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oh yeah of course! will pm him now. as for routing around under the boot trim, have found the service Manuel for such things, sure he'll help me out.

So i've done the right thing and finally purchased a RDX aerial from Steve, go to remove the old cheap stubby that *someone* >ahem< had put on previously, but due to its cheap ill fitting nature, water has got into the thread and rusted it on. fair enough, pliers come out to get some decent purchase, but surprise surprise, the poor quality thread sheared, leaving me with most of the screw still firmly screwed into the base I'm guessing theres no easy way to remove a snapped, rusted aerial thread? i'm thinking that i'll need a replacement aerial base, then route around under the boot trim plastic to get the old one off and the new one in... anyone breaking a zed who might have an aerial base kicking around?

quality is terrible, but it was series one of new top gear!

I do believe top gear did a test some speeds ago, at 120mph or so the camera had no problem - same at 140 or so. I believe they needed a TVR doing 170mph ish to beat the second flash.

LOVE: 3.5 Litre V6 HATE: Naturally aspirated

If it was for track work, it would have to be the P1 - don't think the other two would even come close. However, for day to day (ie a roadtrip down to the south of france to cruise along the Riviera) I think the P1 would b uncomfortable and tiring, so it would be the 918 for me... to be honest I think the LaF looks rather ugly, although saying that the 918 looks too much like any other Porsche... i'll have a 918, but have it painted GT3 orange!

any more for any more? 3 and a half weeks to go! We're also doing Cadwell Park next sunday 8th June if anyones interested in that as well.

+1000000 to this, road is no place to be attempting to drift... ended up parking my first RWD car backwards on a verge thinking I could drift, and that was with half the power of the zed. if you want to go sideways get it on a drift day, oulton park up north, Santa Pod in the midlands or Snetterton in the east.

LOVE the noise my Cobra exhaust makes, HATE the squeaks, rattles and clunks the rest of the car makes!

lol, whack it in 6th anywhere after about 45... plenty of torque to cruise in 6th at that speed. in fact, a cruise controlled 50mph in 6th (through roadworks average speed camera section, for example) is good for about 35mpg

so, the 'standard' tyre is one that has a profile of 82? ie 225/82/R18? yeah right... standard tyre for a 4x4 maybe will get up to an 80 profile, even my fiancé's boggo standard 206 runs on a 70 profile tyre! I always thought anything above a 50 profile is high profile, 50 is average and anything lower than 50 profile I class as 'low profile' Mr Pedantic can say what he likes, as he'd be wrong. In your example, a 275/35/20 sidewall is indeed 96mm. Profile is always related directly to the width, which is why it's used as an aspect calculator. It would be useless otherwise, as who decides what a 'standard' tyre is? Dunlop do a pretty good guide to all tyre marking here. My rears on the 911 are 305/30, which makes them 91.5mm tall. The fronts are 235/35, which makes them 82.25mm tall. don't forget that sidewall height is the total height, ie top and bottom... so a 275/35/20 tyre with a sidewall of 96mm has 48mm at the top of the tyre, and 48mm at the bottom - ie there is 48mm (just under 2 inches) of rubber between the tarmac and the wheel rim.

so, mostly A road, 50-60 mph, 6th gear? sounds about right. Also zeds seem to like warm weather, get an extra 2-3mpg over the same journey undertaken in winter.

I always think Monaco is more about the glamour and history than the actual racing, its far too tight for any real wheel to wheel racing. that said, there were a few cheeky moves down the inside of hairpins which was quite entertaining. Next few rounds on proper circuits should certainly be interesting, red bull seem to be making progress in leaps and bounds now, solid 3rd and 4th in quali, solid 3rd in the race. Ricciardo is by far the most likeable character on the grid at the moment, really good to see him doing well. hopefully the Mercedes civil war will continue all the way to the final race, then we'll start seeing some real racing (although Bahrain shows they're both already hungry to one up each other!)

2.5 degrees is an expensive tyre habit! Especially on 19s!

hmmm its a tricky one... i know what you mean re. cheap track cars... although even though ours is cheap its by no means disposable... we need it to drive home again, and its still £250 i have invested in the car! i suspect the bigger problem is the driver... i've seen full race cars trying to out brake other drivers on track, and i would never take my car on a track session at japfest for example... far too many drivers who've never actually done any track driving, with only 20 minutes to prove their worth to their mates.

definitely a tricky corner - in a lot of cars it can be taken at full throttle, but theres a bit of tarmac change on the apex and its a bit off camber on the exit, on a wet day saw loads of people go off there (including Will). Driver definitely got unlucky, slightly different speed or angle and it probably wouldnt have rolled. Not sure about insurance - but agree with Dan, our beemer is a £400 snotter for a reason! much as i'd love to take my zed on track, i wouldnt do it without insurance.

Me and a friend from work went on a track last Monday up at Bedford Autodrome... all going well until about 11am, when the track was red flagged because of this (30 seconds in) Sobering reminder that even at a 'safe' track, accidents can and do happen to anyone, and a car can end up on its roof. Also lucky that the Nova driver hadn't gone 3 seconds earlier. I won't get into the specifics of how the slide started, or if it could have been corrected, as a lot of trackday drivers are relative novices and its easy to overcook it through a corner (and this is in the dry). Also 90% of the time this sort of slide would have ended on the grass without incident, but in this case the speed and angle of the car meant it made it all the way to the gravel track and rolled. All i can say is that if you are thinking of taking a car out on track, be aware that it can all end very badly. If you aren't prepared to take that risk, don't go on track. If you cant afford to replace your car, get trackday insurance. Both driver and passenger walked away from this accident, but their car was looking somewhat worse for wear - B pillar had stayed intact, but windscreen and roof ahead of b pillar had been flattened.

yep, driving the dream! saw it on top gear a few years back and really liked it. so happy to be driving one now, other more premium brands like porsches and bmws never really did it for me, but love jap cars.

on the roadcar, no. on the track car, heck yes, plaster it in whatever you want, £200 pays for a trackday every month. Also, advertising, because racecar

Best mod for me... fitting a cassette adapter so I can play my music in the car! best £3 spent on car so far!

Wow this is proper Grade A Zeditis - you've got the fever! Car is looking great by the way, engine bay does it for me!

accelerator pedal footrest? I must say, not one of my last 7 cars have had that - in fact, I've never seen an accelerator pedal footrest in any car!

any chance of extending this to the dc sports exhaust if funkypower can get hold of them? been looking for a supplier for it!

Fastest at going backwards! Gunmetal FTW!!!1!! ... actually given the choice again I wish i'd have gone for Azure Blue... Gunmetal is a bit of a nothing colour really, not quite dark enough to be cool. I call it 'drizzle grey' for how well it blends in when its raining.