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Loved the Avantime. Reminded me of the classic Espace F1. Obviously not nearly as quick though.

One more for the prize list. Attendance: 1. Dez 2. Maz 3. mctwistuk 4. mctwistuk other half 5. Ed-209 6. Kaylz_555 7. Mr. Kaylz_555 8. terzo neil 9. st3ph3n 10. Nicola 11. Squiggle 12. Burgy_51_ 13. Mrs Burgy 14. Ally-b 15. MrsB 16. NKWRX 17. Bobby C depending on shift cover 18. Mrs Bobby C 19. Scoobymark 20. Mrs Scoobymark 21. Scoobymark jnr 22. jimser 23. gary d 24. yellow 25. Mrs gary d 26. Mrs yellow 27. caitlin 28. empty heed 29. empty heeds friend 30. scooby222 31. scooby222 oher half 32. STI Pretender 33. euan_r 34. NKWRX Jr 35. StrikE 36. Mrs StrikE 37. JamesM 38. Mrs JamesM 39. Nanaki 40. Greersport1 41. Greersport2 42. Meercat1 43. Meercat2 Raffle Prizes: 1. A meal for two is donated by Fai17 @ Kwang Tung 2. 1.5L bottle of Smirnoff Vodka is donated by Fai17 3. Bottle of 10year old Arran Single Malt is donated by Ed209 4. Bottle of Jack Daniels is donated by Kaylz555 5. 1 ltr bottle of famous grouse whiskey is donated by Terzo Neil 6. 1 bottle of conde D'ervideira wine is donated by Terzo Neil 7. 1 x 5L Millers CFS 10w60 is donated by Squiggle 8. 1 x 5L Millers CFS 10w60 is donated by Squiggle 9. A serice to the value of £150 is donated by Bill Greer @ Greersport 10. A custom stainless backbox is donated by Meercat Exhaust 11. I know you got soul book by Jeremy Clarkson - st3ph3n 12. Another bottle of Famous Grouse - st3ph3n

Is that x a wee kiss Peter? You're a nice guy, but ...........

Got a spare copy of this book lying about. Unopened and new etc. so might as well give it to a fellow petrolhead! Attendance: 1. Dez 2. Maz 3. mctwistuk 4. mctwistuk other half 5. Ed-209 6. Kaylz_555 7. Mr. Kaylz_555 8. terzo neil 9. st3ph3n 10. Nicola 11. Squiggle 12. Burgy_51_ 13. Mrs Burgy 14. Ally-b 15. MrsB 16. NKWRX 17. Bobby C depending on shift cover 18. Mrs Bobby C 19. Scoobymark 20. Mrs Scoobymark 21. Scoobymark jnr 22. jimser 23. gary d 24. yellow 25. Mrs gary d 26. Mrs yellow 27. caitlin 28. empty heed 29. empty heeds friend 30. scooby222 31. scooby222 oher half 32. STI Pretender 33. euan_r 34. NKWRX Jr 35. StrikE 36. Mrs StrikE 37. JamesM 38. Mrs JamesM 39. Nanaki 40. Greersport1 41. Greersport2 42. Meercat1 43. Meercat2 Raffle Prizes: 1. A meal for two is donated by Fai17 @ Kwang Tung 2. 1.5L bottle of Smirnoff Vodka is donated by Fai17 3. Bottle of 10year old Arran Single Malt is donated by Ed209 4. Bottle of Jack Daniels is donated by Kaylz555 5. 1 ltr bottle of famous grouse whiskey is donated by Terzo Neil 6. 1 bottle of conde D'ervideira wine is donated by Terzo Neil 7. 1 x 5L Millers CFS 10w60 is donated by Squiggle 8. 1 x 5L Millers CFS 10w60 is donated by Squiggle 9. A serice to the value of £150 is donated by Bill Greer @ Greersport 10. A custom stainless backbox is donated by Meercat Exhaust 11. I know you got soul book by Jeremy Clarkson - st3ph3n

http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2008/1...nor-darwin.html Now that really is taking it to extremes.

Seeing as this was higgy's thread - where is he?

Caught it this morning. Some of the slides are just inch perfect. One of them reminded me of the classic Gigi Galli hairpin video where he's basically got the car pointed at the exit before the corner's even started.

Done.

Never sit down with a lightbulb in your back pocket.

1. Dez 2. Maz 3. mctwistuk 4. mctwistuk other half 5. Ed-209 6.Kaylz_555 7.Mr. Kaylz_555 8.terzo neil 9. st3ph3n 10. Nicola Raffle Prizes: 1. A meal for two is donated by Fai17 @ Kwang Tung 2. A 1.5L bottle of Smirnoff Vodka is donated by Fai17 3. Bottle of 10year old Arran Single Malt. 4.Bottle of Jack Daniels. 5.1 ltr bottle of famous grouse whiskey 6.1 bottle of conde D'ervideira wine

If you REALLY REALLY want to be offended then go see Frankie Boyle from Mock the week doing a live show. It's clever, very funny and obviously offensive. Not Roy Chubby Brown offensive for the sake of it, or offensive as the entire punchline. I just bought 7 of Clarkson's books for £8.99 (in total). Reading Born to be riled at the moment which is my 4th one of the set. I've got a spare copy of I know you got soul now which I got last christmas but came in the set of 7 I just got too. It's a great read and is full of his love for great machines rather than rants about the belgians.

Fantastic. Love the owner's reaction.

I wonder if we can send in "more of the same please"? Must be a way to counteract the idiots who complained even though they didn't watch it.

Good points. I don't know if you seen the article last week about the improvements on the A77 which basically said that SPECS was the second coming of Jesus in its ability to save lifes. No mention of course that they'd replaced the junctions with proper ones that didn't involve buying a lottery ticket before you moved.

We were talking about it in the office this morning too and everyone is of the same opinion. A great episode. Any time they do a challenge these days the other two always drive into May. It has me in stitches every single time.

Nicola and I were watching that just about wetting ourselves. So glad it's back on the telly for a few more weeks.

The last one is marketing quality Neil. Lovely.

All sorted now

And you're not making any sense what so ever to me Frank. Maybe to other people you are. I'm quite happy to admit that my OPINION on whether you should be allowed to smoke or not whilst driving probably needs more thought. I'm not a smoker so perhaps my views on how difficult it is aren't valid. However you don't seem to think I'm entitled to an opinion, no matter how poorly thought out it is. Maybe you'd like to recap where I've gone wrong and what your point actually is? I'm away to see Bond now, I imagine there'll be less drama and fighting in it than this thread though.

Frank - at no point have I said that I'm whiter than white. You were the one who raised the decat issue as some sort of reason why I'm not allowed to have an opinion. My reply was merely to suggest that if you wanted to go down that road that you should be well aware that you're not the clean tattie yourself and by your own argument were not allowed an opinion. I'm fine with people having opinions on the law even if they've broken it. So does that clarify this then? I'm sure a lot of us agree the speed laws in this country are vastly out of date.

No belittling at all Frank. Just that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If you want to go down that road then you better make sure you're whiter than white. I'm quite happy to hold my hands up and say I've got 3 bonus points for a small incident on the M74. Whether we agree with the law or respect the law is two different things!

You'll never have broken the speed limit if you agree with the mobile phone ban then Frank?

After 3 pages I would have though that was quite obvious! I suspect if you were seen to be lighting up or extinguishing or whatever in a manner that was careless then the polce could get you for careless driving or the likes. Same as if you were consuming a bowl of cereal as I once saw a BT van driver doing in Edinburgh. I don't doubt that anyone here who does smoke doesn't attempt the harder parts of the act whilst negotiating an icy slalom track or other tricky road conditions, but there are some idiots out there who no doubt do.

Who's upset? I'm not the one who had the problem with the get a life comment either. My car has a full decat Frank. I quite enjoy making swift progress on the roads too. Quite happy to admit that. You are entitled to your opinion. But "have a word" doesn't really share that opinion with the world. Like I said - I think it should be banned on the same grounds that mobiles are. If you don't then that's fine. Doesn't mean I wouldn't have a beer in the pub with you. Obviously you'd need to go outside at some stage for a smoke and I wouldn't, but that's life too.

Luckily I read the post earlier so caught the pre-edit. So have a word with yourself Frank. Is this country not (supposedly) a democracy? I think I'm quite entitled to my opinion. You're entitled to yours too, if you can word it that way rather than just pour scorn on someone without some opinion to back it up. I think most of us here are enthusiasts who probably take great pride in our driving abilities. I think I could quite easily drive on certain roads whilst on a phone held to my ear. I also think on certain roads I could smoke (if I did smoke) quite easily. However on the M8 during rush hour there's barely time to have a blink. The way I see it, possibly from a non smoker point of view, is that it's no more or less difficult to carry out the task of smoking than it is to use a mobile. If one is banned why not the other? There's been a few jokes too about kids in the car. Quite a valid point too - how many crashes a year happen because someone's taken their eye off the road to control their screaming kids? How many happen because some complete tool just doesn't concentrate on the road no matter if they're a non-mobile user, non-smoker and not a parent? Driving standards in this country are dire. The fewer things to distract the already brain dead the better.