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Only the US range was revealed at the Chicago motor show but the rest of the world will almost certainly get the same facelift and wheels. Their "Sport Package" is getting the suspension changes we got last year.

The 370 is a slow seller and the VQ engine has only got a couple more years in it before being replaced by Merc engines. So obviously they're not going to spend a ton of money squeezing out a bit more power (already 90PS/litre) or getting the Nismo version through worldwide emissions tests.

Falken is owned by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which also makes Japanese-made Dunlops in a joint venture with Goodyear. Vredestein’s parent company went bust in April 2009 and it’s now owned by Indian budget brand Apollo. You're equating the "bald tyre versus new" comparison to differences in performance of new tyres which is wrong. No. The differences between the name brands are at worst 10-15% in the wet. Source: Evo (Dec 2010) Evo is part of the same group as Auto Express and tyre tests are often shared with other magazines in the Auto Bild group. Every major magazine test fully discloses where it was conducted and publishes the results of each test in full. Advocating high speed cornering on the public road in a discussion about tyre safety is of course inappropriate. A bump or patch of diesel will likely to send you into the scenery no matter what tyre your on. Fitting higher grip tyres doesn't make you a better or safer driver, or turn a poor handling car into a great one. F1 driver James Hunt used to drive an old Bedford van on the road because the limits we so low he could drive it flat out and explore the limits at safe speeds. Ultimately, it's about knowing the limits of your vehicle and driving. You’re equating limited anecdotal evidence on forums to fact. Some advice (about specific tyres on a specific make/model in comparison to others) is useful but should always be treated as subjective.

The pics are press shots of a late car, even though the guide is mainly about picking up a cheap DE-engined car. I rarely buy car magazines these days but this issue of Evo is superb

If you're coming from 200SX then the Z is a lot better protected. The earliest imported Z's are almost 10 years old now and there's no signs of rust problems... Although the rear arches aren't well lined and you'll find plenty of dirt stuck up there. I gave mine a quick layer of Waxoyl just to keep it looking tidy and protect the brake lines/suspension bushes from the weather. Those items will cause MOT headaches years before you find a hole in the floor.

Short Z4M buyers guide in the current issue of Autocar... Few problems except £1,200 for a set of discs and pads

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/hankook-ventus-v12-evo-page-10 "consistent laps with no surprises" "In the wet, however, the V12s were as sporty and connected as they come, with grip second only to the PS2s’ and the best braking. The Hankooks were extremely consistent, likely because they were so well-behaved, which made them easy to drive quickly."

The drivers are written by the GPU vendors but until now most Android apps couldn't take advantage of the hardware. Android 4.0 requires hardware acceleration and looks pretty snappy to me (@1:30-2:00) if not quite up there with iOS and WP7:

Instant and perfectly smooth scrolling/zooming are certainly nice to have but not exclusive Apple tech... It's simply hardware acceleration and Windows Phone 7 has it too. Animations and zooming easily match iOS despite a feeble 2 year old processor. Android has to support a huge range of GPUs from many manufacturers so hardware acceleration is difficult but things are supposed to be improving with 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

WTF!?! 370Z is 90PS/litre and even the early 350Z was 80PS/litre

A few motoring-related for Android... My Cars (Stores refuels and other costs, displays min/max/avg MPG, cost per mile, graphs, etc...) What Gas (Display nearest petrol stations on map, user-updated prices) RAC Traffic (Accidents in your region or national)

Claims that "all Android touchscreen stuff" is non-responsive are of course utter garbage... I guess swishing a static grid of icons backwards and forwards gives some people a boner Sure the Android UI and scrolling aren't quite as smoothly animated, but for major functionality like browsing it can match Apple's latest and greatest:

I'm commuting into London at the moment and there's so many idiots on the train waving iPads around. You'll spend more time re-coding downloaded video than watching it, then have to watch widescreen video letterboxed. Meanwhile I can comfortably watch 720p videos full-screen on my ancient HTC Desire. Combine this with a 32GB card and you've got a 5 inch player you can drop 40GB of video onto for £200: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Wifi-Inch-Player/dp/B005BD5BG4/ref=pd_cp_ce_2

3G in the UK uses a higher frequency (2,100 MHz) that doesn't travel as far or penetrate through walls as well as lower 2G frequencies. In most areas 3G reception is as good as it'll ever get. Despite the "Apple-knows-best" spin, 2G isn't going anywhere and is the best option when you're indoors, far away from a cell tower, or want the best standby time. When my friend upgraded iOS it lost all her contacts and used her data allowance in hours. A "genius" gave up trying to fix it and had to replace the entire phone, now the replacement has a dodgy volume button... Despite being a huge iPhone fan she accepts Apple is now more interested in profits than producing hardware or software that lives up to expectations, let alone exceeds them. Even her colleague (an iOS developer) is defecting to a Nokia Windows phone.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/newreviews/207072/bmw_z4_m_coupe.html For : Fantastic straight-six engine and performance, cabin design and construction, dramatic bodywork, robust mechanicals Against : Stiff suspension, snappy throttle response, unsettled handling, cramped cockpit, heavy clutch and gearbox http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/BMW-Z4-./220047/ "A Cayman slayer, then? Not really. The Z4M Coupe also comes with such a litany of faults – including a cramped cabin, terrible rearward visibility, poor ride quality and shoddy cabin materials that you’d need to be short, brave and unusually numb of backside to use it every day." http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-Z4-M-Coupe/ "A TVR for people who haven't got time to spend hanging around hard shoulders, the £41,285 M coupe looks, and sounds spectacular. But the 3.0Si isn't much slower, drops as many jaws and costs £8K less. I'm afraid this time the M model isn't the default choice."

Nothing to obscure but these rarely get a TV showing: Death Machine http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109575/ To Live and Die in LA http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090180/ Thief http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083190/ City of Industry http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118859/ State of Grace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100685/ Internal Affairs (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099850/ Narc http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272207/ Primal Fear http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117381/ The Hot Spot http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099797/ The Last Seduction http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110308/ Midnight Run http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095631/ Kiss Kiss Bang Bang http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373469/

There's more to life than Nordschleife laptimes. Subaru version:

Same thing on the HP Touchpad... In portrait (768 pixels wide) those 2 buttons don't appear, flip to landscape (1024 wide) and they reappear. Even in Firefox for Windows the "X new messages" button disappears if the frame is narrower than ~990 pixels.

Different markets. The S15 is in enthusiast/2nd car territory, will hold its value and be far cheaper to run/modify/drift. You have to spend an astronomical amount to add 150bhp and mod the suspension on a Z.

Bear in mind most of these heavily discounted cars will be 2010 models, not the revised 2011 model. Plenty of barely-run-in 2009/2010 cars out there for £22-23k

Nissan UK were allocated 1,000 cars per year (although 350Z sales halved in 2008/2009) so something between 5,000 and 6,000 UK cars. There were a lot of imports in the early years and so given the figures above, there were probably ~2,500 imports.

Despite the claims above Falkens are pretty poor in the wet, especially when it's cold. I've done 7,000 mostly motorway miles on Kumho's and only lost 1-2mm of tread. The soft sidewalls aren't really suited to the Z though.

Jobs' contemporaries in the tech world have all (quite rightly) praised his abilities in business, marketing, leadership... None are throwing around words like "innovator" or "inventor": http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/bill-gates-leads-tributes-to-steve-jobs-1032067