Robert

Half of us would get locked up or sacked if they went around recording every word we said, everything is too PC these days, it was banter between two good friends. Men and women do it, it's part of life, no one is perfect. Sky should look at how the newspaper managed to get the recordings in the first place. Andy Gray was good at what he did, so silly over something stupid. How many men have been on a plane and when the pilot comes on the loudspeaker and it's a woman and we have thought or said " h i hope she can drive" or "let me off now" just as a joke.

I'm looking for a set of 17's i will consider anything as i can get them refurbished etc. Would prefer it if they had some decent tyres on though.

Already have one lined up just waiting to pick it up!

LOL hello mate, long time indeed, i'm good should be back with a nice single turbo soon I see your car has become a beast! T6 and TH400, defo have to pop over and have a look see.

Sounds good mate, i will be back in the fold too within the next few weeks great feeling isn't it! I'm up to my 4th LOL

Of course i do Mike

Why you getting touchy for? who made this personal? did you get offended by my personal opinion of a car? tells me all about you then eh You have no idea on my car knowledge thank you very much, i will never know it all and never proclaim too, i'm simply giving an opinion, which is allowed isn't it? How can you put a smart roadster in the same class as a MG? nothing more to be said on that one. So i say 11 seconds 0-60 you say 10, who cares? it's hardly fast is it? you got an extra few mph, big deal, maybe your sat nav is wrong or is that not possible? Its horses for courses drive you and if you like it fine, if it fits the purpose then get one, if you want a 'sports' car as someone has put it then don't buy a roadster. wise guy over and out

What ECU is that LOL, asking him if he upgraded the RAM would it support 800bhp

I will give you an example i bought the other half a Daewoo matiz for £550, perfect car late last year, is better on fuel than the smart fortwo and roadster, has 4 doors, more room and is cheaper for insure. Suspension is much better and is much better to drive in town and on the motorways. Why you would want to be sitting on the floor basically with seriously hard suspension and the state of our roads and pay £3k plus i don't know. The roadster might look sporty but when it hits max speed at just over 100mph and takes 11 seconds to get to 60 its hardly slick. To the OP, your brother will certainly be in something different but as a package he should look at something else IMO.

I would hardly call a smart roadster a sports car would you. Going back on topic i am giving the OP a practical sense of what these cars are like as an everyday driver, you would not get close to that MPG driving in the city. My simple point is for the money you would spend on a roadster it would be better to buy something else as a daily driver, even as a second car i'd rather have something other than a roadster. Insurance isn't as cheap as people think on them either as they aren't group 1 like the fortwo's

But i test drove many roadsters that is why i picked a forwo! Fair enough the servicing part might be off a little but the rest i stand by and actually for such a small engine they are quite quick, not something i would deny. One issue i have with a all smart cars is the fact they aren't as good on fuel as a cheap old diesel you could get for half the money. The roadster looks lovely but from a practical point of view they aren't great.

Feel free to alter what i've said if you have a different opinion For me living in London i couldn't stand a roadster with how low it is as coming to a junction i wouldn't be able to pull out safely as it is so low, thats a fact. The service history part is also a fact they do need regular servicing and by regular i mean yearly regardless of how many miles you do. Modified ones do push the limits of the tiny engines and they don't do speeds bumps very well infact just like my old fortwo i would rather get out and walk over them. It would be a nice second car or weekend toy but not a daily driver IMO.

As above the seals are a major issue as the water ruins the car's ECU and that is roughly 1/3 of the cost of the car LOL, they all leak no matter what you do to them. One thing that i didn't like was how low they are, at junctions where you have parked cars i.e like in london it would be a nightmare. I bought the Smart fortwo but sold that last week. I think you should have a look at all the smart forums and read the issues the roadsters have, they are a nice novel idea but once you have actually bought one and realise that it is your car, the novelty soon wears off. If you are determined to buy one then service history is a must as these cars along with all smart cars need regular oil and filter changes, once a year without fail. I wouldn't touch one that doesn't have a full service history and don't buy a modified or remapped one, they don't tend to last too long and engine rebuilds are quite common amongst all the smart cars. Oh and the cast turbo manifolds as they all have small turbos are prone to cracking due to a very very poor design and they run as stock 1.0 bar remapped they go to 1.4 bar and the turbo is tiny. Final point and quite important really, they don't do speed bumps very well, good lord no matter how slow you so they are so narrow it is a really rough ride.

no worries Matt i'm a lifetime member on here, they can't get rid of me for love nor money, Although saying that Branners might press that red button

LOL it's me! you can trust me i'm nice and been here way too long

I'm selling these for the other half, these are unwanted xmas gifts, don't ask me why she got two phones and both PINK! They have both been out the box to check everything was there, i think they did this in the shop, anyway they are new in the box. They are both locked to Vodafone but as everything can be unlocked. £60 Delivered each.

not this one? i know you said screamer pipe but this is the only black supra with an RSR going down a country lane i could find.

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?237341-2011-SATS-Cosworth-Supra&highlight=cosworth edit: Damn u Jamie

set this aside for me mate, i'll have them off you

This is my sisters upgrade, brand new in the box, opened to make sure everything is there but never turned on. Will be locked to Orange but can be unlocked. I know i can get a little more on ebay but can't be arsed with that place anymore. Looking for £325 delivered

Good luck it is very rare. Have a word with Jurgen as he can bring bits from yahoo auctions in japan over for you.

lol

Thanks for all the PM's guys, keep them coming