brillomaster

and me, 10 years on the dot, replaced with a bosch from carparts4less as well.

average 100 miles a week, so normally can fill up every 4 weeks, so about £22 a week id say.

psssh i'd much rather it this way round than freezing ones knackers off most of the time. but then again i am half tropical, so maybe i need the warmth!

it is annoying... when someone posts a huge post with loads and loads of pictures... then someone quotes the whole lot again, only to add 'nice pictures' or similar. does make scrolling down threads take for ever!

haha one tends to get black flagged for going sideways on trackdays... Javelin pulled me in three times in one day for getting the back out at Bedford... believe me I was honestly trying to go forwards, but the car was having none of it!

well the old 328i is in this thread, not much of a build though... http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/68744-just-bought-a-track-car/ new car should really have a build thread, although we aren't planning on doing that much to it really.

Well you're welcome to try the beemer out - we loved the old one, so predictable on the limit, it was great. hoping the new car is more of the same! Hopefully once we've added as much lightness as we can, sorted the braking and put decent tyres on, it'll be a very formidable track weapon. Still looks like a drug dealers car since its black with black wheels and a dark window tint, but hey ho.

ah no ours is a 330 now, but still with an open diff! yeah putting power down out of tight corners was a challenge... was a case of power down, spin one wheel up, then back off until it regains traction again. I can imagine a welded diff would be awesome for me, but Ken and Will might object to having a car that goes sideways everywhere!

oh yeah, we'll be slow round the corners and under braking for sure - decent brakes and decent tyres and number 1 and 2 on the list of mods, along with much adding lightness! hopefully the standard M sport suspension will be reasonably competent and wont need changing urgently. Phils MR2 is identical to yours, although I think hes only changed brake pads and tyres so far.

I think you'll be having us under braking at Bedford... while our new car is certainly fast in a straight line, I suspect the many big braking zones at Bedford will cook our still standard brakes quite quickly. be interesting to see how your MR2 compares to Phils MR2 on track as well.

I think our new track BMW is in with a shout here... 230bhp does 0-60 in 6 seconds dead. best thing is it cost £1000. I challenge anyone to find a faster car for less money!

it is classed as an air intake kit, so if its mentioned id say it was fine. it does add performance but only with a remap. Personally, since its on the insurance now i'd keep it on, however it would be worth a fair bit even in exchange for a standard plenum.

That looks pretty neat imo. better if it was body coloured with a better spoiler, but still looks pretty good!

errrm, given the choice between a 370z and an R8... i'll take the R8, thanks! actually given the choice between any car and an R8, i'll probably still take the R8 lol lovely cars!

definitely try before you buy... read a lot of reviews that give very mixed views on the driving experience. also the horrid headlights can be swapped for the considerably more conventional ones off the droptop.

Hankooks and Kumhos would be reasonably priced alternatives to Falkens.

Sorry, 187k on 04 187k :o how does it feel after that many miles? that's three times the mileage of my car!

probably be able to swap with someone i'd have thought, what induction kit is it?

mines 63k on a 53 plate. wheres Beavis when you need him?

Just a little one from me... how much for the aerial base? Thanks!

Fairlady, although that's because I don't like to see imports masquerading as UK cars. if its an import its a Fairlady Z, not a 350z.

do you have any ventilation bricks or otherwise, or is it literally just a sealed box? if its totally sealed, you'll definitely need a dehumidifier. however most garages normally have some kind of ventilation which is adequate to keep the air fresh.

hmmm actually, I've changed to the other Italian girl... after all, shes the same age as me and she's even easier on the eye! is this perhaps why there aren't many women in motorsport I wonder...

hmmmm, that attractive british lass from Guildford I thinks be getting my vote!

Well, if someone gave me £6000 and said buy a car with it, i'd still buy a zed. However, if someone absolutely said I couldn't have a zed, i'd probably save up/take a loan out on a 2005 BMW M6... the one with the 5 litre V10