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Is the 400bhp VAG the new LS ?

"just drop a 400bhp VAG in there"

A Beetle that's 'reet, I quite like that !

Cayenne air suspension compressor seems to have died. Cheapie Chinese replacement is very affordable at just over £100 so I’ll get one ordered. I used similar quality cheapie air springs on the Touareg and they were totally fine so hopefully this will be too. Thing with some cheap Chinese parts is ...

Need to check the colour under the (side) skirt.

They’re under £6k now ? I’d be very tempted to try one.

jamcg wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 12:25 am My area has 3 Lidl’s and 4 Aldi’s. Does that make it super classy?

That is a true win-win

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out. There’s lots that’s not clear from the vid to be fair, but I think th...

V8Granite wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 7:29 am While I’m still waiting for sensible respray prices to happen (very unlikely ) I fancy either an E46 M3, evo 5/6, Porsche Boxster to put the Audi engine in or Aston Martin Rapide.

Rapide. Do that.

Mito Man wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:18 pm Maybe they speak like Yoda?
Today MX5 I get. Soon I will drive. To Lidl I must go.

It’s not just MX5 owners that shop at Lidl.


And to the eagle-eyed, yes, that is an Aldi on the other side of the road. I live in the kind of classy area that has a Lidl AND an Aldi

Rich B wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 4:43 pm

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 4:37 pm FTAO @Jobbo: MX5 just coming down the road with the plate MX51GET spaced as you'd expect.

first glance I thought you were making a dig at Jobbos size!

It's a double whammy

25 years yesterday. Lest we forget.

This is probably in budget with only a little haggling:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... llion.html

It would be great to have a house in an area of beautiful unspoiled countryside. The risk of course, is that some selfish cnut builds a house there and ruins the beautiful unspoiled countryside near your house.

Hmmm it’s not utterly awful but the seats do look a bit tired ? Maybe worth a look as it’s local but I’d personally hold out for black interior.

Gavster wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:35 am ...would need to be close to a major town so I can pop in to catch Covid whenver I want to spice up my life.

Ian spends a large part of his life sitting in a sealed metal tube with a couple of hundred strangers, I think he's got the COVID side covered

Come on, share the link !

The only thing that would put off a very early car is that the dash illumination was green and that was quite quickly superseded by white which looks much much better IMO. Slight change to the seat design too but that's not a big deal.

10 Aggravated burglary. (b) “weapon of offence” means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use ; and So carrying a 'not fucking about' weapon on your person when breaking in. To be fair, a cucumbe...

Spotted yesterday - “2 MEN” which I’ll admit did raise my eyebrow

edit - I’ve just googled and it doesn’t come back as a valid reg but I’m sure that’s what it was.