marzman

I used to be really keen on the idea of PCP, but it's just throwing good money away in my opinion. Make sure the PCP deal is interest free, or extremely low interest otherwise you're better off getting a personal loan. Check out PCP deals on used cars... You might get the car for 20% less used, but the dealer will jack the interest rate on the PCP deal. Probably cheaper in the long run though. Flexibility - and this is my biggest concern - you cant just hand the car back when you need to. With a personal loan if you lose your job or whatever you can just quickly sell the car and live off the loan for a bit. You cant do that with a PCP. Handing the car back... look at your Zed now, you've got £7k equity in it, and for arguments sake lets say it cost you £9k 3 years ago. That means its only cost you £3000 to own over 3 years, despite it costing you the same £300 per month. That's very different to the £17k money being thrown away on a PCP CTR! (Sorry, i was making up numbers then, similar to my own zed experience). ...sorry to be a kill joy. Since i bought my first house last year, i've become an utter scrooge.

Giving it the big I am to shift his team mate out of the way, time and again? When he spins and nearly bins it a couple of laps later. That is arrogant/cocky and a little premature... but as i said, its brilliant to watch. We need lots more characters like that on the grid.

Fairly good race though. Verstappen whilst an arrogant little brat, is great to watch!

I reckon if Vettell had put the Mediums on his car, the same as Rosberg, he'd have been passed within just a couple of laps. Ferrari new this and were hedging their bets as they 'might' have had a chance on the Supersofts/Softs, especially if Mercedes were going to have to stop again.

The Needles! i went there for the PGL holiday when i was in year 6 at school (1995 i think). Best thing we did was get a chair lift over the side of a sandstone cliff, and then a boat trip around the needles. http://www.theneedles.co.uk/

Wicked, love Donnington. Any onboard footage?

Hardly any gains in my opinion. Spend the money on brakes and tyres instead to go much quicker than the 20bhp you might gain here.

Yep huge fan of the sopranos, seen every one. Id love to do that but not sure the Mrs would like to spend an hour in a strip club. (is it actually a strip club?) Ah if you're a fan then it's a must! It also stops at the diner from the final scene of the final episode and you get to sit in tony's seat. At The Bing, yes it's a strip club but it's not topless (against the law in the state of New Jersey apparently!). You get to go outside and see the carpark round the back and all sorts. Well worth it. Meeting Vito Tony's seat in the final episode The view, from standing outside Satriale's Pork Store

Been a few times too. Real hidden gem of a bar called 'Barcade' on 24th St, just off 7th. Over 100 original arcade machines with lots of craft beers on tap. Last time i was over there I ended up getting hammered and playing NBA jam amongst others until 2am with two yanks and an Iraqi that i'd just met. Then walked about 2 miles back to my hotel on my own in the snow. Great times. Whether you do Top of the Rock or the Empire State, make sure you go up during the daylight but stay there until after dark. Each is a unique experience, and probably my favorite thing to do in NYC. Also if you're into The Sopranos, i recommend the tour. I did this and it was epic. i got to meet Vito from the show, and it finished up with an hour in the Bada Bing!

Looking pretty slick bob. Love the interior touches.

Hmm. My Xbox one has stopped recognising my external HDD, where all my games are installed. I've only had the HDD for less than 3 months, and it's never been moved or disturbed since being installed, but it's suddenly just stopped being recognised. It's a USB-only device, no external power supply. I've tried multiple hard resets on the Xbox, and tried the device in all USB ports but still no joy. Does anyone know what happens when you plug an External HDD thats been formatted for Xbox into a PC? I've tried this and it says installing new hardware but then you dont see it under My Computer - which is kind of what id expect seeing as it's been formatted for the Xbox. Google doesnt seem much use with this issue, either. Any ideas, folks?

That's really interesting. Is it an interesting industry to work in? I always thought i'd like to do something like this. ...and im looking for a new job currently

Get some real CF, damage it, and have a practice? See what kind of results you can get? ...if it's a job you have to do, thats how id approach it.

Not bad Matt. I bought one second hand. Only cost me about £120. Hooked it up to to a projector in my games room a few weeks ago....

Just got Rocket League on XBONE. Never played it before but was aware of it. It's well good fun!! Really addictive. £15.99 brand new on the xbox store.

No. Unless you're Stevie Wonder. Disagree. For me the appeal of a 4x4 is to be as obnoxious as possible, as in reality very few people actually need one. So Cayenne and X6 fit that brief perfectly. There's literally no point in either of them. Thats why i love them!

If you could go back to any time/period of your life, when would it be and why?

I saw one on the road for the first time the other day. Looks really nice.

Really? That's disappointing isnt it. I'd have thought that as it's a 5 digit plate you'd be allowed to do it? Not that i know it was just a (presumably wrong) assumption.

It's just the cold weather. The air is colder/denser and your car uses more fuel to keep the mix right. When i had a zed i'd get 25mpg 10 months of the year, and then in Jan-Feb i'd get 16mpg because of the cold. In my current 320d BMW i get 49mpg mostly, but currently getting 39mpg because of the weather!

I think the US are decades behind the UK as far as racial equality goes. There is still very much an Us and Them culture over there whereas i think most normal people over here dont notice skin colour anymore.

I bought 9 retro games for £11 yesterday... 3x PS1 games, 5x PS2 games and a game gear game. My retro collection is really strong now. Over 150 genuine games! If anyone has any that they'd like to offload let me know. Or if anyone has either a Megadrive 2 or a PS2 slim that they'd be happy to let go let me know!

I run the syndicate at work and I bought £276 of tickets for last saturday's lottery with the excess we had in our kitty. We won a ground total of £148, which is better than we usually do

Just press the clutch in, move to neutral, release the clutch. Press clutch again, move to desired gear, release clutch and all your problems will be sorted.

So i'm away on business for the rest of the week with a colleague. I've just packed my bag and have included my SNES, 2 pads and a load of games Hopefully my room has got a TV with an old ariel socket on it, then we can do some retro gaming! Also packed a multibag of Hula Hoops and some chocolate digestives!