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911 is no good for adults in the back at all.

E92 M3. Or is it E90...

I will always, always have protected NCB. No-one is perfect, and I don't want to lose 10+ years of well-earned NCB because I made a mistake and did something stupid. Yes, your insurance will go up if you have a claim anyway, but it won't go up by 60-70% (dependant on insurer and what they give you for full NCB). An absolute must-have, IMHO.

Can't help with your problem, but I wouldn't rag a brand-new clutch on track unless you're going to put a good few hundred miles on in-between fitting and the day itself to bed everything in.

Ever driven a 4WD vehicle at low speeds with full-lock on? It crabs and jumps as the wheels fight each other, so this sounds like it drops to 2WD for low speed stuff. That's only a guess from your quote though, I haven't seen the press release.

RE050s are much better tyres than the VUS, just get a new pair of those for the rear.

The theory is that people are more likely to drive into the sides of their garage and scrape their car when driving in/out of it, hence the higher premium. Personally I'm happy to pay a premium on that knowing that scumbags who might want to steal/vandalise it can't do so at night because she's tucked up safe in the garage.

And another update! A couple of price reductions as well as the addition of the droplinks which I'd forgotten about!

Happy birthday Vik!

Work out what the biggest expenses are (ie engine and gearbox), work out if you can afford to replace them if needs be even if you have to drop the cost on a credit card as a temporary measure, and also work out what the most common issues are and how much it would cost to fix them yourself. Personally I don't think it's worth it on a Zed, but it's a must-have on something like a Porsche where part costs and labour rates are daft money.

Updated again with some new items I found after clearing my garage out! Thanks again to everyone I've dealt with so far, you'll all be pleased to know that everything is off the car now and I will post them this coming week.

It could damage the diff, not it definitely will. If you get no noises or random drivetrain shunting then I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Besides, the MOT maching flags up that it shouldn't be done and so the odds of the tester risking damaging a vehicle just to prove the machine wrong are tiny.

Correct. You also don't blip on the upshift unless you hate your clutch, and if you're doing that then you might as well flat shift IMHO.

X5 is a brilliant car that makes a lot of sense. X6 is just a pointless marketing exercise. Ann Widdecombe is a beast. Vanessa Feltz is a beast also. I'd still rather have those beasts than an X6.

Thanks for the vote of confidence there Stew

Ummm, anyone know how good 911s are in the snow? *hugs Ford Ranger with knobbly tyres*

That is beautiful, congrats on your new toy!

If you can, you really should. They are so much better than the Falkens and should become the tyre to buy on here if on a budget really. Not full of outright grip, but so very communicative.

Nope, it's 7 years IIRC, and even then they can keep selling the debt on and on so it can last forever. I really wouldn't panic though. As has been said, do the house move before even entertaining talking to these guys.

This. A million times this. Or the equally-pointless X1.

Just call your insurance company, they should deal with this. Failing that check your house insurance, it often includes legal cover for stuff like this. FWIW I wouldn't worry too much, if anything you have a bigger claim against the other insurer for not settling the claim in your favour.

Ooh you cynical old sod, you! Although now you mention it I wouldn't be surprised if that was true.

Saw that on the news this morning, utterly brilliant idea. Scarily addictive, too...

bloody chavs and your sound systems innit

It won't be too bad, I'm sharing the cost of a Caterham hire for the entire day as well so I can just do a few gentle laps to get used to the weight distribution and then go crazy bonkers in the R300! Funnily enough, when I bought the VXR220 I had a track day within a few weeks of picking it up. Span the car about 4 times as I wasn't used to it at all, but learnt a lot from the day.