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Trouble is, you could've driven out of the dealer and dropped down a kerb, knocking the alignment out. Not saying that's what happened, but that's what they'll say and they'd be right to as well. I'd suck it up and write it off to experience personally.

Just need a laser alignment to sort that, easy fix.

Only just seen this, utterly horrific to watch. Poor guy, and the two that hit him must feel horrible right now. How can his helmet come off so easily though?

^^^This. They've got loads of mid-range torque which means that once they're moving they're like sh*t off a shovel. Where you would leave them behind (assuming equal drivers) is the corners.

If it's only as a shed then get the Golf. Same car, bigger boot, slightly uglier dress, cheaper.

MX-5 or Clio182.

For £10K off list I'd even have a car in Dull Resale Silver I think.

You won't see anywhere near sub-5 secs in a VXT unless you destroy the drivetrain. My old VXR running 260bhp & 280lb/ft managed 5.1 secs when two-up and being as brutal as we dared with the clutch. Where they absolute annihilate stuff is through the gears with all that lovely torque, and then in the corners you have the wonderful balance of the Lotus tub. Very cheap performance, but straight line stuff isn't what they're about and a well-driven 350Z will keep one within sight.

If the HMRC are too stupid to close those loopholes, then more fool them IMHO. You don't even need an exceptionally clever accountant to ensure you pay as little tax as possible, just one who has a decent understanding of the system. If anyone ran a normal company in the way the HMRC is run, they'd be out of business within a year. They are the most incompetent, useless, awkward company to deal with, and I don't care if it's the people behind the desks or the computer system at fault tbh. Trust me, when you've got the HMRC chasing you and sending you threatening letters over a couple of grand and scaring the crap out of you, and two months after you settle up after stretching yourself thin to pay this tax bill they then turn around and say "Oh yeah, we owe you £3K, here's a cheque", you soon lose a lot of faith in them. /VOE

That's the same year as our one Mart, except it's a WRX not an STi. One thing I will say is don't under-estimate how thirsty the cars can be on fuel. Granted ours has the PPP so will be a bit thirstier than normal, but Jo sees 26-28mpg on a motorway run, and I get sub-20mpg when I drive it (much to her displeasure!). Aside from that they're fairly simple cars, interior is awful but usable, gearbox on a WRX is more fragile than the much stronger STi 'box, turbos can and do get worn so check for blue smoke on start up but don't forget because it's a flat-4 there will be more smoke than on an in-line or vee lump. Other than that, they're a sound buy and (whisper it) more fun to drive than a Zed is.

The Inland Revenue are a bunch of c*nts.

I love 27 Dresses Katherine Heigl

This one I guess? Welcome along

Technically speaking, Vik is right. If you had a Mondeo and the exhaust wore through, you'd get a cheapy from QuikFit not from Ford and the insurers wouldn't give a fig. When it comes to performance stuff though, they do. They could give a fig about the Mondeo too if they wanted, but they don't. Truth is that whatever you do, you should tell your insurer. If they don't care then great, but at least you have it in writing. Saying you'll go to court over it is all well and good, but I suspect they have significantly better lawyers than you do.

Looks a bargain to me, not too cheap at all

Found out today from someone who should know that she has, about 8 weeks ago. Officially they're on a break, but we all know what that means... Explains a lot.

Assuming equal budget, and allowing for second-hand bargains and ignoring my bias for stuff from Stuttgart, I'd pick up a TTRS probably. Very capable cars and a great all-rounder.

Ah, I see the problem here. You need new mates.

Was watching it live on SS4 last night, absolutely shocking stuff. Just watching the 5 lap parade tribute now on YT, incredibly emotional to see and whilst I didn't think they should've done it at first, now I can see that I was completely wrong. RIP Dan.

I kinda assumed that the OP would be using winter tyres on the front as well. No-one would be daft enough to mix winter and summer tyres.

87? I had no idea you were so old Dave Must admit I was unaware of quite how good Senna was until I really got into F1 about 5 years ago, and much less how important he was to Brazil until I watched this film.

I miss my Zed Cheers for the comment Neil, much appreciated fella I won't wax lyrical over yours again as I've already said in the past it's my favourite Zed ever right now and we don't want to start rumours

This is why most dyno places make you sign a disclaimer these days sadly. That's not speaking for Mark at all, I have no idea if Abbey do this or not, but if it were my company and it was just a dyno run done before I'd touched the car, I'd be making people sign disclaimers too.

Saw it in the cinema, not a dry eye in the house. I want the BD to see the extra bits, supposed to add a lot to the documentary.

A Zed modified with a bit of restraint can look beautiful. Some that are covered in plastic tat look appalling, but as long as the owner is happy then that's all that really matters. I've found that as I've got older I've gone from modifying cars to make them look pretty to modifying them to make them drive better. I guess a lot of people do the same when you look across not only this board, but others too. Personally I love the clean lines of the Zed coupe without bits on, whereas the ragtop can do with a bit of help in places.