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well thats bumped the average age of the mod team even higher lol well done glrnet

finally in lol

thankfully not phone dependent so i'm quiet happy as it should be another discount off my bill next month. silver lining and all that

went down at 3 for me and the wife

welcome have a chat with zedmanalex and r35lee i would expect one of them has an engine sat around looking for a new home.

female of the species by space i like the song still, don;t know if its cool or not, but that was my first single i bought

i liked their new track, better than a lot of the new crap thats manufactured at the moment.

other option is it says you have to carry them, doesn;t say you have to use them though.

plenty of room under those wheel arches

dencent winter tyres like continentals and some snow socks should see you fine. a collapseable shovel and some short rolls of carpet and your sorted.

From memory its 5 litres from empty to top up with oil. at 1.5 litres it would be just under the min mark at a guess or just on it. if thats the case you may well be ok. what you want to monitor is from now over the next 1000 miles how much oil the car uses. if its only about 1 litre per 1000 miles i wouldn't be too worried as some cars do burn oil. if its using more than that i'd be looking into why. if it is using oil i'd also try a thicker oil and see if that stems it over the next thousand miles.

that doesn't look too bad, no panel damage so big saving on panel and paint costs etc. complete set of rays can be had for about £400-£500 between £100 -£200 per part needed i would say less than a grand to get that up and running. depends on who's doing the work. you or the garage. labour costs will be the biggest cost. 2nd hand parts will save you money, single rays could possibly be found for around £100 as crashes go i think you got off lightly.

speak to tarmac, i'm sure he does them or may at least give you the sizes

always found admiral to be very good, but of recent times i've heard a few people having issues with them, i may in the future move away from them if i feel their quality of service is dropping.

lots of traders to choose from yellow stuff or ds2500 would be in my top choices for your budget and explaination above.

ask them if they have to much work on at the moment, and that if thats the case and to save them face you are happy to take it else where as you need the vehicle. if they say its fine and give a time frame, keep them to it. if they fall through again then name and shame. give them an option to sort it. as said before people from time to time take on more than they can handle with a hope of sorting it. sometimes an easy way out can help them and you both save face. but empty promises that continue do not deserve the business.

the one on XK8's was pi$$ poor as well. bought cheap tat and paid over the odds, didn't mention the major issues, stuck plasters on issues. adding shiny bits does not make a car good only good thing was the terraclean that they used.

Did you try running the 452's in the right sizes to see if made any difference? It wouldn't make any difference to the grip levels. They are well known for offering very little grip,hell even Falcon have ditched the 452. Very surprised that people would run them on a 300bhp rwd car,especially advising them as a tyre for the op to run through winter i drive quiet competently on them in my car which is 380 bhp V8 and super charged, found them very good in the wet, and manageable in the snow. i drive all year round come rain or snow. not saying they are the best but i think the one thing people don;t take into account with tyres is their right foot. its not an on off switch. if you have a smooth driving style they are more than adequate. in the right width and offset they are fine. much better than the toyo proxies t1r, on a par with the vred sessantas which possibly have the edge. so many variables on each car. whats good for one is bad for another. the falkens have been a huge improvement over the pirelli assymetricos that were on previously which would twitch at high speed. XKR feels planted now with the falkens.

deffo!! mate does it really matter how the ol bill know, they just do, it really does not matter they know it was you, you know it was you and we now all know it was you if you don't own up then your mum will face whatever consequence there may be, the end looks like their doing their job properly they just know