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Interesting that the media were all over EP1 saying how much it trumped Top Gear and look at Clarkson beating the BBC etc. Not much in the news about EP2, nothing at all about it being quite dreadful (based on feedback on here). Funny how the media loves to sniff out a story to suit its own needs... ...but as above, I thought the last few episodes of new TG were pretty good it was proper petrolhead heaven and I hope they continue to evolve and make the small changes that are needed. Dare I say it, but looking at EP1 of TGT maybe it wasnt the format of TG that had gotten boring and stale, but in fact it was the presenters? I just don't find those three funny anymore.

Hi Dom welcome along For the bluetooth, there is a basic connection if you check in the arm rest compartment if there is a box there its the BT unit, many are missing though from the cars. The boots do sometimes lose the pop, if you search on here for the 'penny trick' and try that you might get some joy.

There is a bedding in procedure on here (I think ZMANALEX posted it) if you have a search through - I also read previously issues around not having the right shims/missing shims causing squeeling.

Sure its the front left? Have you had someone else sit in the passenger seat to confirm? Could it be anything to do with the steering column? Power steering? Bits of crap stuck in the brake caliper? (you can probably tell I am not a technical guy and just taking a punt!)

Welcome along, do a lot of reading on the site prior to purchase, there are lots of stickies that will help you. In terms of 320bhp on a DE (which most cars under £7k will be) you will struggle, I think the highest I have seen post remap with all the standard modifications is around 305bhp, most seem to net out at around 290bhp give or take once you take into account bhp loss due to the course of time and bhp you gain back from an 'uprev' (the licence name for the remap you need). I would say buy the car for what it is (two seat front engine rear wheel drive GT car) than to expect big power gains.

I bought Elements about 4 years ago, still use that version now, great piece of kit, in a sale I think it was about £49!

Oh bloody hell, and that was probably the worst bit of the first episode.

In what way Steve?

I have been working with VR over the last couple of years, seeing how applications can be used in retail research. Just dipping my toe but it really is sensational - I tested one where they make you walk across a beam high up in the air, then step off the platform on the other side to virtually plummet to your doom. I just about managed to do it (despite being in a room, walking around on the floor, not in a warehouse up on a platform like the VR would have you imagine) but it took every fibre of will to take that step off the edge, its amazing how your subconscious can step in when your senses feel you are in danger. I watched someone else do it and she fell over walking across the room because she genuinely believed she slipped off the beam and the guys running it had to catch her. Its so hard to really describe how realistic VR is, its not the quality of the imagery, it is how it closes out the rest of the world and dominates a couple of your senses.

Its the age old argument, there is no right or wrong here, looks are subjective end of. Some of us like the new one as much as the old one, some do not!

Yes, MoT is all about failing tests, if there is nothing to test, you cannot fail. If the tester sits in the drivers seat knowing you have HIDs and sees the button and presses it and nothing happens (not likely but possible) then you fail.

There are many subtle fees baked into contracts, it is shocking. When I queried the £180 renewal fee and asked what work was done on their side the response was 'its in the contract' - they know its an utter rip off and just goes into the bonus pot to be spent down the pub. You can download these documents for free off the internet and two signatures do not constitute £180 worth of work or sunk cost. That said, there is the odd good 'un about, and I will name them, The Corporate Letting Company in Richmond! Yearly fees to tenant for renewal £35 which is much more reasonable. But agree on the inventory charge, why do tenents have to pay to be told what the landlord owns in the house? And we were landlords for 6 years until recently so have been both sides of the fence.

As the car has a headlamp washer button inside the car it would be easy enough for the tester sitting in the car to know they are fitted but blanked off (thus not functioning). Like said above, if the guy is feeling particularly picky it would be easy enough for them to discover if washers are fitted and are 'not functioning' it really depends on your luck on the day.

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What colour is your zed? I simply put black vinyl over my reflectors, along with a black car it worked well I think in terms of losing the orangey divot - £2 cost to do and reversible

Because if every country defaults then you become an unrealistic borrower, we do not generate enough cash to cover our expenses, if we default, we cannot then borrow and huge public spending cuts follow likely causing recession and public chaos. Or the central bank can print tonnes of money, but then inflation becomes a serious issue with the cost of living going through the roof and again our country as an 'investment' becomes less viable and we are unlikely to be able to borrow in the future if we would need to, or if we can borrow the interest will be substantially higher. The money is all real by the way, it does exist and is spent by the associated countries. Plenty of countries run at much lower levels of national debt than the UK.

Stupid rule or not, if an MoT tester is having a bad day and spots this, you might find yourself trawling around other testers to get it through. As above, you take the risk but you cannot blame a tester if they fail you on it.

There isn't on pretty much any car nowadays. When designing the first NSX they copied Ferrari design of the time, the front is a copy of the Ferrari 328 (Pininfarina were used to design the original NSX)

The first NSX is what I would have drawn as an 11 year old when I got my crayons out...again its all subjective what is boring and what isn't (as so many of these threads about 'does it look better' tend to go). I think from behind it looks particularly good

I think both look fantastic, the first one had a slightly big backside if I am being uber critical which I didn't like

Yes CT is a farce, its all come to light now but 5 years ago I worked for a company of 8 people where we paid something like £100k CT which was more than Starbucks paid over the previous 5 years thanks to their accountants playing the game. So small businesses were funding this country whilst huge conglomerates were flaunting the system.

Look top left, your username is there witha drop down arrow, select My Profile, then when it opens in the top right is a button which says Edit Profile

3 if you exclude the Ferrari

Thing is 8 years ago national debt was £80bn, but then we decided borrowing was the way forwards until we were borrowing £180bn a year, austerity has been awful but that got down to around £40bn a year forecast for this year, but brexit has meant the forecast shot up to around £60bn borrowed so already £20bn down. I think now more than anytime previously the people in this country need to take note of money moving around and what it means for us.

The annual debate on what wheel drive is best, wonderful Fun, is a subjective word, much like Looks. What is fun to one person is not to another. Some people clearly do not enjoy the back of the car sliding all over the place and have more fun chucking cars nose first into corners. I think the argument around driver skill is somewhat flawed, whatever you are trying to get your car to do requires different levels of skill, I would imagine this chap and his FWD car has more driving skill in play below than most RWD drivers going around a track will ever have