?! What makes the difference in Singapore? Mercedes have battered the opposition all season, but here, they're nowhere!? Anyone explain? I love F1, not a Hamilton fan, but what's going on?

Agile, strong, clever, brave, decisive, what a game! Japan, I salute you!

Yeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!