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ARGH STOP MIXING YOUR TYRES/TIRES YOU LOT!!!11

Must be you, mine are all in time of last post.

Any reason it says Sho rather than Show on the button?

Usually it's because the tyres you want aren't available in the stock sizes, the obvious one being the R888 so by dropping down a profile you gain access to more tyres. Given that the MPSS are available in the proper sizes though, there's no benefit. Some cars seem to hate dropping down to 40 profile and the TCS throws a hissy fit, some seem not to care at all. I personally suspect that it;s 99% down to the driver rather than the tyres, but have no proof of that other than my own experience.

Actually, that's not a bad idea...!

Also, *tyres.

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I only block the really hideous, massive sigs that take up 400% more space than whatever the poster actually has to say. SMD's one is cool, very subtle and inoffensive. There are others though...

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50/50 I'd say. Yes, they've clearly made a cack-handed effort at the job but in return you should've specified that it was not to be done that way (not your fault, I wouldn't have done it any differently). At this point, I'd point out their error but offer to pay for 50% of the cost to get it repaired properly with them. Bit of give and take on both sides then.

My forum browsing goes something like this: My bookmark is saved as the 'View New Content' link, so I hit that and get a page or so of new posts. I work my way through them. Once I've read anything vaguely interesting, I hit the 'Mark Community Read' link and then 'Mark all as read'. Currently at this point it then loops you back to the main intro page, and not the main forum page like it used to. Any chance of seeing if there's a way to put it back to the forums, as the picture/video on the main page takes longer to load and for some reason my browser (FF) doesn't seem to appreciate it too much. It's also a longer load on mobile devices too.

Lolwut Z33 is the chassis code, like E90 or BS4 or 997.

Not showing on FF either, just the code.

Who's suppressing it? Posts can still be made in Other Cars or in Off Topic, which both fit the subject nicely. We have a section for trackdays already.

No need, it's not like we're inundated with motorsport threads as it is and the last thing this forum needs is yet another sub-forum, it's hard enough to navigate at times as it is.

What part of the emissions failed? Check for exhaust leaks.

No idea, I'm a good boy who doesn't speed! I don't think it appears anywhere on a license, but I bet it's on a database somewhere.

I was demonstrating the use of the semi-colon, I thought you'd appreciate it!

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In fact, I have emailed them on this, lets see what they come back with. I don't expect a rapid response, though!

Okay, so I've had a chance to read that and it's an interesting one. On the one hand they (the Ombudsman) are saying that insurance companies cannot penalise you for spent convictions, which is why they ask you for up to five years' worth of details (for totting purposes it's 3 years, after 4 you can have them removed from you licence, but they're not officially spent until 5 years). A speed awareness course (SAC for the sake of brevity) is not a conviction, and as such I would say that, based on that Issue 25, you do not have to tell insurers about SAC as they are not allowed to penalise you for it. However... They are allowed to penalise drivers who have had a claim, regardless of fault. They are allowed to penalise drivers who have had a speeding conviction. As such, why should they not be allowed to penalise people who have clearly been caught speeding? Points or SAC, the crime is identical and should be treated as such. On this subject I'm actually going to side with the insurer I think, and I would be interested to hear the opinion of the Ombudsman on this subject now, given how popular SAC are in lieu of points and that the article Haydn linked to is 9 years old. I might drop them a line and ask.

Sounds interesting, I'll have a good read of that article later> Thanks for the heads up

...which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't quite so sensitive. You can fool it when trail braking, but you have to be incredibly precise or it'll try and tip the car more than you expect. I've managed it on occasion, but to do consistently is almost impossible. For 99% of drivers it's a non-issue, and they wouldn't notice either way, but if you must have absolute control over everything then this is a cracking way to do it.

Ah, you must be new around here. We don't do common sense, we do moaning after we've been caught for speeding on a dull straight road. You'll soon pick it up, don't worry.

Probably the easiest thing to do, even if you pay him the extra to cover it.