coldel

Absolutely, but as Ekona says elsewhere, cant believe there isnt one of parties any citizen couldnt side with on the most part with regard to major policies. Labelling them, all as bad as each other, with respect to delivering what they promise is also probably fair comment, but surely someone would prefer a particular party to not be delivering on all of those promises, than another party in government whos policies they dont agree with? I would imagine there are people in teh Russell Brand camp but it wont be all of them, probably the minority, others are probably just not interested (who says you HAVE to be interested in politics and put brain power into deciding who to vote for), just forgot, had other plans or just felt that even though they do support the Green party whats the point in voting for them in say Richmond where it counts for nothing. I think of it like football possession vs goals - although UKIP got loads of votes, in two years time a lot of that will be forgotten, all that will count and all that people will remember is the final score and that is seats in Parliament.

Cat C is that the cost to repair the damage is more expensive than the value of the car, Cat D is that its less but the insurance company may make the decision to declare it a write off - its nothing to do with the type of damage purely cost of repair vs value of car. Plenty of Cat C VX220s out there simply because new panels are horrifically expensive and a simple scrape along a wall whilst parking badly at 5mph can Cat C the car. It really depends on the value of the car and the cost of the parts to replace.

Highest turn out in 20 odd years or something I heard. Not sure of the exact number. I actually dont have a problem with people not voting - a democracy should allow for people to be free to make a decision to vote or not as much as they are free to vote for who they want. The current system doesnt really encourage voting though, I almost didnt bother yesterday given that I am in a tory stronghold, no chance of anyone else winning.

No one wanted Labour+SNP (and to be fair EM knew that so pushed back against sturgeon in the debate) which I imagine pushed people towards the Tories. Was bizarre decision to go with Ed back when the leadership was decided, if you want to blame anyone, blame those that backed Ed, although who knows what would have happened otherwise. I feel a little bit for Nick Clegg, he was on a hiding to nothing, everyone forgot how well he performed at 2010 and how he kept the Tories in line for five years. Of course he couldnt push through the key policies he was after, his party only had 1 MP for every 6 the Tories have, what did Liberal supporters expect to happen? Typical of Farage to still be in the running of being party leader - despite his man of the people approach there is just something a bit wrong about him I cannot put my finger on (and no its not racism) that just makes me think he is more self centred than any of the other leaders which is saying something.

...Al Murray got 300 odd votes!

He said he would resign if he didnt win the seat...

I would argue that all those Green party voters all over the country bar one consituency would argue otherwise. A few close calls but only in less than 1% of constiuencies. So I would have to disagree generally on that statement mate - Richmond was a pretty much a forgone conclusion here...

Find out if you can what the write off was for - there is a lot of confusion around cat d vs cat c write offs, the only difference is the value of the damage, cat d can have chasis damage as bad as a cat c just depends on whats happened. It could be that the car was vandalised and every panel keyed and tyres and wheels damaged or it could have been driven into a tree. If you are going to go cat c then take a few experienced heads along and go over the car with a fine tooth comb looking for any strucutral damage and if you can get pictures of the damage and repairs.

I guess the reverse applies then? People that come onto this forum and rave about a trader after having been sent a car part, in some packaging, on time - which is hardly above and beyond and worth the postive review, we see it all the time on here. From what I saw, the OP had a bad experience, by whatever means, whats relevant is that it was in his opinion that bad that he felt the need to post something up. He had a bit of a rant but also tried to scope it out in a somewhat structured way - as a business you are always going to have people complain (as you rightly pointed out Jmanji) it was a great opportunity (in my humble opinion) for TL to be the bigger man, explain what happened from their perspective in a rational and calm manner and simply put an end to it but it only seemed to divide opinion and annoy the OP even more - but thats my opinion and its not my business so my view is pretty much irrelevant (as are most of our views on this thread!), Greg has chosen to deal with this in his way.

Glad you sorted your purchase, as you say move on and make the most of the forum. Plenty of London members it seems so maybe a few meets are in order.

In Richmond zone 4 technically Surrey but also London (am on the tube line )

Bought mine off ebay I think

Saw someone with one on the train this morning, ugly as sin - didnt realise how bulky and cheap they looked!

Bloody hell, thats a bit nasty mate! Reminds me of that Top Gear challenge where they tested the interior and found traces of faeces, spewtum and sperm in the cars I wonder if it would be better to buy an upgraded interior than a full clean?

Indeed, its 20th birthday this year

You only noticed how tall she was..?

No fading at all, history of it is that is has had one rich owner in Japan (have the address!) who sold it out on import to the guy I bought it from who is a car collector here in the UK. So sat in his lock up since 2009 alongside various vintage 911s etc doing about 1000 miles over 6 years and only got sold to me as he was spending so much time on the Escort Cosworth he just bought with 13k miles on it. So really hadnt been exposed to the sun in its life and hence the oxidisation hasnt really had a chance to start on the paintwork. I did all my work today by hand, but already brought up a nice gleam to it. I would imagine a machine polish would really take it a few steps on.

Cheers mate, I didnt have time to fire up the rotary and get the PlastX on the lights which could do with a polish but might have a go tonight. Like some cars (RX8 for instance) when you photograph them they look a bit odd but in the metal they are pretty good looking cars, do need the spats on though!

First chance in a month to properly give the GT4 a bit of love and attention. G3 Detox shampoo, came across a bottle of AG Ultra Deep Shine so put that on, followed by Dodo Juince Supernatural wax and some metal polish on the exhaust. Waxed the wheels, tyre dressing, Fast Glass all around, Nanolex Trim Rejuventor on the inside, Leather Care Balm for the seats and then ran out of time as had to go for a walk with the family in the unexpected sunshine! Damn she is a sexy beast of a car

Sounds like something Greg needs to address then in terms of staff training.

Just went and checked and the person has removed their note and left mine there! Some people have their own little silly world they live in I guess where all their bizarre behaviour makes lots of sense...

Cheers mate, no knock as of yet. The car is loud but I use it once or twice a week and it runs for no more than a minute before I take it around the corner to warm up where it's less residential....like most people like this they haven't got the balls to actually approach someone but think they are very clever leaving sarcastic whinging notes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think that would be worth a go (although appreciate your car is slightly more special in terms of tuning than most ) - average gain across the range is definitely a really good stat and much more useful than peak bhp - even average across the everyday usable range ie not to the redline, I dont rev to the red in every gear

Last one I watched was Haye vs Klitschko (or however its spelt) went to the pub, every waited for it, started late and was boring as hell. Used to love watching the Benn vs Eubank fights, Tyson, Lewis etc was super eventful and often lived up to the billing.

Aye yeah there will be those moments (maybe more often for you Adrian than most of us!! ) but in getting there you are looking at less bhp from 800 through to 5800 - its that average between the two which is more reflective of the map and which will be used more often.