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Horses for courses JP, 350 has a glaring omission of a couple of seats in the back, and the OP said he wants a change. I get that a supercharged Zed (probably £15k minimum I would have thought?) is properly quick, but looking at alternatives. Agree the GTT body shape is dull but like any car the body work is a movable feast, you only have to look at what chargespeed and amuse have done for the Zed (which I think looks pretty lame in standard guise in terms of body shape). I found my DE 350z about on par in terms of comfort as my R33, R33 had better seats (albeit had the GTR limited edition ones). I think the early 350z in terms of a nice place to be were not quite that, in fact they were very sparse in terms of comfort. The R34s will just keep going up in value, 350z's have some time to go before they see the same...depends on what you want out of a car if you bought one right now.

£9k you can have my Celica

The R34 GTR is ridiculously overpriced, the prices of R32 and R33 GTRs are about right, the R34 is pricing half driven by the F&F brigade I suspect. Especially given the price of the R34 GTT, it just doesn't make sense. There are plenty of R34 GTTs with a bit of fettling that would easily match a stock R34 GTR, they are really an overlooked car and subsequently undervalued.

If that's the case isn't that true of any car? If you can't afford a 370z you get a 350z...

Sold the R33, bought the GT4...much happier in that now. Its so much more nimble (rally car I guess!) and responsive but still has that out and out speed in a straight line. An R34 GTT in my own opinion if you are on a budget of £9k would get you a better all round car than a £9k R33 GTR. Its rear wheel drive (the R33 GTR will operate in rear wheel drive in most driving conditions anyway), single turbo with the revised Neo engine.

I looked long and hard at going for an Evo, I personally would not have gone below a 6 if I am using it regularly and wanted it above stock boost. Or save up a bit more and get yourself a Tommi Makinnen, it will only gain in value and is a rocket straight out the box. I didnt quite bond with my R33 (albeit not a GTR), I liked it, it was proper good theatre, but something didnt quite get me to 100% happy on it. If you are set on an R33 I think for £9k you are getting a bottom of the range GTR or you could probably pick up a standard R34 GTT which would be a great base for a build over time, much better interior and body weight trimmed a tad. Whilst we are on the subject, will put forwards my suggestion for a Celica Gen 6 GT4 forged and tuned will see north of 350bhp no problem.

Worth reading up on MPS as there is a lot of mis-conception out there as to what each tyre does...MPS3 was not a replacement of MP2, and is not a replacement of MPSS Next up, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4. Many people felt the Pilot Sport name lost its direction as theMichelin Pilot Sport 3 didn't replace the Pilot Sport 2, but the slightly more touring bias Pilot Exalto 2. The true replacement for the Pilot Sport 2 came in the shape of the well regarded Michelin Pilot Super Sport. With the launch of the Pilot Sport 4, Michelin are aiming to get the Pilot Sport name back on track. The new tyre borrows lessons learnt from both the Pilot Super Sport, and Michelins involvement with the Formula E race series. This has resulted in a tyre which has a much more performance focus than the Pilot Sport 3, but still retails excellent tread life, a strong wet performance and the good levels of comfort we've come to expect from a premium tyre. As for the fate of the much loved Pilot Super Sport? This tyre will continue to sit above the Pilot Sport 4, catering to those of us who want an even higher level of performance in 19 inches and above.

Vred Vorti's on my GT4 and are very good well pleased.

Openeo, Tyre Leader, Asda, Camskill all good sites for tyres. Do make sure to check the tyre ages though, have heard stories of these cheap companies selling on tyres that are 5-10 years old and have been sat in a warehouse. I bought my Vreds from Camskill, literally pence in it compared to the others but have bought stuff from them before and had great service.

Banzai

I also believe that the data stored on your attendance is shared with a private firm NPDDs or something - pretty sure at some point it will become something insurance companies can access freely.

Urgh, BMW 1 series that got put on a medieval rack

Blimey sorry to see this Was the gear knob worth a few quid then not to hand over to the insurance company

I think its fair to say its a reasonable stand point, the reason you have to declare points for insurance is so they can identify what transgressions you have done done in the past with relation to driving, they are looking for a driving profile to price you premium up to a level that gives them the right risk assessment. The ideal is that they could monitor all your driving over a period of time to assess that risk... ...which the black box companies do, you pay your premium, install the box, if you are constantly under the speed limit you get % of your premium back.

Exactly this...people dodge the points and take the course to avoid the points rather than taking it out of the goodness of their heart to be a better driver, so the idea that its in some way equivalent to taking an advanced drivers course so makes you a safer insurance bet is clearly not the case. Its a shame its being interpreted in this way really, that some people carry on BAU on the roads having 'dodged' the points they would have automatically gotten a few years back.

Cheers pal, only just made it thanks to that shoddy sense of direction of mine!

Another small mod, switched over the old brass gear linkage bushes to something a bit newer (although those 21 year old brass ones seemed to have lasted pretty well all things considered with very little ovalling!) maybe its confirmation bias but pretty sure the gear changes felt a little crisper anyway another new part in the car

James May had dull monotone boring approach to everything...Hammond was the feisty little fella...Clarkson the power mad oath - they all 'played' their role. I watched an old Top Gear yesterday, and tried to understand why I enjoyed it. It wasn't really the presenters, the cinematography and cars were amazing though, as long as they keep up the high quality (and cost) I can imagine it will be fine - and we are all winners out of this, we now have two car shows competing against one another, I don't want either to fail as healthy competition will simply lead to more effort put into each show which will only benefit the audiences.

"Every time we come together and I squeeze and cuddle, after you have a can of coke, you sound like a Japspeed exhaust..."

Cheers martin, looking forwards to seeing your new interior!

I might have to agree with Dan on this one...! Perfect for people who key cars for no reason, to be able to download something to bugger up someones car for no reason...

Spent some time with my secret lady Victoria (concours wax...) today to get the Four ready for Sundays trip over to the Woodman, happy with the result It will rain, but at least a weeks worth of crap that fell out the sky has been cleaned off

Yeah with the greatest respect to it, it falls into the catagory we refer to as 'bullshit' products........right up there with tyre black, megs ultimate compound etc. Not to say that they are bad but they create an illusion rather than a reality Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Is there a 'genuine' way to keep / make your tyres black? 500 boxes of these

Hope you have a good one mate

Thats awesome, and infinitely better than the stick on stuff (which at £100 for some stickers is ridiculously overpriced IMO)