The G Man

The suspension and track of the Nismo is completely different to the GT. That said, it’s not mindblowingly different to the GT. I test drove the auto before buying my manual GT, it was alright but will be down on fuel consumption a bit I’d imagine, not that anyone can afford petrol atm ha! Can’t remember but is the tank @72 litres?, I know it’s bigger than most normal cars. I never ran out of fuel on any of my 370’s. They still look great cars, again not a traffic light bruiser, most hot hatches are quicker off the mark, it’s a GT but the road noise is terrible on a long journey, lack of insulation and deadening probs the main factor. I wish I’d kept my 2013 Nismo

There were a plethora of Vettes at Tatton Park on Saturday and Sunday last

Yellow stuff are pish haha! Seriously I’ve no idea of their effectiveness, even after the few ‘War and Peace’ type posts, bored to death after 3-4 lines. Doc mad a good point re member 4, the end!

Looks better than my kitchen

Apologies if this is a repost, oh @*!# it is

Must’ve turned your world upside down.......

Och, well done Max again, hard lines Chuck, Big George had a blinder, wee lewis?, another piercing me thinks Great race, right result, apart from Perez

Just to add, you may require camber bolts (I’ve got eibach ones) for camber adjustment, depending on the set up you want

No mate, no magnaride, my Muzzer is from a long, long time ago and a galaxy far, far away I’m not a fan of Steeda, well Steeda UK, they’re overpriced and overrated, with a lot of fitment issues IMO, but may work with Magnaride The Ford Kit, fits first time, made by Ford for a Ford Contact Benny @ Levittown Ford for a great price

I’ve had the FRPP Track Handling Pack on my old Muzzer since almost brand new, remarkable difference for a road set up. The kit comes with uprated sway bars and produced a totally flat cornering ability. The ride is slightly compromised though, especially on the ‘dirt track’ system of roads in the uk, a bit harsher. My only bit of suspension failure so far, 6 years in was a control arm replacement two years ago. Because it comes in FR Blue, I’m often asked by service techs if the car was a special US order , of course I say it was! Sailed through its MOT, emission checks etc even with a 3” engine back with ‘sports’ cats, active exhaust and headers all good. fantastic looking Mustang, £65k in the uk!

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While aimlessly looking on auto trader, I put in 2013 Nissan 370Z Nismo white, two came up, and lo and behold my old Nismo was one of them! I contacted the dealer this morning and there’s a deposit been put on it, hopefully the new owner didn’t pay the full asking price (£22k). It’s only had two owners since me so I’m assuming that it’s been well looked after. Ach well, the new owner might pop up here and I might have the chance to buy it off them in a few years Bon chance to the new owner

Christ, dis that mean a’ll no git oany mair pm’s via this fella, telling me thit some bigots huv complaint about me posting in Scottish? Woner how offended theyd be if they heard me talk Guid luck auld yin, pit yer feet up and enjoy whitever ye want tae dae wi yersel

New York City are installing them too....

Not so local, but an awesome route that’s fast, challenging and utterly beautiful, Invergarry to Ullapool via Gairloch takes some beating.... for a mor local run Strathaven - Muirkirk is my go to thrash on a boring evening or afternoon..

PI’m no expert by any manner of means, I run MPS4S on my present Mustang, I’ve used MPSS on both my 370’s, GT and Nismo, as well as the Mustang. i Don’t think you can get them any more but I ran Ultrac Sessanta (Vredstein) on the GT as well. The Nismo came with Bridgestones IIRC but in any case I only ever used Bridgestones on my RX8, they were superb (REO55), many haters off them on here tho, but my experience on track, multiple alpine passes, Euro roadtrips was a good one. Still an expensive tyre. Bear in mind, no matter the tyre, if you don’t drive to the conditions, even Lewis Hamilton will end up backwards in a hedge, I think that’s the key with any choice As to pro’s/cons to a wider set up, playing about with ratio or width won’t do much harm if it’s minor, example, going from a 275 to a 28 or 95 width, I’ve run spacers on 370’s and Mustang, purely for stance aesthetics and with my limited ability, I’ve experienced no negative side effects

I ran MPSS for the last two years before replacing them with MPS4S @ October last year. The MPSS replaced P Zeros, which on or in a warm climate were a fantastic tyre, get close to their minimum temp range and I mean within above 7 or 8 deg and they were a danger to life! The MPSS performed superbly, again in dry/warmer temps and were only marginally better than the P Zeros but there was a significant improvement over the P Zeros in colder, damper weather. The MPS4S are no doubt a great summer tyre (not ran them in the summer yet), but over the winter that’s just past they’ve only just very slightly been better over what I felt with the P Zeros, not a great improvement at all. i know they’re all primarily summer tyres but when the question is “ wallet friendly” who can afford two sets of wheels with summer and winter tyres? I think there’s probably better, cheaper all rounders out there that don’t suffer the catastrophic fall off of P Zeros and or the MPS4S. unfortunately when you’re talking 19” with the type of width and profile that the 350/370 requires, none of them are that ‘wallet friendly’ for this category. Just my most recent experience, I’m no tyre guru.....

It’s the only way to go very nice car Doogy. As I’m well aware, not the fastest toy out the box but a lovely place to be and I can only imagine what nice roads this’ll see in the spring - autumn in Canada. precisely what I’ve said all along re the Mustang with regards to ‘driving should be an event and an experience’, nearly six years in with mine and and it still is, even on a cold damp winters night after a long late shift. There were many detractors back in 2016. Mach1 is a big improvement by all accounts (I’ve not driven one), and I had a wee look at a cancelled order the other day, £57k, I’d imagine yours would be that but in dollars you lucky man! Jealous of the Tremac, but my old Chinese gearbox is still happily trundling along Have fun

Och, wee Lewis got a nice badge from her Maj, nice day oot for his mum. Poor wee Max gets some Lewis fanboy hate forever

Perez did a great job all season, great partnership, where both understand the principle of a ‘principle’ driver. Hope it’s Russell giving Max some real competition next year. The King is dead, long live the King, and to survive, F1 need to crack the US, combative racing is what’s going to do it not whiney sullen fans and drivers.

Well done Max, great to get it right up Sky F1’s utterly biased commentary all season.

Oi! Ma Mrs resembles that remark! (except the poverty spec bit )

Probably 4WD Dan, and I would like a modern interior. Would I have to raise my budget? That’s not out the question, would also like it to be current, I’ll have a look at the numbers you suggest. On the depreciation, I’m thinking on my side, as in what’s the drop off from new to nearly new, todays market is very unpredictable. needs to be special, needs to be modern, would like it sub £100k. I’ll take that on board Dan, re driving one, would ideally, on a near £100k car want an extended test drive, off to Braehead on Monday

Jesus Christ, £225k! Lovely looking car but ma pension pot wouldn’t look at that, well the kitchen would need to wait

I’m pretty sure there are a whole range of people on here that are in a much more beneficial position than myself, with regards a large pension pots and lump sums. Im also sure that there are a number of Porsche current and former owners who know their sh1t! So, over the past few years I’ve been tempted by all sorts of stuff. With that in mind, in the not too distant future, as well as financing myself relatively comfortably with a relatively good income and some sound investments in my 42yr working life, when I retire, I’ve come to the conclusion that I want a very, very special car, before I shuffle off this mortal coil. This will be a Porsche 911 There are a few ‘caveats’ with my Porsche needs, set out below: 1. Nearly new with less than 3 or 4K miles on it (I’m open to advice on depreciation, if there is any?, solid facts on this please) 2. Needs to be a 911 3. Budget £80-90k (maybe more) 4. NOT track focused, comfortable, high optioned (adjustable suspension, seats, things like programmable keys, adaptive cruise (?), heated and cooled (?) seats, fully electric everything in fact. Proper GT. 5. Nothing garish, no neon pee pee colours, no ‘decal’ type sh1t that tells others and me what I already know. 6. NOT convertible, solid roof, none of this wibbly wobbly chassis pish. 7. Capable of not embarrassing my 9 year old granddaughter, but capable of making my two 5yr old grandsons the proudest wee boys in school when they get dropped off. 8. At a push can, I could increase budget 9. I have no idea, other than I want one, what they are like to drive, enlighten me. 10. Must compliment our imminent M340D Touring