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812 Superfast making progress from South Queensferry area in to Barnton. Two letters, two numbers in grey. May have got the model wrong, it was dark and I just don't know Ferarris that well.

I have seen no positive comments online regadringthis change. Barcelona is not a great track tbf, they've rarely had anything but a procession, but street tracks tend to be exactly that as well, although Vegas was quite exciting in the end this year, but then even Monaco has hadthe odd decent race. ...

My friend got a quashqai on lease through his work, he didn't really want it, but he needed a car and it was very cheap. It is a 1.3 petrol mild hybrid and it isn't the top model, but one below and has plenty toys. Not heated seats but hey ho. He averages in the 50s for mpg. Obviously it is vile and...

He is a shit poet. Haggis neeps and tatties are not.

Where is the money for the testing to be found, labs, staff etc? Hiuge fines? Too many Dog "parents" owners who realise they have pets seem better.

The Golf was recovered a week or so back, sadly only my bobble hat was in it. I got a lovely letter from the storage yard, thinly disguised as if it was an offical police letter, telling me that as the registered owner I should come and collect the Golf and pay storage fees etc. Cue a 45 minute tra...

The Golf was recovered a week or so back, sadly only my bobble hat was in it. I got a lovely letter from the storage yard, thinly disguised as if it was an offical police letter, telling me that as the registered owner I should come and collect the Golf and pay storage fees etc. Cue a 45 minute trai...

mik wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:05 am That.

Or I use Imgur

Ah, thanks @mik that is exactly the site! Mow, was it BB code...

First guess got it! Mini Cooper S. 2014 in black. White roof and mirrors. 60 k one owner. Seems to have a decent spec, no idea if it was standard though but has xenons, cruise control. Is 2014 an F56 ? No, the last of the R56 models. We did conisder an F56 S but my wife preferred the shape and size...

Broccers wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:16 am Pic?

Like I said in the other thread a jb+ box and k&n typhoon made our n18 so much better.

I will try and upload a picture, but I am useless with IT so may take a while!

First guess got it! Mini Cooper S. 2014 in black. White roof and mirrors.

60 k one owner. Seems to have a decent spec, no idea if it was standard though but has xenons, cruise control.

I suspect this may not take long to guess.

4 cylinder
180ish bhp
FWD
3 door

Havng done what I intended last year up the point of buying the Golf anyway for this year I will buy another Mini to replace the gubbed one, and I very much hope that is it for the whole year, maybe even 2 or 3!

Ah brilliant, thank you! Broccers just did a quick comaprison site for a Cooper, an S and a Works. Thanks, I suspect, to the loss of he two cars, I am between 450 and 550 so not too huge a difference. Now, will my wife believe me when I say a Works will hold it's value.. actually she might, as the T...

Late to the party here, sorry ! I just checked and our S was registered July 2011. It has the N18 so I guess it’s a 2012 “model year” thing rather than 2012 production. The Clubman I had last year had the N14 engine. The N18 is definitely nicer to drive. The headline power isn’t a huge jump but the...

Thanks all! So is the Cooper engine a different block? Would a 2009, say, Cooper be relatively OK?

I cannot find the info online regarding whether the Works got the N18 engine in 2012 or if it had uprated ancilliaries and therefore did not suffer from the chocolate turbo failures I was warned of ages ago when I considered a Cooper S. Is an S without the N18 worth the risk, will they have had bett...

Well the Mini made it into the garage, no leaks, no loosened mounts or suspension bits. It does need a new hub as that was causing the ABS light, it needs discs and pads, 3 tyres, and some other stuff this year, about a grand if all goes well, and will need "substantial work" on the "...

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:28 pm I didn't know where to post this or how to title it.

Much respect to this gentleman; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67796155

THese are exactly the sort of people who should be getting honours!

I saw a meme which said "which group wouyld you rather be assocviated with" and I found that I much preferred the "no ta" group to the money grubbing parasites who had acepted. Of course some good guys get one - Sir Mo Farah for instance, but the idea that a security risk to the ...