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I must be lucky with mine. The dealer did both our cars, they did a good job of paint correction, the product is holding up fine. And the woman running that dept sounded fanatical about detailing cars. I do have a contact for an independant detailer if needed and I'll probably use him for a redo...

Bump steer is when the wheels deflect laterally as the suspension moves through its travel. Tramlining is great fun on a bike....not!

That got me thinking. In 13 years and 4 out of 5 cars not having a spare, I've not been stranded by a flat tyre. We've had two tyres ruined on a Toyota due to objects puncturing them in non repairable places. We were able to get them sorted without leaving us carless. And a nail in her current...

Hell yes. The number of bikes that are dropped after a tyre change is amazing. A smidgeon too much throttle leaving the tyre shop often ends in tears.

I was sceptical about ceramics, then when we bought my wifes car she suggested getting it coated. I'm a convert now. 3 years on it still looks like new. I wash it about every 3 weeks, foam spray, hand wash, blower dry followed by towel dry. It lives in a carport, always gets used when it rains...

Yeah but, changing CD's when you're alone? Having to listen to all the songs instead of your favourites? Where to store 10 CD holder thingies? BTW, I'm impressed with Spotify lossless through both our cars systems

It's a pretty dumb system that doesn't read battery voltage.

I'd go PP just for the Brembos, I love powerful brakes.

Both. Live a little. BTW. As far as age and the ability to drive a manual goes. Go to Italy and see how many wrinklies have manual cars. Most of them. There are also a surprising number of manual rentals too. I was also surprised at how natural it felt to shift with my right hand.

Personally speaking, I don't consider EV's to be cars. Sustainable transport if you will. I wouldn't race one under 160kmh in the same way sensible car drivers don't take on bikes.

Yep used splitfire, I thought they were rubbish. I went back to iridium.

Break in is not about tolerances in things such as bearings. That went out with babbit bearings. It's about correctly wearing in the rings to provide optimum sealing and oil control. The hard break in BS started from race engineers who don't have time to break in over 1500kms when they have a...

Like bashing your head against a wall? Feels great when you stop.

Two new cars I bought involved a flight to get them and an 750km trip home. But I made a point of accelerating then engine braking every so often to work the rings and get oil into them. They were fine. With other cars I just drove normally with the occasional run up to two thirds of redline for...

Induction hobs use electrcity, and they're as quick as gas.

One small point, that Sarah 'n Tuned woman on Youtube said the 19's with 40 profile tyres just looks right. The proper ratio of rubber to wheel. I tend to agree, some may differ.

Never saw it, I've heard about indexing plugs. Our customers just wanted the basics.

I still remember the plug and points gaps for Pommie cars of 50-60 years ago, plugs 25 thou, points 15 thou.

I couldn't agree more. I witnessed this happen and it was frightening. She shunted three cars out of the way and hit a trailer. If people were around her they would have had no chance, it happened faster than you'd believe.

I don't use it much, but it does work well, you can flick down or up multiple gears and it responds well. You might also like sport and track modes, the downshifting under braking is a bit of fun.