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lol Anyone can get a cheap Renault at the moment. Last time I saw they were knocking 6 grand off a 19 grand Scenic!

Not really SS. Could be 5 minutes, could be 5 weeks.

Don't worry Colin... We'll save you!

I thought that was steep, so definitely phone around. It's only £600 for an MR2 and that's an "engine out" job.

Sounds everso clutch-like to me. The acid test is to get to about 25/30mph, put it in 5th and floor it. If it's the clutch the revs will go through the roof but you won't move any faster. If the clutch is fine the engine will labour a little but the car will slowly pick up speed. What you describe sounds very suspicious. Nationwide Autocentre (usually not bad and there's one in Eastleigh) are quoting £500 for the job though... Eek. Also, it's impossible to say how long it will last. It might be contaminated with oil/grease and won't get any worse for ages or it might be completely f*****d.

Leona Lewis?

I think you missed my point TDD. I was merely implying that to argue against Powell without reading the speech in question would be ridiculous.

No. I prefer to base my arguments on ignorance.

You make it sound like one person deemed it to be racist.

He was sacked for a reason, now let it go.

This part comes true from 2010, if they can get the planning permission through and the work completed anyway.

I hope he sues your arse off.

Yes, but StL, the margin between 1st and 2nd is the problem really, and it's identical between F1 and MotoGP with 2nd place scoring 80% of the points that first place does. There's also little need to score points back to 15th as the countback system does the same job anyway if scores are tied. In essence, the medal system will change very little from the first few places back except that most of the drivers will be sorted by placed finishes whilst registering a 0 in the medal table. I say don't change a thing, it works.

There are roads that are some of my favourite places to be.

Curiously, my daughter is 14, but my first thought was the girl's welfare and not the parents' right to know. I think I'm turning into Robsk... Jeez.

I don't see it's their decision tbh, and I don't think the law does either but I could be wrong... Well, no, but I'm starting to think I could claim compo from the 16 year old bird I was knocking off when I was 15...

No worries, unless she was his best friend's mum it was not that exciting.

I appreciate the law WSS, but when was the last time a 16 year old girl was prosecuted for having sex with a 14 year old boy? Besides, what's your point? Should we force (for argument's sake) a pair of 14 year olds to have a baby because they're not old enough to morally choose abortion (in your opinion)? Surely that would just put them on the rocky road to being the type of benefit claimants you despise?

Does that make Labour any less culpable though? I think not but all political parties hide behind arguments like this.

I know

Yes, cos that'd stick if he's a month off 15 and she's 16 by a month. Not everything is black and white WSS.

We don't know how old the girlfriend is....

It's not her place to tell his parents IMO, but she should tell him she knows and offer herself if he wants to talk about it.

I don't have a political agenda tbh. I complained about the Tories, I complain about Labour and I will complain about whoever's next. It's actually the way of most people in the world. It just annoys me when everyone blames everything on a government that was ousted 11 years ago instead of taking responsibility for their own failings. And they ALL do that.

It's probably factual tbh Seatbelt, but our cops are so slack that they wouldn't have noticed anyway.