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Go hard or go home with one of these bad boys!

Proper DIY review here. Looks very impressive but I'd probably slice my leg off with it or something.

He was a heavy smoker by all accounts.

Had the opportunity to go to an event he hosted at The Motorist and passed up on it. Wish I'd gone now.

RIP

Excellent news, Alex! Pleased for you.


I had my individual consultation meeting this morning and I'll be made redundant at the end of April. I'll take May off and then decide what I'm going to do - probably apply at Monzo, but my redundancy will tide me over for the rest of the year so I can take ...

Jobbo wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2025 3:15 pm Did you wear a black gilet and pretend you were on Channel 4's Hunted?

The thought crossed my mind!

There was a time when he was one of the more popular royals too. Served in the Falklands War, shagged Koo Stark etc.

Someone recently drove into the back of the Kodiaq (minor bumper damage). As it was a non-fault accident there was no excess to pay and we were promised a loan car "of equivalent spec", so I'm expecting a Tiguan or maybe a Q5. I actually got a fully loaded, every option ticked, murdered out Volvo XC ...

So sorry to hear that Mik. I'm sure you gave her the best possible life.

RobYob wrote: Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:45 am At least they didn't commit the unforgivable sin of deleting the pop-up lights like that Diablo restomod.

Or the Nardone 928, which has actually grown on me and is what I'd choose for that sort of money over the Esprit one

Final trip of the year down to Oxford for the 928.org annual meetup this weekend.

928 performed superbly over a 1200 mile trip to the Scottish Highlands - never missed a beat. I gave it a check over before I went and found that number 7 plug lead was full of green crusties and number 8 wasn't much ...

Well that happened quicker than I anticipated. Had a call this morning entitled "Important Business announcement". My role is at risk. Just under half of the Senior Engineers are going. They started off the call saying they were investing loads and then turned around and said "These roles are at ...

He believed empathy was a bad thing, and he publicly stated that a few gun deaths a year were worth it for the right to bear arms. So respecting his own beliefs I will not give a shit about his passing.


Feel for his wife and kids but basically 1000% this.

Of course there'll be a billion and ...

240PP - 2019 Audi A5 40 TFSI
Andy - 1995 Mazda MX-5 V8, 2013 BMW M135i, 2006 Smart ForTwo, 1992 Honda NC30, 2004 Honda CRF450R Supermoto, 2005 Honda CR125R, 2011 Ford Transit T350 140 AWD
16vcento - 2022 Golf GTE, 2023 Kuga PHEV ST Line X.
Alex_ - 2015 M235i
Barry - '24 Hyundai Ioniq6 Premium ...

I was pretty shocked to hear this too.

RIP Brent

Ah bugger. Any reason you can think of? I guess they dry out. They're not somewhere where water can get to are they?


Just an old MAF - 38 years old and 130000 miles. I sent the MAF off to Mike and he confirmed it was well out of spec and was the cause. The MAF on the 928 sits at the back of the ...

Coming home from work yesterday evening the 928 cut out at a set of lights just off the motorway. Restarted it and it fired up but definitely didn't sound or feel right. It kept surging the revs at idle up to 3K and was running really rich. Managed to limp the car home. It would idle roughly, light ...

I'm not sure why anyone needs four 968CS's, but this is quite an interesting vid.

At 9mins30 they even have a brief Cup1 vs Cup2 discussion to satisfy @Marv and I :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Y1i1qWo1M


I really enjoyed that. All the best Porsches featured (albeit far too little 928 ...

There’s a chap on YouTube ‘restoring’ one with an alfasud engine. Hudson autos or something similar.

Well, he doesn’t usually restore, more like gets kind of running, cleans out the rats nests, paints with a roller and adds some stickers.

I think they’re awful, but also kind of cool by being so ...

It's fortunate that BMW don't fit control modules on the floor of the chassis like many others do!


Common issue for Porsche Boxsters is people not cleaning the front and rear drain holes regularly which causes water to enter the cabin and pool under the passenger seat where the Body Control ...

Jobbo wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 8:05 am What is thousands of percent cheaper? If you reduce the price by 100% it's free. It's not possible to reduce the price by more than 100%.

And yet the other day he was banging on about Harvard students doing remedial maths!

He was instrumental in creating an entire genre of music (one of the broadest and most diverse at that). Very few people can claim that.

More than a bit sad to read it. RIP Oz.