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Looks like a Lego brick.

3D still isn't the next major step in TV usage, so I foresee this falling happily on it's arse. Most people who buy TVs don't buy them for gaming, so this is already aiming at an incredibly niche market (mainly blokes who share a flat with another guy, I reckon) and it's just not going to sell in decent numbers to make it worthwhile. Instead of pissing about with this, why don't they spend the money making 3DTV without the use of any glasses on a domestic set sensibly priced? That's surely the holy grail right now.

Seats are lovely though, I've got a thing for the diamond stitching these days The rest of the car is... *checks release date of TFATF* ... almost exactly 10 years out of date.

Oh dear god.

Dare I ask what flyeyes are? Please don't say those hideous eyebrow things...

When I said do the brakes, I meant properly. Discs and pads as a minimum, callipers too if you really want the huge differences. Get the car fully braced up as well, along with putting some decent rubber on it (what are you running right now?) and I can guarantee you will have a much more responsive and adjustable car than dropping a few kilos will ever hope to achieve.

0-60 is for kids playing Top Trumps. 30-100 will show you how the car actually works when you want it to.

^^^ What he said. If you want to go quicker, then go buy the best brakes you can afford. A set of Rays will also make a huge difference as you're losing unsprung mass, which is the best place to lose it.

HR or DE revup engine?

Correct. Anything that alters the car from how it came out of the factory is a modification and you need to tell your insurer. Will they care? Nah, but at least you've told them and there's no come back from you. Tbh I wouldn't tell them about the odd little sticker here or there, or even big ones a la Le Mans style, but I would tell them about an entire wrap.

See I'm not so sure about that, as they don't ask you what colour your car is when you take out your policy. Whether or not their info that they get from the DVLA is right or not is an issue between insurer and DVLA, and we all know just how crap the DVLA can be at times. The V5 can say that your Zed has 4 doors and is a diesel if it wants, as long as you insure it as a 2 door petrol then you're covered.

What a shame, but then I always thought they were very brave to try something like that in compensation-happy USA. Great coasters though, always found the blue one to be better than the red one though.

Ring them and ask them? But no, they won't care as they don't ask you what colour the car is anyway. Interestingly though whilst a respray wouldn't be considered a modification, would a wrap? Strictly speaking I'd say it would.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp Outdated and surely people aren't that stupid they need telling this every year? No offence meant fella, I know you only mean good by posting this, but much more useful would be posting a link to Snopes instead.

Depends on the engine. The older V8s will outlast most people, but the TVR inline sixes had design issues from the factory sadly. Once they've had the rectification work done they're a far more reliable engine as long as they're warmed up properly.

Indeed, hope you get a result

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