Shinjuku

Is this the bit where you work out you slept together? :grin:

Ffs.

Agreed. Looks great. You need to consider the door handles and possibly the wing mirrors as well though.

:-)

Woo-hoo. For once I prefer the cheap version of something!

Yes, spotted that one. I think though that as the car is black the silver one would be best otherwise it will just disppear. I want something that updates the front end of the car a bit. The black ones also seem more expensive for some reason - you can get a new silver one for £85...

Welcome. If properly serviced and not modified the engines are very strong. Some of the 296 models burn a bit of oil apparently.

Looks good. How do you find cleaning the silver grille. Is it a pain to keep it looking nice?

I would like to add a nice grille to my zed. I like the zun sport ones but there may be others worth considering. Could people post up a few pictures. Also my car is black so im wondering is black is ok or whether I would be best taking a silver grille to pick out the other similarly coloured parts of the car. Again pictures would be appreciated. Cheers Shinjuku

Absolutely. Discounting heavily modified cars and assuming regular maintenance 200k should be fine on most modern understressed engines. The rest of the car will be worth peanuts by then and most of the other moving parts will be shot but engine wise it should not be am issue.

Smudge, sounds to me like she wanted to show off to her family about about (i) how successful her 22 y/o boyfriend is to have a nice car like yours and (ii) that you trust her with it. You told her to do one on the basis that it's not worth the petrol. That is, probably, why she has the huff with you. My finacee drives the Zed frequently. She is a bit on the hesitant side but perfectly safe. It's not surprising if your nearest and dearest is like a cat on hot bricks and not driving that well if you chew her out over the car. So, assuming she's not a liability on the roads then say something along the following lines over dinner at a point when the car is not otherwise a subject of discussion: "I've been thinking about it and I'm happy for you to drive my car every now and again as I know it might be nice for you go out with a friend in it sometimes, or you might just want to take it for a spin if you are in the mood. However, I want you to promise that you will pay it as much care as I do which means making sure: (i) the wheels do not make contact with the curb, ever. (ii) the car does not make any contact with a stationary object, ever. (iii) use car parking spaces where the car is far away from other cars - i.e. on the other side of the car park from the door. Every time one of those three things happens we are going to have to spend money and time sorting it out. Also, it will make me feel as though you don't care about something important to me." Then don't mention it again and tell her when she drives well (or at least better than normal) in your presence. If she stacks it, or someone drives into her, then what can you do? There is more chance of her stacking it though if she is cra**ing herself when she drives it though.

Looks like the car has small cojonas [sp] if you ask me.

Hi wolfie. Given you were simply enquiring for information on postage costs whereas I made an offer to purchase and paid immediately afterwards that its fair enough that it goes to me. Generally, and I think this is the way it works on most car forums (and it's certainly the way it works when I sell something) is that it's not the person who "dibs" something so they can sit on it for a few days and think about it, make an enquiry about it, make an lower offer on it or otherwise posts first in a thread that gets a short period to conclude a deal. It's the first person to say unequivocally they will take it that gets that right. Even then, I think if they don't pay within a few hours of reading the PM in which payment details are provided (or say why they can not which is reasonable in the seller's view), its perfectly fair that it gets offered to someone else. So, I was in line, its just that I was in front of you. Thanks

I'll take it Hassan. I'm going to need the install information though, will you be able to send that along with the device? I'll PM You. Cheers

Pm me if you go down the fiat coupe route. I owned one for four years. For the car I would say performance similar to zed but when on boost feels faster, a bit crashy to drive and suspension does not corner amazingly. Super car though and three k will get you a one of the best out there if you can take condition over mileage - they are of an age where most have fairly big miles on them

I would drop a couple.

Careful with your words ! My wife is in estate agency and I don't feel that she comes under your ignorant description. No direct offence meant its a comment that has come from having consistently bad experiences with them for many years as a tenant in london and now as a buyer. Im sure your wife is very nice and perhaps represents a good apple in bad barrel. Im normally quite reserved in my opinions but I have had so many bad experiences with estate agents that its quite an emotional issue for me

Smart phone error there. Now edited!

Basically estate agents are arseholes. People moan about bankers etc but its these people who are the worst. I would vote for anyone who would regulate them into a new world. All of the ones I have met have been both thick and arrogant.

Im using 31 or 2 psi when stone cold.

The camber issue was generally inside edge wear though not outside. As a side note that direction of camber probably makes the car handle slightly better whereas outer edge wear from camber most likely means less good handling

That is my understanding too, at least in "mild" cases

Make sure you include some pec shots too.

In a three litre plus v 6 sports car. Do you have to ask the question? Often around town I just block change from first to third. Similarly if the road is even slightly downhill you can move off in second easily enough.

Didn't know insurance groups went that high? Didn't they scrap the 1-20 system a couple of years back? Cant recall if it goes to 50 or 60 now and I can not be bothered to google it on my phone.