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So what happens when your supposedly reliable, re-built R33 GT-R turns out to have low compression on several pistons? Well at first, you see rage and hammer the shite out of it (subsequently killing the clutch) but then, after a few days dwelling, you think ‘fuck it’ I’ll re-build it properly and aim for idiot amounts of horsepower.

The other day, I had the pleasure of driving Regal Autosport's 'Matt Black Bomber' Astra VXR for a Redline cover shoot (more about that in a bit). Now I've driven quite a few VXRs over the last few years and I do genuinely like the cars. They're extremely affordable, fast straight out of the box and, with the help of a company like Regal, the VXR is very easy to tune.

It’s been a couple of days since we held the first Scene-Media x Players BBQ at Meguiar's. With pictures appearing on Facebook and blogs commenting on the day we’re still hugely humbled by how well it went. I mean, we had close to 70 of the UK’s finest cars from a range of scenes unite on a scorching summer day – to achieve that in our first ever gathering is just mind blowing!

Around three or four weeks ago (when the weather was really nice) we decided, along with the Players Crew, that we'd like to throw a BBQ. A quick call to our mates at <a href="http://www.meguiars.co.uk">Meguiar's</a> was put in by Carl Taylor and we had ourselves a venue at their HQ in Daventry. This year, <a href="http://www.meguiars.co.uk">Meguiar's UK</a> is celebrating 10-years of business. It's mad to think...