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Just seen that this place is advertising two '97 MkII (VVTI) Aristos, one of which is described as "freshly imported".

Would I be right in thinking that the first VVTIs were in September 1997 ? And therefore now eligible for import without an SVA test ?

I think you'll find that based mainly on the statistics of WRX Sti's crashed vs WR1's crashed, you'll probably find that the WRX owner is considerably more likely to be involved in an accident than the WR1 owner. Insurance companies are really just statistic-based profit-making machines - how that calculates out on an individual basis may seem crazy, but it's all based around the statistical algorithm that they use to maximise their profits. If you're the type of person with £18k ready to spend on a 2004 WR1, then you're probably statistically less likely to stack into something expensive (like an office building, eh? ) than the buyer of a £7 STi......

Good plan. Might as well limit all cars and bikes to 70 while you're at it.

Can't believe some of the figures on this list? Have you guys really paid out over £1000 in bank charges in 6 years??!??!

:D I've been told Black Sheep is a pretty good comedy gore-fest.

Only warning would be that make sure you're comfortable with the fact that the value of Supras could well drop even more by next year, and you may feel like you've missed out on that extra cash you could have got by selling at the right price now. Of course, you shouldn't really feel like this, because you deliberately priced the car to not really sell quickly, but I bet you will if you're eventually forced to sell at a lower price when you've had the car up "for sale" for 9 months or something.....

What about putting the car up for sale tentatively? ie. advertise it at an inflated price and seeing if anyone bites. That way you'll be happy if you sell, because of the extra money (and therefore nicer pad you'll get), and be happy(ish) if you don't, because you'll still have the Supra (just have to cope with living at home).

Which is no bad thing! Looks a bit sleeker than the GS in my opinion, but doesn't look like a Jag to me. 4.2L V8 supercharged version @ 416bhp sounds like a good proposition (albeit £55k), though!

I was coming the other way in the pimp-mobile somewhere near the rugby club.

Well I sold my vgc 6-speed TT for under £8k because I needed to sell it quickly. I'm not going to apologise for that. I only had a small window to get hold of the money I needed for the Aristo. Before I ended up selling privately, I spoke to a couple of dealers from the forum here (because I was looking to sell quickly). It was suggested that I would be looking at £6k - £6.5k MAX if I sold to trade. That is what the going rate is for these cars whether you like it or not......

MkII Escort: http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/194670.htm Capri: http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/222592.htm Renault 5: http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/220564.htm MkII Golf GTI: http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/196690.htm Saab 9000: http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/220335.htm

I was with you up to that bit, then it all got a bit hazy.

Oh - okay - I did a search for Stallone and came up with that previous one. Yeah - I remember trailers for this one with Queen Latifah - and deliberately avoided it!

Eurgh, no. This one?

It's the opening sequence I could watch over and over - hooning the moped around town - the dismount at the end is a cinema classic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0kZKI6hUwE

Ha - you think the police will actually show up if you report this happening? And when they do, the kids will get shoo'd off for a bit, and just move on somewhere else. You could video them congregating and causing damage. Oh - but some smart-a**e lawyer won't let you submit it as evidence, and you'll probably get done for videoing without prior permission. Blame the b*st*rd lawyers!!!!

They don't bother me at all unless they are actually holding people up (ie. if there is a queue in the outside lane). People who get annoyed at other drivers are scary. I pretty much stay calm while driving - angry driving is dangerous driving. Other drivers are always going to do stupid, crazy things like cutting you up, lane hogging, etc. Life is too short to let it wind you up!

Best driving scene from a film? If you're allowed to include it, it has to be, without a shadow of a doubt: C'etait un Rendezvous

I thought he was pretty good in Extras. Stiller: Who are you? Gervais: Nobody. Stiller: That's right. And who am I? Gervais: It's either Starsky or Hutch, I can never remember. Stiller: Was that supposed to be funny? Gervais: You tell me - you were in it!

Okay, so if the budget only stretches to an N/A, would we recommend having a test drive in a TT to help decide whether to save for a bit longer then go straight for a TT, or would we advise to buy an N/A and not even try a TT so you don't know what you're missing?

Tell her to stop lying in the road! D'oh! Beaten to it!

Yeah - I saw the sofa around Guildford a couple of times a few years back.

Fair enough - I've never driven an auto Supra - just the Aristo. I would love it in manual (and may well join you in Jezz's queue ). I don't like the Aristo box, but not so much that there's another car I'd trade in for.....

I replaced my manual Supra with a tiptronic Aristo. And I'm afraid to say I have to joint the ranks of the naysayers. If I had the choice, I'd go back to the manual. Every time. And that includes the fact that I used it as a daily driver through 5 miles of town centre and back every rush hour.