Jolfa

Depends why it's slipping. Generally though if it's down to wear/abuse and you drive accordingly you'll get 6 months or more out of it.

That is awful news. I cannot begin to imagine why the hell anyone would vote conservative based on the current shambles unless you are very rich or very stupid and get all of your information from The Sun/Mail. I was really hoping to come home to an NHS in a couple of years

All I can see in Green's policies is "invest a f**k ton of money futureproofing everything and make everyone better off while we do it!" which is awesome but very little on how they plan to fund it...

Exactly this. I'm absolutely amazed that Conservative would be leading the Trials-Forum poll, surely nobody in good conscience could vote that lying twat back in?! He's completely f**ked everything up and made up figures to hide it! Record employment figures - if you count zero hour contracts, mandatory voluntary work and 2 years longer in education! Pledging to invest more into the NHS, that is on its arse and for sale thanks to Conservative. Higher basic income tax band equating to £400 a year paid for by punishing people on benefits (whilst I'm not pro dole dosser, it isn't just scumbags on benefits like they would have you believe) whilst minimum wage stays below the cost of living and people are forced to take jobs with no hours. This is what he sells as "rewarding hard work", horse shit. They're allowing fracking near enough anywhere. They continue to allow the richest people in the country to avoid paying any tax. University costs are mental. Go and do some reading, please, for the good of the country, Cameron is a f**king crook! I'm not particularly pro any party, they're all as bad as each other but for goodness sake if you have a brain don't vote Conservative! Both Labour and Conservatives campaigns seem to hinge on slagging each other off, but there is literally zero substance in Cameron's lies. He took on a country in a poor financial state, (which was due to a GLOBAL crash, this was not Labours doing) and made it worse, the UK is in more debt now than when they started, fantastic! Also reducing fuel costs leading up to an election was a very nice touch, enjoy that while it lasts! I'm pretty mad at myself really, I had no idea you could vote online so assumed I couldn't vote from the other side of the world, it is now too late, hence spending time persuading people not to vote Tory. Or UKIP, seriously if you even have the slightest inclination to vote UKIP you are an idiot, it's as plain as that, no explanation required. If your entire basis for placing your vote is not liking the leaders face, you are also an idiot. And lastly (promise) Rainbird, funny you should use the train set quip, the last time Tory got hold of the actual train set they sold the lot, which is why train prices are absolutely ludicrous! And breathe

Well I'm afraid you're wrong

Exactly that, if I see someone so much as approach a junction on a side road, I'm ready and expecting them every time to pull out because everyone else on the road is a special breed. And having actually just watched that video you could see some time before you hit the brakes what was about to occur that's the second video you've put up that highlights that you're pretty useless on the road I am literally the only person in the world capable of driving to an acceptable standard. Related, Australian drivers are like the worst UK drivers and worse, all of them, all genuinely dangerously unaware of anything going on around them. Pair that with the green lights to turn corners coinciding with the green man on the street you're turning onto, I'm surprised I haven't witnessed anyone getting smashed to pieces yet! Nobody lets anyone merge, everyone drives an inch away from the car in front, saw a 6 car pile-up in a 60kmh (36mph) zone the other day because everyone drives like a twat, it's insane!

Following on from my whinge about being unemployed, turns out Gumtree still thought I was in the UK and as such hasn't sent a single email I've sent to prospective employers

You'll change your mind after the 30th time

That's what I always thought, then got sick of throwing X amount at a car to get to a certain level then not really being able to fund getting much further with it. Whereas if you buy car with the X amount already done then you can concentrate on getting it to legendary level with your modding budget rather than just yet another hot hatch with the cheapest engine swap and the bushes done...

The way forward (and Jardo might actually agree with me here ) is get a car with the bulk done and finish it to make it amazing! Although that method usually involves a lot of back tracking to sort out bodges buuut there's no off road time with a car with no giblets so it's a winner really

We've just come here from Perth got an RSA and have applied for every bar, restaurant, hotel, club, shop, cafe, basic as f**k job I can find to no avail. Perhaps I'm just being impatient... We're in Brisbane CBD if you do know anyone who knows anyone though!

Not as easy as the usual "prove Jardo wrong" game, I'll give you that, there's 1001 cars out there faster than a mega powered front drive Golf for £4k and even more with not much less power and £1000+ change to get it there but the bhp/ton element made it more of a challenge http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=540403#entry5658290 http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62481 Also I sold my white Audi for £4k with something around that mark. Still, proves nothing, someone has spent a fortune on making a slow car fast somewhere down the line As above anyway, it's all about driving the most unassuming car on the road and showing up Mr Flashbastard in his real life sports car (bonus points if he has a female on board) that cost him 10x as much

It's ok, I got out of bed put the laptop away and moved downstairs with my phone instead

It's not even that cheap. The cheap options are muuuuuch much worse, learnt the hard way!

Staying in a 4 bed dorm at the moment, place is nice enough, clean, not overly noisy most of the time, privacy dividers, BUT the beds creak like you wouldn't believe. One of the beds is occupied by a Japanese girl who I think might have more limbs than she should and does not stop moving, like ever. She also appears to require a dozen different kinds of cosmetic wipe and cream (mainly Hello Kitty brand) and has these laid out in the bathroom, where she also appears to be shedding her winter coat all over the floor/walls/toilet. She also likes to leave the bathroom light on if she goes to the toilet in the night, which means the worlds loudest extractor fan (exaggeration, I just tend to sleep better without a heavy droning motor a few meters away) stays on with it. That might be ok if it was to reduce any angry odour and she perhaps switched it off shortly after but no, she just goes back to thrashing around in her bed performing the 1000 rusty gate hinge symphony. Tonight could be the night I smother her in her sleep. If she does actually sleep, I don't know. Also the girl on reception is a bitch, decided that it now costs $2 to validate my parking ticket, whilst this is only £1, on principle I refused to pay it as this is a rule she has introduced today, that none of her colleagues would back her up on, with no prior notice. She validated it eventually for free, and now gives me a really sarcastic smile whenever I pass through reception, which must be uncomfortable for her to strain from her resting bitch face. I think I'll move hostel Also I can't find a job, nobody wants people on a working holiday visa, Australians with zero enthusiasm or customer service skills are far more desirable. And it's pretty much rained solid for 2 weeks since I came to the east coast. This is not what I signed up for.

God no, not that, nothing screams amateur quite like a Vistaprint business card!

[Pug 405 Pikes Peak hill climb video here]

So linking 2 ideas together then - BAPSnaps tadaaaa well done gang!

No, you can see a massive gash piece of sheet metal that's the wrong colour, that isn't better

This. Fixed the roof he said, not that bad he said..

In other news, someone has tried to break into my mates Sil80, they clearly had no f**king idea what they were doing and have consequently shagged the drives door and boot lid and the glass seals on both. And not so much angry but going back to Jardo being the most over 18 person evarrr, I got ID'd last week in a bar by a 4ft girl. I am 29 and clearly the most over 18 person in the universe.

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Just a hat away from completing the Amish look

Gone messed up my sleep routine again, woke up at 6am and I've been reading whether corned beef will give you asparagus piss. Apparently yes it will and that's why I have stinky piss, but not everyone will be able to smell it, good news. Also on a piss related note, beetroot is not a good fruit juice ingredient.