Ekona

Top write up, enjoyed reading that

I've seen various films on various different cars, and the following is generally true on all of them: Yes, it's noticeable. Not from a distance, but definitely from arms length. If it gets hit by a stone, it will mark just like paint. Not as easily, and you still have the paint underneath, but there will be a mark you cannot get rid of. They do yellow with age, but we're talking years rather than months. With a garaged car that only came out for shows I very much doubt this would ever be an issue, as it's the UV that does the damage. You'll never get as good a finish as you can with just paint. The shine simply isn't there. In terms of how well it protects the paint, it does an exceptional job. It will still look battered and worn, but once you peel it off then underneath is immaculate. I've considered it on most of my cars, and I always come to the conclusion that since a front-end respray is equal to or less than the cost of having the film professionally applied, you might as well just budget for a respray once every couple of years instead.

I may well take you upon that mate, you coming to the meet on Saturday? Could bring it with me then.

You've seen my handiwork, clean edge and me never go together!

That's ace, cheers bud Not sure how it was made, bought it off eBay for cheaps on the principle that if it was rubbish then I'd just buy a new bit. Think I'll end up using the resin, save any issues with cracking,

It's to be used as a panel in a centre console to mount a set of window switches, a tiny digital clock and a mobile phone mount. The switch is the bit I need to cut out, the clock I'll stick and the phone mount I may stick or screw.

MPSS are now the de-facto choice of performance tyre for the discerning driver.

As good a place for this as any, hopefully someone here will have a bit more knowledge on this than I do! I've got a small piece (A5 size) of 2mm thick carbon fibre that I need to first of all cut to size, and then I need to cut a section of it out so I can fit something in there as well as mounting other bits to it. Never having worked with the stuff before, what's the best tools to use for this and how likely am I to crack it or just completely **** it up? My theory would be to cut it using a dremel or similar, and the same again to take the section inside out. What about using self-tapping screws? Is that okay, or do I need to be drilling it and using a nut and bolt? What about gluing something to it: Superglue okay, or resin or a silicone-based product? Any hints and tips would be great, thanks.

My old man owns a Hummer H2. He has no issues parking inside regular size car park spaces. If he can do it, then anyone can and there is zero excuse for it. The height of the thing is a different story, and renders every multistory car park unusable!

If you park like the person in the photo above, you're a moron who doesn't deserve a driving licence. End of.

The improvements outweigh losing Google Maps and YT. The improved speed on Safari alone is worth it.

I've had second thoughts about the ad and have amended it to remove the line in question. My justification for it being there originally still stands, but the more I think about what Sarnie is saying the more I think he's correct. Cheers for the honesty mate

I had the exact same thought myself Sarnie, and almost left it out. I left it in though as I didn't want people to think I'm taking the p*ss on the price just for a laugh, and that it was a considered thought. That said, if no-one bites in a couple of weeks I may remove it to see if that makes any difference.

Thanks chaps, I've never actually written a car ad before and it took me longer than I thought it would if honest. Hopefully it reads ok, I just kinda put in what I'd want to see in an ad.

You're more than welcome mate, I can chat about these things forever! E-Type isn't exactly a hardship either, truly wonderful cars. You're a lucky man

I'm sure I could arrange some kind of payment plan since it's you mate

Now for sale, if anybody fancies her. Going to be hard to let her go, but priorities change and it's time to move on I think. Unless I get a lottery win soon, in which case I'm keeping her!

You can sleep in a car, you cant drive a house. But yeah, bin the car. Serious.

Yeah, 'cos thieves never rob people in nice areas who have lots of nice stuff.

Only a flaw if you were a cack handed flid incapable of holding a phone properly To this day, I still can't figure out how people could hold a phone in such a way that it would cause the noted effect. And they did apologise, they gave out free bumpers IIRC. @HaydnH: Good work with the maths, really doesn't seem that impressive when you put it like that.

The letter wouldn't, but it wouldn't have been necessary either. Bravo Tim, it takes balls to admit a mistake like that to the world.

Heh, I was trying to work the same thing out the other week myself, as I bought Jo an RB top and fancied a team one myself. Like you, couldn't decide if I like McLaren or Lewis, but decided it was actually the driver I followed and not the team. Glad I didn't grab a Lewis one now! Although, I bet they'll be selling them off cheap soon...

Well well, looks like I was completely wrong about Lewis not moving to Mercedes and EJ being a one-man PR team. I'd love to know what Ross Brawn said to Lewis to convince him, must've been pretty special.

The more I use my 5, the more I like it. I really wasn't keen on the extra length at first (fnarr), but then again I hated the shape of the 4 after using the 3GS for so long and yet it did eventually grow on me. The fact they've kept the girth the same (fnarr!) does help, although I'm still waiting for the first batch of apps to actually make use of the extra real estate.

Do people actually still watch adverts? Haven't seen one for years, all my stuff is recorded and then I can FF through the ads.