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I'm not sceptical, i'm cynical
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why do our lady fuzz not look like that?
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Thats fair enough. I liked to use it in my 172 for some reason too. Also its only a few p more than 95ron so thats handy too. I think alot of it is placebo as I'm sure my car runs better on v power than 99ron. Does it really? Probably not but shell is more expensive so maybe thats it. It was like they compared alot of waxes on DW and they said that most are similar but the higher price ones make you feel like your treating your car and I get that. i used to use the BP special diesel and got better miles on my 500 mile weekly commute compared to when i used shells special diesel. like you say its most likely a placebo thing.
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doesn;t mean they use it. i know for a fact that some of the old race teams used to be sponsored by people like castrol, stickers all over the car etc; but if you actually looked in the oil sump, you'd find that most were running mobil 1, regardless of what the stickers on the outside say. plus being a ferrari owner doesn;t get you a discount at shell either. and i'f pretty certain there is no sticker saying, only fill with shell. it just happens to be that shell gave ferrari a big advertsing cheque and told them to tell everyone that its their fuel of choice. What about the claims that the furl has been partially developed by Ferrari, due to their input? Real or fake? Because that would be a seriously big lie which could damage both companies. it makes no claims to how much input they have, it could just be a bloke turns up at shell sniffs the fuel and says "yep that smells good enough for ferrari" you may well be right and they tested it with ferrari engines. but the point i'm getting at is don't be sucked in by advertising. what they say and waht they do are very often 2 very different things.
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doesn;t mean they use it. i know for a fact that some of the old race teams used to be sponsored by people like castrol, stickers all over the car etc; but if you actually looked in the oil sump, you'd find that most were running mobil 1, regardless of what the stickers on the outside say. plus being a ferrari owner doesn;t get you a discount at shell either. and i'f pretty certain there is no sticker saying, only fill with shell. it just happens to be that shell gave ferrari a big advertsing cheque and told them to tell everyone that its their fuel of choice.
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I have no idea, its not a rational choice, but it is round the corner, but then the tesco is on the other side of the road. sainsbury is a bit of a hike. I think its because i remember reading somewhere they put better additives in, but this could be just in my head. funny thing is i don;t even need super, my car is tuned to good old 95 ron. and the premium doesnt seem to increase the miles gained either. but i shall try this out now i actually have the MAF and fule managment system working properly, i had been running rich so it was drinking it like a b1tch regardless of what i put in. at the end of the day where ever you go its all the same fuel. there are only something like 6 fuel distribution centres in the UK and all UK fuel suppliers get their fuel from them. the difference being what additives they add in once its in the tanker.
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you finished putting stickyback plastic on it yet???
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never heard of a zed needing anything chain related playing with. if it gives you an idea of price i have literally about 2 weeks ago done the timing chain tensioners, chains and guide runners on my V8. parts were independent so not jag prices and they were around £350 for the parts alone. then the labour was another £600 roughly. all in the job is the best part of £1000 worth of work. and i would think most f the owrk is the same on the zed. but being that they shouldn;t need doing on the zed anyway, thats £1000 you just saved.
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atkin666 build thread (update 15/7//2013) new pictures
rtbiscuit replied to Chris AME's topic in Member Build Projects
i could have dipped the end caps in carbon if you'd wanted -
as far as i'm aware you only need to inform them of actual points. regardless of what they ask you.
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in my area, tesco is cheapest, shell is a penny more and BP is 4p more. and my favourite is BP, its lower ron of 97 and the most expensive, yet for some reason i like to put it in. most of the time i use tesco, and occasionally i use shell. i go where the fuel is. no brand loyalty. if you do the maths its not a big difference. 1p more over 70 litres is 70p extra on a tank of fuel. if its 2p difference then its. £1.40 if its 3p difference is £2.10. thats like a pint of shandy. maybe have just one less babysham down the pub that week.
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Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
rtbiscuit replied to ioneabee's topic in Off Topic Discussion
the only independent in east anglia to win was norfolk, was actually a tory rep, who wasn;t offered the position, so quit and entered as an indie. the rest of east anglia is represented by tory commissionars -
they missed some obvious ones as well there are one of these near me
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i want to try and get a bottle of 4 square, looks like i might need to hit the whiskey exchange up for a bottle.
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Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
rtbiscuit replied to ioneabee's topic in Off Topic Discussion
apparent total cost to organise this is £100 million, are these people now salaried as well? what an absolute waste of money. how many police could they have bought with 100 million. -
Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
rtbiscuit replied to ioneabee's topic in Off Topic Discussion
i just looked mine up, 4 in total, none have any experience in policing although one claims to have done some work with them as a politician. ones a farmer/conservative councillor, ones ex council exec/labour councillor, ones a doctor who does local radio, and the other was a water survey specialist and UKIP rep. so i'm glad i draw a c0ck on my ballet paper as that seems to be all its worth. -
Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
rtbiscuit replied to ioneabee's topic in Off Topic Discussion
i had no idea of any of my candidates, or what they offered, the whole process locally was about as well advertised as a bad fart. -
its alright wizard, but it wasn;t very clear that yours is boosted; I know it is as i've seen your threads on the forum, but it did come across as a bit of a sweeping statement. I like the Evo's but i'm not sure i'd own one, i hate the interior of them, even the new ones are very plastic. the skyline and supra do use better quality materials than the evo, but it doens't help that they are starting to look very date dinside the cockpit.
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got some updates, recent tries, my wife treated me to a bottle of this. now its not a spiced rum and its pretty strong, have to say its not bad, but i can;t drink it neat, and its strong in the drinks. so i use alot less. think i need to find a suitable mixer for it. still have SJ as my favourite, but this isn;t bad for a non spiced. now the next one i got was a small bottle and pretty cheap and i thought why the hell not Have to say i was suprised, it was quiet good, its the closest to SJ yet still not as good, but its got a great vanilla and caramel smell to it and the taste is very smooth. will defo be using the morgan again if i run low and can;t get SJ.
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it is on the track the better car, but as you say the zed is a better all rounder. i found the S2k fine if your on your own, but fill the passenger seat and have the roof up it can be a bit claustrophobic.
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umm they are pretty identical in manufacturing year to the zed, they were 99 to 2008; zed was 2003 to 2009 and have you seen the price of them, they go for the same cash as the zed , and some of the 99's go for under under 5k if not less. they are cheap as chips now.
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i'll have to, its not like i have any cheap plastic in mine to clean, its all premium materials in mine
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that back op you had, wasn;t a back op, its was a richard transplant