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If it's a standard Gatso and it flashed in your face you'll be fine since they don't work with oncoming traffic. If on the other hand it's one of the forward facing jobbies (Tuvelo?) then yes, you've been had.

The WORST Mercedes in the world. A 1992 190E that I paid £600 for. It has a lot of "character" though. Plus I love not having to give a monkey's about it. :)

"Sofistication"?!?? Now I've heard it all.

Rudder/flaps I imagine. Very impressive. Imagine the kind of stress the tyres have to endure when the plane spins round on them. Shame about the backing music: I had to mute the sound for fear of yakking up my lunch. Enigma. :ralph: Can't believe I actually bought that album back in the day.

Lovely car indeed. I wonder how much that one cost new if it's still worth £225k?

I've heard that before but it's still a classic. Seems slightly harsh but she definitely got what she deserved -- revenge really IS a dish best served cold. Muahahaha.

Got 'im!!!! The backside intruder finally arrived in the office today. My mate in the sales department wanders in at lunchtime with no comprehension of what's just happened to him. One of the sales admin girls noticed it and naturally drew everybody else's attention to it. He's now looking a bit sheepish to say the least, and the best bit is he's convinced it's another mate of ours that's done it (he signed this guy up to a gay dating service for a laugh). Think I'll be milking this one for a bit longer. :rofl:

Agree with you and fairladyzgirl -- it's a bit minging. Much rather have a Lambo or a Ferrari, not that I can afford any of them of course.

I'm in tears. I'm ordering one for one of my colleagues now... to be delivered to the office. Muahahahaha!

Run away!!!! These things come up on here every so often. It fools the ECU into thinking there's a good flow of cold air coming in to the engine. Not recommended for use on a car with any kind of forced induction. I'm sure somebody who knows more than me will post in a second with a better explanation, but the bottom line is, don't do it.

Thanks for posting Paul. Ummm.... might that explain why my Mercedes 190E won't start then? And has this been confirmed yet? Cheers, Bart

Agreed. I hate autoboxes full stop, except in stop start traffic and then they're great - but who buys a zed to drive in stop start traffic?

I know what you're saying but it just sounds like he's dumbing it down to me: "torques" is an almost entirely opaque piece of terminology, e.g. what is 396 torques exactly? But if I tell you that 396 Nm (Newton metres) is a rotational force that's the equivalent at sea level of placing a 39.6Kg weight on the end of a 1 metre long lever attached to a central pivot point it makes much more sense: 396 Newtons of force at the end of a 1 metre long lever. Lb ft are similar: number of pounds of force at the end of a foot long lever. Like I say, "torques" just makes him sound ignorant.

On the other hand you could say that about a lot of cars that made their appearance at around that time: Calibra, Probe, even the RX-7, the "dolphin" shaped BMW 3 series etc. Most cars take several years to design so anything that appeared before about 1993 would have started out its life in the 80s. I do agree though: 90s cars were largely dull, which I guess is something of an improvement on 80s cars which were largely boxy and ugly.

Had another look at it and have to say that as hideous as it is the paint job is very well done. If I had a LOT of money and a very twisted sense of humour (one out of two isn't bad) I'd buy that and have it delivered to a mate of mine. It'd be worth it just to see the expression on his wife's face.

LOL. Mate, round here it still is winter.

I'd go with the Audi - it's much classier, although I'm guessing you might pick up a Calibra for less £££ but not having checked the prices I could well be talking out of my butt. Something I'm considering for my next daily drive (my current one is slowly dying) is an old, well early- to mid-90s, BMW 325D, 525D or 530D. Reasonably economical and keeps the rear wheel drive theme, and my understanding is that they're pretty reliable. I know the 3 series is as common as muck but they're pretty decent cars nonetheless.

Blimey! I'll never believe another word he says after that. I think calling the 300ZX (Z32) 80s is pushing it a bit, even though I suppose it's technically correct as it made it's first appearance in 1989. Anyway, having now switched firmly into trainspotter mode I might as well press on... I've noticed with Jeremy Clarkson recently that he's picked up an annoying habit of quoting torque figures in a unit he describes as "torques" instead of pound feet. I suppose this could be some up to date way of referring to it, but I can't help feeling that referring to something as having "500 torques" as he did for that 911 on Sunday makes you sound really ignorant. /Disengages trainspotter mode and steps off soap box./

Agree with the others. Cheapest place I found for MT90 was Demon Tweeks, and Silkolene I always used to get from Opie: you might be able to get it slightly cheaper elsewhere but I was always too lazy to look. The next day delivery's nice as well. Cheers, Bart

Si, say it isn't so? I thought you were a man of taste, please don't be telling me you like Vauxhall Calibras? I know the turbo version is pretty quick but.. but.. but... they're minging.

"Big wobbly car for putting Americans in"?!?? I like Hammond, but he's talking nonsense. Isn't the 350Z heavier?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks like a series 2 MR2 from the back... which is kind of a shame because the rest of it is quite nice*, especially the wheels. *Except for the dashboard, which if possible is even worse than the standard dash.

That car looks suspiciously like one I saw at Tesco in Milton. Having said that although I've not seen too many around here I think silver ones are relatively common so quite possibly not the same one. I did admire it at the time, and kind of thought, why didn't I get one of those? Admittedly the dashboard is... well, just wrong, but I think they're quite nice and a lot less hassle. What I really want is this: http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CARS_popup.asp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=none&sort=5&hassearched=Y&make=NISSAN&min_pr=75&source=0&model=300+ZX&max_pr=10000&agerange=&mileage=&miles=1500&postcode=cb6+3js&start=5&distance=68&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200706269750318 It's a zed, it's a TT, it looks fantastic, and the only downside really is that it's an auto. I'm pretty sure it's one that was on sale in Birmingham a couple of years back and I rejected it at the time on the grounds that it's an auto.... now with hindsight that may have been a bit silly because it's exactly the look I really like, and of course now I'm skint because I've just bought a house, but there you go. Anyway, the reason I bring that up is that if you're willing to spend £10k on a supra you might want to consider spending a bit less on a really nice zed and then keeping the remainder of the cash in reserve for repairs. IMHO the above looks far better than any Supra I've ever seen.

Run away!!!!!!

Agreed, I think that blue is nothing short of stunning.