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I'm not a huge fan of Corsas anyway, but yes the automatic transmission totally ruins any car for me regardless of what it is. I've never had one that has operated things in any form of a sensible way, all of them sluggish, boring and rubbish. I've been looking through a few of my old pictures and I'm getting very excited about picking up my car now. It's the one thing that still gets me excited like a a kid waiting for a birthday/christmas morning. I really hope it's this week. On a slight change of topic, has anyone ever been to the Paris motorshow? I'm thinking of driving across via the tunnel for it, would be good if anyone has any advice on the trip or general French driving experience.

I'm driving around in a corsa at the moment, a 1.4 automatic. I don't think I've ever come so close to being in a coma as when I have the thing on the motorway. God I hate it.

Seriously excited about this race, changeable conditions + Spa = almost certainly the best race of the year. Unfortunately I'm going to miss absolutely all of it due to various commitments. I'm hoping I can steer clear of any results until Monday afternoon then watch through the whole thing uninterrupted.

Some pictures of the current state of my car, all painted now, just needs to be put back together... The front clam: Another angle: Rear clam: The car: From the front: Low angle of the now matte black wheels: I'm hoping I'll have it back by next weekend in order to drive back to my parents, it's been far far too long since I last drove it.

Just got back from the baseball, now I'm watching Miss Universe as it happens (slightely delayed). Pretty good times actually.

Sounds like a really good idea to me, if sainsburys did it I'd use it for sure.

I really hope nothing happens to them, as far as I'm concerned they did absolutely nothing wrong. I really think they should just scrap the team orders rule, every team does it in one way or another and imo team orders should be part of the sport.

I really enjoy the very early mornings, when its just getting light and there's noone else around. Possibly my favourite part of the day actually.

It's crazy just how much coverage this is getting over here. Personally I can understand why those who had people killed might get upset about it. But at the end of the day the vast majority of people are actually pretty decent, and the sooner everyone gets over these kind of hangups the better off we'll all be.

I haven't... yet. I'm just here for a few week's helping the guys out with a few reporting bits and pieces. Plan is I'll move out fill time at some point in the next few months.

These are amazing, cool use of new tech always gets a thumbs up from me.

I'm at work in San Francisco, it's only 5:20 here.

Totally agree with that, I think I've met 3 or 4 girls from online dating sites and every one of them has been pretty damn cool. It's a very easy way to meet lots of people very quickly, who all are actually looking to date someone - which can be an issue when your just randomly meeting people when out. Personally I think online dating is great, as I said in the other thread.

I would say I'm pretty good with the ladies. Met another random girl in a bar last night and ended up walking round a few of the good places with her. Turns out she's staying pretty much over the road from me so I'm sure I'll see her again. Confidence is definitely the only thing you need, as long as you have that you can turn anything to your advantage with a girl.

I enjoy the auditions stage, probably up to the live shows, but then I enjoy those too. In fact I love it all, as rubbish tv to watch while eating/preparing for a night out it's pretty damn good actually. I can't watch it this week but after that I'll try to keep up with most of it.

Love the pictures, bet you had a great time. I do like the matte cars, I imagine they are a total pain to keep clean though. There is one thing I don't understand... How did the Cube qualify as a super car?

I used to love OCRemix, not downloaded anything from there for a good few years now though. I loved some of the slower Mario remixes, I might take a look and see what I find.

The Japanese girl I'm dating studied in Dudley (mega-random coincidence) most of the time she has that sweet Japanese accent when she talks but there's a few words that come out in a noticeable black country accent. I'm never sure whether to laugh or cry.

I'm moving at almost exactly the same time as you, I'd say end of August / Early September is about right, you should be able to at least see a good few places and get an idea of where you want to be and how much it's all going to set you back. You'll probably have to make an extra trip afterwards though to finalize everything I'd have thought.

Well I certainly know that feeling! If you need any drinking buddies down here feel free to give me a shout.

There's a big thing in the news this morning about how San Francisco has the highest "gas" prices in the US... They pay just over 1/3 of the price we do in the UK... I guess having a ridiculous car here isn't going to be so hard on the wallet. On the veyron depreciation, I'm not too sure what availability is like, but I'd guess they will at least hold their current values pretty much.

I think as long as you're doing cool stuff (Japan definitely counts) then anytime before 30 is fine to start your career proper. Don't underestimate the value of doing something adventurous before settling down to work. I'm going to sit down with my potential new boss today to discuss options regarding the move out to San Francisco. The place has definitely won me over, I love it here. Hopefully the job package will live up to it too.

I'd love the new Veyron, maybe one day... 2 cool pics though, I like them both a lot. Where were they taken? I'm thinking about driving to the Paris motorshow later in the year, a good thing to do on a trip I've been meaning to make for a while now.

It's looking so so good. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on it. I reckon this could well end up being my favourites game of the year if the gameplay lives up to the current look.

Not weird at all, I always get excited when my car gets to a nice number of miles. I randomly found a ford dealer today while walking round so went in and checked out the Mustangs, they're very very cool, I'll certainly test drive one and see how I like it in action. I'm really looking forward to picking my car up now, I've missed it a lot.