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Mk2 golf GTi was about the cheapest thing we got quotes on when my step daughter was learning. Didn’t actually fancy letting here loose in it though

Lando was lucky with the start. It was a very obvious jump which left him out of position. He did come to a complete stop, and made a poor actual start, and no other drivers reacted to his jump. It seems the stewards actually used some common sense there despite it being an east penalty to prove.

Just wondered whether it could possibly be an actual failure somewhere or just some attention seeking weirdo / user error like a lot of these things turn out to be.

Are they brake by wire?

I’d buy an f40 and delta integrale immediately, would have to find storage for the f40 but would happily start using the lancia straight away. Would be perfectly happy with a decently sized secluded property in Norfolk/Suffolk with a large barn / workshop. I’d keep several of the cars I already have...

Have fiat just admitted in the most obvious way possible that their new 500 looks worse than the model it replaced?

Is the ‘new’ fiat 500 already old enough that a current version styled to look like it is retro?

I don’t know how a Damon good thrashing is any different to a damn good thrashing but I’m sure it’s worth a try

Alleged race fixing / using their power to overturn a stewards decision….

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68465516

If you haven’t already, take it for a Damon good thrashing and get it properly hot, might just be throwing a hissy from little use

Buy a £15 obd2 reader from Amazon. Even if it doesn’t give you a full description it will give you a code you can google. Sod waiting a month then having to pay someone to do it

Found a screw in the mito tyre, that explains why it was losing pressure. Thankfully a good couple of inches in from the sidewall.

Popped the tyre off, stuck a plug patch in, seems to be holding pressure fine. Job done.

A lot of modern cars don’t, and the old cigarette lighter socket is more often a 12v power supply socket which can’t take the power draw an actual lighter requires.

Exactly that.

I needed a screen for a dab display, I found them in the uk for £50, the exact same items on Ali express were £7

Most resellers just add enough extra in to cover them if they get the occasional defective unit. Buy them yourself at the cheap rate and you’re taking the punt yourself.

I don’t really like then or see the point, especially as most seem to be pose mobiles with permanently attached accessories. I get the appeal of something not ground scraping and with a bit more tyre sidewall, but don’t think you need to go extreme off road to ‘cope with’ the odd speed bump and poth...

On a Facebook group saw FLT 51X on a Boxster which I thought was pretty cool.

MAC 12C on the way to work this morning, sadly on a nondescript grey ev suv thing not a maclaren mp4-12c

Not a fan of the colour and definitely not a fan of the gold pinstriping. The eyeliner around the headlights in particular.

New radiator and expansion tank fitted on the x5, relatively straight forward, just a bit fiddly in places. Took the chance while I had decent access to change the AC belt and tensioner which I’ve had sat around for about a year. Couldn’t see any cracks, just a little corrosion poking through where ...

Surely as soon as the team becomes a laughingstock because of him he has to go?

Same, I’ll quite happily save £60 and have the same parts in a slightly different box please

I like it, but it’s still big and heavy for a small car with not much space. A sliding rear seat so you can occasionally take rear passengers with actual legs would have been handy.