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My LMGT4s when box fresh. How can you not feel the love for the original diamond cut lips and centres!

Congratulations JB33 on deciding on a new zed. As long as it's within budget and it's something that will bring long lasting joy, you've made the right decision. My zed was the first new car I ever bought when I was 34. There is something extra special in getting a brand new car and knowing the history 100%. Buying new is only a mugs game if not in budget, meaning you're struggling to balance your budget at the end of the year. You know pics are mandatory on arrival!

A nice set of Nismo decals would really transform the look. A mandatory addition in my opinion

Subway at 8am sounds good to me. See you there

Match made in heaven!

My bad......I was lazy and just read the last post above But a zed would definitely be on my list as a keeper. Back in 05 I was contemplating a BMW 330i instead of the zed. There'd be no way I'd still be as smitten with an 05 BMW 330i after 13 years. Something timeless with Zeds in my opinion. May not be the pinnacle drivingachine in their category bit definitely something special and unique. For that reason the OP should buy it and post up a pic of him sitting in his new zed smiling from ear to ear

Great to see another 05 owner on board

Congratulations on the zed and finding the OC. Pics of the zed are mandatory or we won't believe you Never tire of seeing a new zed coming to the OC

I'd like to see pics of it at night under lighting as I reckon the wheels and decals would be "on fire" at night! Such a big difference just between the first and second pics taken in daylight. Are there any metallic flecks in the strips along the Zeds flanks?

Lovely car and rims. The designers definitely did a good job on those forged rims!

Great buy. So are you a twin zed family now?

I've ordered from and received great service from Zmanalex and Clarke Motorsport in the past. They know their zeds and will have the stuff you need

Priceless road sign

If you plan on keeping the zed for the long term I'd say go ahead. I've probably lost near £24k on my zed if I sold it today, but looking back wouldn't have changed my decision. Paid £30k back in 05 for my zed but after 13 years the depreciation has slowed right down. I took a big hit originally but have had a car without any bad surprises due to unknown history that brings a smile to my face daily. If I was planning on changing after a couple of years I'd probably go 2nd hand rather than finance a new one, as a £20k hit in 3 yrs sounds much worse than my £24k in 13! At the end of the day, different strokes for different blokes. I know people that'd happily spend thousands every year on holidays but would consider buying a new car bonkers as you lose on depreciation and vice versa.

I found this happened to me many moons ago. With mine the cause was the dealership taking off the cluster too harshly. When you pull them out you got to resist temptation to yank one side to much which will cause them to flex and break the seal. So carefully does it Maybe mine are just unusually tight, but I got the same problem with my upgraded led clusters too!

Car is looking mental. I reckon your rear is gonna get more likes than Kim Kardashian's

Hope it's not too expensive to fix. Did you still manage to enjoy the group drive out today though?

Have a good trip guys and post up lots of pics. I'll be thinking of the fun I'm missing while I do the Mother's Day malarkey

The zed is looking mighty fine. Azure blue comes out the best in photos I reckon. I ordered blue originally but switched to sunset orange last minute........often wished I had stuck with blue.

This one is for you Stu. The other half of Will Smith. The one and only DJ Jazzy Jeff treating us to a 2 hour selection of his choice tunes spanning the decades. As a kid I actually thought Will Smith was called "DJ Jazzy Jeff" as I'm sure did many others leading him to choose the title "He's the DJ and I'm the rapper" on one of their albums Nice to see him still pleasing the crowd with his skills and knowledgeable selection of tunes new and old

Glad to see another sunset orange. Photos never do the colour justice...... especially at night when lit under lights

Ooops. My bad. But Panasonic are selling their 40-43 inch versions for £299-£350 too

Panasonic are selling refurbished 50" tvs for £399 with 12 month warranty https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-TX-50EX700B-50-Inch-SMART-4K-Ultra-HD-HDR-LED-TV-Freeview-Play-USB-Rec/202244537708?_mwBanner=1&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2F0%2F0%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202244537708%26rvr_id%3D0&ul_noapp=true&epid=238421223

Don't forget to ask them not to wash or wax it. They'll often use a rushed overworked and underskilled guy who'll be using the same sponge to do all their cars bodywork AND wheels rubbing dirt off and into your new paint. Then buffing wax off it with a cloth that he's probably dropped a few times or just left on the floor while he's not using it

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