Sallyann

Will they still be on the Lexus when you smash them?

It's not a legal document in any sense and of no interest whatever to the police or VOSA. You could chuck it away for all they care. The only way you could get into trouble would be if the stamp or written entry claimed to show work that hadn't actually been done in order to inflate the value of the car.

Check the small print on your insurance - much sure there's no getout clause about not being valid if the car is untaxed.

Slightly OT but a few years back on the Isle of Wight I came across three people standing on the grass verge with a small pile of rubbish in the road in front of them. A few yards further on was a Metro and I stopped to ask if any help was needed. Apparently the heap of fibreglass scraps had been a Reliant. They had run into the back of a Metro at very low speed and the Reliant had entirely disintegrated around them so that the occupants just stood up, brushed themselves down and walked out of the road. They were unhurt but I'd hate to think what would have happened to them if the car had been going faster. The Metro was absolutely unmarked - not a scratch.

Great car. Pity about the paint job.

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Sure thing. A lawyer would be glad to argue it for ever - and charge his £150 an hour to do it. And he'd have to pay for Seat's lawyer as well when he lost the case.:eek:

It's great to see all this work being done to test the limits of technology, but am I alone in thinking that running one single car against the clock is a bit tame? It would be far more interesting to have two or three teams preparing cars to race against each other at 1,000mph.

I understand what you are saying moley, but as for putting speed limits on every country lane according to its maximum 'safe' speed, wouldn't that be excessive? Having passed the driving test we should all be knowledgeable enough to judge the correct speeds for each road and responsible enough to keep to them. If drivers can't be trusted to do that then there's a good case for putting speed cameras everywhere!

Actually, no. If you did drive along there at 60 and were lucky enough to avoid having an accident, you could still be prosecuted for driving carelessly or dangerously since 60 would be inappropriate for that road. The NFL isn't a licence to drive anywhere at 60 or 70 regardless of the conditions. But I think you know that...

My car doesn't need an air freshener - I'm so fragrant already!

UK car distributors have to pay for cars in Euros (for European-made cars like Skoda) or in dollars (for other countries like Japan, Korea). The value of the UK pound is sinking heavily against both euros and dollars, so more pounds are needed to buy any imported car. It's hard to see how they can get much cheaper. No prizes for guessing who is responsible for this mess :(

As others have said, the distance travelled is the same, but there will be fewer rotations of the wheel and therefore a smaller odometer reading (and lower speedometer reading too). But are your calculations right? Did you use the nominal radius of the tyre, or the actual rolling radius allowing for the flat bit on the road? The new tyre - old tyre difference will be a bigger proportion of the rolling radius than of the nominal radius, so the actual difference would be greater than the 3% you calculated. Gets tricky doesn't it?

So you ARE on the pull then