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They don't happen to everyone though. You have to be doing a lot of miles to make a diesel make sense. So even with a car that *might* cost you good money to fix as long as your doing enough miles to offset that cost your ok.

New they seem silly money and depreciate rapidly. Id be looking at one a few years old and probably the coupe. Are they that bad? Twin turbo, 0-60 in less than 7 seconds and 60mpg all sound good to me. I maybe weird, but i dont mind diesels. never get 60mpg. Injector, pump, DMF, clutch and DPF failures are common. Higher milers need turbo's and seals and all that usually.

I think the ds2500 are a good pad but they lack feel to me.

A dealer is £100-120 an hour up here Motortune is Shotts (Scotland) is pretty decent. I think Manchester or leeds has Porshceapart. There is only one trader really doing parts thats zman but with porsche's there is many and competition leads to lower prices.

no more rediculous than nissan prices and any sensible person would be going to good independents not Porshe unless it was still in warranty. and with so many around 2nd parts aren't that expensive. Thank you. Alot of people on here have never owned a Porsche and dont know what the running costs are like. Parts are much much cheaper. Even new parts. I mean a hell of a lot cheaper. They are easier to work on and as said they arent much more expensive than Nissan dealer prices but indie's are a hell of alot cheaper. Only really 2 main problems which where IMS and RMS. They carry the miles much better than what the nissans do though.

In your words, use the search. Keh? IIRC the Zed outta the factory does not have WOT on 1st 3 gears. Hence why I said that getting the car mapped with UpRev will allow WOT

They do open to WOT I'm the first 3 gears

I think it's that easy not tried mine yet. Copper grease works nicely on the back on the pads

Warms up in the spring? This is as warm as it will get in Glasgow On detailing world Davekg has some awesome guides and theory about polishing. Well worth a read

Porsche parts are much cheaper than nissan parts don't know why anyone thinks Nissan parts are cheap as they aren't and porsche parts are expensive?

I was only busting your chops mate. You was on here alot when I first joined up but not so much. I always remember the pictures of you when your car was being dynoed

If you never drove the car really, never ragged it what fun did you get from it? Its a Nissan i think people forget what they are driving sometimes. But sorry to hear its going. Good luck with your business

Ive found the boxster comparable in costs to the 350. Fuel they are about the sameish. Tyres they are cheaper with better sizes and less wear. Brakes I have found cost the same. Servicing is a little more expensive as its 8-9 litres of oil but then you do get a few more miles if you wish from a service. My 350 serviced from Nissan was no cheaper than the boxster S serviced from motortune in Shotts. The good thing about boxsters is they are fast, nimble and handlewell. They are pretty much spot on out of the box. the 350 needs modding to be on the same level but at the same time they cost much less as standard. Also a Nissan with 100k drives worse than a Porsche on 200k and parts are much much cheaper than 350 parts. Working on them is a hell of a lot eaiser too.

Again 996's share about 60% of parts with the 986. A 911 only costs Porsche about 3k more to make. I agree with Rich. I really like my 350 I really do, love it infact. Doesnt mean its the best thing ever. I appricate different cars. I can look past my orange lit dials. Back in the day what made the 350 a winner was it was nearly half the price of a Boxster S. Also Ricey get a 3.2S if you can they are much better

I think your making "character" up cayman and 987s are about 80%-90% the same. Boxster is probably one of the best convertibles out there. Less than a cayman too.

Ever driven one? A better car than the 350 IMO. Engine is in a better place, Grip is great too. Much lighter too so more nimble and less harsh on tyres. Also you called someone who wants a boxster a retard. you cant even spell "boxster"

Yes but that's like anything though. If use a hard pad and a real gritty polish of course it will go through. I can't even get the panel to heat up with a DA. How long was a while? I'm sure you will find that 99% of people never run into any trouble using a DA as they are so bloody slow. Rotary is where it's at. Think thats a bit extreme. With a high cut pad and proper polish you could do damage. I managed to on a test panel from an old banger with my Kestrel. Admittedly you have to go at it a while, but its certainly possible to burn through, especially with thin Nissan paint. With a low cut pad and diminishing cut polish you'll be ok though, just not too many hits, and dont try to get the RIDS out.

Is h5 even on here anymore

Why not? The OP used a DA and thats impossible to do any harm.

are you sure its nothing todo with your addication to ebay

I agree I think the pre bulge gives a smoother sleeker look. As long as your happy with it

+1, over a hundred quid a tank of v-power or 99 ron not many miles from a tank if enjoying yourself. 5.5k is a very tight budget, especially with the cost of things to go wrong. Id much rather spend 2 grand more as you will find yourself spending 2k on parts probably and start to regret it. 7-8k will get you a nice 53-04 model with lower mileage and well looked after. Not much really goes wrong and if it does it happens on most 350's. So its a risk either way.

good on you for being different. Arent the eaton m45's abit small? people still using megasquirt ecus?

Vote for who you like......this ain't a democracy don't let chesterfield hear you say that, we had a heated discussion over this a while ago Biscuit wasnt you a mod? Did you not do a good enough job to get a gold name? never made it; wasn't well behaved enough Mod dropout?