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integrale_evo wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2026 5:29 pm The council actually came past and cleared the drains in the road outside our house the other day, I was amazed, don’t think I’ve ever seen them do them here before!

That'll be our wonderful county council that's now run by Reform

7 years I've owned this! Longest I've ever owned a car by far


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I really like the UP GTi too. I don't need an every day car anymore, due to wfh but I've always thought an an Up GTi would be a good replacement for the ...

Lovely, how many days was your trip in the end?

The gravely lay-by with the quad looks familiar.

I'm gutted that a work project had essentially fucked me over this year, with regards to a trip to Wales or Scotland

Dunno if it’s previously been mentioned here, but TopCashBack do a comparison thingy now too, you get £36 cash back for a car and £26 for a motorbike. Makes quite a difference with my bikes, as they’re all under £90/year and £26 off works out as a good percentage!

968 update

Passed its MOT today with no advisories. As previously mentioned, last years MOT advisories were slight play in the front wheel bearings and the rear discs being 'pitted and corroded'. So tightening up the bearings and cleaning up the rear brake discs with a PU wheel seemed to do the ...

I've not seen that guy in the Artura video before. I'm guessing from his hair that he doesn't often wear a helmet. Quite an engaging presenter - concise, clear - not bad.

The McL 6GT has a bizarre name - shortening McLaren to McL is the work of a WnKr. But I love the fact that it finally looks ...

Yep, to repost what I put in another thread previously, Peter Stevens isn't a fan of what GMA are doing, seemingly :lol:

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IIRC Sadiq Khan was the one who fired the previous London Police Chief Commissioner? CBA to Google it

Are the AP calipers standard, an option or fitted by the previous owner Matty?

I think the S1 Evora still look much better irl than in pics.

Looks like Harry might be slightly annoyed by “unfair” speculation on what has made the gearbox crunchy!

J'approuve!

Looks really purposeful Matty. The colour and interior are a great combination, I like the yellow stitching too

My wife recently got an ID3, simply because of the turquoise colour.


That colour is lovely - they used a similar turquoise on concept cars in the 1980s such as the Futura and the Scooter:



Now a forum approved colour then. The first ID3 I saw was in that turquoise, on someone's driveway ...

Decent!

I always found wth my Golf it was significantly more economical in hot weather conditions. Low 50s when it was very cold, high 60s when hot.

Wonder if Harry tried double declutching to stop the horrible crunching noise? Didn't seem to just be 2nd gear as the vid went further on. Interesting that it had recently been on the evo test, then the gearbox problem starts. Driven harder than a (perhaps fragile) 70s car should be? That part of ...

Well done on the numberplate screws, except isn’t the correct way to get new plates and mount them with sticky pads to avoid all screws?

Look forward to the new car reveal Matt. I have no idea what it might be but I’m very pleased it’s a 1 of 1. All my cars are 1 of 1 if you consider the VIN and ...

Matty wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2026 12:05 pm Present company excepted, of course

Good. Now if anyone here suggests that there was someone revving an M3 CSL in the carpark who happened to match my description, that's definitely fake news...ok?

Matty wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2026 12:01 pmPeople can be dickheads in groups, more-so when cars are involved

What are you suggesting, Matty?

If I got a pound for every time I've got round a road closure, or some sort of other road block in a cheeky way on my motorbike...I'd have quite a few pounds in my pocket. Always satisfying when you can do stuff like that

Someone I work with did the long train journeys you can do across Europe and that sounded really good.


Italian trains certainly don't mess around, I liked the speedo on display



Someone else I work with who is based in Belgium who I occasionally talk/message about cars, bikes and travel ...

Haven’t really been taking much notice of this. I’m guessing they have 4 brake lights?