Grant

I've got to admit, I read the Q & A section from your auction, and then the auction that you commented on (stinger 20011's), and you come across as a bit of a dickwad on the other auction commenting where you had no business doing so. I'd be pissed off too if I were them. Good luck with the sale though. It certainly is worth more than the current bid.

Fantastic read.

Seriously, who cares? Why even post it here in the first place? I don't think there are any potential buyers on here, so why bring it our attention in the first place.

^^^^ It has all been said before, on page 29 of this thread. But I did think it needed re-iterating again. Well said Simon and Liam

That is very very cool! Must be good fun to be involved with!

You are probably going to get offended with my answer, but tough, I'm being honest. If I were in the market for a car like yours I'd expect to get it for under $1k. If it were manual I'd only pay a fraction more.

Fantastic work. Well done and great write up.

I like it.

Good god there are some idiots in here, I love it how all of the teenagers in here think that they are experts and can solve the ills of the world. Nice work, was an amusing read. Now here is my opinion for what it is worth. I'm of the opinion that getting your licence in NZ is far too easy, and that 15 is too young. I'm not so convinced that older cars are the issue, although it is acknowledged that older cars are not as safe as their modern counterparts, and that your modern average japanese hatchback is a much better place to be in an accident than your early 1990's 5 series BMW. I also think that the NZ WOF does a pretty good job at keeping many unsafe cars off the road (with the exception of people who get a WOF by trickery or other illegal means). Having lived in California for now over a year, where there is no WOF (or anything similar) and have seen some of the pieces of crap on the legally roads here, I think NZ is a step or two ahead in that regard. I have no examples from any other countries, so can't comment on anywhere else. I am also of the opinion that it is too easy for younger drivers to drive cars that they are not suitably equipped (experience and ability wise) to drive. By this I mean cars that are too powerful, difficult to control. Again I'm not sure what the answers to this are, but I think having a much tougher/costlier insurance regime for more powerful/unsuitable cars may be a possibility and help restrict young drivers to suitable cars. When I was young my parents bought me (yes...they bought me, I was lucky) a 1300cc Mitsi Mirage that I used for about 4 years. It was a great car to learn in. It was gutless, reliable and cheap to run. It was virtually impossible to get into trouble in it. They also enforced that I stuck to the conditions of my Learners and Restricted licences until I got my full licence. My parents also made me take proper driving lessons from the outset, so I think I had a good start to my driving. I think that this would also benefit all new drivers. Anyway those are my quick thoughts. Maybe some of the other posters in here should put in some intelligent thought rahter than just attacking others opinions. As an aside I'm amazed that people think that Glenn is Kis. While they both have mature and intelligent opinions and thoughts, Glenn would post them under his own name and not need a pseudonym.

+1 - Very well put!

I saw Machine Head live last week. They opened for Metallica. I didn't think much of them, but then I was pretty much unfamilar with them beforehand and justed wanted them to get it over and done with so that Metallica could do their thing. Metallica was good fun though, they know how to put on a good show.

I like his Trademe username

Ahh just like old times! Mods trying to do their jobs and some members thonking they are above the rules and others jumping to conspiracy theory like conclusions. Cheers Grant

Definately - that would be very cool. Our door is always open!

Hi All I just thought that I would let everyone know that for a number of reasons, I have stepped down as a moderator in favour of taking a much less active roll in the forums. Cheers Grant

Thanks guys. Emily's cake looks damned good! It is an inside day today. It is bloody cold outside! I am currently playing Thomas the Tank Engine with the boys. Cheers Grant

+1

Real men come from Cambridge! Cheers Grant

I'm on the same limb

Howabout resizing your photo!800 x 600 max please! Cheers Grant

Also, this is a very minor thing, never start a sentence with a number in its 'number' form (sentence two). Use the word Four instead. Good luck, I think that you deserve better than this. Cheers Grant

E60 by a country mile for me. Cheers Grant

Great pics, but can you please resize them to 800 x 600. I love the GT3 Cheers Grant

Hi All We have had a couple if instances lately of people thinking that they are clever and funny by posting that annoying "Rickrolled" link in posts and disguising it as something else. All this does is annoy everyone else, and quite frankly it is nothing but a pain in the ass. The next person that does it will be instantly banned from here, without warning! Thanks in advance. Cheers Grant

Here are the results (using the Top Gear lap times) 1) Aerial Atom 1:19.5 (to be fair I didn't really take a photo of this, but it is in the edge of one of my photos) 2) Porsche Carerra GT 1:19.8 3) Ferrari 360 CS 1:22.3 4) Noble M400 1:25.0 Very interesting, the Noble was a lot slower than I thought. Cheers Grant