martyyn

Whereabouts in Kent are you ? Awesome car there, especially the Alpinas and blacked out front, Im trying to convince a few people over here to do it, but Ive not been very successful.

Hell yeah.

Excellent idea Andy to keep the forum moving forwards. The only thing I would say is that when Ive seen other forums Ive been on doing it they have failed miserably simply because it has been one persons vision that has completely failed the majority of its members. I wish you the best of luck Andy (or anyone who is involved) and of course if I can help Im more than happy to. As for the last uprising and the introduction of new mods, I dont remember anything coming of it. As we have seen before in this place, a couple of people have handbags at ten paces and the forum sails right through the middle of it with no obvious changes required. Was pretty well handled if you ask me, no need to throw the baby out with the bath water is there. However if changes to 'staff' are going to be offered then they should be followed through because if you think of the fruitcakes we have on here with 900 members, having 4000 is going to be very interesting

Most sensible post in this thread so far.But it seems quite symptomatic of this forum for people to just slate each other with others joining in for the ride safely knowing that someone else has led the way. I too welcome people joining up and letting us know what they are trying to do. Some may interest me, most wont I can imagine, but without fresh blood joining up with new ideas this place will just go stale. Yes its overpriced, but you know what....dont go. Go to one of the alternative events that have been suggested already.

Is that a Jap plate holder I see

damn, Im going to have to look that one up

and me

I just come back for I think the third look at this car today What Ive been thinking though is what about a euro plate, eyelids, smoked indicators and smoked headlights....oh and blacked out grill too. Go all european on us and then I think I'd wet my pants.

Gorgeous

When I say under

Gus, Defo want one set, have sent you a PM mate.

Isnt the M button on the stereo somewhere ? I have it to scan through the songs on mine, its under the dash that folds up.

Let me stress that I didnt post this experience to set up a bashing of the police. I dont for a second believe that its an easy job and I would like to think that the bad apples are far in the minority. I used to walk through Cuba Mall every day when the druggies were making trouble and the treatment a female officer got from them on one occasion was disgraceful. I dont know how she managed to keep it together being surrounded by huge blokes all fawning her. What I was surprised about was the fact that I was 'checked out' given my personal circumstances. My tints are dark yes, but prefectly legal, as is my sports suspension lowering the car, and my 18' m-pars. I was driving perfectly legally even letting others out of intersections where I couldve gone myself. But for whatever reason the officer chose to phone my plate in. I have a Corolla wagon around my building each day with completely blacked out windows all around, sacked so low I very much doubt it had springs at all, with half the front of the car missing and huge dents down the side....now how is that allowed to be on the road ? I think 325Grant has some very valid points in his post. Whether this forum is moderated or not, or whether there are in fact police officers as members shouldnt matter when someone is making a valid point. In fact if there is a police officer on here Id love to here from them, privately or otherwise. I be fascinated to have a chat over a pint with a police officer will to discuss this sort of thing openly. I wouldve loved to have had a chat with the guy who pulled me over at the time. Why he chose to pull me over etc but felt that since he was letting me go that I should leave it at that. But that for me is the hardest thing, that I felt I should keep my mouth shut (not easy for me as some of you know) and let him get on with it. If this thread does degrade into a police bashing exercise then please lock it, but if there is some serious discussion Id love it to stay open to see what people have to say.

Throw up some pics my friend.

Come back Damian, the place just isnt the same without you my friend.

So there I am, a fine Sunday afternoon in Wellington, cruising along with the family in the car and I notice a police car behind me. No problem with that, its not the first time and certainly wont be the last. After a couple of mins he slaps on his lights and pulls me over. My wife expresses her confusion because I was well below the limit and even used my indicator ;-) I remember that I was supposed to renew my licence last week but had completely forgotten. So the guy comes over and tells me that he believes my licence has expired and he'd like to check it. He proceeds to tell me how lucky I am that I wasn’t pulled over by a new officer who wouldve given me a 400 dollar fine....blah blah blah. Now I considered discussing this further, the ridiculousness of getting a 400 fine for less than a week overdue, but thought better of it. But as we're driving away, my wife starts to wonder about his comment....'I believe your licence has expired'. He obviously had to ring in my licence plate to find that out so what made him do it ? Im 35, in a sparkling 740 with the whole family in tow. Not speeding, not pulling away from intersections in any haste and certainly not drawing any attention to myself. So why did he call me in ? My wife has lots of experience of dealing with police officers (as a solicitor in family law she deals with them every day) and she knows how power crazy some of them are, but Id never really given it much thought. Are all police officers naturally this suspicious, or is it a power trip thing ? Surely he had better things to do than call me in. Surpsied he mentioned nothing about my UK plates though

I cant believe you still havent got those on Paul....what you waiting for feckin xmas ?

Nice, smoked indicators and repeaters would finish it off nicely

Hope you had a good day mate....with lots of nice pressies

Any interior shots Will ?

You are unlikely to get anything better than this.... Liquid Leather Especially if you want the true smell of leather back. Ive used it on all my cars as have alot of my friends in the UK.

Since when has 39 been used to describe size ?They are always even numbers.

HB fella You gonna need a lift tomorrow

Its unfortunate that such a great car has got such a bad reputation. But I'd definately consider a v12 again, just like any car....make sure its been looked after.There is no denying that if something goes wrong it can cost big money to fix (especially as there is two of everything) and hence twice the chance of something going wrong, but for driving you just cant beat it.

Bollox to that Sparkle, if treated properly they are fcuking bomb proof.My V12 had less issues in two years of ownership than any other car Ive ever had, even with well over 125k miles on the clock.