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Nope. Could've been wearing one of these, though:-

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A man stood at the pearly gates, His face all scarred and old, He stood before the man of fate, For admission to the fold. "What have you done," St. Peter asked, "To gain admission here?" "I've owned a BMW sir," "For many and many a year." The pearly gates swung open wide, St. Peter clanged the bell, "Come on in," St. Peter cried, "You've had your share of Hell!"

Via the TOC forums, which were recommended by a workmate. (no, not that sort of workmate!)

I would sign up just to argue, but I can't be arsed. If anyone wants to organise an invasion of the BMW forums though, count me in! My mate Adrian bought my Mk.1 GS off me, reckoned it was the nicest car he'd driven. Bear in mind that this is up against his current line-up of a Jaguar XJ6, BMW 735 Hartge, BMW 520 Tourer, Mitsubishi GTO, Nissan Skyline plus a few other odds and sods!

The bridge was just an example of design factors at work. They do test bridge designs by trying to take the legs out with lorries, etc. - saw a clip on TV a while back. My point was that the crash barriers are already going to be designed to take speeds well in excess of 70mph, increasing the limit shouldn't push top speeds up to the point where the barrier's rating is exceeded. Interesting ABD article here about motorway speed limits.

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It's not a Lexus, it's a LUXUS. Check the description.

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There'll be design factors implemented that mean that the barriers will take impact speeds well in excess of 70mph. For example, a bridge with a 3.5 ton weight limit is more likely to be designed to take 6 or 7 tons - a 3.7 ton van ain't going to go through the floor of it! I don't think speed limits should be abolished altogether, but perhaps the "national" speed limit should be an "advisory" one rather than an "enforced" one - certainly on motorways and dual carriageways - where the majority of us exceed the limit anyway - and also on "long, straight stretches" of single carriageways, where 85mph on a nice, quiet night isn't actually an "offence" as there's nobody about to offend! Another possible option would be raised limits for those who have passed an advanced driving test. For example, 70mph limit on motorway for "normal" drivers, raising to 100mph for those who've passed their advanced test. Catch someone doing 90mph, PNC check reveals an advanced driver, so no offence recorded. This would encourage more people to take up advanced driving courses and allow them to be not just faster drivers, but SAFER drivers.

I thought the discs were made out of Blu Tack...? Hey, soon we'll be able to go into Blockies and ask if they've "got any good bluies" without embarassment!

"Unlicensed" means "not taxed", doesn't it? Untaxed vehicles that are being used on public roads can be reported to the DVLA online.

Two screws, unit comes out. Easier than removing the wheel liner! You could always fit tamperproof screws. RS Components sell System Zero screws (used in SNES consoles and cartridges, amongst other things), the larger ones would hold the fog lights in nicely. The screw heads on these are like the opposite of Torx heads, and don't tend to turn up in common "security" screwdriver bit sets. Screws Screwdriver bits

Also eBay! Click "Sell Your Item", sign in, click "Automotive", "Continue", "Cars", any make, "Continue", enter the registration plate, "Continue". Will bring up a lot of the vehicle info (make/model/colour, etc) so you can check to see if it looked genuine.

Paul McCartney's missus puts hers in the boot!

I love the way that guy goes up, but once he sees that the car's been lifted he just turns round and walks back towards the camera. Nice to see he was concerned!

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'appy birthday!

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