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This week's show... Do not adjust your set. The monstrosity you see before you is a Reliant Robin rocket. Yes, this week Top Gear is aiming for space... and beyond. Space travel The challenge is a simple one: to build a cheap space rocket based on a car. Enter a reluctant-looking Reliant Robin and the nice men from the British Rocketry Association (the same chaps who helped fire the Mini off the ski-jump in the TG Winter Olympics Episode) armed with enough rocket fuel to generate eight tonnes of thrust. Read our explosive preview Will TG's biggest challenge yet go down in flames or prove as explosive as, ahem, pro-homosexuality slogans in Alabama? It's an episode not to be missed. Turbo fan James and Richard love the Porsche 911. Jeremy hates it. So with a new 911 Turbo out, it seemed only fair to let Captain Slow and the Hamster take it for a blast. However, it seemed far funnier to hand the 480bhp supercar over to JC to see whether it was good enough to convert a life-long Ferrari fan. Top Peggus There aren't many celebrities that rave about the performance of our Chevrolet Lacetti. But after being relegated to rural police duties in a Vauxhall Astra diesel for his new cop comedy Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg leapt delightedly into our Reasonably Priced Car for few hot laps of the TG track. Fine tuning Apparently a 612bhp Mercedes SL65 AMG is a bit sedate for some people. So when the boys found out that unhinged German tuners Brabus offer a 720bhp version of the SL, they thought it only polite to introduce the SV12 S BiTurbo to our test track...and the Stig. Will the most powerful roadster in the world prove too much even for our tame racing driver? 8) brabus sl and 911 turbo should satisfy us for reviews this week!!

defo get in touch with martin hes just sorted me out with a great deal just on thing martin, cab i include right to salvage in the event of a right off??

nia573, nice one i`ll give you a shout if i`m stuck ben

Bojmobile, http://www.dubforce.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8365 link dead but there are a few pics here

was gonna say £800 but if you can get it for 500 then even better, what you gonna do with it if you get it - repair or break?

http://www.dubforce.net/forums/index.ph ... c=8619&hl=

hmmm cheers paul the caliper still has half a hose on so maybe a football or lilo attachment might work in there??

wasnt bad before although did have to change carefully sometimes, will be able to say more when starting from cold although i suppose the oil was cold today when it went in only went for a quik razz after putting it in and yeah i think i could change quicker without fearing it`ll catch a gear, was really easy to do too. torx 45 and 17mm plug tool 2quid ebay or halfords and funnel and a bit of pipe ala wiki. for less than a tenner (non synth vw oil) i`d do it Ohh and i got shouted at to slow down when i was testing it (40mph in a 60) :lol:

done my oil and filter today also did my gear box oil but i was a bit worried cos only about 1/2 litre came out and took 1/2l of the new oil, was parked on the flat and left it for a good 10 mins?

hi i`ve got some G60 calipers to go on my 16v, but one of the seals is damaged, they were working fine when removed from the car. question is how do i get the piston out of the caliper? i`ve already got the seal kit haynes says use a foot pump to force it out, tried that but couldnt get a seal to push enough air in to make the caliper move tia ben

mate i had the std oil cooler go on my 8v golf and my rado and both times the sludge was in the header tank!!!! i reckon thats your problem!!

i bought some pads from halfords didnt last for 10mins... then i found some loctite stuff that had a bit of mesh you need to cut to fit then glue been on a year rock solid look for some of that

i think its an EXTRA £530!!!!

it just sort of buzzes, if you put your hand on it you can feel it too

i`ll be putting the VW mineral oil in mine soon, i`ll report in my gallery

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agree with VR6, only worth what it is to you 1.8 16v (like mine) are coming up at silly cheap prices especially with average miles 150k+ even with rebuilds people will still see miles , reckon mine would only go for 1500 even with what i spent on it. worth far more to me and what could you possibly buy for that amount of money that is comparable just tighten the purse strings and keep it or allow me to keep it for you :wink:

brake fluid gear oil g12+

saw an orange/black one i london a while back 8)

heater matrix gone at some point and leaking?? are your carpets dry

well done looks like you got a bit of work to do on the side :shock: that interior looks like a jet interior (special edition) i could and probably am wrong tho

G052 726 A2 i just went with what the computer said, didnt think to ask if it was fully synth cars done 160k so figured it could do with a change, if you could let me know if this is the fully synth or not

good work!

just been to the dealers for some bits for putting my G60 brakes on and couple of other things piston seals 14.68 for 2 gear oil 7.20 for 2 litres brake fluid 12.28 for 2 litres oil filter 3.92 synta silver 16.74 (+vat) 6.39 discount :D prices are similar to halfords

skimp thats fking genius!!1 :lol: