It's official, due to the mistake by a Triumph Exp member who posted on the With Open Eyes thread and gave a political link ... we've been scrubbed from the site

Ouch! Hope that heals up swiftly. Range Rover into the breach. Something to be said for (relative) simplicity

It is my belief that ALL FREE NATIONS should impose a trade embargo with the USA. It may very well be the only way to once and for all tell the orange monkey NO. Trump now threatens Canada with a 100% tariff.   The man is INSANE and only out for personal gain and retribution. This was released by AP Wireless today, Saturday 1/24/2026 https://apnews.com/article/trump-canada-carney-china-tariffs-5079e910df071b45d2b16949efb8f11a?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

The world awakes to a new order. Trump seeks to destroy the UN and NATO ...... Putin is in 7th Heaven Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security https://www.npr.org/2026/01/24/nx-s1-5687168/trump-administration-defense-strategy?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

That’s likely to lighten your pocket 

Going south then 😉

Not sure about the Passat's nether regions! It has gone to the garage in Downton. I try to avoid this kind of modern junk!

Just as well you have multiple backups (vehicles that is!), but running low. Presume the Passat has the delightful multi-link front end….. absolutely no fun working on those due to the pinch-bolt-of-doom 

Took me a while though 

There has been a bit of a setback in the A30Racer family. The mechanic & chief minion has broken his right ulna and is now in plaster! A bit frustrating, but hopefully a short term setback. The dear old Rangie has been pressed into service this week, taking my wife to work. The central locking is playing up (I think the master actuator in the driver's door has failed), but other than that it has performed well. The Discovery 3 is still at the garage with a big canbus fault and the Passat has a broken front spring as a result of the huge pot holes in Wiltshire. Hope progress will get going again when the cast is taken off my arm.........