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Jake

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  1. There are loads of folks who love it. PistonHeads has got loads of guys proclaiming the last episode as the best ever and plenty of "OMG I've never laughed so much" type comments. I'm genuinely interested to know whether folks can't see the almost complete fakeness of TG or whether they just don't care. I watch it cos there's nothing else on that's better (obviously) - but I wouldn't stay in especially to see it. I missed loads of the last series because I just couldnt be bothered to watch it, even though I have Sky+. Yeah, that part is a blatant 'Filler'. Apparently it's the part they cut out when they (BBC) sell the show to all the other countries, so they can fit their advert breaks in. ha! That's my favourite bit! Just goes to show that we're all different I suppose.
  2. What are the specs of the wastegate? Can I ask the reason for sale? Just wondering why you bought all this kit and are now selling it brand new. (No offence intended, just asking)
  3. That's interesting. I wonder if I'm missing something. What parts did you find funny or amazing? So much of what they do seems to be scripted that I now don't believe hardly anything I see on the program. Do we believe they really slept in their cars? Do we believe that May's crappy car (Senderos or somesuch?) was accidentally reversed into? Or that May really had a shunt in the black Lambo in Romania? Or that green Stig needed medical treatment because the chminey came off the generator? etc etc.
  4. Jake

    Who is up?

    Me. Starting nightshift tomorrow night so don't want to go to bed so early that I wake up early and end up shattered by the end of my nightshift at 7am Tues. Drinking lots and watching 'Classic Albums: Nevermind" skyplussed ages ago from Sky Arts 1
  5. On a related note, I wouldn't have my current job if it wasn't for Supras.... In 2003 I went on a mkivsupra.net organised trip to Amsterdam. On the trip me and my mate ended up sharing a €200/night hotel room with Suprash and his mate. Couple of years later I get made redundant from my job of 16 years. I take a year off but 18 months after being laid off I'm still out of work. Then I see a job advertised at Visa which looked good but the recruitment agency won't put me forward for it because I don;t have any mainframe skills. (I have everything else required in the advert) I remember this Ash guy from here and the Amsterdam trip and remember him mentioning that he worked at Visa, contracting. So I contact Ash asking if he still worked there and if he could get my CV to HR. He gets me an interview. I start work there as a contractor. Without even asking, the company pay me £32/day (10%) more than Ash because I got the job outside of an agency. After 12 months there the company decides to get rid of all their contractors and invite us all to go Permie, or sod off. Me and Ash both apply for the last Permie job in what we do. I get the job and Ash leaves. Felt a bit bad about that one.
  6. I think mine's better A bloke from Hampshire and a bloke from Dorset know each other for years, eventually meet and it turns out that 30+ years ago they used to live in the same flat on the Isle Of Wight. That's more unlikely than a bloke twice finding the purse of some woman in his town who keeps losing it - isn't it?
  7. Not bad! I've got an even better one though... (I did post on here about it at the time) There's another forum I'm on (not a web forum like this, it's a Newsgroup), I've been on there since 1998. This other guy, who's been posting on there even longer than me, asked if I'd do him a favour and get some tickets to see New Model Army, who were playing in Portsmouth where I live. Apparently he doesn't have a credit card or any method of paying for the tickets. So I agreed to buy the tickets and also buy one myself and go with him to the gig. On the day of the gig he gets the train from Bournemouth and I meet up with him. As it's still early,we go for a beer before the gig. So, while chatting to this guy, who I've vaguely known on the net for years, it turns out that we both grew up on the Isle Of Wight. So I was like "No way! Whereabouts?" He says "Cowes" "Ha, that's where I'm from." He says "Oh, you'll know Sun Hill then?" By now I was getting freaked out ... "You've got to be kidding, I used to live in Moira House flats on Sun Hill" He looked as amazed as me. He said he used to live in Moira House, Flat Zero (how many blocks of flats even have a flat numbered Zero?) Guess what number flat my family lived in? Yep; Flat Zero. What are the chances of that? It turned out that his family must've been the family that moved into that flat after my family moved out. He definitely wasn't pulling my leg either, he was able to describe the place exactly, like how the kitchen was on a raised floor one step higher than the rest of the place. It was bloody spooky!.
  8. Doesn't answer the question but are you familiar with the expression "Jumped The Shark"?
  9. Isn't it just the nature of fashion and what happens if you stick around in the public eye too long? People in general for one, but mainly the media, get bored of adoring somebody and eventually turn against them. Best example I can think of right now: David Beckham. ----- ETA: Who is the current media and public darling? How long before they are being reviled by all?
  10. I think you may be over estimating the IQ of some of our members. Two of most our most 'Special' members have chosen to be offended in this thread. I wouldn't bother trying to explain the obvious to them.
  11. I've just laughed a bit in my mouth.
  12. Its, like his or hers. We don't write hi's and her's.
  13. Well Duh. It was Jade Goody's.
  14. Where? I never noticed that. I know its incredible what they can do with speshial effeckts and that nowadays,,, but surely not???
  15. What's got four legs and goes "Sssshhhhhh"?
  16. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=202317
  17. I fitted some Falkens about a month ago, including 275/35/19 rears, on my M3. Very happy with them. The £1000 set of Michelin PS2s I had fitted in April this year only lasted 10,000 miles. I don't want to be spending 2k a year on tyres. So the Falkens, at nearer £400 were chosen this time. They seem great so far.
  18. I like this one best. What camera do you have?
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