Was in my local Honda dealership today and was a bit surprised to see this beautiful red Ferrari sitting there. I was about to admire it when the sales team came over and slid the showroom doors to one side and out it went to await a transporter.

A salesmen later explained that they were asked to sell it by a football players agent. It went for £120,000, a small premium over the new price I was told.

The car was only 4 months old and had only 2 yes two miles on the clock.

Must have been owned by a rich footballer that just wanted to own one for the hell of it.

It was in the showroom for just one day.



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apart from the obvious what does carb cleaner do? do you spray it into the carb (airbox removed) with the engine running? wondered if it was worth using it on a tired mk 3 fiesta 130k, it doesnt smoke from the exaust and the emmisions were fine at the MOT in feb, thanks Read more

Please imagine the following scene. The M602, travelling away from Manchester City Centre. Evening rush hour, you have easily a mile-long queue to leave the motorway to get onto the M60. Anyone who has to endure this will tell you that it is a really horrible bit of road.

ANYWAY - you have this mega-queue and two clear lanes of traffic. BUT - too many people realise that they have either missed a place at the back of the queue, or know how long it is and don't fancy waiting in turn. Either way, they cruise down the middle lane looking for a gap or just heading for the front to barge in.

These are the most annoying people on the planet because rather than use the next exit, they STOP in the middle lane, indicating left. This can happen anywhere along the queue, not just at the junction. It is truly horrible to see articulated lorries panic-swerving out into the third lane with no warning, or to see a bottleneck suddenly form with all horns blaring.

I must confess I regularly turn the air blue when I pass these selfish fools, who never look in any way apologetic. Needless to say one never sees plod around at this time.

OK folks here's the question. If I strike one of these cars in the middle lane from behind, whose fault is it? I know normally it would be mine, the blame lies with the guy who doesn't stop in time. BUT what about a car that stops in the middle lane of a motorway for no reason? Sometimes you just don't see them in time because someone swerves at the last second, and you certainly don't expect to see a stopped car when the lane in front is clear. Surely some fault lies with that driver?

Gentlemen, I know there are some fine legal brains amongst you.

GRATITUDE.

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Do you really get a buzz out of changing the oil and filter?

I do, a feeling of satisfaction and an `awareness` of the clean oil and filter for days afterwards. Of course SWMBO thinks i`m nuts so I tend to keep quiet about it :)

But I was thinking about it, the satisfaction from doing it, rather than the actual event. Where does this come from?

I remember interest in engine oil aged about 14yrs and the same for engines.

I suggest that `the interest` is some sort of inert capacity built into us and just waiting ( as it were) for the presentation of an application for an interest to develop.

With all due deference to a behavioural sciences course decades ago, not instinctive, but a behaviour that reinforces its self from the satisfaction gained by doing it, the oil change.

But the `spark` the *initial tendency* has to be there before the first oil change is done...

Thinking back, past the mechanical age and into the hunter gatherer ages, I can imagine evolution favouring a keen interest in the job at hand.
Giving perhaps genetic expression in our age to certain behavioural tendencies?

Oil change anyone? ( do you really like reading the specs on the can and seeing the clean oil go in :)

All IMHO of course.
Regards

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Is it worth buying one of these as a cheap family car? I've always liked Mazdas and I used to own 323 petrol but never owned or driven a diesel but now the prices of diesels have dropped down to fit my budget. Could someone comment on Mazda diesels and 626 please? Thanks Read more