Chewie

In Chelt I use to go down Daisybank Hill, Leckhampton, Cleeve Hill, Bredon Hill and there's always the Forest of Dean.

R1s and Blades are fab bikes. Indeed the problem are the riders. They watch BSB, WSB and MotoGP and all of a sudden they're Toseland or Rossi. And really, be honest a R6 or CBR600RR is more than enough. A bit like driving Supes LOL!!!

60 miles is quite a length to pedal for a novice. If you're going to do a road event buy a racing bike. Don't bother with a MTB. You'll start having problems at about 20 miles. £300 will not get you much. Best to buy used but make sure you get the right frame size. Only buy a triple chainset if you're doing mountains/hills. A double compact is all you need for flat/undulating.

Don't sell it! You'll won't get much back. Then you'll spend a few grand on a Focus or Astra. And in 6 months time when this recession is over you'll buy another one.

I zip around on my Triumph 1050 Speed Triple. I spend more time on bikes than driving my Supe. You can't compare driving cars with riding bikes. Bikes are so much fun. Come to a corner in a car and you turn the wheel. Might get its sideways. But on a bike every corner is like am adventure. LOL!!! Don't bother with supersports bikes. A few mates ride on R1s and Blades and they're rubbish. I use to leave them behind on my old 600 Hornet. LOL!

Good move AdzC! Best thing I ever did was my DAS. nearest thing to flying 3 feet off the ground. I recommend as a good first bike a 600 Hornet. Great Honda reliablity and build quality. Suzis and Kwax don't come anywhere near them. Then when you really get into biking get something bigger. Don't buy anything new. Somewhere in your fledgling years you will drop that bike. I'm now whizzing around on a Triumph 1050 Speed Triple. I luv it, dare I say more than my Supe.

Hi Pot, I've been mega busy of late. I'm in this years London marathon again. And for my sins I did charity run today around Hatherley and the Reddings wearing my biker leathers and skid lid. I've seen your Supe a few times but never twigged that was yours. Good to see your back on the road again. I was off to get some victuals from Lord Sainsburys corner shop. Have to have a mini meet some time. See yah!

Is it by any chance a Sony Ericsson C902? Dodgy software.

YOU WOT!! Well explain how the first nail managed to implant itself 2" up the side wall and then 3 weeks later I find another nail in the other tyre.

Looking at the itemised bill, puncture repair was £6, tyre valve was £2.01 & the balance was £5.50 then they shoved on VAT which, voila, adds upto £15.53.

Effinell!! Not again. I've found another nail in my tyre. Not amused. This time it's the nearside rear. Fortunately it wasn't in the side wall but rolling tread surface. A trip to my favourite tyre supplier (almost on first name terms) and they repaired it for £15.53 instead of stumping up for a new tyre. Last time I could accept as a one off but this is getting silly. KILL MAME DESTROY!!

I made the mistake of washing the car a few days ago and overnight the water around the door seals and door handle froze. I had to climb in through the tailgate and push the door open from the inside LOL!!

That's visually outrageous! Get it off the road. I'd be PMSL if I didn't feel so sorry for you.

Yah tight wad! Why don't you jump in your Supe, get on the next ferry over to the mainland and collect them. Not so expensive now is it.

Let's look at it from a different perspective. What if this car was a your Supra that you'd entrusted to a garage to look after and it got scratched while it was in their care. How would you feel if they got it touched up and didn't tell you? You'd all be pretty p*ssed off wouldn't you. You signed a legally binding contract to look after this car while it was in your care. Take the punishment. Sorry that's life.

Tescos! Chavtastically brilliant I did all my Xmas shopping there. Food, toys, electricals, gift wrap everything. I luv it. I wish they had those trolleys you get in the builder merchants for lugging out the plasma TVs.

It's not on here! My mirror dropping off. LOL!! Actually my worst nightmare would be a tyre blow out.

If you're worried about that, forget the Supra, get a Prius.

Am emergency travel ruck sack!

I hired a car to drive my girlfriend, the nipper and a weekends worth of luggage upto Scarborough. Filling the all the forms, the receptionist offered an insurance package for silly things like bumps, cracked windscreen and scratches. Another rip-off? On the way, a stone smacked and cracked the windscreen. I'm glad I took that insurance cover.

If they dont cough up then 'trip' over a cracked paving slab. They always pay up for that one.

I'm interested in the wheels. I'm in Hatherley, Cheltenham. Is it alright to have a look?

Did the bumper bumper come off because it actually hit the speed hump or was it the shock breaking the fixing points to the chassis? Surely you must've driven down this road before.

I've had this one for the last few years. Strangely only happens when on full lock and while reversing out of say a parking slot. Garage checked it out. Nothing amiss. Nothings fallen off and it drives beautifully so I stopped getting stressed out about it. I guess the Supra is getting old and it's just one of those things. There is one theory and it's to do with the large tyre width. When turning, the tyre's inside edge moves less than the outside edge. Being rubber, the rolling surface grips upto a point and then suddenly releases causing the clonk.

Some git has only hammered a nail in the side wall of my new Goodyear F1 255x17. Okay no big deal I've still got my health. Then after ringing around for a replacement, I pump it up and drive carefully off to the Protyre in Gloucester. I'm not doing anything more than 30 mph. As the back ends increasingly feels spongier I stop and pump it back up. To really rub it in, I'm at a traffic light junction waiting to turn right. A black 1.4 Corsa pulls up alongside me and it's like a worst nightmare come true. Lights change and he screams off round the bend and there's nothing I can do except watch him disappear into the sunset. [sHOCK][/sHOCK] Write 1000 times "I am not worthy of owning a Supra." LOL!!