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  1. Yup, as Andy says, you are wasting your time with a snow foam lance if you're looking for a quick wash solution.  Snow foaming a car increases washing time but makes it a lot less likely that you'll scratch it.

    I jet wash, snow foam, jet wash off, wash with the 2 bucket method, dry....and then wax every couple of weeks to keep the layers topped up.

    It ain't quick.  However, I only snow foam if the car is particularly dirty.  

  2. £404 for rears on a 420d sounds perfectly usual to me.  I paid £432 for a pair of Dunlop SP Sport Maxx rears on my 520d (on 19" wheels which I suspect yours is too).

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  3. 45 minutes ago, Riz said:

    Tell me about it, had two Pirelli P-Zero 19" tyres fitted to the Golf R = £310 :o

    Wait until you come to replace the rears on an M3..*. :roflmao:+++


    *although if they’re the Michelin Pilot SS or 4S tyres, they’re not bad by the looks of it.  Black Circles says £257 each, fitted.

  4. I don't know what to say except...

    Riz drove a BMW M car and discovered what everyone else has been saying for 15 years*. :roflmao:




    *I'm delighted for you, Riz, a very wise and nice choice. 

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  5. On 12/04/2018 at 5:20 AM, Benjiex said:

    Hi guys, I'm the newest member of the crew, I like Mustang GT cars. My hobbies are racing, playing computer games, watching sci-fi movies, and reading books. I do hope to get along with everyone.

    Have you seen the newest instalment in the Star Wars franchise?

    Return of the Spammer.

    Feck off.

  6. I can't believe the myth about BMW's being 'scary' because of RWD is still out there.  Complete crock of shite.  You either know how to drive responsibly and how to drive at all, or you don't.  There.

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  7. Here's the thing, people look at the final price attained, then say "it was only £2,000 originally when he bought it 12 years ago, or whatever".

    Imagine that £2k car is now £30k.

    I wonder how much they've spent on it, each year (Ian mentioned it above) - the investment has running costs.

    Then, imagine what £2k well invested, with no running costs, in the right business or shares could be worth after 12 years.

    I still believe that, unless you're very, very shrewd and get huge pleasure from the ownership experience too, that when you factor in the annual costs - the return isn't anything like a lot of people think it looks like on face value.

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  8. I wouldn't be bothered by stuff like that.  The benefit of hindsight is a wonderful thing.  If anyone says they bought an M3 CSL back then in the knowledge that they were going to make a killing, I'd suggest they're making it up as they go along.  There might be the odd person who made a shrewd decision, but they're few and far between.

    Cars as an investment are folly, unless you've got every other investment on the planet and money isn't something you ever have to give much thought to.

  9. CSL values are some of the weirdest.

    Released at stupidly high prices, sold at massive discounts, held for a while, plummeted within 2-3 years.....then after 4-5 years they went into orbit and the people who paid the least for them ended up getting silly prices for them!  Crazy.

  10. On the subject of the F355, that would have been the one that DID make financial sense.  Maintenance wise, no.  Appreciation value wise, oh yes.  Doubled in value.

    Still, I'm not sure I'd want to change that decision because it wouldn't have made day-to-day sense and would have still meant another car.


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  11. There will never be any good financial justification for a 'sporty' car of any kind.  Such things don't exist.

    They're an itch.  You scratch them or you forever look back and have the itch in the background, nagging away as you wonder why you never did it.

    I may drive very, very boring and uninspiring cars now, and they're worth pennies compared to the value of past purchases, but I've been there and done it, enjoyed it and one thing I know for sure is this - none of the, M3's, 6, the X5 50i, blah, blah made any financial sense whatsoever and never would.:roflmao:

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  12. It makes me want a KTM or BMW GS Adventure again.  I got soooooo close but then decided it would have to wait until I had more time (which isn't a million miles away, but just not quite yet).

    It looks superb.  Out of interest, did you consider the BMW range too?

    It always seems to be a straight shoot-out between those two when you get to this type of bike.

  13. 16 hours ago, patently said:

    It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.  Just saying.

    And there's plentiful supply of rental properties in the Northwest.

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  14. p.s. that S5 is the best in the UK, probably Europe.  Possibly the world.  If there is a single blemish on it, it'll be because a bird has just shit on it for the sheer hell of annoying him.:roflmao:

    Seriously, you will never see a used S5, of any age, in better condition.


  15. Told ya. :roflmao:

    And trust me, if that tight fecker can't get the discount, you'd be wasting 20 years trying to get 0.1% more than he manages.:roflmao:

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