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My advice would be to stump up for the handset outright and get a cheap SIM only contract, £12 a month will get you all you can eat data and texts, 250 mins cross-network and will save you a small fortune over a 2 year period. No tie-in, 1 month rolling contract so you can swap/ upgrade whenever you like. As far as the Apple vs Android debate, I'm steering well clear of that one. Up to you - borrow one of each from some mates and see what YOU like best rather than listen to what other people like the best/ what they've grown up with/ what they are given at work. Just don't go with another Microsoft phone, repeated flogging does not revive a dead horse.

Got the Westie rolling roaded today. First of all a big recommendation to BTec Racing (also known as Bradleys) in Shipton Under Wychwood. This is important… a nicer bunch of folk you couldn’t hope to meet. Was filled with coffee and tea and allowed to watch as the work was done. Carbs were put onto misab plates and balanced before it got roaded. Best of all, when the Westie was roaded, they looked at the results and said, “For a drivable road car, that is probably as good as you will get. We could fiddle with it, waste your time and money and not get any better results” Talk about not screwing over a new guy who wouldn’t know any better. As to the results… 106 bhp (85 at the wheels) @ 5,100 rpm and 114 ft/lbs at 4,400 rpm And looking at the torque curve it is nice and fat from 3,500 to 5,000 which is pretty much where I like to drive. It got taken to 6,000 a few times and it sounded nice and smooth and didn’t blow any funny colours. Quite happy all round for an approx 25 year engine..!