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No its not. Platinum will last longer, but standard copper are fine and perform to the same level, you simply need to change them sooner. If you are using it as a daily go platinum, if its your weekend car copper are fine.

The invidia exhaust is freeflowing as are the cats releasing more power, its also considerably louder, more likely to attract attention etc.

Ah the wonders of currency fluctuations I moved to France to work for two years in 2007, came back to the UK in 2009, had my £ salary converted to Euros in 2007, had it converted back to £ in 2009. I got a 15% pay increase just by having favourable exchange rates in those two years!

Anyway, in other news, YouGov thrown the cat amongst the pigeons by claiming their latest polls show a hung parliament with Tories losing seats instead of gaining them as May would have expected...

I guess if you are pretty sure you know who you are going to vote for they hedge their bets and knock on the next door where the person might say they are still unsure and therefore open to persuasion?

There was hardly any choice, it wasn't going to be the other parties and there were talks of Labour/LibDems plus a number of smaller parties to fill up the remainder but the deal couldnt be shaped. So it had to be the Tories plus one other and the LibDems being the biggest loser if you like in 3rd place had the seats to make up the majority with the least amount of partners in the coalition. Clearly they had to do a deal as LibDems and Tories have conflicting manifestos (as of course they should) I read post 2015 GE somewhere (can dig it out if needed) that the LibDems achieved around half their manifesto promises although all that was overshadowed by the student fees which the tories clearly wouldn't agree to as it directly opposed their view on the policy. So, for a guy with 50 backers, in a position as a deputy, against a guy who is the leader with 300 backers - thats not a bad outcome, especially for a country that lacks any experience in coalition governments unlike in Europe where they are more common place. Its a moot argument anyway, people have views on people, text tennis on here wont change either of our opinions

Just going to throw this out there, as a debating point rather than any personal strongly held belief, but we are hardly ones to preach about peace loving? The west have actively illegally occupied a number of countries over the last couple of decades, they have (clearly without intent usually because the opposition deliberately place civilians in military target sites) killed civilians and children with military strikes etc. I wonder if the west could take a long hard look at what they do and how they are perceived before expecting 1/3rd of the populous of the planet to behave in a certain way? When will the west change tact and stop stamping their will on other countries? (note just putting this out there as a debating point I am not religious!)

Nice one - I think also they are very good looking cars (certainly from the back they look amazing much better than the R32) if they weren't such a heavy cumbersome thing would probably have hung onto mine.

Exactly this. They find people at a low point and desperately in need of purpose. Fill their heads with an idea of being important and wonderful religious afterlife and it's job done you have a pawn to use as a terrorist. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not nonsense and common sense says so - 2010 election resulted in 300 tories and 50 lib dems, Cameron was PM, Clegg was deputy. How much influence would a coalition partner of 50 seats have on policy making in a coalition of 350 seats?

Ah but the best deal might not be a good deal, it will be the best she can get, which could be a bad deal - or a good deal given the circumstances in which case its not a bad deal.

She will strike 'the best deal' I am sure Clegg had no power, so couldn't influence any decision making, only do his best to reign in the really harsh policies the Tories might have rolled out at the time such as smashing pensioners for all their savings for instance that was certainly nothing to do with his ability to deal with pressure. Like I said, some people might want to read a manifesto and take that as their guidance, others simply read the Mail - personally I go for a few more sources of insight.

Cannot see the problem of practicing photography in all different situations myself personally. So what if the car meet environment isn't ideal, a lot of the time opportunities are not ideal so you have to learn to take the best shot you can given that - and where else are you going to get the chance to photograph tonnes of cars in one hit. Its slightly annoying that people wander around talking into their phone doing a 'Vlog' but to be honest I would rather they are spending their time learning the art of taking a great shot than hanging around on street corners considering which granny to mug next.

You say that but both did squirm badly under certain questions and it might not look like pressure to you, but a televised question time in front of millions of people a week before the election is certainly brown pants time for those involved when any bad word said could lose you 5 percentage points over night - look at what impact they had on voter opinion when Clegg had a good run. I would certainly say there was a fair amount of pressure moreso than anyone casually observing might think. And yes of course a PM doesnt make a solus decision, but what are peoples view of Junkers vs May? Who is more resolute? Who is likely to have a stronger agenda? Ultimately they will be leading the decision making, and influencing conversations amongst their own advisors (who are exactly that advisors) - who would you rather have negotiating for you? Would you be happy with Dianne Abbot going in with her numbers vs what the EU serve up for example?

As there are shortcomings in just looking at manifestos - my personal feeling is that I take what I need from each available resource and put it together to form an opinion. I wont dispute that the content is what it is, but then so are the manifestos which by and large many parts not implemented post election anyway. Given the 'across the table' negotiation that will happen in the next couple of years, and a test of resolve, seeing May back track on many issues (especially where it is reported that she runs a much more dictatorial leadership than Corbyn) her being a weak link int he process doesn't fill me with confidence. But clearly you take what you wish, that said many people will NEVER vote Labour just because of Corbyn, but will read the press and form an opinion of him that way without actually taking the chance of actually listening to him.

Its also a sign that you cannot handle pressure, cannot push your agenda in a meeting, that you cannot effectively lead your country without support. As I said, its not the be all and end all of leadership, but neither is just voting by looking at some bullets in a manifesto. Do you recruit someone to a company without interviewing them? Or just take them on their CV and nothing else?

Some people wont see the relevance, personally for me its a personality test. Leadership is not all about reading from a script or presenting a manifesto to a partizan crowd, its performance under pressure against people that want to beat you. As mentioned before the content is not what I am interested in, its what sort of person they are.Its massively important attribute for any leader (refer to Toms leadership thread where we all said this)

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There is a lot going on in the insurance market at the moment and prices on the whole are increasing across all cars - increase in taxation and spurious claims are significantly on the rise at the moment. There is a lot in the news about this: https://www.confused.com/on-the-road/cost-of-motoring/what-the-price-index-means-for-you So the idea that your premium just drops automatically each year you drive safely is something of a bygone experience of days past in many cases. You will get the odd thing pop up now and again when companies change algorithms (they do not assess each house/owner/car it has to be based on macro factors I would think such as generalised postcodes/theft levels in post codes and the like) - I know when I moved from a narrow through road next to a busy pub where our Ford Focus lost 3 wing mirrors whilst parked up and my Celica got keyed twice to a cul-de-sac 100 metres away which had a wider road, no through traffic, no drunk muppets staggering past our cars at midnight with car envy my premium went up £100. Makes no sense but it is what it is.

Decent commentary last night - they both expertly ducked the tricky questions, reckon the police officer let May off lightly but the NHS comments hurt I am sure. Corbyn did probably the best I have seen given his shocking PMQs sessions where he fails badly. Had some tricky questions to deal with around IRA and the monarchy, still think he is economically incompetent though and wouldn't trust his with the cash. My verdict, May still appears (and Paxman slammed her on it calling her a blowhorn) as someone who talks a good game until she is challenged hard on it and back tracks often. Corbyn seems non-committal on so many issues and seems to have gone a bit daft in terms of economic claims. My fear is that I will end up voting for the least incompetent rather than someone I genuinely believe in - cannot remember a GE where I think looking at the leaders I would not be comfortable with any of them leading this country

Nice colour, not sure about drilling holes in bumpers personally but like the clever number plate (V6 2+2+2 assuming thats the point!)

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Well done mate

...and I wouldnt park on such a steep hill either