Soop Dogg

Yep - Angie was sad to see that one go when we sold her to you. I told that friend of mine about you selling, but he's determined to hold on for a TT Aerotop. It sounds like a good price to me too!

as it was the 10th anniversary of buying my first Supra. Friday 13th April 2001. I actually considered not picking it up until the next day, (because of the Friday the 13th bit) but we were off to the west country for a long weekend and I really had to go pick it up as soon as I could. It was during the Foot & Mouth episode that the country went through back then. It was probably the best Supra I ever had. Bought with only about 20,000 odd miles on it and it was the most immaculate car I had ever bought at the time. Unfortunately I wrote it off in 2003, but I bought another 3 Supras over the years. Great car - great memories. Moved on since the Supe, but I still appreciate a good one. I always remember it as the first car I ever owned that people stopped to stare at! I had a Porsche before it, but it never got the attention that my black Supra got.

Sorry mate - not buying. But I know someone who may be interested. Have you advertised yet? Don't answer that - found it now! I'll let you know if he's interested.

Lol And me! This one was MSB coloured anyway - or whatever they call that bronze-ish colour these days! How's tricks with you these days? I'll pro see you Saturday as it's National day. (My now yearly trip to the bookies!)

Saw a MSB Supra yesterday on the Norwich Ring Road yesterday. Passed me at the Sweetbriar Industrial Estate heading towards Asda. (I was in the yellow C6 Corvette waiting to turn right at the lights.) Anyone here?

My biggest coincidence was once (years ago) when I called my girlfriend on the phone. She answered, but sounded a bit strange. Then she asked how in the hell did I know she was 'there'? Turned out I'd dialled the wrong number and called a phone box in the same village that she and a friend were walking past when it rang. They just thought they'd answer it to see who it was. Quite spooky when it happened!

I think the main complaint is form people who have had a valuation of their car online, and when they turn up to look at the car, they reduce the valuation by up to 25%. I seem to remember someone talking about this on here a while back.

What we all already knew! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12934140

C3's are nice, but having had one in the past, I couldn't have another after owning 'modern' cars for so long. I just couldn't be doing with all the little rattles and bad earths that inevitably crop up a couple of times every year! (As well as now being so used to good handling and comfort etc etc)

Nah - you've seen them all before - I'm done reposting for now.

Going slightly off current topic, I know, but I remember how I felt when I sold my Supra. This video might convey my feelings. (I've posted this before, so hope no-one minds if I post it again now) The car at the end of the video (C5 Corvette) couldn't replace the Supra, so I upgraded to the C6 and I'm happy now. Hope the Z4 lived up to your expectations and you're enjoying it, Russ. EWGNp1qBpzc

That can only take up to 8Gb micro SD. (And are you serious in putting that up as an iPhone competitor? surely not!) I'll wait thanks. Thinking of the HTC Incredible S which can take up to 32Gb micro SD, has a decent touch-screen display and has an interchangeable battery. By July when I'm due for an upgrade, I'm hoping their next generation phones are on the way. (Maybe the Evo 3D will arrive by then or shortly after?)

Ooh - new iPhone! Will you be able to get a spare battery that you can swap out when your iPhone runs low on charge? And expand the memory by putting a micro SD card into it if you fancy being able to hold more stuff on it? Thought not!

Yep - definitely Libyans when I saw it first time around.

Excellent!

Thanks, Neil. Can you pm me details of your business as I'm always ordering stuff! Cheers, mate. Brian

Sorry for not getting back here earlier today, just got in. Sorry to hear about your Dad, Matt. My mum lasted about 18 months from diagnosis, but it had already taken the best part of a year before they decided what the problem was. In the end, the last 3 months were when it went from being at a point where she could get around and live her life to when she slipped away from us. Because I live in England and my family are in N. Ireland, I was only there some of the time. I couldn't believe how fast she deteriorated in the end. And yet some people last for years. (Stephen Hawking, for example - I think he was diagnosed in the mid 70's!) Thanks so much for your help guys. Much appreciated.

Ok folks, I don't really like asking you for sponsorship, but this is a big one for me. Almost exactly 2 years ago, my mum died from Motor Neurone Disease. This is an incurable illness of the central nervous system - basically your brain sends instructions as electrical impulses along nerve cells called motor neurones to muscles that control voluntary movement, such as walking and swallowing. MND is a disease that gradually destroys these nerve cells and this leads to weakness and wasting of your muscles. Generally it doesn't affect your mental ability, so although you can still be as sharp as a pin in your mind, you're trapped in a body that's slowing down and wasting away before your eyes and there's nothing you can do about it. It's hard enough to watch someone you love go through this kind of a death, but that must be nothing in comparison to going through it yourself. Despite modern medical science, there's no cure, and there is still relatively little known about the disease. So this July, I'm cycling from my house in Norwich to where my mum lived in Northern Ireland. I'm going via Stranraer in Scotland. I'll be doing the trip to Stranraer (about 425 miles) in 4 days. On day 5, I'll get the ferry across to N. Ireland and ride the 40-odd miles to Newtownards - my parent's home town and the place where I grew up. My wife will meet me every 30 to 50 miles or so as back-up, but I'm doing the cycling alone. I'm paying all my own costs for food, accommodation, fuel for the back-up car, bike (bought one for the purpose earlier this year), spares & equipment, so none of the money raised will go anywhere else but direct to the charity. (The Motor Neurone Disease Association) I've got a 'Just giving' page HERE, so if you can spare a quid or two, I'd really appreciate it. I'll also be putting my own website together for the ride and it will hopefully include a map that updates every minute, showing you where I am & what speed I'm doing during the ride. I know how good the Supra community is, so thanks in advance.

The 9 is a monster quick bike too - you may have some re-calibration of your senses and reactions to be done! Enjoy - but be safe dude!

lol. I noticed yesterday before the England game that when discussing the 'wrong ball' incident in the Ireland/Wales game, they've come up with a new word for cheating - 'Gamesmanship'. Apparently it's when you try something you know is against the rules, but if you can get away with it, it's ok. Glad I've got that clear then.

Tell them you want that in writing. You're not asking them to falsify the mileage - You're asking them to correct it!

Here's a pretty good bargain...down to £499.95 from £750 - March special. http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b4s2p2288 There are many 2nd hand bargains out there though. I got the wife a one year old Trek 6700 for £600 last year. (£1250 new)

Well - not entirely. Some companies run the scheme over much longer periods - you pay for 12 months, but the scheme runs for much longer. As time goes on, the 2nd hand value of the bike falls to the point where you pay almost nothing for it. (Some schemes can now be 6 years to get around the new rules!) I'd find out all I can about the latest schemes before either signing up or writing it off. Having done it myself, and because I do actually use a bike now to get to work every day, I'd say I'd ride to work even if I had to pay full price for my bike now. The increase in fitness levels and my general feeling of being healthy nowadays is worth every penny. Getting through the first few months of trying to get some fitness was the worst - this year I'm thinking of getting my racing licence again - first time in about 23 years!

Be very wary of such a claim about no payment at the end of the scheme. If you don't pay anything at the end, getting the bike 'for free' (remember you only 'hire' it for the 12 months - you're not purchasing it during that time) is a benefit in kind for which the HMRC could then charge you tax & NIC's, then - hey presto - you've lost any saving you may have made in the first place.

Be sure of the cost before you enter into this. HMRC (in their wisdom) have, since the latter part of 2010 made the cost to the employee significantly more expensive. When I bought a bike through the Cycle2Work scheme, I got a £1,000 bike, for which you could have paid (net) only £587 (12 installments of £83.33 Gross which works out at 12 x £48.94 net) Then at the end of the 12 month hire period, you could purchase the bike for 5% of it's original purchase price, or £50 - basically another monthly payment, bringing the total cost up to £637, saving £363. However, HMRC have decided that bikes should be worth more (much more!) than 5% at the end of 12 months. They reckon that they should be worth up to 25% of the original purchase price, so in the above example, £250. This would make the total cost of the bike £837, saving only £163 on the original price. If you don't mind buying a new bike, but last year's model, you'll find that places like Evans Cycles and Pauls Cycles will discount these in many cases, more than you'd save by buying it on the Cycle2Work scheme. Get it on an interest free card, and you'll also avoid the risks of having to repay the cost of the bike in full, immediately in the event of you leaving the company or being made redundant. (If this happens, you're no longer eligible to remain in the scheme and either have to buy the bike at the full cost there and then or give it back to the employer, losing your investment in it to date) In my case, because I work for a charity, we weren't able to recover the VAT on the cost of the bike. The new rules would have made it even less attractive to me. As it was, I actually had to pay £690 over 12 months for my £1K bike plus £50 payment at the end meaning that I saved £260 on the original purchase price. If they'd added £250 residual costs onto that figure instead of £50, I'd only have saved £60! I reckon I could have talked a bike shop into a £60 discount anyway and avoided the risks that come with the scheme and not owning the bike until the end of the 12 month period. In a nutshell, do your homework before making the commitment!