EvoluZion3

welcome to the club! :duffer:

:belly laugh!:

i like what they did to the cavalier at the end :rofl: but omfg there's some flat tummies there :shock:

that kid at the front is saying "it took me TWO weeks. it would have been three if it wasn't for Mr. Tortoise"

only 530's according to his rides. that is easily one of the best motors in the club and Stewart is a lucky chap!!!

lol, id have expected a chauffeur and champagne for that price!

lol :D :D

thanks for that Peranaman :bow: i know it can be a touchy subject for some, but i personally agree with every word said. the only way you'll ever completely stop RTAs from happening is to ban all forms of transport. and we know that's an impossible idea. accidents happen. sometimes they could have been avoided, sometimes there's no chance of avoiding them. both ways they can be very sad and tragic :( but i mainly agree with the big boot, blanket bans that these amateurs impose on us at the slightest sniff of a problem. they were supposed to be the government for 'the people', but theyre more like an Idi Amin dictatorship sometimes - employing 'gangs' of wardens to stalk your house and slap fines on you if your bin lid isn't at the right angle. christ, Hitler never even thought of that! ...sorry I seem to have drifted a little.....

b***er! :( i went to Robinson's Mazda like Dave suggested and although the chap there was helpful, he didnt recognise the colour Atlantic Blue. We put my petrol flap up against a 'Winning Blue' RX-8 and there is a slight difference. the sun came out at the time so we got a good look, and the winning blue (as in the mazda pics above) is a slightly richer blue (a tiptoe towards bayside blue), whereas mine is slightly lighter and has a hint of aquamarine. so took my flap to halfords and they dug out their mazda colours, and no luck there either. i did notice however that there's a light blue called lagoon blue, and to my expert (lol) knowledge of paint, perhaps a mixture of winning blue with a hint of lagoon blue would give me my colour. maybe the bodyshop nicknamed it atlantic blue themselves... do you think a decent paint analyser would be clever enough to pick up if a colour is actually a blend of more than one colour paint? i might go through yellow pages again to scout out a decent local bodyshop but it'll have to wait till next week - ive just moved two of my dad's freezers, and in an hour or so i'm off to have my spacers put on!

Well, I stood my ground and politely said I reckoned someone else has taken it 'by mistake' at the premesis and if he wasn't happy then to open a claim, which he has done. Paypal have sent a link to a rediculous claim page where the only three options for me are: I can prove I sent it, I can prove I refunded, or I haven't sent it. No fourth option of: I can't prove I sent it, which is obviously useless to my defence anyway. So it looks like Ive been shagged out of a £30 playstation game and I hope he enjoys playing with his freebie toy. :mac1: unfortunately, as usual, the minority has spoiled it for the majority, as now in the future I'm going to charge extra for 'signed for' service.

pmsl, i think this is the smiley youre looking for murt --> :nelson: :rofl:

thanks for the replies fellas. thanks Dave, i might pop along tomorrow depending on whether i get my spacers on (dont want to move the car as there's the lovely smell of hot rubbing tyre at the moment! :nono: ) failing that i might pop into 'frauds and try to get a colour chip or something, might look at their meshing too (and some neons while im there :x: :nono: :slap: )

thanks mate, ive just used them to design my plates mate you old soldier! :bow: thanks for that dude its appreciated! :) ordered!

thats actually answered every question i every had! :eek: :D thanks mate thats very kind :) :duffer:

^ Si what size is your rear plate? im guessing its about 13" x 6"? my rear plate is the wrong shape altogether :headvswal

happy birthday guys :duffer:

ok i need to find out the colour code of my paint job but the guys that painted it back in Nov 05 have shut down and moved on. they described it as 'mazda atlantic blue', but that colour appears not to exist :headvswal ive put up a few pics of the Z on a Mazda forum, and the first reply I've had is that it could be 'winning blue'. ive done a search of winning blue motors - do you reckon this is my colour?

about £105 all in. i'll hopefully get them on tomorrow so i'll let you know how we get on!

sounds like they did an excellent job! ive been thinking about having mine done since my old wheels came off and they were so bald on the insides!

:cool: booked in for the last week in April :cool: got to drive west from Leic. to Tamworth, then all the way back and keep going till I hit the sea on the east coast for my hols. just need to get a few things sorted before then, like reg plates, mesh and, oh, the right paint code for the blue :headvswal

paid in readies. posted at the counter, but the receipt doesnt have any postcodes on, its just a cash receipt - sometimes they write the postcode on each receipt but even that wouldn't prove anything. thanks for the responses, some good ideas here ;)

awesome piece of work, and two essential things to measure if youre running high power and youve not got the assistance of something like an R-Fit. its just all the work involved puts off a lazy sod like me :rofl: :rofl:

i flogged four PS3 games two weeks ago - three of them arrived safely at their different buyers - this fourth guy reckons he's not received it and wants his money back. normally id consider my customers and issue a refund, but this was street fighter 4 and was worth over £30. he's only got 22 feedback and i reckon (also judging by his 'wikid' email address) that he's trying it on, especially as amazon are selling it for £28. he didnt contact me at all, but lodged a dispute against me 2 weeks later. i responded politely and asked him to check with anyone that might have collected it from the door (the address is a company not a residence) and he said he's checked with them and at the post office (funnily enough this was the morning after i contacted him at night, so a) how the hell would he contact the post office at night, and b) if he'd already contacted the post office, why not contact me first and ask if id sent it before going to the trouble????) unfortunately i didnt get proof of postage or delivery as everyone else i deal with are no problem at all. do you think i should just spunk up the £30, or let him take it further. i have 640 100% feedback so at least i should be seen as a good ebay member.

:rofl: i noticed its dermot muurnaghgahahngn back instead of that other chap. such a sycophant it gets annoying after a while: "baaaaad luck there, just pipped at the post, baaaaaad luck, i thought you'd do it, but, T, on the night it just... wan't to be.... baaaaaaaaaad luck" :slap: SHUT UP!!!

blimey there's a name from the past - not heard from him for yonks! happy birthday bud