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Worth doing if you know you've got something that will fail, otherwise it's a lovely clever piece of marketing to get you to pay over £85 just for an MOT. Bear in mind if they find anything wrong you're only going to get the crap as a replacement, not OEM (i.e. tyres, brakes etc).

DING That's only an Autocar knock up, which are almost always miles off target. Whatever they do with it in the end, it'll look miles more interesting than the Toyota version going on recent performance.

Some of the specialists might, try CCI or REIS. Personally I'd try them (and others) anyway to get your premium down, and I certainly wouldn't pay it monthly as they rape you like that. Even chucking it on a credit card and paying it off over a couple of months will see you better off.

Left foot braking is very hard to do in a normal car with just seatbelts, but try it in one with harnesses: You're held back and don't put more pressure on the pedal as momentum takes over, and you can have full control over the pedal.

You would hope so with a more modern chassis, better tyres and more power.

Pretty sure the 350Z in Forza is the 276 model. I had to give it a bit more power in-game to emulate my own car

Your so grumpy what?

Maser 4200. The 3200 is hideous in terms of both keeping the thing on the road and how often it breaks, but the 4200 has the very few of these issues. If you're considering the 3200, then you have to consider the 4200. That said, a decent 996 C2S is going to be the best drive.

Actually, a trackday is the best time to turn off the TCS, especially if it's raining. As long as you're mindful of other cars and not driving like a complete tit, you can push it and spin out in pretty much complete safety: After all, you could never do that on the roads and how else are you going to get a feeling of what to do when everything goes wrong? Whenever I get a new car on a trackday the one of the first things I try and do is overcook it and spin on purpose, just to see how the car feels and reacts.

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Those foam puncture things are useless. You can only drive at 30mph and they cause a complete mess of the tyre and wheel: There's a good reason why tyre fitters hate them Don't ditch the spare, kids!

Removing the spare will cause the a weight shift to the front of the car, meaning oversteer is more likely so you might want to put some weight in there to compensate, or perhaps alter your tyre pressures. A spare is a spare is a spare, it's got the same rolling radius as your 20" tyres (or should do anyway) and will allow you to drive at 50mph to get you home in case of a puncture. Why would you want to remove it? Bear in mind in that case you'd put the spare on the front and put a front wheel on the back.

Ah, I see you've been to Norfolk too then.

Very, very nice wheels, but (*ducks*) they really don't suit the colour of your car IMHO, the silver is just too bland for something so shiny. Needs (and I can't believe I'm saying this!) a huge bodykit and/or a different colour. Black would work, or temper orange, or even azure blue. Red might be doable just too. Each to their own though, love the picture-story!

Nope, check out the interior.

Personally I'd buy the newer car every time if you can afford it. If you buy one with all the mods done you'll save money but then have nothing left to call your own or take enjoyment from modding.

Happy birthday fella!

Don't ever time yourself on track, it invalidates the TDO insurance. Always keep an eye in your mirrors for faster traffic, and don't let the red mist descend if something crappy is quicker than you. Above all else though, enjoy yourself and seeing what the car can do

Having used it myself in at least 15 mk3 MR2s over the years in direct comparison to the Dynamat I used in mine, it's easily as good and nowhere near messy. How can it be, it's just adhesive tape?

Or get yourself some lead flashing tape, about £5 for a huge roll. Lasts forever, much cheaper than dynamat et al and just as good.

Course you can, what else would you put in the boot?

It was TG back in the day when it used to be good and it was Hammond in a Caterham IIRC with 1L of fuel. Well remembered though, sir! Honestly though, I was so disappointed when I found out that I'd only gained a poxy 2MPG by driving dull. I really thought it might be worth my while driving like that all the time, especially with a diesel truck that shouldn't be fun in the first place, but t'was not to be.

My daily hack is a current-gen Ford Ranger Wildtrak, the one with the 3.0L lump. I drive my cars hard when possible, and this is no different: Despite weighing 2.5tons, she gets thrown around corners and nigh-on redlined when I'm trying to get the most out of her. In short, she's driven more like a fun car than a works vehicle. As you can imagine, with the above driving style and the fact that the air con is delightful in the summer, I don't get the greatest MPG out of her. Ford reckon 29.7MPG on the combined cycle, and that mixed 50/50 highway/city driving is pretty much what I do day to day (28 miles on the dual carriageway commute, and then anywhere between 10-20 miles driving around the site depending on what I'm doing). In the last couple of fill ups I decided I would find out exactly what MPG I'm getting normally and what I could get out of her if I really, really tried. Results as follows... FILL UP NUMBER ONE I filled the ol' girl up with BP's regular diesel and proceeded to drive my usual way, so basically I thrashed the tits off her. Loads of aircon, loads of revs, lovely. After about 330 miles the fuel light came on and she needed a fill. A quick bit of maths later and I got the grand score of... 28MPG. I was shocked. That's almost spot-on for what Ford reckon, so if I can get that whilst nailing it what on earth can I get if I drive sensibly? Ooh, I did get a wee bit excited at this point in the challenge! FILL UP NUMBER TWO Right, I'm well up for this now. I must be able to near enough double that I reckon if I short shift everywhere, turn the aircon off and coast whenever possible. So I did. I was shifting as early as possible (we're talking between 1500-2000 RPM here), no foot-flat-to-the-florr acceleration, just use the torque to get her moving kind of thing. Pootle around everywhere granny-style, and just pretend I'm limping her home on every drive. I was really impressed at my own ability to change my driving style with such ease, and knew I was onto a winner. As the fuel gauge dropped I got more and more excited, knowing that the final numbers were just round the corner. Finally the time came, and once again I dropped into the welcoming arms of the BP garage and I proudly filled the tank, awaiting the eager numbers so I could do a proper calculation of what I'd got. I was sweating. It was now or never. This is it. My final MPG was... 29.8MPG And as such I will never, ever drive so boringly again. What a complete waste of time, much like you've spent looking forward to the awesome result of this post.

We're only teasing fella, everybody's got to start somewhere and at least you looked through the manual before asking: Most people just wait to be spoonfed instead of doing any investigative work at all.

...which is in the front.