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Apple fanboys are increasingly desperate to justify their purchase... "It's a business tool" Bollocks! They're the only ones intent of slagging off competing products, especially the S3 which isn't even intended for the same type of user.

Fans of the alternatives do little more than state that Apple products are over-priced (£200 extra for £30 worth of storage? £30-60 to convert/replace all your cables/chargers?) and developing at a snail's pace these days. Engineering obsolescence into hardware/software is a cynical way to keep the Apple store tills ringing.

The 4G functionality looks to be the first ****-up with the 5. The launch model will only ever work on Orange/T-Mob's LTE and not the official LTE frequencies being auctioned off here and used in most of Europe/Asia (2.6GHz).

700.000 apps

None of which will fill the screen until they're manually updated by developers, such is the "genius" of iOS

Still, you need some way of showing people you hand Apple £500+ a year on minor upgrades

Do any of you GT Edition owners have your log book to hand? Does it say 'Edition' or just GT?!?!?

Yes it will say "GT Edition". There were only 24 registered in 2011: http://howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=370z

Really?! My Celica went from 54 to private and back to 54. Never heard of this before

I'm sure I've seen other cars on older 0x plates than they should be.

Maybe they go on when the car was built/imported, which may well have been before Sep 2003. Can't think of another reason other than it being an early pre-launch import by Nissan UK for development/marketing purposes.

^^^^^^^^ Import?!

 

Thought UK started at 53?

If it is then its had all of its bumpers changed to UK spec.

That is a base UK model with seats re-trimmed.

When a 5x plate car goes to a private plate and back, it always goes back onto a 0x plate.

I'm only 10 miles away Just put mine on Pistonheads if you fancy looking at an older model

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=62389

HTC's do at least have a huge development community around them (going back to the Windows Mobile days) but that's mainly to correct flaws that shouldn't be there in the first place!

If anyone wants a cheap replacement Desire-like device (to use with an existing SIM) they should get a Huawei G300 from Vodafone and get it unlocked (codes £5 on eBay), it's a bargain for £100:

http://www.modaco.com/forum/650-huawei-ascend-g300-g300modacocom/

As for Windows Phone 8, it's confirmed current devices won't get it, only a "7.8" update that includes some bits.

Well my 18 month old HTC Desire is falling apart with random reboots and SD card incompatibility/corruption. Wi-Fi has been crap since I put Gingerbread on it.

This year's HTC's are an improvement on last years though, except the Desire C and One V which are rehashes of old models.

and the left field choice

 

do i dare try out a windows mobile with the new windows 8 when it comes out windows apollo on something like

 

the Nokia n900

Would avoid the current Windows Phone devices... They run a 2 year old CPU and highly unlikely to receive Windows Phone 8 being announced later today.

Have seen a good review of the LG Optimus 4X HD but that's not out yet and won't be widely available.

I have a HTC One X, hav to say its a great phone. Always preffered the build quality of HTC over the Samsungs more plastic, creeky bendy feel.

HTC have just admitted there's a build quality flaw in the One X that results in weak wi-fi http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_admits_wifi_hardware_issue_on_the_international_one_x-news-4407.php

Barely run-in 370's start at £24k, a nearly-new Cayman is still £40k and will loose half it's value in ~3 years.

You pays your money...

Is a fiddly job that takes a couple of hours: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=34166

Would get the plugs and I'm sure a friendly local member would fit them for their petrol money. Would myself but I'm a good 70 miles away!

Come on guys, the art of chivalry dead?

Really don't see the point in it? They don't smooth out any lumps and bumps, just cover the roads in stones.

Thanks guys, I like to put in a bit of effort

When I took it to a nice spot for pics in March I got snapped doing 35mph on a deserted country road with a 30 limit... So the pics actually cost me £85!

You're paying too much rent

"Sold via Pistonheads" for asking price.

no think you out on that estimation. BMW's for instance run different sizes front/back

Thinking more about diameter not width. Usually the difference in width/offset would make it obvious/impossible but not on the Z.

Pretty rare for a car to have fronts and rears replaced at the same time too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK7-dnO2JZQ

Influence of tyres is being massively over-played... The throttle is still wide open when he hits the grass (not that the OP is denying blame).

Most tyre places have disclaimers on their receipts saying check the nuts/pressure yourself. To be fair 99.9% of cars on the roads have the same size tyres front/rear and you see plenty of cars with direction treads on the wrong way round.

Am I the only one then, that got a cheaper renewal from Admiral?

My renewal last year was actually cheaper than the previous year and cheaper than a new policy price... First time it's happened in 10 years with them! Usually had to get them to match a new policy quote from one of their other brands (Elephant, Bell Direct).

Not sure what will happen this year though, what with all the dodgy whiplash claims going on

Ive just lost an SR20 bottom end because a ring broke up, probably from damage caused before I put the engine in my car... SR20's also have knock detection

Turbo engines with aftermarket ECUs and/or boost controllers are 1000x more like to detonate than a non-turbo running conservative factory maps.

Knock can only occur when there's a lot of fuel being thrown in, i.e. full throttle and high revs. An early 350 would have to be driven like that constantly on regular octane to risk any damage.

It's a 296 bhp model anyway, no bonnet bulge.

Has bonnet bulge, just hard to see in those tiny pics!

You can buy a solid car at that price but if it's a UK GT it's likely to be high mileage with known issues or big bills looming!

There was a lot of overpriced tat 3 years ago when I was looking... Stop chipped noses, bubbling alloys, worn leather, obvious resprays...

Bagged a mint low mileage non-GT from a main dealer for over £2k less. Might be up for sale soon well under that budget

Can't be too fussy on a limited budget.

Condition *should* be king but a lot of people are blinded by leather/Rays and a particular colour... Often the clutch/flywheel/tyres/exhaust have had it and it's £2k to sort those out.

Nothing to do with GT spec of course, only low-spec JDMs came with 17s.