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^^ what he said. The Obdmate OM500 model works fine with JOBD cars Connected and igniton on, select make etc and it downloads stored codes from ECU memory (if any).

I used to have a Legacy twin turbo. Easily as fast as the zed in a straight line - when the big turbo spooled up the blood drained out of my feet... however, it was an auto and that bit went wrong - lower gears crunched and a shaft must have come loose - many expensive noises. Eventually the lockup clutch stopped working too. Others in the Legacy club used to have problems with the transfer box causing hoppity skip in reverse. Apart from weak transmission, the Akebono brakes were absolute rubbish where the calipers were forever seizing up. And the cam covers on flat fours tend to leak - unfortunately the exhaust goes underneath them so you get a well known 'Leggy smell' of burnt oil through the air vents. Great cars - they were known as the Subaru lunacy when they came out, great spec etc, but old now and don't age well.

After many years of paying around the £250 mark via various companies by shopping around online, with my Subaru (twin turbo), a couple of years ago I paid £665 to Swinton as I still had the Subaru as well as the Zed. Then last year when down to only the Zed, I paid Admiral £279 which seemed good at the time. Admiral wanted a similar (£50 cheaper IIRC) for auto renewal back in May, but I then used the Money Supermarket app on the iPad and this year's insurance came in at £162.86 with the AA including free AA breakdown. Fully comp too. The crack down on the crazy insurance/legal/repair cartel is one of the best 'real difference' things thats happened in years

Quite a rare sight, but it always amuses me when you notice a convoy of vehicles behind a single police car on the motorway, all plucking up the courage to overtake. Not quite a Bristol story but I passed a police car on the M25 the other day by doing 75. I thought it was plain silly the swathe of middle lane traffic behind him at 69mph (Sat Nav GPS speed). At the same time there had been an accident causing a car inversion on the opposite carriage way which was seemingly missed by said police car, as he did nothing to assist - eg exit at next junction. Accident had just happened, and the queue had just started - so he must have had blinkers on or distracted in conversation! Then when it came to the roadworks section (50MPH average) I was driving in the inner lane for the A1 doing exactly 50MPH by GPS, to see the police car carry on cruising passed at what looked like 60. Almost wondered if the police car was a fake in its occupants' disregard for their surroundings!

I've always thought that if you like it and it's sound, you buy it - and never buy too cheap. Actual purchase price is often the last in consideration within limits. Think how much extra we end up lavishing on our toys after a few years of ownership - a few extra quid at the start is only a small increment. I actually think Greg is doing us all a favour in keeping his prices relatively strong. As a zed owner I would say they are generally undervalued as cars at their actual market rates.

Not Cambridge, but RT Performance did a fine job via their paint matching partners (who used a digital scanner) when spraying my KY0 wing 18 months ago. The digital process tests and mixes to within 3% and works well on blade silver. Allied with a good spray technician and the results were spot on.

Surely this one is a either for a reclaim box or advice?

Use Fuchs Titan Pro S 5w30 in your engine, Motul 600/660 in your brakes, Genuine nissan diff and gearbox oils, genuine coolant premix and use the traders on here.

I must say that I've been enjoying these lizard threads. And I love the look of your black zed (that coming from a silver lover). Your car sounds great too in the video - waayyy better than the 4 pot fart boxes on track !! Keep up the good work

I must say.. the new Mac Pro looks ..phwoar!! http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/index2.html Just need to persuede our head of laboratory (Prof) with the money to buy one for our research project

Good definitive answer Cheers Alex. Bugs me how eBay can be off trading standards limits!

I saw these too. He appears to sell them as a pair or singles and promises that they are "not cheap chinese copies or remanufactured". I was slightly tempted but was put off by the lack of original markings you get as part of the casting on originals (or at least they are not visible in the pictures). Might be real - might not be - surely trading standards applies? Certainly a lot cheaper than normal, so ripe for poly bush replacement if they are good.

Spotted or Flyered! A1/M25 junction (roundabout) at about 9.30am. I was sat at the lights (you might not have seen me due to the angle) ...saw a black zed go past across the junction, noticed gold wheels, ...noticed stickers - thought hold on a minute... It was like seeing someone from the telly

Awesome job! ..although the car appears to have sneakily unwrapped a part of itself in the last photo

Dog soldiers is good for a laugh.. me guts are out

Life of Pi was sublime Heigl

Mine was the Blade JDM in front in our 2 Zed convoy

This lot comes off with HEL... Is it now thought that its better to have a solution that retains some of it? Goodridge are the best of course, although HEL seemed to be in fashion when I bought mine. We do also have the 1 (or 2) P clip requirement with HEL - to cut down or eliminate line wobble/scuffing - which has worked for me. Hmm...

I'm keen to see the outcome of this. I've been considering EBC's BSD Blade discs as an upgrade. I have HEL lines, 660 fluid and yellowstuff currently, and I consider my brakes to be excellent. The HEL lines, if nothing else, simplify and reduce weight of the large amount of tackle in the OEM system - all those pipes, unions and corroded fittings now gone. In your instance, IMHO as other said before, it sounds like air in the pipe or bad fluid, causing expansion on heavy use leading to binding and overheating. Just my 2p's worth.

PM sent (and received ) Suddenly decided I've gone right of the R/C toy aerial - a new RDX will suit my car's smooth rump a lot better

On mine, the automatic fold feature only works if the manual rocker is set to 'open' - ie over to the right. In rocker centre or close position, the power via the locking system is not routed to/from the mirror controls. (this gotcha got me too once)

+1 I commute over 300 Z miles a week and have a spare set of OEM wheels. Seems like a no-brainer to use winters for preservation of nice summer wheels as well as enhanced low temperature grip. Only choice for me is Kumho (etc) from camskill (etc) or Michelin Alpin from Costco. Winters are stored away from from UV and wear during the summer, so should be good for years.

I have! There's a GM who has been floating around the well known base in the area (which I live near) which looks like the same one to me. Also spotted it heading towards the Benson direction the other day Is that you? Mine is the silver with rotas. Also saw a nice azure parked outside Ellesborough golf club on sunday, as I was driving along, and theres a lovely white 370 in Aylesbury too. Edit: sunday

Sir Jimmy's campain in the 70's was pretty effective: Clunk Click - every trip. Maybe a reminder of that rather than more interlocks could be used.