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I saw on the news last night that the institute that had carried out the tests and found the issue on 4 cylinder VAG cars also tested a BMW, but it was ok. All they tested was a 3.0d X5, surely they should have been checking 320d's, X3 2.0d's & 1 series, etc., assuming BMW sell them over there?

Really? Jeremy Vine had a section on it & it was on Newsnight

News says that VW is putting aside £4.7B to cover the cost of the 'scandal'. Wonder if this will cause them to re-think buying Red Bull Racing? Can't believe that it's only VAG that has done this, I'm sure more whistles are set to be blown.

You need to get someone to replace the 'rose-tinted' lenses in your spectacles with a more neutral shade! Labour under Corbyn represent the 20%, not the 80%. Labour are increasing their membership from a demographic that generally doesn't vote and they're losing wealthy donors (typical champagne socialists) meaning they are even more dependant on public sector unions to bankroll them. They talk to, and represent, an ever diminishing section of the electorate. Anyway, remind us all of when the next house price crash is coming, your accuracy with such predictions has done wonders for my wealth to date (by taking the opposite view).

That's because the affiliate to the Labour party better know as the BBC get to choose the audience!

Also, having just watched PMQ's can someone on the left please recommend Corbyn a new tailor, the fit of his jacket was frankly appalling. Given his background and upbringing I have no doubt he can afford to shop at the same places as Cameron & Osbourne, etc. do. Nice to see Champagne Socialism is alive and kicking at the head of Old Labour!

Should have gone to Specsavers!!

It offers a terrific amount of performance for the money, but just wish it didn't have that 'styled and finished at Halfords' look.

The way things are going, there's a good chance that Labour's next prime minister hasn't been born yet!!

As the saying goes "your opponents sit opposite you in the chamber and your enemy behind you". It's difficult seeing any opportunity for Labour to make progress with Corbyn as leader and the infighting will make the party a weak opposition, which isn't healthy for robust politics. If Labour don't make significant progress in the Scottish Parliament elections next year, then his time will be up. His victory in many ways was down to the poor quality of challengers and the fact the Labour party is heavily divided between the far left and the centre. Disappointing, though entirely predictable, to see Andy Burnham accepting the role of Shadow Home Secretary. Shows his complete lack of judgement and why he wasn't suitable for the role of leader.

I had an extended test drive in one of these before I got my first Octavia vRS estate and whilst it was certainly more response and quicker than the vRS the ride was simply appalling. I quickly decided that I couldn't live with no springs and dampers. Shame, as apart from that it was a good car.

I had an A4 Cabriolet when they first came out and it was a gorgeous looking car. It is the only car I have owned (well for the first year only or thereabouts) where I regularly returned to it in a car park to find people having a good look at it. Occasionally it got a bit embarrassing, for instance when I tried to carefully load a weeks Tesco shop into the boot whilst still leaving enough space to lower the roof - sometimes required careful relocation of packs of toilet roll, wine carriers, etc., etc. all the time being watched!

Check out Wheeler Dealers episode on the 9-3 http://www.questtv.co.uk/video/wheeler-dealers-8-saab-9-3/ if you've not seen it. Covers quite a few points on what to look for, etc.

I hope that this: "Many exterior features of the 911 Carrera have been visually refined: these include new headlights with four-point daytime running lights" doesn't mean the headlights look like the Cayennes Halfords specials that are dreadfully cheap looking. With Porsche owned by VAG, surely someone from Audi can nip round and sort out some nice swirly diffused LED DRL's? In the meantime, I'll have a Carrera S coupe, thanks!

All the cheap Russian steel the Italians used during the 70's means he was lucky to find one in any condition worth restoring!! I worked in a bodyshop in the late 70's and remember regularly having to do quite significant touch ups / re-sprays on quite new Lancia's and Alfa's of the time. One time we had to replace two front wings on a Lancia Beta Coupe due to rust when it was about 18 month's old.

The aircraft had a valid airworthiness certificate and that would have stated any limitations on flying manoeuvres, altitude and speed etc, as well as maintenance requirements to keep the airworthiness approval valid. I can't imagine an experienced pilot (or any pilot) would risk flying outside those parameters. An example of an approval document can be seen here http://www.caa.co.uk/aandocs/27038/27038000000.pdf this is for the Vulcan XH558 that flew in after the crash and section 6 covers the limitations for flying.

They'll be back in fashion soon enough so think how much you'll save by just getting them out of the loft instead of buying them all again

Barely half an hour into the first practice session and Maldonado has crashed into the barriers!!

It might come to between 1 and 2% of NHS budget given the figures on that site, but why don't we insist that foreigners visiting this country have travel insurance. Those in the EU have the EHIC (E111) which if produced means that the NHS can claim back from the relevant countries health service. And have you ever tried using an EHIC card elsewhere in Europe? I have and it gets you next to nothing, certainly nothing like the level of care you would receive in this country. Far from banging the "johnny foreigner" drum I merely suggest that we are seen as a soft touch and should really put in place the controls to ensure that those who have no free entitlement pay for what they receive. Keep taking your medication and reading the Guardian, that way reality will stay nicely out of focus.

The trouble was that Labour's social security system didn't just stop people going hungry, but became a lifestyle choice for many due to it's extravagant generosity. The Conservatives are simply changing it back to what Labour originally intended it for. Labours education system has always been based on the lowest common denominator with irrelevant rewards for everyone and talent being unrecognised and not nurtured. Blair realised this and introduced academy schools free of local government control. The Conservatives have progressed this with free schools, though sadly they won't extend grammar schools which would really help children from poor backgrounds to progress up the social ladder. Labour's education policy has always been about suppressing talent and ability, as once people rise up the ladder they usually switch from being Labour voters to the other parties. And as for the NHS, the breadth and depth of it's services exceeds anything ever envisioned by Bevan and now provides free care to pretty much anyone from overseas, the dietary needs of patients with life style created illness's, prescriptions at the drop of a hat, huge swathes of well paid 'management' posts, is the third largest employer in the World, provides selective treatment depending on your postcode and accounts for nearly £2 out of every £10 the government spends. Labours record on the NHS is massive increase in spending for a limited improvement in outcomes and widespread reductions in efficiencies. So Labour HAS done lots for us, only they've done lots of the wrong thing and spent huge amounts of public money doing them and leaving the country to pick up the bill for their folly. Roll on comrade Corbyn, power to the people!! I'm throwing away my razor and searching out my beret in preparation for the revolution.

Ferrari have announced they are keeping Raikkonen for 2016. This probably means Buttons F1 career may well be over as McLaren have shown interest in signing Kevin Magnussen or Vandoorne. My guess is either of those two are going to come a lot cheaper than Button and as there seems little prospect of McLaren mixing it with the top teams (unless they're getting lapped) for another year, they may well junk Button and go for a cheapie number two to Alonso. At least we have Spa to look forward to this weekend (though it's not a track McLaren are likely to perform well at).

Correct, Uncle Sam wouldn't help us, so we'd press the red button ourselves. But, it won't happen as Putin knows we can wave a nuclear Willy at him and therefore he wouldn't risk it. Crimea couldn't so he walked straight in and took them over. Thankfully we had the EU to help protect our interests, and those of the West, in Crimea - really worked out well!!!

If we were bombed first, I'd doubt we'd wait for Uncle Sam like we did in WW2. If Portillo was correctly quoted, then all I'd say is, I'm glad we even have a 'Willy' left to wave. I doubt Putin would have invaded Crimea had they had their own 'Willy' to wave in his face!!

Maybe it's to deflect public attention away from (or raise more money for) this great use of public money: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33868082/british-cops-in-magaluf-say-first-patrols-went-well

Would a Corbyn leadership win offer Scottish Labour a more realistic chance of loosening the SNP's stranglehold on votes in Scotland? His policies seem to align more with the SNP's than they do with the rest of the country. It would be ironic if in 2020 (assuming he becomes leader) he increases the labour vote in Scotland only to see it collapse in the rest of the UK.