Brumerican Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 saw toy story 3 tonight, absolutely brilliant. Did you cry ? Be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Can't wait to see Toy Story 3!! Earliest cinema experience I can remember, think i was 4 or 5 when the first one came out. Loved movies ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 21, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2010 I thought it was a legal requirement for cars to carry a spare wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I thought it was a legal requirement for cars to carry a spare wheel?Apparently not Mike. As said they get around it with that gel stuff, but I would not put that anywhere near my tyres According to the AA There is no legal obligation to carry a spare tyre and it does not have to comply with the legal requirements while it is stowed away. However, when fitted to the vehicle (for example, following a puncture) it must then comply with the law. A spare tyre is not a testable item in the MOT test, though the examiner may draw your attention to an unserviceable item as a matter of courtesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 21, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2010 I thought it was a legal requirement for cars to carry a spare wheel? I always thought that too until I got my current car (RX-8). TBH I never actually checked the legal requirement but assumed that if a car such as mine had nowhere for a spare, I'd be fine without one. Probably a good thing as at £300 a pop, I'd rather not have one just sitting around in the boot doing nothing. Besides, I've always got my (useless) puncture repair kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 21, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2010 Over here for our version of the MOT they've recently decided that your tyres must be rated to the top speed of your car. So if your car is capable of 150mph, as a lot of decent cars are these days, then so must your tyres. Despite the maximum legal speed limit being 75mph. And track days don't count cuz you're not insured on them anyway. Money extracting bast*rds. Oh and they've also decided that cars 10 years and older only get a cert for 12 months instead of the usual 24. Which I would be really against, if I wasn't ehh, how shall I put this, making it so that it didn't affect me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I thought it was a legal requirement for cars to carry a spare wheel? I always thought that too until I got my current car (RX-8). TBH I never actually checked the legal requirement but assumed that if a car such as mine had nowhere for a spare, I'd be fine without one. Probably a good thing as at £300 a pop, I'd rather not have one just sitting around in the boot doing nothing. Besides, I've always got my (useless) puncture repair kit! Had a new conti put on to replace the bust one - 135 quid fitted from National which wasn't bad considering I was stuck (and the recovery chappy phoned them and took me to the place). Tyres aint cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Over here for our version of the MOT they've recently decided that your tyres must be rated to the top speed of your car. So if your car is capable of 150mph, as a lot of decent cars are these days, then so must your tyres. Despite the maximum legal speed limit being 75mph. And track days don't count cuz you're not insured on them anyway. Money extracting bast*rds. Oh and they've also decided that cars 10 years and older only get a cert for 12 months instead of the usual 24. Which I would be really against, if I wasn't ehh, how shall I put this, making it so that it didn't affect me anyway.I can see the logic though Bri. I got done for speeding a bit back when I had my Celica. The coppers were decent blokes and we had a good chat about it, as they said my car (it was the T Sport) was set-up brake and tyre wise for speed, the problem is when they had to peel out of a wrecked Saxo some little chav who had been topping a ton. Personally tyres are not one thing I would go cheap on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Ah MOT's, I vaguely remember those.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 21, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2010 I can see the logic though Bri. I got done for speeding a bit back when I had my Celica. The coppers were decent blokes and we had a good chat about it, as they said my car (it was the T Sport) was set-up brake and tyre wise for speed, the problem is when they had to peel out of a wrecked Saxo some little chav who had been topping a ton. Personally tyres are not one thing I would go cheap on Nor me, which by extension usually means my tyres are properly rated (Firestone Firehawks are yer only man IMO). But for example a tyre that is rated at 120mph on a car that does 150mph should be fine in a country that allows 75mph even allowing for hooligans topping a ton. Let's face it, a 120mph tyre is not going to delaminate at 121mph or even 130mph. I'm sorry, it's just cynical money grabbing which can, as you have done there, easily be justified in the name of safety when in reality there's a huge grey area in the middle which is now technically illegal albeit perfectly safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 The NCT where your car is guaranteed to come out more **** after the test than befor it went in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 21, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2010 The NCT where your car is guaranteed to come out more **** after the test than befor it went in Sounds familiar. I spent £250 on my last car to have the AC serviced. When it came back the AC didn't work at all (well, it blew out warm air no matter what setting it was on). When I pointed it out to the Audi dealer they told me it must have been broken before the service (which is clearly was not). I did ask why they'd do a service if the AC was broken and if it was broken why did nobody notice it during the service but they stuck to their guns. I did eventually get my money back but it took a lot of writing of stroppy letters and threats of legal action before they finally backed-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardo Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Over here for our version of the MOT they've recently decided that your tyres must be rated to the top speed of your car. So if your car is capable of 150mph, as a lot of decent cars are these days, then so must your tyres. Despite the maximum legal speed limit being 75mph. And track days don't count cuz you're not insured on them anyway. Money extracting bast*rds. Oh and they've also decided that cars 10 years and older only get a cert for 12 months instead of the usual 24. Which I would be really against, if I wasn't ehh, how shall I put this, making it so that it didn't affect me anyway. Since when did it change to 12 months Brian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 21, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2010 In the last few months along with loads of other stuff including the acceptable tread depth amongst other things. They've basically made it a lot harder and a lot more expensive in general to keep passing. Typical really. Here's an article. Actually, reading that, the >10yr rule has been decided and will be implemented from June 2011 so you're OK for another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Was wondering this the other day when doing some *ahem* research, whilst perusing the 'specialist adult art entertainment of the amateur variety' on the internet, has anyone ever come across - sorry, spotted someone they knew / recognised? I once saw a still image of someone I swore I knew but when I went back couldn't find it :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2010 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2010 My mate from school spotted a girl that was on his course at uni, while he was there. I didn't believe him but I've had it verified by his course mates and seen pictures of her on a night out. No she isn't fit, and yes she is a very dirty girl judging by the material! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 21, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2010 A mate of mine was going out with a gir at Uni who told him she had done naked photo shoots for some magazines (pre internet days here), not sex just naked pictures. So he was okay with it that is until he made the mistake of telling his house mate. He proceeded to go to quite unbelievable lengths to get hold of copies of the magazine from some 2 years earlier, he even contacted the publisher to try and get back issues!!!! (insert your own joke) Eventually he got hold of them, so one day my mate walks into his house and in the living room are 6 mates each with a copy of her mag in their hands laughing as they checked her out from every angle. They split up very soon after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Was wondering this the other day when doing some *ahem* research, whilst perusing the 'specialist adult art entertainment of the amateur variety' on the internet, has anyone ever come across - sorry, spotted someone they knew / recognised? I once saw a still image of someone I swore I knew but when I went back couldn't find it :-( :-) oh yes a couple. One was pointed out to us, basically it was a woman who worked for a company in the East Midlands (they will remain nameless) in procurement. She was on one of these web sites that show male strippers having their pink Oboe's being played by members of the audience. As quite a few of us knew her from dealings on certain contracts it made the next meeting quite a funny one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 A mate of mine was going out with a gir at Uni who told him she had done naked photo shoots for some magazines (pre internet days here), not sex just naked pictures. So he was okay with it that is until he made the mistake of telling his house mate. He proceeded to go to quite unbelievable lengths to get hold of copies of the magazine from some 2 years earlier, he even contacted the publisher to try and get back issues!!!! (insert your own joke) Eventually he got hold of them, so one day my mate walks into his house and in the living room are 6 mates each with a copy of her mag in their hands laughing as they checked her out from every angle. They split up very soon after that. "Sheeeeeiiiiit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Isn't that the wrong guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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