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Not sure what baby seat setup you have, but I find having four doors an absolute godsend. For ferrying kids around, I don’t think I’d go 2 door coupe tbh so that’s worth thinking about too. Rules out the 4 series but obvs there’s always the 3, or many others too.

No good for a baby, you won’t get a pushchair in the nose without a hacksaw. But when they’re out of one, then 100% but go 997 instead

Huge gobs of power I can live with, suspension that jerks you over the place when you apply that power gradually less so! It was anything but safe, especially in the conditions I drove it in. On a lovely summer day I’m sure it’s fine, but in mixed conditions it was shocking, and ESP can’t ever beat the laws of physics the M135i I drove straight after taking the M3 back was absolutely fine, and it’s not like that’s lacking shove either.

Well worth doing, as despite being a firm fan of big power RWD coupes i found the M4/3 to be horrible (early ones are least). The suspension is dreadful, leading to the car wanting to kill you rather than thrill you. They gave me one for a whole day, and I still took it back early because it was scary in damp/drying conditions. I hear this has been improved in later cars and esp the Comp/CS editions, but make sure you drive the age of the car you’ll be buying. Under power on the exit of an average bend and only being driven at about 6/10ths... Nope.

Have you driven an M4 yet?

But £20k for a GT-T??? Man I know they’re good looking, but that seems daft.

What about a Mustang? Although fuel economy not so great, but a great GT car that can be pushed when when on your own.

E92 M3, you can get a very good manual one for that and they’re only going one way in value. Plus V8!

Well I wouldn’t get a diesel if it’s replacing a fun car, for a start. Tbh I’m not sure I’d look past a BMW either, plenty of choice there. Without judging, ignore the 4wd thing as if you’re driving that hard to get the back out with a kid in the car, you’re driving way too fast. Audis are nicer places to be and I prefer the styling, but they don’t drive anywhere near as well. Personally I would consider splitting the budget, £10k on a boring family car (520d F11 is my current one) and then £17k on something fun, that way you get the best of both worlds? Considered a 6er? Big car but very plush and they can be hustled, cheap too now the 8er is out.

Maybe that’s why the Germans make a fortune but Nissan struggle. Options have always been a big part of buying a German car, whereas most Jap buyers want to buy non-OEM bits. Just the culture I guess.

About $600 according to one advert from the states a quick google turned up.

You may well need inserts, cheap and easy to fit though.

Ironically I went from an MR2 to the VXR220! def the right call there, as good as an MR2 is it’s inferior in every way to an S1.

I went from a VXR220 to a 350Z, very different cars but that’s a good thing as you don’t spend an age contrasting them and wondering if you made a mistake. Good luck in your search, def HR and not silver is the way to go

Because I’d like to think the intelligence level of the forum is somewhat higher than that of a parsnip?

I’m less amazed about a buckled wheel and more amazed people still use flickr! Any wheel will do that if you whack it hard enough, replica or not.

They do it because it’s dirt cheap, not because it actually works long term. Awful idea, but it won’t stop.

DVLA are back to normal in terms of speed, I’ve done driving licences and V5 updates myself very recently with no delays at all. Which I know doesn’t actually answer your question at all

Ain’t no such thing between us, sugar

Don’t lie, of course you do, that’s why you asked for pics. Again.

Might try some on my mohair jumpers

They’re not, the rules are very clear that it must be black lettering on a white background on the front. Edit: https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/rules-number-plates

Slowest of the day compared to a hairdresser’s car and a fwd scrabble wagon?! Hand your man card in, sir!

He’s saying (I think) that you’re saying that people don’t break laws because they’re expected to obey them, but that assumes a level of responsibility that we’re clearly not seeing. Essentially you’re expecting people to act like adults, which is what you’ve criticised the government for doing.

Okay, but what about the exceptions I mentioned, kids, medically unable, pubs etc? What do you do about masks then? Also I can smoke when I go outside or into other peoples’ houses, so it’s not quite as straightforward as you put it, albeit I concede it’s a valid point. The whole point about social distancing for 2m is that it essentially negates the need for masks, so if we can do that then can we take masks off?