fraserx

No wonder she hasn't time to drive the car - think of all the cleaning that has to be done....

This is true and I don't want to be all stuffy and preachy, but this is the SIDC - who surely don't condone this 'Max Power/Burberry' attitude to something so serious. It's not a personal attack, I'm thinking of Matt too - if, God forbid, he seriously hurts someone and his insurance take a hard view, he could be looking at jail time, for goodness sake. Anyway, I've said my piece.

Of course I've broken the speed limit - even managed to gather a handful of points for doing so. But me having points for being caught doesn't invalidate my insurance, does it?

You're hardly helping him by suggesting that he lie in order to get cover (which won't then be valid anyway). It's not me who decides whether or not you're committing a crime - your 'friendly' insurance company will take any opportunity they get to avoid paying out and if they choose to decide that your intercooler and spoiler invalidate your cover then you're stuffed. Why risk it? If you don't like preaching then stop boasting about your stupidity.

Actually, let's hope he doesn't, because basically you're committing a crime and directly contributing to the reasons the rest of us are paying such stupid premiums. I'd be interested to hear what you would say to the person who loses everying when you write off their car and your company won't pay them - or would you just laugh and turn your back?

I just had a look at Zymol's site. They do something called 'Solaris' for - wait for it - £30,000....! WTF??? LOL It would seem it's some kind of container which creates the product using the sun!!!!

Brilliant. Thanks people. At the weekend I chose a firm at random who apparently did modified cars, entered a load of details about the sort of mods done by many on here and got a quote of six and a half grand....! I'm 45 with 4 years no-claims!!

Hi All. Forgive me if this has been thrashed already, but as someone considering getting into this modding lark, does anyone have advice on insurance? In particular, are there companies who look less dimly on such activities than others? Fraser

This reminds me of a 'thread' in the letters page of one of the national motoring mags a few years ago. People were writing in giving examples of those fantastic sarky things that traffic cops had said to them upon stopping them for speeding. After a few, the winner's prize was won outright by a bloke who told of being pulled over in his 911 having been clocked at over 100 on the M25 at two in the morning. Apparently the cop took ages getting out of his car and sauntering up to the driver's window, whereupon he said: "Good evening, Group Captain. Having trouble taking off, are we?"

Exactly my experience so far - the actual 'driving' of the car doesn't feel much different - at least when just pootling home from the garage in the rush hour - but the steering feels MUCH nicer. I'm on my new summer (well, all-year actually!) tyres (moved up to 18s from 17s) and the settings have made the car feel much less 'jiggly' and 'squirmy'. Can't comment on the effects when pressing on yet, but frankly, the above experiences make it great value anyway.

No, I was looking for general comments on them too, Paul. Anyway, was there today. Everyone totally friendly and helpful (even the dogs were nice to me!), so I don't think I need have any worries on the 'general' score.

Drop-whats? You might have said, ya numpty!

Hello All, I'm new and have just begun to tweak. smile.gif This is a re-post from General - I didn't think to post it in Scottish. Doh! I've mentioned before that I'm having Hypertech's 'Fast Road' geometry applied and wondered if anyone has experience of it - what did you think? A multi-Scooby-owning friend swears by it and reckons it's a must-have mod. At the price, I'll try it and make up my own mind, but I'm interested in others' opinion nonetheless. Fraser

Doh! Told you I was new! Sorry! Yeah, that seems to be the case. In this day and age of rubbish service and 'couldn't care less' it's nice to hear someone's still trying, innit? I was just wondering, since as I get older I drive less and less spiritedly. My mate still says it's a good move though. Thanks Paul.

Hello All, I'm new and have just begun to tweak. I've mentioned before that I'm having Hypertech's 'Fast Road' geometry applied and wondered if anyone has experience of it - what did you think? A multi-Scooby-owning friend swears by it and reckons it's a must-have mod. At the price, I'll try it and make up my own mine, but am interested in others' opinion. Fraser