Dropped the gearbox and transfer case of a mates Patrol in my driveway yesterday. What a prick of a job. The thing weighed more than the engine/gearbox in my RX-7. -- Fraser

Carl Warrington's been named the place with the worst quality of life in the UK. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30080/oneplace-council-comparison-site-launched Upside is, house prices might come down, then the council will pump in loads of investment to make it a nice place and house prices will go up.

What are we all doing with ourselves these days?

If you've got a personal plate on the car, take the ****ing thing off before putting the car up for sale if you don't want to sell the plate with the car. If I'm looking for a car and bidding on your shed on ebay, it's because I want/need the car now and I don't intend to hang around for weeks while the DVLA does perfect their usual delaying tactics. -- '88 Porsche 911 Targa '00 Alfa 156 2.5...

Weekdays at 19.00 hrs on Quest.TV. The cars they build are crap IMO, but one has to appreciate the skills shown by most of those that create them. ATM they are building a complete car from aluminium. (or aluminum as they say). All except for those parts that need to be steel. Exhaust pipes, engine gearbox and transmission.parts etc. Mike.

I looked at a half-decent Golf Mk2 yesterday but the one thing I wasn't too keen on was a clutch that felt rather rough. It disengaged/ engaged OK, but didn't do so in a smooth fashion. It did feel like the clutch cable was on the way out but I was wondering if there are other, potentially more expensive clutch- related problems that would plague these?

What's the opinion? Background - if the tweaking of the Integrale goes OK, we'll probably take it to my mum's place over Chrimbo. Given that this involves mountains and can involve lots of snow (we've had 50cm+ there overnight before), I don't want to drive there on summer tyres and the 195/60s are a lot easier to find. Plus, they're roughly within 1% of the rolling radius of the 205s, so I'm...

Bloody house I was ready to make an offer for has fallen through. Why bother putting a house on the market for a week, when your relative wants you to sell it after they have gone into care, rack up estate agents fees, allow viewings, and when someone comes along with a mortgage, no chain, deposit burning a hole in their account, and wanting to know if they are leaving any of the appliances...

I think that is the biggest I can drive on my post 2000 license, and I'm going to need one for a couple of days for the move out. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553

The BBC that is. Top Gear has been moved today to appear half an hour earlier. It's the one racing around Belfast's sewers BTW. But that's not the end of the ****tishness. The next three episodes are not to be seen anywhere in the BBC listings. So that's the James May programmes on toys, Wallander and Top Gear that have all now been shelved partway through a series with no warning that it was...

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Who's had one / driven one ? What are they like ? Would I hate it ? Thinking of a V40 T4 which I see advertised at 'the right money'. Of course, there's usually a reason for something being cheap.

Managed to spin 270 degrees setting up to exit a roundabout at about 15- 20mph. Must have been diesel as my tyres are all still decent, but it felt like I had just stepped onto sheet ice, the front went a bit light, then trc went mental as I pirouetted gracefully round avoiding all sorts of cars, cheap and not so, and ended up facing the wrong way, almost sideways on, on a high planted...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZIIVsUV3U&feature=related cross-posted from uk.rec.motorcycles, V12 MX5 james

Are TSI engines any good? Has anyone got a VW or anything with one? I'm just wondering if they can be chipped or tuned to get more hp out of them should you need it e.g. like you can with a TDI? I've just got a 1.6 petrol Megane (115hp) at the moment and want to stick to petrol but with more hp, but don't want insurance or tax to go up "too" much. I'm thinking a TSI might be an option. There...

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http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2684546 -- '88 Porsche 911 Targa '00 Alfa 156 2.5 V6 '96 Elise S1 '90 Integrale 8V Kat

Elder wrote: Managed to spin 270 degrees setting up to exit a roundabout at about 15- 20mph. Must have been diesel as my tyres are all still decent, but it felt like I had just stepped onto sheet ice, the front went a bit light, then trc went mental as I pirouetted gracefully round avoiding all sorts of cars, cheap and not so, and ended up facing the wrong way, almost sideways...

Elder wrote: Managed to spin 270 degrees setting up to exit a roundabout at about 15- 20mph. Must have been diesel as my tyres are all still decent, but it felt like I had just stepped onto sheet ice, the front went a bit light, then trc went mental as I pirouetted gracefully round avoiding all sorts of cars, cheap and not so, and ended up facing the wrong way, almost sideways...

Went for £1260 last time. Place bets now. http://smallr.com/l6i -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553