brillomaster

Psssh, VX220 is a poor mans Elise? have to disagree with that, given a choice of the two i'd probably take the VX220 - i'm completely blind to badges, and i genuinely think a VX220 is a better looking and better driving car.

i like the wing, and strangely, the wheels. but the rest of it, not for me thanks!

02 plate Import auto

Commuting 20 miles a day along the motorway, I aim for 28mpg if i set cruise control to 75. At 85 this drops to 26mpg. Normally aim for 400 miles between fill ups. To be honest, all these peopel saying how they never get over 20mpg... i dont see how you can get BELOW 20mpg. I'd say if you're getting above 20mpg, then you arent driving the car long enough to warm it up properly, and you should probably be riding a bike... Big engines dont like short journeys, even a spirited drive round wales in a zed convoy I averaged 27mpg, due to it being over 100 miles drive. Also, to those who says not a zed unless its doing over 5000rpm, again I disagree... one of the reasons I bought a big capacity engine is so I can waft along on a wave of low down torque - if you want revs i'd suggest a s2000 or an M3. I love my zed just doing 70 in top gear, cruise control on. Such a nice place to be!

corner to corner for me imo

yep mine finally gave up last week as well, 53 plate car still with the original nissan battery in. replaced with a Bosch, although couldnt work out how to get the battery clamp back on! next original bit to be replaced are the disc rotors... again, not bad for 10 years!

Already exists... Off Topic Discussion, then Motorsport and Track days

hmm, if i can find a bit torrent site that hasnt been blocked i'll look out for this!

Hello and to the forum!

saturday for me! gonna get a new exhaust at the same time, cant wait!

Agreed, or an Audi R8. Its just too pricey for my tastes, £45-50k seems about right to me!

You can have a directional tyre, or a sided tyre... You cant have both, otherwise you'd need to specify either a RH or LH when ordering a tyre, and i cant think of any where that is the case. The 452s are directional so as long as they're rotating the right way they can go on either side.

welcome to the forum! looking forward to seeing where this goes - only possible problem is that rx7s and supras are turbocharged from factory, bit more work involved in getting huge numbers from a NA engine, but very best of luck!

the uneven wear on the tyres suggests the tracking is out - if you just replace the tyres they will wear in the same way - defo get an alignment done!

Sure to divide opinions - future italian classic, modified with heavy JDM styling cues. Personally i think its absolutely incredible http://www.speedhunt...berty-walk-458/

seems to have been removed already? have you already sold it?

This guy uses a prop, but even so... sounds absolutely spot on! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7jl7z83MWc

chuff that! and that run was only good enough for second place - this is the winning run, i think 2nd place was robbed!

its that a cayman R? first glance i thought it was a panamera, looks a little... chubby... On principle i agree with the car (although not sure about that colour) - excellent chassis and engine. however i couldnt see myself in a porsche unless its a 911... always thought of porsches as being just too delicate, whereas i prefer a bit of no nonsense brute force for road cars. On a track im sure a Cayman R would make a lot of sense, but for the road i'll stick with my brutish 350Z.

that looks fine to me! possibly a better job than i paid people £300 to do!

does a standard nissan mid pipe and back box really cost £760 fitted? for a mere £100 more you could an all singing all dancing, cat back true dual Invidia exhaust... i know which one i'd rather! saying that, scorpion is a great replacement for standard, and only costs what is it these days? £380?

Looking good! I love the LMGT4s... going to suit your zed really well! Looking forward to seeing it when she's all shiny, shame on you for letting her get so filthy!

is that their first offer? when my civic was written off i was offered £1000 at first, which i got increased to £2000, and then to £2100. get on auto trader and find some comparable mileage and condition cars as evidence, and then when you ring the insurer back make sure you say its pristine, low mileage, FSH, etc etc. hopefully get a bit more out of them!

trackdays in cars are great - i'd imagine you can be a lot more liberal with cornering stance, and dance the car through corners in the way you couldnt a bike. I'm guessing even the slightest rear slide on a bike normally ends in a rear slide for you, but in a car trying to constantly balance the understeer/oversteer is what makes it so awesome (or is that just my narrow tyres?) Also on car days, you can scare passengers i generally find car days are pretty well driven - you occasionally get the knob who turns up in a racecar and tries to outbrake you and barge through on the inside of turns, but normal roadcars are very curteous.

whos it with? i normally use Javelin, and we're off to bedford this weekend, but their next one isnt until the 30th. word of warning as well, if its raining the track is more slippery than a very slippery thing (at least it was for me!)