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The black MX-5 I bought as a weekend car post-GS had had its roof wrapped by the previous owner. When it was removed for resale with a Mazda "used approved" warranty there was a speckling of tiny white dots where the black surface layer had come off with the wrap. I don't know if that was a)...

Ooh, I think that was mine! Enjoy it.

Roos on 'roids.

Hmm, yes "in all seriousness" - let's hop this isn't the start of a pouch full of puns - or we'll rue the day... continues for 94 pages.

Apostrophes are always contentious. According to Palmer the apostrophe denotes omission of the -e in old Anglo Saxon in which the genitive ended in -es; Johnes car, girles clothes, but we stopped using the -e and replaced it with an apostrophe. Strict usage of the genitive for a person with an...

Although the fact that I am still visiting the forum may suggest otherwise (!) no; I enjoyed the GS but, as with the Caterham, I have scratched that itch now. I planned to stick to the sensible VWs but then got another RWD coupe - a used 2012 2 litre MX-5 with the folding electric roof and have...

Greetings after a long absence - and goodbye. For personal reasons I sold my GS LE to Richard Grace. A nice last drive up through the Borders on Thursday (fingers crossed for no camera-generated letters), explored Chester in the afternoon, today walked the Snowdon Horseshoe in glorious weather...

Thanks, yes, it did look lovely when I picked up on Saturday - and of course driving back up here (Bath) via the interesting NT house at Mottisfont that day it got filthy again... Fortunately the humungous amount of rain will have washed any salt off the roads beforehand - I do not use it...

My ABS/MSP/ and one other which I can't remember [ETA it was the pimp-my-ride bouncing car one] lit up on the way down for its service last week. Faulty wheel speed sensor. Wheel bearing includes the sensor £481 for GS which I assume is either the same or will be similar for a 3200.

Ja, claro, creo que si - pero tengo mi anillo de las estrellas en vez de la bandera del ingenioso hidalgo que mato el dragon en la matricula podria ser una pequena defensa contra la policia en el continente. Es el censora que ha censurado tu mensaje? Creo que le no guste la palabra que es el...

Whether Cromwell's methods (like Colonel Kurtz's) were justified in the context of his time is still a topic of debate. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-big-question-was-cromwell-a-revolutionary-hero-or-a-genocidal-war-criminal-917996.html On balance, I would prefer...

Not variable speed limit-related but I felt a fule this week and waiting to see if a NIP is coming. Starting down a dual carriageway on a hill with a 30 limit just before dusk oncoming cars were flashing me. I was in my wife's Golf which I rarely drive. It has automatic lights-on and I...

1. Caterham (in Lotus yellow and green). 2. GS

Please put me down for a set.

Road names dreamt up by developers or councillors may reflect the then-current political climate (Trafalgar Square. Victoria Place, Mandela Avenue) or heroes of the time... though they may fall out of favour (Rhodes, Saville etc). At other times they remember people or perhaps the now-vanished...