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Hi Rob, have a look on Polished Bliss website and browse detailing world if you want to upskill on keeping your car in tip top condition. Autoglym in general (maybe aside from HD wax) is bang average, thats why its knocked out cheap in Halfords. Most of the better stuff is ordered online, Polished Bliss is a site I use regularly as the postage is free and range of products excellent. Would advise you also dig out Ilogikals testing thread on the forum which goes through many products with reviews.

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Its a plastic box with water in it...a grand, walk away, fast, at pace!

I got Bathe+ on your recommendation Ilogical, have to say its stunning stuff and it would take something pretty special to replace it. When throwing the water over it to rinse it off it pretty much dries itself the water just runs straight off like its been freshly waxed, it really is amazing stuff. Not my car of course but pretty representative of how it looks post wash.

£295

Which come together to make...

£95?

Is it not just brown?

...sent TGM emails last week still waiting for the quote...

Evening all, umming and urring about putting on an aftermarket bumper on my Celica. Have found one I like, just need the work done so sprayed and fitted. Have quote requests in with TGM and RTP but wondering where else local to me there might be worth getting a quote (TW9 postcode) that anyone has had good experiences with? Cheers. Col.

I read a few articles about how suds are largely irrelevant to how effective a wash product is...

USDM and subsequently left hooker only though?

I have to say I really do not care for celebs, never read the endless prattle in Metro in the mornings covering their four pages of celeb news. Celebs are just people doing their jobs, it just happens that its a very public job and they are on the whole massively overpaid for doing it. I actually found writing my list for this really tough as I really would rather go to the pub with my mates. I am subsequently utterly hopeless at celeb spotting...the amount of times Becks nudges me and says 'did you see so and so pass by' - nope! The only one I did spot was when we were taking a stroll through Putney Common one evening and a couple walking the other way walked past us followed by two rather tough looking characters, it was Nick Clegg and wife. Having a right old barney they were

Midnight blue is stunning, if I were going HR would probably aim for that colour as a preference!

Clarkson though would rock up late shout at the chef then punch you in the face mate! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Exactly! Legend! Yes but then after that you will have a million twitter users send you death threats and demand that you get fired from your job for daring not have dinner ready for a drunken Sir Clarkson

Yes total corporate doggy doo. And no-one can prove him wrong given there is no Mk2 FRS in 4WD to test against.

Well Dan, watching it apparently the FWD around the track was more exciting and faster than 4WD...

And in terms of your company Stew, sounds like some very dodgy accounting going on. They should be doing regular reviews on targets vs performance in 2+10, 5+7 reviews etc. and adjusting costs and targets accordingly. Additionally the targets for each team should be made clear and progress/review against them updated through the year.

It does really depend on the business though, our company are great at working hard towards the end of the year on costs to ensure we hit target for the cash bonuses in March. But in addition we get other benefits which reduce your tax payments and ultimately means in equity terms you are up on just a straight salary+cash bonus approach. There are also the optional benefits like childcare vouchers which when purchased through the company mean tax savings and effectively cash back in my pocket (I pay £74 a month for the £124 worth of childcare vouchers for instance). The pension scheme here is also excellent, the company more than doubling your own contributions you put in for example. I also think people misread what a cash bonus is, if they don't get it because the company under-performed, they feel they have missed out. But ultimately a bonus is exactly that, something extra, a bonus. No one should ever plan their life around getting it each year.

Just another thought mate, depends on where you are located obviously, but I work for a pretty big company in London and as usual you get loads of benefits such as healthcare/gym etc. one of which though is a free Tastecard each year. Again depends on where they live and if there are places nearby that are part of the Tastecard network, but maybe something like this along with a main gift might be a nice gesture.

I followed Irn Bru's son Shaun around half of Scotland with him in an RS so totally get that they shift (and he certainly did!) I guess its going on the OP point, he has a 370z already, why get into a loan deal on a £35k car which will be worth £20k in a couple of years time when you could just supercharge.

Welcome along. There are a fair few good Zeds on here (many with expensive aftermarket parts on them which you effectively wont have to pay for) so worth a look. As for sat nav, do you mean the cubby hole? As above no point retro fitting the old sat nav (its really not great compared to modern equivalents) either get a head unit with it built in or look for threads on here where people have built custom brackets and fitted android tablets etc.

Drove my VX220 in icey cold weather...these 350z woosies that cannot drive their comfy cars with heated seats etc in winter tut tut I dunno, yoof of today

ST205 Celicas, you know it makes sense...

Was an interesting read actually, didnt realise how achievable 400bhp was on the Mk3 FRS. The stage 2 on the pumaspeed website is about £1700. That said, you are still looking at £30k and upwards for a Mk3 Ford Focus then the £1700 on top for the mapping. Even though its a very capable car, couldn't really see why I would buy a Ford Focus for that sort of money other than cheap servicing. I would rather supercharge a 370z and keep the change. And at the end of the day, it still looks like a large family hatchback.