coldel

Reflecting the lower price of oil...I remember pay 154p during the threatened fuel shortage a couple of months back, paid 140p the other day for the same stuff!

Well, its not going up NOW which is good. Will it go up say 6p in a years time, I doubt it. They say they are covering the shortfall between now and next year so wont be 'recovering' anything. It will go up at some point, the country is broke, so it has to. For the time being if it is deferred till next year then all the better.

http://news.sky.com/story/952910/fuel-duty-tax-frozen-for-the-year

As I understood it on retention you are meant to pay an annual fee, on the car not.

...funny you should say that - am looking around at the moment All in good time...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350Z-BREMBO-CALIPERS-CALIPER-BUNDLE-/230816792995

...moved in directly opposite, last night an Audi R8 Spyder rocked up, tonight a Bentley Continental Flying Spur. I had to pop over and introduce myself, turns out the fella works for a supercar club said he will be bringing a GTR back this week and should snap some piccies of it next to the Zed. Was very complimentary about the Zed as it happens

Red calipers next...wait...stop...just stop

Plastidip!

...just, can't, stop...the problem with having time on your hands is that you tend to 'tinker' - spot the difference from left to right! edit: and no I haven't moved the caliper to the other side of the disc before any smart ar$e says!

Getting rid of the red carbon wrap - I have gone off it!

...no it doesn't

Denial confirms you're infected with Zeditis!! ...no it doesn't

No, I have not been affected whatsoever.

...the metaphorical equivalent of a lame and knackared horse being put out of its misery on BBC1. Thank goodness, I could not have taken 90 minutes of Germany putting countless goals past us in the week. Tournament summary: Better players: Carroll Johnson Terry Cole Gerrard Very Average: Hart Parker Lescott Welbeck Walcott Very Poor: Rooney Milner What on earth was this joker doing on the pitch after the first game: Young

Its such a big call, going to be close, but horrible feeling Italy will edge it with an early goal in the second half followed by 40 mins of England frustration. That said, England do have this ability to sometimes pull a great performance out the bag. Thinking specifically when we did the Germans 5-1, the Dutch 4-1 and when we put the Argies out 1-0.

Carbon wrapped door grabs. The gear knob is a £10 jobbie off ebay.

Its closeby - granted. But to be honest I loved the prospect of driving mine 150 miles back home after buying it. Its in budget range. But so are lots of other ones. It has a Milltek and some LEDs. Not a deal breaker, I would never buy a broken car because it happens to have an aftermarket exhaust. People are trying to be helpful, they are a knowledgable lot, they are not (on the whole) taking the pi$$. Yes you could buy any car and it goes wrong, but you are certainly increasing the odds of that happening buying one off a dealer who is sticking on the market in poor condition. Its your call - but if parts do start failing, a Zed is not a cheap piece of kit to repair and your few hundred quid saved will turn into a few thousand lost.

What atkin said - try out a few and you will soon see the advantages of driving a Zed which doesnt break on a test drive vs one that does. Personally, if a car failed on a test drive you wouldn't see me for dust - if you really want to buy this one, knock at least a grand off to account for the cost of potential repairs. Like Dannyboy, clutch went on mine 2k after buying it, £700 out of my pocket straight away. Given your situation, house buying and all that, I would go for the full history option on the forum over buying blind from a dealer every time.

Go for it...don't worry, just when you need the bits to repair it

Just get one that works I say...like Ekona said, god knows what else is wrong with it if its got lights lit and engine is misfiring and the dealer couldnt be ar$ed to sort it out. You can always buy a decent exhaust and put it on a car with no engine issues

...but you dont need a degree to dunk doughnuts...market research is an average pay private sector job, teaching is probably average if not higher paid public sector job...huhhh, give up, like I said, I am out, definitely.

Without banging my drum having done my own research on the subject and not gleaning it from the media or my own bitter experience, I can categorically state that a graduate going into market research (my current industry and by no means the best paid) gets more than if they started as a teacher - this is FACT. In my last job I was recruiting grads with two years experience and the pay levels were circa £32k-£35k which is not what a teacher will be on after two years fresh out of uni. Likewise, my level, director level with 15 years experience, lets just say the 'upper bracket' teacher salary for someone who has been in the teaching game 15 years with a degree is somewhat left in the dust of what I was earning. Anyways, thats all I am going to say on the subject, I wasn't trying to change anyones mind as some people will never change their mind regardless of what other opinions are put in front of them. All I wanted to bring to this debate was that its not as cut and dried as X times Y and this country is massively relying on people genuinely loving what they do in the public sector to forego a decent private sector salary. Lots of people jump on the bandwagon that the media puts in front of them and also believe that what unions say represent the majority of what public sector people think. I just wanted to redress that bloodymindedness somewhat. And on that, Im out.

Public sector pay is already HIGHER than private sector, and has been for a while. Sorry pal, but this statement is fundamentally wrong. Refer to what I posted earlier - there are more skilled (ie degree level) jobs in public sector which makes the overall average higher than private, but you are not comparing like for like - if you compare like for like, taking a subset of each sector with identical education/experience/skills it is proven conclusively public sector is lower paid than private, this is fact and the main argument that the pensions debate centres around.

TBH, I would prefer salaries were in line and pensions completely cut, although that would probably cost the government more than it does now...