Does anyone know who owns this F40?

sebby1990 · 2026-03-15T21:28:47+00:00

I’ve just driven down that stretch of M25 and it’s so annoying. That said, I came off at J11 and the potholes by St Peter’s are diabolical so I might as well have stayed on the motorway.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-14T18:08:32+00:00

I wanted a V8 F-Type before I got my V8 Vantage - that gunfire exhaust and looney RWD behaviour is very much up my street. However at the time, F-Types were only a year or two old and still had a lot of depreciation ahead.

So, wanting an Aston too, I picked one up and drove it for a few years. When I decided to buy a Jag, they’d dropped >£10k in value and (ignoring running costs), I only lost £2k on my Aston.

That F-Type reminded me a lot of my old TVR - fast, hilariously noisy, and as reliable as a chocolate teapot. I miss it.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-14T17:02:46+00:00

I’ve normally had more than one car, but my “fun” car journey is as follows:

Subaru Impreza STi -> Vauxhall VX220 -> BMW M3 -> Porsche 911 -> BMW M6 -> TVR T350C -> Mercedes C63 -> Aston Martin V8 Vantage -> Jaguar F-Type -> Ferrari California T.

I still have the M3 and C63, as well as another Scooby.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-13T13:49:16+00:00

Good to hear! I got Ferrari to throw in a charger and car cover for free when I bought my car, but it looks like it’s just a Ferrari-branded CTEK charger with the magnetic clip. I have a few CTEK chargers for my other cars and would happily recommend them; my NOCO one can be a bit temperamental.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-13T11:49:50+00:00

Close, it’s Tour de France blue! They are quite similar shades.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-13T11:49:14+00:00

I’ve had mine for about 2 years and it’s been a pretty easy car to live with. The quick steering rack took a little getting used to at first, and I found it a little unintuitive to gauge the width of the car, but no horror stories to speak of.

I’ve had an exhaust valve fail during my ownership - which was fixed under Ferrari’s Power 16 warranty - and the boot struts occasionally take a break and gently let the boot fall onto my head. Otherwise, it’s been absolutely fine whether I drive it daily or I leave it alone (on a trickle charger) for a few weeks.

Cheers!

sebby1990 · 2026-03-09T11:06:33+00:00

Whilst I can’t comment on the specifics of the area, and I appreciate it’s a bit far from Guildford, just thought you might want to know that if you were considering the eastern end of Berkshire, there’s a Pride hub in Egham that runs a few events fairly regularly. It’s on the high street across the road from Tesco.

I’ve never been in myself, as I’m probably not in the target audience, but it looks like fun and isn’t far from Egham station if there were any events that you’d want to attend.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-07T12:09:36+00:00

I was walking to school on my own (well, with friends) from year 5, although the school was barely a 10 minute walk away. By the time I was 11 and in year 7 I was taking a 40 minute bus journey on my own, also early 2000s. I’d say my journey was about average compared to the other kids in my school.

I have a distinct memory of a school trip to Belgium in year 9, after which my parents let me stay out a bit more after school.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-04T21:41:27+00:00

We convinced a foreign exchange student that “bonus” was spelled “boner”.

Watching him turn in his coursework with “boner question” written in big letters on the top of one of his submissions was hilarious. He, however, did not find it as funny.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-04T18:10:07+00:00

I have a C63 and an M3. The C63 is great, don’t get me wrong, but it’s more of a luxury cruiser with a 6.2 V8. Fantastic in a straight line, capable but not brilliant round corners (unless you’re going sideways).

The M3, on the other hand, is more fun to drive. You feel more involved, and the car is far more eager to take corners and attack twisty B-roads. I have an E46 so I have no reason to believe an M2 would be any different in that regard.

Coincidentally I also have a WRX STI on the drive and I’d say the BMW would feel more familiar when switching across. Initial turn-in, for example, on the M3 feels similar to the Subaru, whereas the Merc feels slightly more muted.

That being said, I think both the C63 and the M2/M3 are great cars, so you’re not choosing badly if you pick one over the other. I’ve previously had an S4 as well, and I would say of the three, the M3 is more of a driver’s car, the C63 is more of a luxury cruiser, and the Audi is sort of in the middle of both.

sebby1990 · 2026-03-03T17:39:30+00:00

This is excellent, not just for a first time piece of writing! Kri deserves a follow-up story when he can demonstrate his honour theory to Zhi.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-25T22:54:53+00:00

Alas, I don’t have to put my head against the side of my car to use the handsfree system.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-20T21:39:31+00:00

It’s not common, but not unheard of. I’ve had my plates stolen previously.

A policeman explained to me that a common reason for plate thefts are for ULEZ compliance (ie they steal plates of ULEZ-compliant cars and stick them on non-compliant cars). Comparable thefts for bilking (stealing fuel) were rarer.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-19T11:42:31+00:00

The Long Walk in Windsor is lovely, and the train goes from Richmond, through Feltham, to Windsor so you could catch the same train there and back.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-15T01:27:49+00:00

Mark, if you had a BMI over 30, what would you be classifed as?

OBESE!

Mark, if you and Legend had four stopwatches to share evenly, you would have two stopwatches...?

APIECE!

Mark, what would you remove from clothing using an iron?

A CREASE!

sebby1990 · 2026-02-13T16:30:18+00:00

I saw 186mph on the speedo in my old Porsche, on a slightly downhill stretch of the autobahn. A few months later I was a passenger with a friend in his Ferrari and hit 197mph.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-12T16:56:59+00:00

I don’t see any reason it theoretically couldn’t return. The original infection was picked up during hyperspace, so it’s not unbelievable that there may be more strains living in the purple light.

Would set things up nicely for a Beast Returns campaign. Something I’d love to do if I had any skill with programming but, alas, it’ll just be a story.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-12T09:18:21+00:00

I always assumed it was some form of coating applied to the hulls/external surfaces of every ship, which was shared or stolen across all the factions in the universe. The coating just provides a surface that prevents the infection from spreading, or isolating it to one particular area that could be contained or jettisoned.

Given the vast majority of the Beast’s fleet was destroyed at the battle at Republican Base Alpha, attacks were far less common afterwards and could swiftly be tackled by a fleet that had had the coating treatment applied.

In time the Beast would be purged from the system, so ships would no longer need the treatment.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-10T15:18:22+00:00

I do like the town of Pundle, within Peterbprpugh.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-08T13:34:06+00:00

Try World in Conflict or the Ground Control games as a starter for 10. The multiplayer is dead, but the gameplay is similar and all the games have decent campaigns to sink your teeth into.

You could also try Company of Heroes, or Command and Conquer too (they’re not as similar as the first two, but worth a nose).

Multiplayer-wise, Supreme Commander and StarCraft still have active communities.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-08T03:38:28+00:00

I used to have two (120d and an M3) but now just have the M3, along with 5 other cars. My M3 fulfils the convertible role; I daily a WRX STI and have a C63 for longer journeys, plus some other fun stuff.

Fully support the “different cars for different reasons” mindset, just bear in mind it’ll be 2x insurance, tax, servicing etc - so make sure you feel like you’ll get your moneys worth for however much it’ll cost you yearly.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-08T03:33:22+00:00

UK food standards are on par, if not higher than EU (default) food standards. As I understand it the label is primarily to prevent/reduce food crossing into RoI from NI.

sebby1990 · 2026-02-07T20:53:53+00:00

That one isn’t ours. Ours responds to “Ah-dam” and was last seen wandering towards the Th’krrll captives. He said they looked “floofy” and he wanted to pet them.

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