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Hypocrite..you gave me an FFS for congratulating The Donald...???? Whoop Whoop No numbnuts, I gave you an FFS for posting up a THIRD thread about the election when there were two directly above it! :lol:

Whilst I accept that a lot of this will be down to brand new tyres on the front (especially the understeer entering a roundabout), get used to the odd balance now you've fitted mixed tyres. This is exactly the kind of thing that I warn people about. It'll be fine 90% of the time, then it'll do something completely random (especially in changeable conditions) that'll scare the crap out of you, and leave you with zero confidence in the car.

I'd have binned the Nankangs long before I'd bin the RS3s!

Awful news, but all the best to both of you in fighting this awful disease.

A lot of it is also to do with the moving of the political spectrum. Centrist policies are now what would have been considered right wing in the past, which makes left wing policies look even further left than they would've done previously. Right wing is the new middle ground, which is why the Conservatives and Republicans have done well.

What discs are you using?

He meant Michael Schumacher as he is now... Too far?

Don't worry about editing chaps, I was only teasing The trouble is, where do we draw the line on offending people? It's precisely the need to ensure that absolutely no-one can ever be offended by anything that is (IMHO) partially the cause of the current political backlash. Whatever happened to stick and stones? Don't get me wrong, I do realise that aggressive negative words used in conjunction with certain behaviours is clearly going to upset people, and rightfully so. I also get that, as a privileged white man, I have very little experience of anything that could be remotely upsetting in a racial or divisive way. I get that spitting the N word in a black man's face is utterly disgusting, like I get that the Ch word said in the same way to an Asian is horrendous. At the same time, I struggle to see why cowboys and Indians is offensive now, or why white women rapping on X Factor is appropriating black culture, or why only true Rastas can have dreads.

They're horrendous, it's the biggest thing owners complain about. 20mpg on a run is considered a success!

I'm offended by quote pyramids

And you'll get 15mpg, so it'll cost you a fortune to run. Is it worth the cost to change?

We had a conversation on here a couple of years back when I (at least, I think it was me) referred to a Chinese takeaway as 'having a chinky for dinner'. This offended one of our members (someone I also consider a friend) who has a Chinese wife, so I removed it. I've not used that term on here since, as I don't think it's necessary when I can use other terms and if it means not offending a mate, it's not exactly a hardship. That said, in the comfort of my own home when discussing meal options on a Saturday night with the wife, I will use that word. I wouldn't call it to someone's face ever, and I'd like to think I have nothing against the Chinese in general as I was once engaged to a girl from there myself (but yes, that falls into the 'I can't be racist as I have a black mate!' argument of crapness, I know), however as a word to use to describe some grub then I'm comfortable with it. I also accept that others are not. As for kids singing happy birthday in that sing-song faux-Chinese, even I find that a bit close to the edge. Maybe I'd laugh uncomfortably at it if I was there and heard it for the first time, but sat here in front of my PC it doesn't sit well with me.

M tax No idea why people pay that sort of money for an exhaust, regardless of value of the car. No exhaust is worth that much.

When you can't go to fancy dress as cowboys and indians any more, I think that's crossing a line. There's pure racism, and then there's the current anti-white, anti-male, anti-working class movement that stems straight from the politics of the left. You're right Stu, Trump knew who he had to aim for and he went guns blazing at them. Was he ever going to get the black or hispanic vote? Maybe, but not without losing more white male votes than he'd gain. Smart man.

In a way, it's a giant fightback against political correctness. This sums it up quite nicely: Don't even get me started on the ridiculousness of cultural appropriation.

You're right, it's fence not wall. I meant wall as in immovable structure, but I absolutely wasn't clear on that and you were right to call me on it. I stand by the fact it's already up where it can realistically be erected, though. May need a few extra fence posts, but I don't see what's wrong with the idea in theory. If that's where most of your illegals come from, is there a better way of stopping them than a physical object? I don't know, but it seems a good place to start. I didn't mention Muslims, I said illegal immigrants. They're who he has specified will be deported day one, which seems an entirely sensible thing to do to me. The Muslim ban I'm unsure on, tbh. Given that all ISIS = Muslim, it seems almost logical to make a blanket ban and go from there. However, given that Muslim != ISIS, and tbh if you were a terrorist you're unlikely to tick that box on the visa waiver on the plane over, it seems to have a huge problem before it starts. I'm ignoring the humanitarian aspect of it completely on purpose: That's clearly going to be an emotive subject, whereas the plan itself can be judged on more provable points. Eating GM foods and watching questionable quality TV has nothing to do with it. Working on that theory, it's just as likely that people on both sides also enjoyed watching GoT, given that it's arguably the most popular and well-respected TV show on the planet right now. You don't think that left wing people like a sneaky MaccyDs every now and then, or that some NRA gun nuts are also vegan? I don't believe that there's any scientific research that claims GM food affects political persuasion by ingestion only, however if there is I'm happy to be proven wrong. Would I have voted in the US Election, had I been able to? Sure, but it wouldn't have been for either main candidate. Hillary is as devious as they come, with a cavalier attitude to secure information, a bigger lust for provocation of nations than anyone this side of Kim Jon Un, and a deeply worrying view of anyone who disagrees with her. Nope, there was no right choice here, and I still maintain that we are less likely to see a large scale conflict with Trump than Clinton. That's just my opinion, of course.

The wall already exists, for the most part, where it can practically be built. Nowt wrong with immediately shipping all illegal immigrants back home either. To write a certain group of voters off as dimwitted does a huge injustice to them. Sure, some are idiots, but you get as many thickos on the left as you do the right. They know what they want from their political leaders, and it's not looking after everyone else whilst they suffer. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with that, as certainly in the last decade or so we've (as the western world) swung towards helping those who can help themselves as much as those that can't, and a hell of a lot of people have had enough of that. Sure, as reasoned and educated human beings we should want to help those less fortunate than ourselves, and we should strive to make sure that happens. At the same time, no-one wants to be treated like a fool. And a lot of politicians either do exactly that, or they have an idea of utopia that cannot exist until we sort the basics out first.

Not scary at all IMHO, that's precisely why nothing serious was achieved in his second term. It was all political point scoring by the Reps to not concede any of his policies, even if they were decent. Political scrutiny is all very well and good, but when it stops things being done which need to be done then it just stops the system working, and no-one wins that way. Interesting comments from everyone's favourite Labour leader today, following Trump's success: Now, whilst I don't doubt that he genuinely means well and believes in his way being the correct way, can he not see the absolute irony here? People rejected comprehensively the politics of the socialist left (as they did here last year in the GE), as well as rejecting crap economics (again, Labour) and a ridiculous political system that stops true progress being made (Brexit). The movement across the western world is moving sharply from one where everyone is expected to looks after everyone else, even if that means you lose out, to one where people are putting themselves first and foremost. You may or may not think that's a bad thing depending on your POV, but you can't deny it's happening. Essentially Corbyn is admitting that he's going to stick to his policies despite knowing he'll never ever get a shot in power, because he's preaching exactly what the majority don't want. Now granted, Hillary won the popular vote, but that's irrelevant as she lost the battle. She tried to play the game, and no-one was interested. As soon as she lost she picked her ball up and went home to sulk, leaving all her supporters stuck in a room wondering what the hell was going on. That alone shows why she wasn't getting the votes, and why people saw through her. For all her huggy-touchy rhetoric, she wouldn't have made a better president than Trump. I do feel sorry for her in that she's spent her whole life serving her country (as well as her own needs) only to lose at the final hurdle, but the more I think about this the more I think the US voting populous have made the right choice for the next four years. I'm not saying Trump is perfect, but I am saying that Hillary got what she deserved.

Learn to heel and toe, much more rewarding and then you have a skill you can transfer to any vehicle It's actually very easy to do, you can pick it up quickly when you know the basic idea behind it.

A good reason to buy a base spec car then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry But basically it's perfectly normal on road cars on wide tyres, so nothing to worry about at all.

My parents are out there now. They were there for 2008 and 2012 as well, tbh they've not really noticed much difference between the two: Some people are happy, some are sad.

So what are you looking at as a cost to change into a FoST/FiST? I'd seriously be considering the BRZ86 before any hatch. New, comfy, RWD, just as quick, just as fun. Price can't be a million miles off, either.

FFS http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/110239-is-trump-really-going-to-win/

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/110239-is-trump-really-going-to-win/