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You got baffled inserts in those exhaust tips?

Trouble is that it comes out a week or so after CoD, which means that much like the first one that no f*cker is going to be playing it and the servers will be as dead as a room full of young padawans after Anakin's paid them a visit. They really need to be moving the release date to another time if they want people to carry on playing it, even if that means sacrificing Xmas time profit.

Controls on a touchscreen is a sh*t idea full stop. Worst design idea ever, and I include that for every manufacturer that does it. Give me a button that I can grab and operate by feel alone so I can keep my eyes on the road, not a screen I've got to plough through menu after menu to get anywhere.

Even better it was 220 delivered out of 260 made, so nearly 20% being rectified Quality control may need some serious work more than anything else. Still, he’s off to Mars in a few years, so who cares?

Perhaps, but it's unlikely anyone choosing bigger wheels would want more arch gap

How so? Rolling radius is the same regardless of 17", 18" or 19" wheels assuming you stick to OEM tolerances. In the case of the OP, the car is already 10mm lower due to the chosen tyres.

So what did he do to stop it?

Some pics might help here. And welcome

The MPSS does indeed have more rim protection on it than a Pirelli, so normal. However, please do not drive that car until you've changed the rear tyres so they match. I mean, you can drive at real low speed to the tyre place to get them changed, but don't carry on driving as usual: Having mixed tyres across an axle is seriously dangerous. And those P Zeroes are garbage, the MPSS is a MUCh better tyre all round.

Depends on what you're playing, and what you hope to get out of it. Purely from a power POV, I'm guessing that a 1070 (I run a 1080) can do High/Very High settings at 1080p at 60fps in most modern games. If you jump to 4K and keep those settings, I reckon you might only see 30fps which for me wouldn't be acceptable and misses the point of PC gaming really. To get the 60fps you'll prob have to drop down to Med settings, so things won't look as pretty in terms of effects. You will, of course, have more pixels so it'll look sharper. As games get more fancy, you'll likely be dropping that setting down even further to maintain 4K/60, which means that to keep things looking nice you'll need to upgrade your gfx card earlier than expected. 1440p is a good middle ground, so I'd say that's worth looking into. Personally I run 1080p/60 and keep everything on Ultra. I have no desire for more pixels as I'd rather see the fancy shadows, lighting and textures that the top option brings than more pixels right now. That's not to say I wouldn't like 4K but I'm not prepared to sacrifice framerate or prettyness right now, and nor am I interested in spending another £400 on SLi to stay where I am. I've looked at buying a new monitor in recent months, and if I was going to I'd be looking a G-SYNC monitor first and foremost. Sure, it's be 1080p still, but oh dear god is the refresh rates on those something to behold! For me they look much more visually impressive than anything in 4K. Sorry to throw another option onto the table I want quality over screen size these days.

You're going so far out of spec, profiles are irrelevant at this point. I also don't see any benefit in putting narrower tyres than stock on the front, unless you love understeer. 245 minimum, if you want the stretch then go for wider wheels and wide arches. Although tbh this isn't my 'scene' at all, so I'll let someone else give you the exacting details on what you're after.

That's because the suspension is utterly dire on the F80. Horrible, horrible cars. I wouldn't drive one again if you paid me, they remain the only road car I've ever driven that I felt like I had zero control over what was actually happening.

Def worth more than a standard one, but I can't see them ever being uber-collective.

That'd be classed as stickerbombing these days

I wouldn't be paying £7K for an '04, full stop. The '07 would seem to be an easier car to shift, however confirm it's an HR first.

Stickers externally I'm a fan of, but engine bay ones? Not for me I'm afraid. I've yet to see a bay done that doesn't look like it's been stickered up by 8 year old me who has finished his Panini World Cup book and is now plastering his room with spare swapsies.

Project Cars 2 is ace, in case anyone cares. On PC anyway, where the FFB is finally fixed (courtesy of Jack Spade, grab his FFB files from the official forums) and the graphics are simply beautiful during the more challenging weather conditions. Hell, I even love the RX which is something I really don't care for in real life! I do think that PC2 is definitely a game where you need a wheel though, despite the controller setup allegedly being much-improved: I know that StevoD is struggling with his Xbox version massively. But yeah, if you have a PC and a wheel and like racing games then go do a buy. Multi-class racing is amazing!

Just because the CPS choose not to prosecute, doesn't mean a crime hasn't been committed.

True, but then that's their fault. MPS4s are the plural of MPS4 and nothing to do with MPS4S I'll edit it for clarity though, thanks.

I’d prefer to look at them both as equally stupid sentencing decisions. I doubt the judge in the case you’re referring to will have much of a career left now after that balls up.

I'm not sure 10mths was enough tbh, it's a school and you've got kids floating around that time in the morning like the two on bikes you mention. Given his view was clearly obscured by Knob 2, that could've been really nasty.

No probs at all. 70L tank at say 18mpg avg is 270 miles on the nose. You can always use the torque to accelerate rather than the revs if you start getting too low, or grabbing a high gear early on the boring stuff.

...because it was me wot drove on them If you want to skip the guff then just know that I would be happy to fit these to my cars, and will recommend them going forward. For details, please read on. A friend of mine has just bought a 2005 Subaru Legacy Tourer 3.0L Spec B with LPG conversion as a shed car, and bizarrely the previous owner had fitted MPS4s to it all round. He threw me the keys, so it was time to finally get some personal time with the MPS4 to see how they shape up against the MPSS. Two caveats here: First of all, it was in a car I'd never driven before, so I was learning that as much as anything. Secondly I hadn't driven over to see him in the Beemer, instead I took the Impreza so couldn't test MPSS and MPS4 back to back. However, it did mean that I was used to driving 4WD that day, which gives me a baseline at least. For transparency, the Impreza is running RE070 tyres on it, weather conditions were dry & warm. The Legacy is a big ol' car, weighing in at at least 1600kg I reckon, so it was always going to be a challenge to see how the new MPS4 would hold up against that weight. It'll be easier on the eye if I break this down into sections, so that's what I'll do. LOW SPEED RIDE The MPSS was always good here, soaking up minor lumps in the road despite the stiff sidewalls, and the MPS4 does an equally good job here. There was very little road noise, and certainly the car was responsive to input from both steering and throttle. There's only so much you can say about low speed stuff really HIGH SPEED RIDE Much better than previous tyres! Tyre roar has never been one of Michelin's strong points, but this was noticeably quieter when I got into motorway cruising speeds. The Legacy felt secure, no tramlining, and lane changing movements made the car feel agile without feeling darty. LOW & HIGH SPEED GRIP Now we're talking. There's a lovely test route we use often for proving cars, with two roundabouts on it at either end: One on camber, one off camber, both with tons of room. This can really show up if a car is twitchy on the limit or prone to power understeer. I had bags and bags of grip, perhaps as you might expect from a 4WD system, but I was also able to trim the nose both upon entry and mid-corner with gentle precision from the steering, as the MPS4 were more than happy to gobble up any tarmac I pointed them to. Turn in was sharp and accurate yet gradual, and the Subaru responded to change in direction wonderfully. 4WD stuff has a tendency to understeer under power, which I definitely had here but with the appropriate lifting and application of the throttle I could feel the back end bite in and push the car around. How they do in wet conditions I've yet to find out, but in the dry and on public roads I would need to go to R888s to have more grip here. Certainly I'd say the MPS4 are the equal if not better than my MPSS. FEEL Now for me, this is really where the MPSS have always shone over other tyres (and why I've previously loved the much-missed Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta). It doesn't matter how much grip you have if you cannot feel what the hell is going on. Thankfully, the MPS4 are as communicative as I'd have hoped for. Pushing on you can absolutely feel them working under you, and despite the larger treadblocks at no time did I feel that the car was rolling on them or squirming under power. When you reached the tipping point of grip they did get a little tuneful, but I wouldn't call them particularly squealy or anything like that. Despite the Legacy's 4WD system pushing the grip everywhere, it was still simple to hold the car on balance under power regardless of camber change. The RE070 also excel in this regard, but the MPS4 iss a step better still. BRAKING/WET CONDITIONS UNTESTED I couldn't test anything in the wet because, well, it didn't rain! Of course I did some braking, but it's a new car to my friend and until he puts some miles on it to make sure nothing is broken I'm not willing to push a car weighing that much under very heavy braking. I will say however that I had no issue modulating the brakes at lower speeds and the biting seemed fine. CONCLUSION As I had heard from people I trust, along with reviews in the press, the MPS4 really are stunning tyres that move the game on from the MPSS. They're certainly at least the equal in every aspect that I could tell, and in terms of feel and grip they surpass their older brother. I have no hesitation in saying that I personally consider these to be the de-facto tyres anyone running on 18" wheels should be fitting if they enjoy driving performance cars, and I would recommend them above any older MPSS stock you can find. If you want to get the best out of your car, or you want something that will give you confidence that should the unexpected happen you can react, you really should be buying MPS4.

1. Probably not. He was edging forward and touched Knob 2's legs meaning the sitting was a reaction to that, but I doubt Knob 1 would've driven any further forward. 2. Absolutely, hence the reason Knob 2 is indeed a knob No chance in hell I'd have driven off with the guy sat on my bonnet. I'm not that confrontational so would never have put myself in that position in the first place, however assuming someone random did then I'd be likely phone the police straight away. I'm not stupid enough to confront someone who is going to be that aggressive and sit on my car bonnet.