brillomaster

any news? poor little Zedley has gone AWOL?

get the current owner to put some petrol in, then see what he puts in it. that'll tell you what its been run on for his ownership at least

looks very nice indeed! probably going to be going down the custom route myself, how much did it set you back?

18s are indeed cheaper for tyres, but if you're considering them for track work, you really cant do any better than RAYS, lightest wheel you can get, bar Enkei RPF01s i believe.

people stopping at roundabouts when there is nothing coming is a right pain... as are people who pull away from junctions and go first, second, MASSSSIIIIVE PAUSE, then finally find third and continue accelerating - how hard is it to smoothly accelerate to 60mph in one go? another thing that i've noticed, people in small ecoboxes driving right behind slow moving lorries. Great, thanks, that just extends the length of the overtake i have to do. If you have no intention of overtaking, then pull back so that someone who is can pull in infront of you before overtaking the lorry.

I have to say, +1 on the lingerie shopping... so much choice, could dress like a right slut. other than that, would probably have to video everything so that when i was a man again i'd have something to remember the experience by...

arrgh a zed with a 4 pot just wont be right... they've had 6cyl engines for the last 30 years! my vote would be a small 3litre twin turbo... funnily enough exactly whats in the 300zx, only a lot more modern and cleaner. every man and his dog has a turbo'd 4pot, they're so common. and RWD will never die amongst enthusiasts, especially above the 200bhp mark - no matter how good a FWD car is with trick diffs and the like, it'll never be as good as a properly sorted RWD car.

I like friends - the earlier episodes were great. Sure, you can see whats coming a mile off, and some of the storylines are a bit poor, but all of the characters (bar Phoebe) have their redeeming features and can come up with some great lines. Same with Big bang, some gems of comedy in there, but other bits are a bit hit and miss, and the later series have gone downhill. Admittedly its not the same as British humour, but its not supposed to be, theres a place for American comedy in the same way theres a place for British comedy.

Hopefully not a repost... the original story is 4 days old now! Heres the story... Drive Australia on Nissan from what i read it says that the recent colaboration between toyota and subaru with the BRZ/GT86 has prompted Nissan to reconsider a small sports car for enthusiasts, which is great, and has led to some speculation about the rebirth of the S-line Silvia range, of smaller, turbo'd cars with all the right ingredients for a drivers car (low weight, fizzy engine, rwd, slippy diff) However, it might not be possible for Nissan to maintain a 3 car sports line, so it might be the next generation Zed that gets the downsize. Not really sure where Nissan can go with the Zed line other than downsize really, what with the push for greater economy effectively killing off the high displacement naturally aspirated engines of before (just look at BMW) and also the GTR only has a 3.8 litre engine, so the Zed could never go above that! I'm all for the rebirth of an S line style of car, but not at the expense of the Zed line - hopefully the 370Z will enjoy many hapy years of tweaks such as the 911s have enjoyed, without decreasing the engine size. The most important part of a zed is the V6 - even if a 4 cylinder turbo makes more power, it'll be a sad day if we lose the V6, since there are very few manufacturers still making them in sportscars. Thoughts?

one point to consider, if you buy a higher mileage, but only then use it occasionally, it'll work its way back down to an average mileage car, so it'll be fine when it comes to selling it. However if you buy a low mileage car, if you ony use it occasionnally it'll stay an even lower mileage car, so when you come to sell questions will be raised as to how well the car was serviced if its a 12 year old car with only 40k on the clocks say. IMO, if you know you're going to be doing low miles, i'd get a newer car with slightly higher miles, and enjoy the better interior and engine.

No, but i was watching the RAF flying jets and a Hercules around the welsh Valleys at low altitude yesterday They must have only been a couple hundred metres off the deck, as we were watching the jets flying below us and we were only at 600m at the time

Edited that for you

I'm definitely a young'un, and while the inclination to mod is there, the funds definitely arent. much as i'd love a HKS exhaust, realistically its going to be a Cobra system, and that only once i've paid my dad back the £1200 i still owe him for my car

no worries, fair point about being one of the less frequently checked bulbs! On another annoyance about lights, the number of times people have come up to me and said 'one of your reversing lights is out' only for me to say 'its only got one' and they then say 'I thought all cars had two reversing lights?' NO. you idiot.

you definitely turning on the rear fogs? cos you wouldnt miss them if they were on, it would destroy your retinas with its scorching power. its the second black ring on the left stalk, will only come on with the normal lights (I hate the plebs who drive around with sidelights and front fogs on rather than using dipped beams like you're supposed to )

luckily the situation hasnt come up for me yet... there arent really many good places for a race off the lights where i live. I've noticed that from 4 pages of replies, the consensus is overall ignore them. however, at the risk of throwing the cat in amongst the pidgeons, whats everyones view on overtaking other cars yourself? Is it wrong that i get a kick out of overtaking lesser cars when i can, even when it doesnt really always get me anywhere? I just love the third and fourth gear torque and effortless shove... normally accompanied by a arrogant 'f***ety bye' (a la 'The Thick Of It) as i sail past

sheesh that is one OTT bodykit and spoiler. wheels are quite nice though.

pic 3 for me... looks bang up to date with clear reflectors and rear lenses. only thing i'd change would be the bumpers for some 99 spec ones

just noticed your location too - good to have another west mids member! I'm just down the road in Leamington if you need a hand with anything

Welcome to the forum! A 52 plate looks too old to be a UK car, i thought the first UK cars were a 53 plate. But still, looks in remarkably good shape for a 10 year old car! how many miles has she done?

big ones?! Though on a serious note i really need to learn about turbo sizes... I call myself a petrolhead, but other than knowing that small ones spool up quicker and big ones provide more boost, i know nothing about what the numbers mean!

any updates? wheres the zed ted off to next? im expecting lots of zed ted advertising shiny parts from Tarmac

took out a pidgeon the other week... was doing around 75, pidgeon flew up and tried to outrun my car... bad idea, one pidgeon splat on the windscreen lol. greasy little buggers. took out a squirrel a little while back... saw him a way off, but didnt slow down or change direction. ah well, it played the natural selection game and lost

whether its masculine or not, its a RWD coupe, with a stonking 3.5 litre V6, pushing around 300bhp through a manual transmission. Thats not a car for messing around in, thats a proper drivers car. if you want a car for cruising, posing or ease of driving, there are better choices. admittedly the front end could be a bit more aggressive, and she does have a peach of a bum and curves at the hips, but its got all the right bits underneath. Personally i think its masculine car - along with a Z4 coupe. In the middle would be S2000 and SLK, with a TT and a boxster towards the feminine side.

car keys, wallet and phone are the usual things, but thats not what you want me to say, so i'd say laptop TV 2008 student poker champion trophy. aww **** forgot the girlfriend. oops