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All the talk of pumping more money into the housing industry also annoys me quite a bit - why not just let our overinflated house prices drop back down to where they belong? Like you say - those people who have gambled their savings by investing in multiple properties should just have to accept it was a mistake - they should have gotten out of the market last year.....

....and you were only the 52nd person he'd tried it on that day....

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Sounds like you should have no problem selling then. In fact, I'd go as far to say that I think you might even scare off some customers by underpricing it for a low-milage VVTi. Good luck with the sale, anyway, mate!

Also very intrigued as to how a '98 VVTi was "REGISTERED IN UK FROM 17/06/2004"... Wasn't the 10-year SVA ruling for imports introduced in April of 2004?

Not questioning your own ownership - it was pre-import milage I was interested in. Any paperwork from the import?

Do you have any proof of milage? Otherwise I don't think anyone will believe 35k on a 10-year old car....

I must admit, I used to be a bit like supra_aero about 911's. I was simply predisposed not to like them - they are quite common (especially around these parts - I live 1/2 mile from a big Porsche dealership) and they do have a legacy, "poser" image. That was until I drove one. A friends 993. My BPU Supra would have had it in a straight line, but the 993 was a superior drive in every other way - going from the comparatively "loose" steering of the Supra, the pointy steering and tight handling on the 993 felt like a different world. I've never driven any other car which felt like it would just do exactly what you wanted it to do. I would have one in a flash if (a) I could afford one and (b) I didn't need the family space.

3067.85 - those Green specials get you 1000m+ in one go!

Now 2809.54

2209.33 best so far.....

Being in VIP mode, if I had £20k to spend, I'd be looking at a W12 Phaeton first! 450hp, 200mph car with all the luxury trimmings!

LOL Aha - that's what we've been doing wrong all this time!

Why do you care how much money the other person gets? As stated, you're never going to see them again, so the only thing that matters is how much money YOU walk away with. The decision is a psychological one, not a simple, probability-based one that you suggest. If everybody just did "steal", then no-one would ever win anything. Eventually people would realise that to win something, there needs to be some sharing going on. That's the interesting bit: if you both realise that some sharing needs to happen, can you genuinely convince the opponent that you ARE going to be sharing (and then screw them over....). If you played this over and over, people who always "steal" because they don't want the other person to get anything or they're scared of looking like a gullible tw*nt on TV will always end up worse off than someone with a varied approach. This is the level at which the game plays. The players are already past the "well, I might as well just steal" stage that you are talking about...... Still a rubbish program tho'! Of course, the best approach is to tell the opponent, "I'm just going to steal, but I'll give you half the money afterwards" (this deal cannot be performed in the "Prisoner's Dilemma" because there the reward can't be split). An irrational person who just gets annoyed that you said such a thing will steal and end up with nothing. A rational person will realise that they might as well trust you, seeing as they'll be no worse off anyhow. In game theory, the situation you describe could be defined as a "Nash Equilibrium", which is a bad situation for a game, because it means everyone should always steal, as you describe. However, this is only bad in a game if the only thing that matters is the result relative to the opponent. In a game show, like Goldenballs, the only thing that matters to the players (or the only thing that should matter to rational players) is their own absolute result relative to their start position.

Sky specialise in certain types of cars and drivers. Whilst modified Supras are certainly within their specialist knowledge in terms of cars, it is my belief that recently (last 24 months), the types of drivers that are here in the club has changed noticably. I think this is very good for the club, but I get the feeling that a lot of the newer members fall outside of Sky's "traditional" demographic of drivers that they insure, and this has led to a lot of the higher quotes that people have been reporting recently. It may be that Sky aren't the right insurer for you - the Admiral quote sounds okay, and you could try A-Flux or Green Light like Jacko suggests. If Sky were always the cheapest, then these other brokers wouldn't exist!!!

Maybe they thought it was an N/A?

No-one suggested a Boxster yet? Yes - I know they're the Porsche girl's car. Yes - I know they were overpriced when they came out. But don't they go for buttons these days?

If it's not a "how long is a piece of string" question, what would a "typical" 3000sqft house cost to build these days? (I'm guessing about £250k all in?)

So not only do they not have any ears, they can't operate the bl**dy search button either.

Everyone I know finds it disturbing. I think the main problem is that the animals all look too human. The limb and body proportions and movements are all far too human-like.

Where are you supposed to send this information? In a return email? What's the sender email address?

Yeah - I don't like them either. The Supra's well faster, innit.

MkIV SZ : 220(ish) hp, 1500(ish) Kg, 6.5(ish) 0-60 350Z : 290(ish) hp, 1450(ish) Kg, 5.8(ish) 0-60

All the more reason for calling them all the names under the sun! If my boss had no ears, I wouldn't hold back, and he doesn't even sting me.

No. Those in the know have already pointed out that the media have blown this out of all proportion. Whilst small elements of matter that might act the same as a "black hole" may be created, they will be unstable within the collider and will disappear in microseconds or less. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7468966.stm