Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Opposites attract I guess!

I recently had the middle resonators taken out. BEST DECISION EVER. Sounds like an SVR now, pops and bangs on the overrun etc.

Ive put it up for sale now however at a totally unrealistic price as I don't really want it to go for the time being but will be changing it up for something low, wide 6.0l and convertible for summer ;) At that point will probs just chop it in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqDqPGA5LKw

Wait - the mini's up for sale or the Strange Rover?

Range. Will never sell mini

Good man.

Is that your house in the background?

City crashpad

It's his BP.

I am disgusted....you can park your cars next to each other.

I banked on snow to sell the landie at an exaggerated price......didn't snow in London..

There is a sports exhaust available ;)

Can't work out what's going on with my insurance.

I've got 7 years ncb, no accidents, no points on my licence but the same company as last year(Churchill) want £200 more to insure me this year.

Do they get to a point where they just don't want to insure old cars?

They are just trying it on, call them, they should drop it.

Think my new postcode is fucked, my old address about a mile away is absolutely fine but I can't even get quotes off some companies with my new one.

I don't quite know what this is.

But all Memberships / Renewals for long standing customers seem to get squeezed lately. Not just ins.

I can only assume they have a policy of 'trying it on' after you have been loyal for a few years. The wool is being pulled so to speak.

Now it is best to just Compare the Market and go with alternative every year imo.

There used to be a guy on PistonHeads called LoonR1 who was one of the authorities on car insurance, can't remember his exact credentials, but they were sound.

He always used to bang on about how the car insurance industry is losing money hand over fist, it's basically supported by the fact underwriters usually underwrite more than one type of insurance, so all the profits from other insurance support the losses from car insurance.

He suggested this was why individual customers feel fucked over every renewal because the industry feels it has to try and get every last penny out of consumers to reduce their massive losses.

I don't think he had any suggestions on how to improve it.

So the reality is that everyone other than car owners is getting fucked? As usual. Thanks you guys.

how old is the car. you might be surprised to find that it can be insured on a classic policy

good trolling...

Stick to virtual cars eh?

my boss, the one I mentioned a few pages back, has decided on a Saab 900i from 1987 but is having trouble getting classic car insurance for a new driver (he's just passed). Does anyone have any recommendations?

Loon is quite high up in the insurance industry.

Also new insurance get introductory discounts also time of the month can help with people needing to hit bonuses.

Why use a flat plane crank in a V8?

The noises.

http://jalopnik.com/what-is-a-flat-plane-crank-and-why-is-it-so-loud-an-ex-1659688239

And Revs.

Anyone know how bad the ride quality suffers from going to very large anti roll bars?
Currently have approx 20mm worn factory in the front and zero at the rear!!! Looking to go 25/28mm,might as well go the whole hog no?
Drove a mates t5 with a 23/25 combination and it was much better than stock, obviously no sports car, but a vast improvement.