Aerotop Dave

It does go a little stiff but I just rubbed my hands over it (oo er, etc) to loosen it all up and then hoovered it. You get a fine dust off of it. If I was doing it again I would use a reasonably stiff brush (but not too stiff) and give it a good going over, then hoover it. Using my hands didn't really give it a good enough going over before putting it back in the car and had to hoover it again 'in situ' which produced a little more dust (easily hoovered up though). After that it's reasonably smooth. I wouldn't say it's quite as smooth as the original (it has got a coating of paint/dye on it afterall) but to be honest it's not like you're going to be rolling around on it or walking barefoot over it Certainly nothing to concern yourself about - underfoot (or undertrainer) it feels just fine, you don't think 'This feels a little odd' or anything. It probably only feels different because I'd rubbed my hands over it before and after - anyone getting into the car for the first time wouldn't notice anything untoward, and like I said I only noticed the difference when using my hands... and how often do you rub your hands over your car carpet?! You're doing the easiest colour swap though - grey to black. Going lighter (like I did) was a bit more of a gamble. Oh, and give the carpet a really good clean beforehand. Plan to leave it on the washing line for at least 24hrs, and more like 48. I got some Aerial clothes washing liquid on it with plenty of water and you would not believe how dirty it was (and it needs to be clean for the dying process).

No, not chat, the other one. This IS chat. Off-topic.

Oops, sorry, wrong forum. Meant to go in Chat.

Wow! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4702880.stm Anyone got any bigger/better/more pics?

omg, why do people do this sort of thing? I believe you can get people to repair tears and rips in vinyl (aka 'leather'), but I only know that from reading about it on an Australian Supra forum, so I dunno if it can be done in Blighty. Suggest - yellow pages matey?

No, I'm not sure I do either. Trying to resist some sort of smutty comment. A 'lady of the night' in the drivers footwell would probably make it more pleasureable, but I can't speak from personal experience.

That was true though in my case!

I didn't like the fact that if they had made the rear hatch just 1 inch wider the Aerotop roof would have slotted straight in without the jiggery pokery required. Other than that there were other things but I consider them compromises for the kind of car that it is (fuel consumption, boot space, etc). If I wanted an economical load carrier I'd drive a 1.6 estate. Oh, and about the big steering wheel - I only really noticed this while driving the RAV4 this week. The wheel in that feels tiny, but it's 'normal'. The Supra does seem to have a very big wheel for the car - definitely a 'GT' wheel and not a 'sports car' wheel.

I agree.

One doesn't like to jinx these things but I fear you may be too late

You were filling up, had young lad (son?) with you. Around 5pm ish? Gave a wave, got a wave (actually I think it was a raise of a Coke bottle but the effect was there). I was silver pootling past (driving like grandad as usual)

A colleague and myself are currently using it to quote Dr Who lines to each other. Pathetically anorak... but still amusing.

That back view is terrible.

Yeah, that's probably the most common one. Although personally I find Supra Targa quite irritating...

omg, it's fallen off the front page - topski. I shall be expanding the advertising 'net' this weekend. I shall be putting 6 months tax on it too.