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No, I mean pikeys. TBH you shouldnt be offended by the term if you arent part of the group dont go around stealing stuff, ignoring laws, threatening businesses and generally making society worse for everyone else. Ive got friends with construction firms that see site thefts literally every other week, theres at least a couple of catalytic converters that go missing from my (quite rural) area every week or two, a stables/tackroom will get done once a month, theres even a couple of lads that are going round the same pubs every few weeks and stealing/trying to steal old cooking oil. Trailers arent safe anywhere, horseboxes seem to go missing rather more than you would expect too. FWIW we rarely see any car/house theft or robbery locally, its all pretty basic stuff the police wont deem important enough to do anything about. Everyone knows who they are but theres nothing anyone can do, one of our local sites is defined as a police nogo zone. Its not off topic either, we're talking about not being able to have copper cable outside your house .......... when anything that isnt screwed down (and some stuff that is) goes missing round here due to the aforementioned I think its very relevant.

You dont live where there are pikeys, do you? 😶

Do you think a 2 mile long cable buried 3 feet under the ground just pops up to meet its prospective thief? SRSLY though youre right, they are all grounded so just snip with something big and youre away 👍

Living in a part of the world where telephone and internet regularly go down because certain members of society will destroy a substation and pull up to 2 miles of cable out of the ground I have to say this has crossed my mind more than once 👍 Got to be easier than a catalytic converter, probably more expensive as well.

If you want Supercar performance you need to pay Supercar running costs, if an R8 scares you then dont look at Ferrari or Lambo costs Everyone Ive know who has owned/driven both has said to go for the V8 but its still going to be a few quid to keep on the road. If you want similar performance with more realistic costs the yanks are a decent bet, Ive got a 2014 Z28 which doesnt seem to be too bad (other than tyres and fuel, obviously)

Oh, you can drift an auto, I have a good friend with no legs who doesnt have a lot of choice and still manages to be better than I ever was For most of us its like running 100m in high heels, its possible but why would you want to when there are obviously far better options?

If the failsafe braking system failed then its probably fair to assume the datalogger and brake lights might have too. The other option is the guy did that deliberately and didnt touch the brakes even before he drove into a building ........... mmmmmmmm.

Disagree. Any conscious person would be hitting the brake pedal as hard as they could in that situation, he was still switched on enough to try and avoid other traffic. Scary @*!#.

Watched his speech yesterday and thought "you know what, Ill give this lad a chance". About an hour later heard he had reappointed Suella Braverman (who resigned after breaching ministerial code 6 days ago) as Home Sec and thought "same old same old" He had a chance to get people back onside and he blew it with his first decision.

My F355 was with Directline for the first year then went to Lockton, this is their Porsche specialist thing: https://www.locktonperformance.com/insurance-services/specialist-porsche-insurance.html Lockton were cheaper, had much better benefits and when I had to claim were pretty awesome, the only negative was they wouldnt do GV without a professional report first, the policy also topped out at £85K which I only found out after Id written it off. Camaro is less expensive but more unusual, all of the companies I contacted would quote for it but prices were very variable from about £900 up to nearly £3K.

Did you get that the right way round? No drifter would ever choose auto over manual, ever, and any decent trackday driver would be the same, you have much more control with a gearstick and 3 pedals. Drive might be smoother and even faster with DCT but its not the option for the track. Manual track focused cars like M2's, GT3's and GT4s all hold value better than the DCT versions, thats got to tell you something?

I dunno, theres some decent talent in the party IMO - even if you dont agree with their politics Rayner, Reeves, Lammy, Cooper, Milliband, Thornberry all present pretty well for me, dont forget youve got Burnham and Khan waiting in the wings too. The Tories have the problem that you have to be a Brexiteer, most have some element of scandal associated with them and with the Cabinet revolving door weve had since 2019 (there are only 2 incumbents that have done more than 3 months) most have had a stab at being a Cabinet member and have benn proven to be incapable, sycophantic liars. I mean, Rees-Mogg has been in the last 3 Cabinets FFS 🤣

Labour havent made any firm statement on how they would mange the economy mainly as they dont have a clue what they are going to inherit. They have committed to a UK owned renewable energy company and big investments in renewables, they would also introduce a body to ensure taxpayers are getting value for money (see aforementioned track and trace money) both of which seem good ideas to me. While Rishi undoubtedly knows the job, Rishi also effectively created the problem - as someone said last week youre still an arsonist even if you try and put out the fire you set. FWIW Im not a massive Labour fan, I just despise what the Tories have done over the past 6 years not just to the country but also to the average mans opinion of politicians. They are not all the same.

Rishis proposal was 1000% better than Truss's, not least as he accurately predicted everything that would happen if she went ahead with it. This was in August:

People have very short memories ......... Rishi signed off the £37Bn for track and trace, was fined over Partygate, chose not to investigate £17bn of Furlough/Covid Loan fraud, held a green card for 6 years while an MP and benefitted from his wife having non-dom status while he was the actual Chancellor. He also doesnt know how to fill a car up or use an EPOS but TBH that doesnt worry me too much when compared to the countless times he stood behind Johnson and agreed/supported his bullshit, IMO anyone thats openly lied to the country shouldnt get near the top job. On the other hand the Labour leader was brought up on a council estate, funded himself through the Bar, rose to become DPP and head of the CPS and was knighted at the end of it. The deputy leader left school at 16 with no qualifications but while pregnant but rose to a top trade union job, currently holds down her constituency and parliamentary jobs with 3 kids and actually knows whats shes talking about and despite desperate smear attempts but the press neither have been caught lying, misleading parliament, breaking rules etc. We have had Conservatives for 12 years, what in that time has actually improved? Why cant Labour (or anyone else for that matter) do a better job?

Unless theres a reason you can drive stick Id say manual all the way in pretty much anything pre-2016 from a Fiesta to a Ferrari. Auto boxes from that era (including flappy paddle SMGs and DCTs) just feel old, loose and slow these days, a nice example is that you can pick up an F1 gearbox Ferrari 599 for about £80K, if you want a manual they are closer to £400K - although the F1 box was a technical marvel back in the day it ruins the car now. This is an extreme example but its the same for SMG M3, M5's, Caymans, drivers cars need 3 pedals and older autos dont cut the mustard when compared to todays offerings.

Yeah, modern cars have nannies and stuff in them, theres also an element that you have to be very confident or mad to have the bollocks to floor something thats 700hp+, fear and self preservation plays a big factor in keeping cars out of the hedges I remember not actually flooring my first 200SX for 6 weeks, took it easy in BMW and Camaro to start with even though In had a lot more experience by then. I don wonder about these raffles giving away 600hp cars though ........ but then I guess your average 18 year old will take the cash alternative as insurance is going to be "tasty" on something like that

Did he? Blimey, best check hell hasnt frozen over Fair play to Max, if youre going to win a championship 27 seconds in 28 laps is the way to do it. Hopefully Merc will come up with a more competitive car next season and Ferrari will figure out tactics, arguably any of the top drivers have the talent to be World Champion so if the cars are closer 2023 will be pretty epic.

I did quite a few trackdays on mine, pretty sure I replaced them at least once on an 80K car without having to do discs .......... but yeah, they have a reputation for that

I really like the CL RC5+ on mine, bit dusty but awesome stopping power

https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a40978570/2023-nissan-z-vs-2022-toyota-supra/ Surprised by this TBH, but then he is American

Whatever they come as standard with, maybe A048's?

I have a mate with an Exige S, he rarely drives it and not at all in winter/wet as he reckons theres no grip. Also doesnt do trackdays. When I suggested he sack off the track tyres its on atm and stick some PS4s on there so he can drive in all conditions he refused as "they wont look as nice"

MPS4S are about as good as road tyre as it comes, but then Ive done my fastest lap round the Ring on MPSS fronts and MPS4 rears so what do I know?

M4 is pretty much track ready anyway, if youre a n00b then Id just get out there, do a day and see how it gets on. I personally dont do the glove and bootie thing (if youre wearing booties then you need to be fast 😉), Id put money into uprated brake pads, decent tyres and a if you get properly into it a seat too, makes a massive difference if youre not being flung about all over the gaff Biggest issue for me is always tyres, PS4S etc. will always go off in the dry but Cups and the like can be a bit hairy in the rain; that said youd probably expect to do at least a couple of days before youre pushing to the extent your tyres are melting. Basically check the cars fluids are all OK, drop the tyre pressures a bit when you get there, put on a helmet and enjoy yourself, theres not much more to worry about until you get a lot more serious 👍