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Hi & Welcome I like the pics, some great atmospheric shots. Its about time I took some shots of my own, and those pics are certainly inspriration to get out and do it.

Sometimes I impress even myself with my lack of understanding of the technical side.

Is there a "before" dyno to compare to? If not I suppose it can be compared to the factory stats?

Myself and Tracy bought ours when we were 27 and 33 (yes Im a toy boy ) Ill still own or be driving a sports car well into my bus pass days I would hope.

Hi - not meaning to be a killjoy, but advertising in signatures should be reserved for the traders to be honest. There is no problem in posting a reccomendation thread in the relevant area though on the forum and direct people to it when enquiring about wheel refurbs etc. Although it may seem a bit harsh, obviously if advertising n signatures were common, it could clutter the forum with adverts etc which may detract from it.

Now now - lets not bash other forums. We are all Z enthusiasts

We get them when its busy here too (frantically looking for wood to touch). The perils of running a forum for such a popular car

Me too

Already done http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9243

If the gap between the two cars is 2 seconds with the same driver at the ring, then thats less than a nats chuff. Given the above, this really should be about driver on the day rather than the car. Ive got a couple of bags of sharp sand left over from this weekends DIY, you are welcome to them if you want to try and sneak them in his luggage area while he isnt looking.

After playing the PS2 version of the ring in Gran Turismo, and driving it in Forza 2 on the xbox I have to say that I think the Forza version is slightly more accurate. You can change the view to a more realistic one too, so you cant see over hills and round bends. I like giving it a whirl on the xbox every now and then and would also like to go back again one day.

If you are going to take it easy - and I suggest you do. (apparently some reccomend 40 laps to learn the track before attempting anything brave), keep right, with right hand indicator on. Always keep one eye on the rear view mirror, as cars that are out for lap times will appear out of nowhere, litteraly nothing in sight one moment and next bend you can find one on your arse. If you are taking it slow, dont take the racing line on corners with traffic coming from behind. As it is classed as a public road, not specifically a track, if you are slower and on the left and you get hit from behind, then it is YOUR fault. A great tip I was given when there for the first time was to go out just before closing time - its a lot quieter. I was in two minds whether to go round at all before getting there, but after one lap my nerves were calmed. If you can find a friendly face then you could blag a passenger lap with someone just to get an idea of the track. Above all, just have fun

And just when I thought we had scraped the barrel of weird topics clean, another gem pops out of its dark depths.

Lambo door kits on the Z are great for attracting viewers at shows etc, but due to no interior strengthening on the Z doors, they can be a little flimsy. They also have the pottential (and are very likely to) cause the door to catch the paintwork on the A pillar. I would wait until you have had chance to look round a Z fitted with Lambo doors before making the modification to your own car - the Magnaflow Sunset roadster has lambo doors fitted and you can see the measures taken to avoid damage to the paintwork - have a good look round it at the next show before taking the plunge would be my advice.

£19k for a GT4 seems good to me, new engine or not. Paintsheild from new is a bonus too. Wish the previous owner of mine had installed it.

Its a riveting read: Ahh, I remember now, Im persona non grata I think if I remember correctly it was put down to very excessive oil usage in the 06 model engine. I thought Nissan replaced the engine, but on reading the above, I must be wrong. Nothing to do with the 06 engine using too much oil etc, it had to be the pulleys... Way to look after the customers.

The Boxter S is 295bhp (if its a new one), and weighs less. Never driven one, so cant comment - though on paper I think it stands a fair chance of beating a Z. If you both pull up outside a hair salon on the way back though, you wouldnt be the one who looked like an employee... See Baptists new car for a real porsche.

Is this only cutting out when using the CD, or does it cut out when using am/fm also. If its only when using the CD it appears that your head unit may be suffering a slight variation on the cold/skip problem. Whereby the left channel is not being picked up and processed by the cd player. Try using the radio too - if that still skips, then it could be the speaker/cable.

Hmmm - my little test proved nothing. It worked just fine. It may be that the user logs on, has a thread marked as unread and before they click the link to read that unread thread it is moved by mods to the deleted threads area. Other than that I'll have to do some digging and see whats causing it when I have a few minutes.

That would result in a lot more than one post unread though, there would be dozens. I reckon its the deleted threads area, as members can post on threads which are subsequently moved to the deleted threads area (the spam threads normally, or the testing threads) - then if a mod/admin adds anything to the thread whilst it is in the deleted threads area, it may register as an unread post on any users which may have responded to that thread before it was moved to the deleted threads area. When the user then clicks unread posts, that particular one will not show as users do not have access to the deleted threads section (forum recycle bin for want of a better description).

Ill try using my normal account and see if I can replicate the problem. As you say - IT law.

Hmm - thats strange indeed. The number on the home page matches up exactly to the number of unread threads when I click the link. Unless its an unread post in a topic that you have previously replied to that we have moved to the deleted threads area (thats where all the spam rubbish posted by bots got moved to). Once you have a few in your unread list can you state how many it shows on the home page and how many it shows once you click the link. If the difference is one, then try clicking the link to "mark all forums as read" and see if this resynchronises the view. If you click "recent posts" does this show you the unread post in a darker shade? The recent posts link handles the unread marks in a different manner so this could show up the culprit. Hope the above helps.

Glad to hear its gone to a good home Baptist. Shame you didn't enjoy the whole experience as much as you thought you would. Although you wouldnt do it again, Im sure the knowledge you gained along the way and the experience you gained will come in valuable again at some point in life. Thanks for sharing the details with us from time to time and look forward to any input you may offer into other peoples projects in the future if you are still around. Take care and good luck with whatever car you get next

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