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Shame you don't have a chance to get the new tyres on before then, you'd get much more out of the day on new tyres than old ones. You'll be amazed though afterwards, it'll be like a new car

As interesting as the TV debates were to watch, they added very little to things other than give a headline to the Daily Mail. Remember in 2010 when Nick Clegg was amazing on TV when no-one had heard of him, and his party got a crap load of votes based purely on that rather than any actual depth to the LD policies? Yeah, look how that ended up: People then realised just *why* no-one had ever voted for them in decent numbers after seeing the nonsense they came out with! IMHO debates about policies and who you should be voting for is something that should be taken at face value going on previous history and what is actually written down, not soundbites and how well someone comes across on TV. TM seems a far stronger leader than DC to me, and whilst I didn't necessarily agree with her actions as Home Secretary she's appears to be significantly better and more forthright as a party leader. As I've said, I don't think this was the right call for a snap GE, however I'd much rather have a PM that is flexible enough to realise when something isn't really working and needs changing, rather than stick blindly with something just because they don't want to be seen as 'going back on their word'. That is the kind of useless nonsense that has to be erased from modern politics, as all it does it leave us stuck in the stone ages. As for a TV debate without the PM, that debate then loses all credibility and given that the other parties broadly agree that the Tories are evil, it won't be much of a debate if they all just stand there and agree with each other all night!

Speaking to Center Gravity, who I trust almost implicitly. The MPS4 is a multi-compound tyre which gives similar benefits as the MPSC2/MPS4S rather than the dual-compound MPSS. I queried it with them too, but they reckon the MPS4 are definitely better than the MPSS, even on track.

No way could he have steered round the Morgan, there was a signed island just at the point you'd need to start turning and then there was no space to react at all. He did exactly the right thing in not steering, else he'd either have spun off and been his own accident with no-one to claim from, or he'd have clipped the Mog and they'd both be spinning off into various bits of landscape with far worse consequences. In hindsight I agree he could've predicted it, but most normal drivers don't look further than the end of their nose when driving anyway

And went past numerous times, if I remember correctly! What can I say, my OCD loves a good list

Well, in fairness he's not faced a GE yet, so let's see what happens. He may surprise us all!

Half a litre over 500miles of mostly hard driving would seem reasonable enough to me, I think. I wouldn't worry too much right now, it's when it starts plummeting when you're pootling that you need to be concerned.

You would think that if Labour get as badly slaughtered in the election as the polls predict, even the most devout of Corbynistas would run out of patience and bin the guy off. I admire him for (mostly) standing by his principles, but principles are useless if your party has no chance of power whilst you're in charge. The UK desperately needs a strong Opposition, so I'm hoping that he would do the decent thing and give someone else a go if he fails.

Give them the car, if you can't use it either way. You either trust them to do the work, or you don't. But I wouldn't leave a car on the scissor jack, only axle stands.

Would stand a significantly better chance of being elected

Nissan spec is 1000mi/L I think (or is it 1000km/L?), so anything over that is unacceptable. However, generally speaking on a DE or HR I'd be getting concerned if it was burning more that double that tbh. Some hi-spec engines can use a bit more oil (the Audi V10s are known for it), but most modern engines don't use anywhere near that. How much are you using?

I put a fiver on JC to be PM after the election. £50 my way if it happens, which should soften the blow before he taxes it out of my pocket

Nissan?

Carried on for a bit, probably through shock, but did then pull up a few hundred metres up the road. Nah, I think you will. If you have the presence of forethought to think about it now, you'll more than likely do so on the day. This is how I deal with accidents, and it's a pre-planned thing I've drummed into myself to make sure I do it by instinct. - Move to a safe place if necessary. - If not, then engine off straight away. - Make sure myself and my passenger/s are physically fine. - Make sure the other driver and their passenger/s are physically fine. People always take priority over cars. - Judge mental state of the other person. If they're being aggressive, police straight away. - If okay, grab phone and take as many pics of everything. My car, his car, location, traffic density, weather, CCTV. Anything and everything. - Only then do I start exchanging details. Ask to see driving licence and take a photo if possible (most people will let you do this, as it's unusual and they can't see anything wrong with it. However, don't let them take a photo of yours, just say you don't have it on you!). Name, address, car details, time, date, signature. - Go home and have a beer. Each to their own, people will probably disagree with the order or various details in that, but I work on the basis that I want to make sure everyone goes home alive first.

Precisely why I filmed the guy in the lorry who drove into my BMW at the services last year, when he admitted to pulling out to his left yet was indicating to the right. I would always film everything these days after an accident, even if all I do is have my phone by my side so it's capturing sound if nothing else.

Oh I dunno, I think he's rather handsome... Interesting viewpoints. Here's my take on it: - The Morgan driver is a total moron. Nowhere near enough power to make that stick (GTR would probably have been fine), how on earth he thought he could make that I've no idea. It's a 50mph limit btw, and the angle makes it hard to judge the Pug's speed, but I tend to agree it was likely doing 60mph. - I think the Pug driver did exactly what was expected of him. Morgan committed to the move at 9secs on the video, the collision happened at 11secs. 2 secs is absolutely no time at all, I'd be amazed if he wasn't braking at the same time he was on the horn (which was actually the right move IMHO, gave the Morgan warning that something was going to happen as he'd clearly not paid enough attention to the Pug) and so had little time to do anything else. - Basing on averages and stereotypes, I reckon that it's safe to assume that a ten year old (at least) 206 is probably not owned by an enthusiast, so likely the brakes are cheap replacements from Quikfit and the tyres likely the cheapest they had in stock, and probably not brand new or matched either. As such, it probably was braking at the max it could, even though it doesn't look like it's standing on it's nose. Likely the driver was of average skill too, as a more competent driver would've seen the possibility that the Morgan might have decided to go, and would have reduced speed and been covering the brake much earlier. On the latter front, this is now where I point out that this is exactly the kind of unexpected situation that makes it so important to buy the best you can when it comes to brakes and tyres. I'm not saying that the Pug could've stopped had he been on MPSC2 and 6 pot Brembos, but his chances would've been much better. That said, he did the right thing by simply driving into the Morgan: If he'd avoided him, you can bet the Morgan would've driven off happily and the Pug driver would now be nursing a 100% fault claim on his own insurance. If you're gonna go, and it's not your fault, make sure you take the other bugger with you!

No, not this... But this instead: This is currently doing the rounds on PH, be interesting to see what other people think before I pass my judgement and view (which I know is annoying, and I berate others for doing it. Do as I say, not as I do etc).

And of course no-one will actually remember that they're voting for who is going to be running the country and all the other non-important stuff like NHS, education, taxes etc. The media (and the parties themselves!) will focus so hard on Brexit, everything else will just get the odd line here or there. That's the real shame. Also, we've got county council elections on May 8th: Why couldn't she have called this earlier and had them on the same day, to save costs?

Didn't even bother counting UKIP as a serious contender in the poll I stuck up, I kinda figured they're dead as a dead thing now.

Here's a question: What if a Labour-coalition get in, and then decide that we don't want to Brexit after all? Can we even stop A50 now? What if the EU say nope, sorry but you've triggered it now, you're leaving one way or another? Also, anyone catch May's speech? Interesting to note how she slagged off Corbyn and Labour, then Farron and the LD, but simply mentioned Sturgeon and the SNP by name only with no disparaging comments? It's as if she didn't want to upset a key group of voters...!

Okay then precious.

Theresa gone done us a surprise, ain't she? Election on June 8, assuming the other parties vote for it tomorrow. It's irritating, tbh. It's just going to cost us millions to hold the election, and we're two years away from a Brexit deal vote anyway. We either end up with a much bigger Tory majority which doesn't really change a lot, or we get a coalition of competing arguments led by someone who can't even command a lead within his own shadow cabinet.

We have several now though

Going to need lairy stickers or paint job now.

Did they have many swirls/holograms to remove before they put the film on? Did they machine the rest of the car as well? I really do like the look of those, y'know.