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I wouldn't be touching that car. Any dealer that muffles on about limited warranty and then haggled prices to be sold as spares or repair isn't worth dealing with, utter crooks who have zero idea of the law.

Which dealer?

When you say you can't get on, what happens exactly?

Go get your ARDS National B licence test done first, if you haven't already. A good place to do it is Bedford, they're not overly strict there on the driving test part compared with somewhere like Silverstone. Then go pick a race series! MX5 Championship is cheap but often over-subscribed, MR2 Championship slightly easier to get into but still full grids, or there's a ton of others. It's not cheap though, I reckon you're looking around £10K for a season including testing, parts, repairs, travelling, accommodation etc but still massively worth doing. I accept that number could be significantly lower or higher before anyone grabs me on it, I'm leaving it here purely as an average for the guy. I don't follow much other club racing series, so there may well be better options out there, I'm sure the usual suspects will be by to add their knowledge to the mix as well soon.

No point in paying a premium for a special edition car then chopping it to pieces, IMHO.

The Civic was incredible! I'd love to drive something with a wrap like that on it.

It really is rather good. And I hate twitch shooters as a rule.

She was in it more than you AND your car I liked all the RX8s on track at once, must've been at least 14-15 ft/lb of torque there between them

I take pride in it

You ain't kidding.

I went in my first Leaf today! Man, what a boring slab of cheap plastic that dash is. It's like going back in time to the early '90s, what on earth are Nissan thinking? That said, the cabin was spacious, the seats comfortable, ride a little too firm but nothing horrendous, and the stereo was decent. It made far too many pings and bongs for my taste, but in fairness a lot of cars do now. My review: It was alright. I give it half a thumb up percent.

Just bought the Blackvue DR650GW 1CH kit for my car, so fingers crossed it's decent enough. Bought anything yet Rich?

Mine still hurts a day later Apparently the M6 has the same arches, but a narrower rear track: How that affects clearances etc I don't know. That said, if Turner reckon that'll fit then I can't see I'll have any problems Cheers matey!

If you're going to buy a silly car, you must have it in a silly colour. That's beautiful

...and is also ugly as sin.

I'm really not I've been chatting with Grundy tonight about this, and something here doesn't add up at all. The size of the spacers I have on doesn't join up with me measuring them, the OEM wheel options and widths offered along with their offsets... Something is definitely wrong numbers wise. If you ignore all the guff I posted above and look at the M6 for example, stock wheels there are 19x9.5J ET17 on the rear. Work on the basis I need an extra 5mm clearance due to the suspension and you end up with me needing ET12 on the back: With the new wheels at ET22, I can get that with just a 10mm spacer and even then that puts me at OEM-style wheel fitment! No, this makes zero sense. As such, f*ck it, I'm going to go with my gut and just see what happens.

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Whether I can lose the extra width via raising the car, or by arch rolling, or by camber. Cannot go any smaller sadly, not even by a single mm. 20mm spacer is nothing, I'm on 30mm as it is! Agreed, but I don't want to move to 19" wheels as it means another outlay on tyres as well as adding weight, even over the spacers.

The Havoc kit won't make your car look like a Transformer, unless there's one called Optimus Fuglycar or maybe Starscreamingcoshelooksamess. I jest, each to their own. If you love it, then go for it! It's your money, as long as you're happy then who cares what other people think?

Fit yes, but it needs electrical changes to the ECU & stuff that make it not financially viable.

It's no secret the wheels on the BMW aren't exactly hellastance fit: "More tuck than Caitlyn Jenner" has been used to describe them. So I want new ones, however before I push the button can I just run a sanity check past you all please? Long post ahead... Current wheels: 18x8.5J ET45 all round, 245/45/18 tyres 25mm spacer on the front (so essentially ET20) 30mm spacer on the rear (so essentially ET15, extra 5mm needed to clear new suspension) Wanted wheels: 18x8.5J ET25 front 245/45/18 18x9.5 ET22 rear 275/40/18 Now, on the current setup if I take a straight edge from the tyre lip (two points of contact, top and bottom) to the arch lip I get the following: 10mm gap at the front 15mm gap at the rear In theory then, I can come out an extra 10mm at the front and 15mm at the rear, yeah? So I could run the following: 18x8.5J ET25 front with a 15mm spacer (so ET10) 18x9.5 ET22 rear with a 20mm spacer (so ET2) HOWEVER I'm now wider by an inch on the rear, so according to here they would stick out 25mm more than before. Basically, 10mm more than I have space for. For those that have experience, is this something you can overcome by raising the car (temp solution), arch rolling, or even by running more camber? I run very little at the rear, the tyres are pretty much stood upright. If this isn't doable, then I'll just run 8.5J all round and accept I can't really run wider at the rear. What I don't get is that OEM (option) fit on mine is 18x9J ET18, so my puzzle factor is huge here. Shame the BC suspension sit 5mm wider at the rear, but hey ho. As always, thoughts and opinions muchly welcomed.

The rest of us were busy having a life and sex whilst Grundy was playing WoW and Dota2 though

I've lost many days of my life to the ME series. I've played all three through twice, once normally and then once with a guide to make sure I didn't miss anything, and I reckon I put at least 60-80 hours into each one (including DLC). If you do the maths on that, it works out as about 20 days non-stop. And I'd happily do it again

If it's real, then fair play. If it's fake, then that's the tackiest most useless piece of crap I've seen stuck to a car in twenty years.

What the hell is that on the back?