brillomaster

nah you don't want a 4wd car... at some point you're going to have to learn to drive a rwd car, otherwise porsches, TVRs and ferraris are permanently out of your reach (could settle for a lamborghini though i spose)

glad to see hes up there looking down on us (which would have been a first for him) RIP Mr C. PS i have a 'watchoo talkin' bout willis' fridge magnet since my last name is willis, and i bear a passing resemblance to the big man.

Oh my god, you're right, there is a face in the first one... i think... its gary coleman???

haha thats actualy quite good!

Hooning around SanFran in his fiesta for Gymkhana 5 I also hear it was all shot in one glorious take*. *This is a lie.

wider, stickier rear tyres would be an easy place to start!

i dont know what all the fuss is about, most girls i know say they just flicked right through it...

brilliant! But glad you censored the punchline

Whats really annoying are the cretins who get to the check in desk with MAHOOSIVE bags which weigh like, 30kgs... and are waaaaay over the luggage allowance, and then proceed to repack their crap right there are the front of the queue. IDIOTS! how hard is it to check the allowance and weigh it before you get to the airport!?!

lol, poor chap... didnt have enough posts to PM, so just post the same reply to 'exhaust for sale' threads that are nearly 3 years old...

to be fair, i have bought a wheeled suitcase when abroad... was on a train tour of italy with my girlfriend, but foolishly packed all our clothes into one massive holdall with no wheels... that got pretty tiring pretty quickly, so bought an even bigger wheeled suitcase and just bunged everything in there. best 15 euros we spent all trip.

yeah, theres quite a few round here... in fact I'm not even the only one at my work! Theres another two gunmetal zeds in the car park most days, and another black roadster i walk past every day! flashed an azure i saw today as well! I think leamington is zed capital!

hmmm, it always seems to be after big floods that councils do anything... had some bad floods in Leam last year, so this year they've modernised the victorian sewer system. really hope you come through it ok!

I think you can have plenty of fun and still be mechanically sympathetic to a clutch. Once its in gear and clutch is engaged, ie, not slipping, you arent using the clutch. doesnt matter then if you are pootling or booting it. Lots of stop-start traffic or worse, keeping the car stationary on hills by slipping the clutch will kill it quicker. Oh and smoky wheelspinning starts, but thats just hooliganism

airfield day with a spare set of tyres to be thrashed? Yes please! do let me know if you're looking for someone to go halvses on the fuel and entry fees

arrgh now i cant get 'dumdumdumdum dumdumduuuum dumdumduuum dumdumduuuuuuuumm...' out of my head...

Lots of people don't spin on mixed tyres y'know, it's not instant crash and burn. +1 to that... i cant see how michelins on the front and bridgestones on the back would a bad thing! Now im thinking, to be honest, why dont tyre manufacturers do complimentary front and rear tyres? Since the fronts are 100% steering, whereas rears are more like 70% power and 30% steering, makes sense to me to have different tread patterns front to back?

I think there are a few of those threads already..... I knew there would be, hence why i didnt do it myself!

That sounds pretty unlucky to me, nearly new falkens shouldnt do that! as others have said, check tyre sizes, pressures and alignment, but to me it just sounds like you hit a slick of some kind. hope its sorted out ok! Might be an idea to get some driver training if you havent been in rwd cars very long... firstly, because its an absolute hoot, and secondly cos it might just come in handy in these kind of situations... if you arent used to the back stepping out its easy to not correct enough, or to catch the slide, but then not know when to uncorrect, and go off in the other direction. I know from when i first moved to rwd the feeling when the back steps out was entirely alien to me, but after a few training sessions it feels a lot less strange

Anyone fancy starting a 'How high is the mileage on your zed?' thread with a poll? Would be interesting to see how many members are actually driving cars with over 100k on the clock, and see what the max is (although 174k will take some beating!)

i clearly live in far too posh a town... i hardly ever get a second glance in my zed - people round here are clearly far to used to seeing R8s and GTRs and the like to care about a lowly 350Z (darn Leamington Spa) Its possible im getting overlooked as I got Gunmetal 'Drizzle' Grey, and have a standard exhaust so nobody hears me coming!

Lol i was just wondering who the other RIP was on here earlier today... Eric someone?? Clearly showing my (lack of) age! Anyways, yep Pininfarina means a lot more to me than that other bloke... was very tempted by a 406 coupe at one point - probably about the only car of his i could ever afford!

i like it... but im sure someone will be along with a link to the 6 or 7 page thread from before, i cant remember what i wrote about it now!

Mmmmm just played all 6 videos at the same time... the resulting crescendo of V6 goodness made me do a little sex wee.

Want! that looks awesome! looking forward to hearing the feedback from some of the track goers on it!