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They said the direct insurance co. that they broker for (Equity Redstar) only refund 10% of the amount remaing - in my case it was 6 mths left and Adrian Flux subtract £25 for an admin fee which I knew about. The figure I was expecting was more like £150 to £180, not £3! I rang them up twice to confirm the figure was correct. It was. Either way I will not be using Adrian Flux again, and I recommend others find out during the application process how much they can expect in a refund if they need to cancel just half way through. It may be different depending on which insurance co, Flux bro

I have just over 6months left on my insurance with Adrian Flux. Total for annual premium was £375 paid in one lump sum up front and I have been with them for the last few years on my old car. They will only give me £3 refund! I'm absolutely appalled. Just to all of you out there who are with Adrian Flux and about to cancel - you will get absolutely no, or very little, refund. Thankfully I am not with them any more.

Hi Have any of you with either the mk3 vr6 or later R32's had any "races" with a Nissan 350z? If they were definitely flooring it how did you fair? Cheers Matt

Hi Can't see any threads with a link to this official government petition so here it is... http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UNFAIR-VED/. Basically as the subject says this is a petition to say no to the planned introduction next year on taxing us up to just over £400 a year on cars made from 2001 onwards. If you know of any other forums please post the link there, or email it around work, to get more people to sign up. At the moment this tax only applies to brand new cars made this year but next year onwards it will apply to ALL cars from 2001 onwards. Some high powered cars (not just 4x4's) will

Hi For a few months now I had noticed what sounded like tire noise when going round corners or straight on - but if I turned right the noise disappeared. I took it to a garage to get the tracking and full wheel alignment done. They said the tracking and alignment was well out. After a few days the noise returned and now when I go straight on there is no noise at all but I get the noise only when turning left or right, even very gradually . Its more noticable on certain road surfaces. So its defintely changed since the garage did the full wheel alignment - so now instead of there being no no

Did any of you see Top Gear 2 weeks ago - they had a hybrid car ..The Prius drive at full speed round the track for a few laps followed at exactly the same speed in a new M3, so clearly wasn't any where near its limit. The Prius recorded an MPG of 17mpg and the M3 did 19mpg. If the average speed of going round the track is approx 70 then clearly the M3 is the more eco car. Diesels (not turbo diesel) are far more economical than the hybrids. It is true the PM makes incredibly stupid statements. If he wants us out of cars then they need to do something about the even more expensive public tra

Hi Just been ringing round insurance companies today to get a quote. Then got to a company called Allen and Allen. The first person I spoke to in Allen and Allen distinctly hung up on me. I was in the middle of saying that I would just like to get a quote for just me on the policy. He then said who else is to go on my policy. I said no-one just myself. He repeated and said "can I have the other person's details". I politely repeated no I just need a quote for myself please. He then (for no clear reason) hung up. The phone didn't die or cut dead - it was a clear hanging up. It was so clear

The earlier SVT Cobra had a real whine from the charger. The later Shelby does sound good. Any tuned V8 sound amazing.

Thanks for your reply. Do HIC have a website?

They are supposed to be twin screw or similar and supposed to be good at producing more power lower down the rev range right through to red line, as opposed to roots type such as Vortex, which tend to produce power much higher in the rev range. A lot of the big V8s use them such as the Cobra Mustang..very nice car. They are noisy though!

Hi I've done a search but not found any up to date results. Basically it's renewal time. My 1997 golf vr6 is in very good nick. I do average miles at ~12k a year and I only have basic mods - just exhaust, filter, and suspension kit. Elephant, my current insurer have let me down and are actually more expensive than over 2 years ago. I'm now 32 with 10 yrs no claims, no points and they want £516!!! I'm 32, not 21! I have tried Brentacare in the past and found them to not be very helpful or at least the person I spoke to wasn't (I know some people really rate them). I used to be with Adrian F

Always get the tracking and camber done after fitting lowered suspension - I would say this is your problem in one. Your car should be planted to the road. Good luck sorting it out mate. Another thing that will also improve your handling is when you get new tyres go for BF goodrich g-force profilers - I have tried a huge number of top brands including Goodyear F1's , and so far the BF's are miles ahead of the rest. You get so much feedback and you can throw it into the corners with a lot of confidence. Cheaper than F1's but far better. I only have standard 15" wheels with 205 width tyre

Cheap brands of 268's will shift power very high up the rev range and you will lose low down torque, so be careful which ones you choose. However good 268 cams you will typically see the power kick in at around 2500-3000 revs with minimal loss in torque below this. If you do go for 268 cams go for Eurospec or Shricks.. which are basically the same cam, and provide a good even spread of power around the rev range. I have Eurospec 268's. In first gear there is a slight pause off the line then a HUGE power surge at around 3000 revs, all the way to the redline..(although as with most VR driver

Very nice. The old (current) RS6 is a stormer with 450bhp standard. Not keen on estates, so will be nice to see what the saloon looks like.