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As Ricey says, older cars by default have more mileage and the ones with low mileage are few and far between and are far from a 'bargain'. Glasses I would be wary of believing as gospel btw - I know for a fact in the trade there is a lot of anger amongst car dealers who find their valuations on lesser known cars poor. Like you I didnt want a JDM either, although since paying extra for a UK car (which you will have to too) and having seen a lot of very nice JDMs on here I do wonder if it really makes any difference. I see you didnt mention service history, 350z engines are very reliable plenty on here are approaching or passed 100k miles no problem. Just make sure you get a fully stamped service history, doesnt all have to be Nissan either, if it has a reputable independant in there it is just as good Its a good time to buy though, prices are down but beware that waiting too long and you might find prices recover towards summer.

New discs and pads all round probably in March Baby in February Rear LED Lights and facelift fronts Side steps and carbon front lip

Ah ok, saw a number of pictures over the past year where they put an s2000 aerial on and it over hung? Maybe they were not genuine and were ebay copies?

People seem mad for these stubbies but they have an overhang on the Z aerial mount and in my personal opinion look a bit rubbish up close

Cant confirm but most are universal fit, in fact my momo handle partially went over the handbrake with the old leather still on!

As above - wooden flooring especially in a large living room makes for a very cold feeling environment. Not only tempurature but I find it hard to get cosy and really 'feel at home'. We are renting at the moment, have wood floors, if and when we buy another place it will be carpeted in the living room for sure.

I think Douglas Adams though is somewhat misqouted on this occasion, to draw a line of numbers, then to draw them again with the digit I had different is very highly inprobably. To draw two lines of numbers which have no relation is very highly probable. Again it comes back to the hypothesis you are testing rather than post calculating the probability of drawing those numbers. The probability of drawing 6 random numbers in the lottery is 100% (so more than 9 out of 10!) the probability of drawing 6 preselected numbers is something like 13m to 1. I guess if the odds of their computer system making an error are higher than the odds of 116m to 1 then 'the odds are' are it was a freak occurance rather than a computer error

Yeah I know, although I got a follow up email out of the blue just now from a customer services director saying that they are 'investigating' the case To be honest my initial exasperation has long since passed and I am not too bothered. Mind you if it was a glitch, and hundreds of other people buying EM tickets at the same time got the same numbers as me I would be narked if they came in and shared the money with them all

With mine, the handle cover has no button, what protrudes is the original button - the handle is literally a sleeve for the exposed handbrake. Under the handbrake cover, at the button end, you will have a rubber adapter (comes with the handbrake cover) which is snug against the metal handbrake lever. At the base end you will have a number of screws going through the handbrake cover from different directions that tighten against the handbrake lever. So the cover is secured at both ends. As long as you select the right adapter (as mentioned test fit them on their own first) at one end and the screws tight at the other end it is rock solid no movement whatsoever. All seems a bit scary, the drilling and cutting looks scary too - I bought my handbrake cover and left it about 2 months before plucking up the courage to have a go. Spurs Dave was egging me on!

This isnt bad, no watermarks? Might be worth reading the terms if you plan on using it commerically. http://www.sxc.hu/

Because the first line is random, then the goal is to achieve the same except for the last ball which has to be specifically one number higher than the one drawn on the other line, the odds of it being that specific number is 1 from the remaining 46. Its a condition of the probability. We have to assume that the first line has been drawn and we are looking for OtherDrawBall+1 in the second draw. Easiest thing is to write it out and convert it into numbers Ball 1: Looking for five specific numbers from the draw so 5/50 Ball 2: Looking for four specific numbers from the draw minus one ball drawn so 4/49 etc Ball 5: Looking for one specific number (which is the other draw ball +1, this is a condition of the probability) so 1/46. If Ball 5 was any random ball from remaining balls it would be 1 or 46/46 not 1/46 which shortens the odds as you pointed out. ...didnt mean this thread to get so long - just a random post I put up after being fobbed off

In case you forget which gear you are in... http://www1.conrad-uk.com/scripts/wgate/zcop_uk/~flN0YXRlPTI4NDIwODExMQ==?direkt_aufriss_area=SHOP_AREA_37317&~template=PCAT_AREA_S_browse&p_page_to_display=&catalogs_sub_id=sub8&aktiv=8&navi=oben_2

Cov Uni Engineering When I was there (in the not so well regarded economics department) I house shared with some final year students for a few weeks who were on the engineering/design course, they all had five or six A* A-Levels each and already had top of the line jobs sorted for when they left at Suzuki etc.

Pretty sure it has to be 116m odd, as I am not selecting a random 5th ball from the remaining 46 balls, it has to be the one incremental to the one selected in the other draw...to do the numbers you need to look at the draw probabilities so 5/50 x 4/49 x 3/48 x 2/47 x 1/46 (this is the debatable one, as my different ball was one digit higher therfore can only be one of the 5 actually drawn you could assume that if it was random then it changes the whole formula to start from 4/50) for the main draw, but, I also got exactly the same bonus numbers so that an additional 2/11 x 1/10 multiplied against the other calc which brings up 116m

Thats the problem these days - the customer service team are so far removed from any kind of real "do-er" (coder, designer, etc) of the systems that they dont even know where to start asking the questions, let alone get answers. Far easier for them to just say "computer is right" and hang up on you That does sound very odd, epescially as the only different digit is the last one and its only one higher than the previous line. However I guess (and I havent done stats/probabilities for a long time) the actual probability of both numbers coming up is the same (they are both just a randomly generated number and just as likely to come up as each other or any other number combination), but having them one after the other is a very very long shot. OK so thats not quite true if you know how computers and random number generators really work, but when they designed the random number generator they wont have coded it as just doing +1 Yes a huge misconception that things are random. Calculators use formula to 'generate' random numbers but they aren't. By even having the lottery numbers drop into the machine in numerical order is already inducing bias, there will be weight variations in the balls etc etc, nothing is truly random But yeah on this occasion, the odds are pretty much non existant that it could have happened at random, that you draw a set of numbers, then draw the same again expect the last one which is one digit higher. I might even sit down and try remember probability class and work it out... edit: worked it out, odds are of getting the same first four numbers from 50, then the next number one digit higher, followed by the same two numbers from the draw from eleven balls is = 116,531,800 to 1

I guess having done a stats degree, numbers bother me when they do not make sense. I put it through on the system and I got two lines of seven numbers that were identical apart from one number which was one digit higher ie line one it was 32, line two it was 33. The odds of this occuring i would guess are something like 15,000,000-1. Naturally I thought something was up, so I emailed the lottery to say I think there may have been an error. They didnt check my transaction they just stated it wasnt, without checking anything. That is what I am narked about. Being fobbed off.

Dan, yes I do understand how the lottery works, but you are missing the point completely, the odds of the system drawing those numbers are astronomical, I was just concerned something seriously had gone wrong. Just to clarify, your statement is incorrect, there is not an equal chance of the numbers being drawn, in fact it is almost impossible to make a truly random number generator.

360 BHP you are looking at bolting on a supercharger/turbocharger, which will set you back somewhere in the region of £6k+ I would think. Nothing wrong with JDMs they are perfectly fine and very similar to UK cars, there used to be an argument that insurance was much higher but lots of evidence to say it really isn't that much at all over and above a UK car. Not sure how good Parkers is (I know in the trade they are not getting very good press as a lot of their info is way off the mark) but a 2003 car under £6k is about right. Have a look in the Zeds for Sale section here, you will be able to easily check the history and most Zeds I have seen on meet ups with members have been well looked after, moreso than some randomly floating about on AutoTrader. PS If you want to spot a JDM model easily, just look at the photo of the rear bumper, if its an original bumper the plate will be square, UK ones are rectangular.

It a little annoying as I put in that I wanted to play the numbers Tues and Fri for a few weeks, so its cost twenty quid to effectively play the same numbers twice. But yeah, its more to the point that they check it out, which I dont think they have, I didnt send them my login name or anything so they cant have actually checked the transaction to make sure it was working ok - I guess its more me just wanting them to properly do their job instead of fobbing me off with some stock answer out the library

...bought two lucky dips for Euro Millions online - the numbers I got for the two lines are identical except the last one which is one number different. I sent a mail to the national lottery, they replied saying that it was just chance and that their software is effectively infallible. I haven't taken the time to work it out but to select 5 random numbers from 1-50 and 2 random numbers from 1-11....then, to repeat that and get the same four numbers (which are the lowest four of the five) and the fifth one is one number higher, followed by the same two numbers randomly from 1-11....well they are pretty long odds. I replied saying I am not happy with their response

Actually it wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. All you do is that a sharp knife (a cheap craft knife is worth investing in) and cut along the top of the handbrake leather, cut along the stitching its easiest. It will then start to come away - you then have to cut down to the base then across to completely remove it. It then goes in the bin You will need to invest in a handbrake boot, and the handbrake itself. With the handbrake cover you will get a number of rubber bungs which you need to push inside the handbrake, test fit one of these on the exposed metal to get the size then push it up into the handbrake cover. You can try test fitting the handbrake cover on at this point to make sure the button is exposed, if it isnt you need to modify the handbrake cover which means cutting a wedge out of it at the base at the back (there are guides on here for this somewhere). I didnt need to do this with the one I had. Grab the leather boot you have bought, slide that over the handbrake lever and tuck it into the rubber. Handbrake cover now goes on, these usually have little screws that go from the outside through to the handbrake lever, you tighten these to hold it in place. Then pull up the boot and attach to the handbrake cover. Voila. Did mine a bit on the cheap, got the boot off ebay for about £12, the handbrake was second hand again off ebay. Sounds complicated, looks scary, but really it isnt all that bad

Man up people!

I was thinking the same thing earlier, I washed, clayed, polished and waxed the Zed then took it for a drive around Windsor way Got lots of looks as it was not only a Zed but gleaming My camera was a crappy iPhone though

Look up KTA's thread on gear knobs, he gets them machined to fit and you can choose designs etc. Will set you back about £50 but are well worth it. I ended up buying a Momo King off ebay, of these guys in fact http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOMO-KING-SATIN-ALUMINIUM-BLACK-GEAR-STICK-SHIFT-KNOB-/370557900594 - swift delivery no hassle. I had the matching handbrake which I got second hand and it looks alright once the pair are fitted

I know - sat under a duvet on the sofa playing assassins creed instead!