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Anyone had a go at some of their devices (or similar?) https://www.rewiresecurity.co.uk/ I would be the first to admit my car is hardly worthy of a tracker given its modest value, but still it would be good to know that in the event of it being stolen there will be a window of opportunity to track it (before its pulled apart). There are some serious hardware solution out there costing hundreds/thousands so a little searching turned up these devices which hide away in the car and use a sim card to transmit location data to your phone. On some there is even the capability to turn on a mic in the device to listen in on what is being said in the car. So cost wise, you are looking at circa £80 for the hardware, a sim card will need topping up every 2-3 months to a total of around £5 each time, and you pay £20 a year for the app. Its an interesting low cost option - anyone tried this sort of stuff out yet?

Dont tail-gate them then Dan

I think like anything, drive to within the limits. Tyres 'generally' don't find ditches, bad drivers are much more likely find ditches

https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/115722-tired-tyres-got-some-quotes/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-1752806 Based on that last post I reckon so!

My wifes 55 plate megane feels nimble compared to a zed

Gave the Apeman cam a test and its pretty impressive! Image stabilisation is really good and picture quality great as well. A little dark in the picture (but as expected by the reviews) however shot some test footage in 4k when uploading it to You Tube it gets a bit funny when playing back and judders? It plays back fine on quicktime on my mac but gets upset on you tube, also it doesnt upload in over 1080?

As above, buy the best car you can get for your money. I have never understood why someone investing thousands in to a car, which you will put thousands of pounds of fuel into, probably spend thousands of pounds in mods on, hundreds on tyres so on and so forth would deliberately buy one car over another because you save 250 quid. Just no sense in that logic at all. Sure buy a low tax one because its in better condition, but as above, buy the best car for your money.

To be completely frank, do not whatever you do buy a Zed based on the annual taxation cost. Buy the best car you can for the money. The extra annual tax is something like £250 per year, or 20 quid a month, or around a fifth of a tank of petrol. Buy the best car you can for the money you have available. You could go buy a lower tax band car over a higher one and the clutch goes, that a grand straight out the window and suddenly that tax saving seems irrelevant.

Ah, buy your E92 but if you ever get overtaken by a Mustang on track you must hang your head in shame and remember I was right TWR VXR8 with money left over to blow on many things for it? (just trying to think outside the obvious..!)

actually a quick google of Mustang Track Car pops this up, looks pretty cool actually!

2018 Mustang? (or is that out of price? cannot be bothered to check!)

Good to hear that you got what you needed out of it - shame that you have to act professionally and they un-so throughout yet ultimately they continue to trade. Hear nothing but awful customer service from this place.

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Great meet and well done Martin for organising. Additionally thanks to EVERYONE for entertaining my boy Alfie in good spirits, he has been talking about this all week and was so excited, thanks again.

If you are just popping along no problem. We park at the end of the car park away from the pub. No revving etc in the car park cheers!

Evora? Vantage?

Go drive one at your nearest dealers should make it all a lot more easy to make that decision in terms of investing.

Why would you want to compare a series 1 Elise against a 350z? It was designed and built more than half a decade before the 350z came along. Unless of course you bring along the Elise 350R which was blindingly fast. The series 2 at least is built in the same era and as above a 2005 version goes quicker than a 350z - of course introduce corners and it goes even quicker

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Easy goes please gentleman, let's see some manly hugs and making up...

These should help, buyers guide https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/77426-buyers-guide/ 100 FAQs https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/24796-top-100-faqs-must-read-wip/

Well if you are talking about reliability and cost, Cayman I am not so sure is the way forwards. A GT86 in decent condition is still knocking around the £12k-£13k mark I think last time I checked, not sure you are getting a supercharger purchase and install for £2k? (Not that I have checked). Point to point a VX/Elise will drive away from a 350z on fun roads, its not really a contest, sure standing quarter mile 350z runs quick but the guy is looking for a weekend car, not a drag strip runner (from what I can see?).

Ha! Its a different car, the 350z is a comfortable GT car that does a little bit of sport, the VX220 is a lightweight performance car which munches up B roads and is a weapon on the track, but can just about be tolerated on long distance trips on motorways