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Nice to see a trophy in the Pennines: Their natural environment!

Very nice. You appear to have some left seat ballast here and there though :wink:

Glad you're enjoying it, and that the extra weight from the mod is not likely to offset the weight savings made by taking the Xenons out etc. They're lovely cars...

Suppose it's what you want from a car. I'm keeping Ruby over the ST, VXR and GTI. Must admit, the R32 is tempting, but very expensive. If money was no object, I'd be in a debadged RS4, but as I want to carry on paying the mortgage and going on holiday...

The Trophy is a higher group, but if you specified you had a Trophy, not just a 182 this is indeed their error. There are procedures for misquotes like this, and they don't seem to have been followed here. I'd get in touch with Direct line and see if you can get them to stand by their original...

Only one tiny top up with 95 for me. 97 or 98 the rest of the time. By the way, I'd avoid Morrisons petrol, you might as well put coal and chip fat in the tank. If you want supermarket prices stick to Sainsburys and Tesco (ie "top name" petrol rebadged))

What a nice sunny day it was today. An ideal time to say, test drive an Audi TT. I nipped to town to buy a spice mill today (for masala grinding) and saw so many cars on trade plates, presumably on test drives. I'd left my car on the road, and it was baking when I got back in, so I popped...

Yeah, the uber fun is 2nd to 3rd. Then usually change up to 5th in the outside lane of the M67 and start looking out for unmarked cars :cry: When we're taking it easy, tend to get about 34 MPG, as we have a nice run to work with few traffic lights and junctions. When we're having fun and...

Now if Renault acknowledge this is an actual problem, it's time to have some fun... Watch out for the buggers with lasers though.

Enjoy guys. Try not to soil the Recaros through the carousel. :twisted:

/kickban please

Yeah, chicannes, I mean roundabouts, are very good for getting shut of the wannabees. I find that people in Boxters especailly seem to bottle it on them. Maybe they're just nervous about putting opposite lock down on public roads :)

Any chance you'll be at FCS?

Still not used the cruise or max speed. May have to check out the max speed thing if I keep having to drive along Stocksbridge bypass (annoying point to point speed cameras)

Odd, I'm with direct line (directly as it were) and they're dirt cheap. Tesco were a bit dearer and wanted the car on a drive or in garage to cover...

I'm selling my 6 GB iPod, here's the story: I foolishly let my iPod stay discharged for too long and I think it did it some harm. When I got back from hospital, I left it in an extremely unaccessible place and could only bend to reach it a week ago. I took it into the Apple store and asked...

Ooh, ability to connect the pod is rather handy. Please let us know about this...

I can see a 10hp gain in the upper reaches of a VTEC onda, due to their high revving. Lowering the temp of the charge will be a big boost (scary thought what a good system could do to an S2000) prolly a bit less on a 182, but worth looking at still.

Any comparison graphs for 182?

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I like the sound of the adaptor working. I was hoping Alpine would get theirs out for the last mk II Clios, but it looks like a lost cause :roll: The new Alpine with the direct input for pod is only £165 if you shop round.

<Drools> That really is the dog's danglies...

Hmm, did you get a cost for the Stockport branch to "do" a Trophy?

Can't say I'm impressed to be honest. Rather heavy and 17" wheels. Doesnt look very nippy on the video. On the upside, its a bit more roomy and has a 6 speed box for day to day driving and shopping. Looks reasonable, but another step away from fun pocket rocket. If I wanted to pay that sort...

That just sucks. The Pulp Fiction quote comes to mind... :(

It's risk vs cost really. I've protected my NCD, as it only cost £60 for the year. Best thing to do is check the T&C's to see exactly what it means. Some firms will not provide a "full" NCD proof if you switch insurers come renewal, but most will. This is a moot point for me, as Direct line...

Thanks folks, still got a couple of weeks before I can drive again. Hope I can remember which is the loud pedal! The other half is keeping her running nicely in the meantime. I can only sit a few minutes a day at the moment, so boredom is te big enemy. I'm fighting back with all of Babylon 5 on...

I've been offline for a while 'cos Ive been in hospital for a spinal operation, I'm back home now and able to sit up long enough for a quick type here and there. What's been going on? Have I missed anything entertaining?

There is a temptation to turn a quick profit while you can and replace the trophy with an ST VXR or GTI. But I'm sticking with Ruby, she's simply more fun...