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Yeah put my order through for one, worth a try out for the price...although just got my autoglym fabric hood cleaner and protector through just now happy days. I also noted, that ultimate finish are doing nanolex products now, i ordered some stuff in from germany previously which was bloody excellent so will be keeping an eye on that also.

Have fun everyone, now that I own a crossbred US/UK car can't come to this wish I had done so when I owned the Zed. Good luck with the weather!

I'm jealous! Looks like a great place...(not just after watching Tokyo drift lol) one of the places on my list to visit! I always recommend japan as a holiday destination, really has so much going for it, great people, amazing history, multiple climates, stunning place.

Welcome along dude - I used to live in Tokyo!

Wife has a Mk1 Focus with 80k on the clock, runs great, cheap as chips to maintain

:scare: my head hurts ! ! Your car has the weight of a pile of wet socks thus 147 bhp is good! ! This car has 200 bhp and isn't light. The car is over priced, slow and isn't that good looking. I can't believe on a 350z forum people are interested in swaping a car of similar size only with at least 80 bhp less. :wacko: I know was just winding you up a tad

My current 'ride' is 147bhp, I guarantee I could scare the blinkers out of you on the road in it though

Drove my VX in the pouring rain last night, was a blast!

Or wait for this? http://cars.aol.co.uk/2013/09/11/audi-strongly-hints-at-sport-quattro-production/?ncid=wsc-uk-cars-headline

http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-news/27150-2014-subaru-brz-stis-power-and-performance-upgrades-will-offer-230bhp

Not many of them about haha (in reference to previous debate on this thread and a comical dig at myself to a certain extent)

If you look a few posts above you will see I already acknowledged that, I was pointing out you where still getting RWD. I wouldn’t compare a VXR, ST or type R to the GT86 although they would all leave it looking daft in a straight line, you would like to think the GT86 would make it up in the corners plus RWD is much more fun the FWD. Compared to a Zed, Z4 or Evo x (more than 2 seats) all in the same price bracket, it doesn’t win anything at all. Maybe the windows go up faster than theirs? Not asking you to agree but I will judge you if you buy one But it is different!

20bhp is optimistic, i did a milltek, berks and plenum and got 17 which was apparently a good return on bhp. If you are chasing numbers, supercharge.

Trunk Monkey Upgraded

That will be a point of issue - that someone buying this will expect 'bad ass' body kit and the like and ignore the engineering involved.

Within this sample frame we aren't, in the grand scheme of things, we are

I agree. Its just one of those traits some people have. I find it hard to understand why someone would buy a car that everyone else has. I get your question, I guess the same thing could be said of two cars identical performance in every way except one looks the same as all the other cars in the road, one looks different. What would you go for? Back on topic though...have to say despite all our ideas, the 370 looks a decent bet! Not that I would go for it

Haha excellent, can't wait to see it in action !

Higher BHP would be more expensive so the 200 BHP one but your question is unrealistic if you want a more realistic version I had the dilemma of turbo VX and NA VX which is slower, I went for the slower one because the higher power one is turbo and not a drive style I prefer. If you want a 'formula' you can't simply add performance numbers - otherwise why do people buy an Aygo over a used Evo? When buying cars I have a formula that looks something like: Performance x20% + Fun x20% + Uniqueness x25% + Driveability x10% + Modability x25% A 911 owner might have something that looks like: Performance x50% + Drivability x35% + Allroundability x15% Which is why it would appear ridiculous for someone to buy something which from a performance perspective is so much inferior. In addition, performance can be measured easily using stats we see everyday. Fun? Fun is a personal thing. Uniqueness can mean many different things from colour, number of seats, country of origin, availability. I didn't say I disagree with the 911 owners, I just offered up a reason as to why people sometime veer away from going with whats 'on paper' the best.

But that's the point, I don't feel a car I buy is inferior because it doesn't look like every other car out there. Its one of the 'factors' that we all build into what we consider important points of buying a car. So many people think that one car is better than another because its 0-60 time is half a second quicker but really on the road, it makes no difference at all. Top speeds are pretty pointless in the same instance, one does 190 one does 175 so what? We all have our checklists, its just that for some people having a more unique car is equal in weight and important to making it a good car as a great 0-60 sprint.

Exactly thats your opinion and a very valid one. Another opinion is that cars are as personal to someone as they are to themselves. I want people to be able to recognise my car as easily as recognising me. I want to have something different from the crowds. I just want to be original. Which is why some people veer away from the endless BMWs and Audi's that sit on UK roads and forge their own way with something a bit different. But thats their valid opinion too