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Will add mine to the mix (crap quality phone photo alert): Black flake metallic on the plastic and gunmetal on the Z + clearcoat - all from halfords rattle cans. Was a surprisingly easy job - sanding the Z down was a bit of a mare and I did get a bollocking for (ever so slight) overspray onto the kitchen table, but other than that, job was a good un! Only problem with it is that even with a couple of coats of clearcoat, it seems like it will scratch fairly easily, nothing yet though - even using the Z as a removals van and jamming a set of skis in there

Said my bit on there. As with anything on PH, there is a lot of good info, but a lot of bellendery as well - some posters seem to just post utter drivel for the sake of it and you know to always just skip what they have said. PH is a great site, but being so big, there is obviously going to be a percentage of people who use their arse as their primary talking device. 350z not quick? Some people aren't living in the real world... it isn't quick compared to a 911 or a Caparo or a R18 - but it isn't supposed to be...

Some "interesting" replies on there. Said my bit anyway, mostly through boredom than the want to say anything constructive

Currently running on about a pints worth of Norwegian rocket coffee - horrible tasting stuff, but enough caffeine in it to give you the shakes. God I hate nightshifts... At home if I'm lazy, the Nescafe instant espresso is luverly. If I can be bothered with the paraphernalia and the effort of doing it properly, I have some good stuff from coffeesofhawaii.com

Fitted mine this weekend and love the noise. No difference that I can feel in the power (JWT claim 6.5hp or something - no idea if you would feel that, but sounds a massive gain for what it is) but the noise is brilliant. At pootling about town revs (i.e 30-40mph in 6th) nothing much different, but went for a bit of a "spirited drive" on Sunday and the noise going up through the gears is eargasmic - the car just sounds so insistent now - go on, a little bit more throttle . Found myself double clutching every downshift just to hear the little blip I guess other filters are avaiable that do the same job, but the JWT seems fairly well made and fits like a glove - the heat shield could be a bit better I guess, but not a major gripe - losing a couple of HP to heat soak is worth it just for the racket it makes.

Ok, I know it's not really a Lotus and that it will probably be ruined with logos at some point AND all of the cars with the sharkfin look a bit rank, but god it looks good!

Gutted for you, can't get my head around why someone would do that, complete mindless idiocy. Would hate that to happen to mine and would hate even more the consequences of catching someone in the act of doing it (i.e a lengthy prison sentence for GBH) Have done ok with a Nissan touch up pot on my (orange) zed, and the results are surprisingly good - without knowing where the dings are it is very hard to notice them - but most of mine were smaller stonechips and not in such a visible location. My sister managed a decent repair on the back of her Golf using rattle cans - I was really skeptical, but it looks all right - no idea if it is possible with a more metallic finish like your blue or even if it is possible to get close to the colour with rattle cans - hers is white. If the scratch is really as deep as you say, it may not do any good, but the T-Cut scratch repair and wax did a presentable job of hiding a few scrapes in my old blue Polo - would bother me a bit about the exposed metal rusting with this though.

Personally I am not a huge fan. Way over the top for a road car. Put a drift/race livery on it and use it as a track car and it would be lovely, but as something to use on the roads, no thanks.

I think there might have been a 008 when the were running the DBR9s and I think the Ickx Lola Aston was 008, but it wasn't a Aston/Prodrive factory effort. Was really disappointed with the AMR-ONE last year - as optimistic as I tried to be about it at the time, you got the feeling that it was never going to be that quick or reliable - going from the Lola Aston being one of the quickest petrols to retiring after a handful of laps was a big step back from them. As hideous as the Delta Wing is (http://www.highcroftracing.com/deltawing/) should be good to see it racing - great to see a franchitti driving it too. Group C are there as the support race - always an absolute blast to see the old fire breathing monsters tearing around. Would love to see the 787B there as well, but 2 years in a row might be a bit much to hope - not sure my eardrums could take it again!

Anyone going this year? Entrance list just announced: http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/1/1 ... s_2012.pdf P2 looks like it will be a right scrap, hoping that Toyota put up a fight in P1 and get in amongst the Audis - will feel funny wanting someone to give Audi a bloody nose after supporting them for so long when racing Peugeot , little disappointed with the GT field, as long as the Porsches have the pace to keep up with the Ferraris and Vette's it should be good. No Aston V12s in any form running this year - truely tragic - listening to that engine (either in a DBR9 or Lola-Aston) has been the aural highlight of my year for a long time (although hearing a LP-640 and SL65 blasting through the tunnel at Rouen last year was pretty good also ) Going to be heading down in a convoy from Aberdeen methinks - potentially hilarious petrol consumption with a M3, a Pajero, possibly a Boxter and me in the Z... Ever so slightly excited and it is only February...

Well, if you are what you eat, I'm sure Gillian McKeith has eaten an old bag at some point. On her program she tells people to look at how they live their lives, while holding a Tupperware filled with someone else's poo? Irony much?

No, if you look closely, they are clearly "Bombeps" - the product of some overzealous loading of the bike into the uplift wagon...

Used to have this: Then foolishly decided I needed a downhill bike and so bought this: But due me being a complete eejit, I clipped a barrier during a race and did this - I have a few better pics, but the face on the guy in the background makes this one : 1 broken tailbone and a severely bruised ego later (could have been much worse, snapped the armadillo plate on my pressure suit, thanks Mr. 661) I decided to quit the MTB game and become a roadie. Loved it (and still do) highlights include riding the Paris Roubaix - those cobbles would be tough on a MTB, let alone a carbon roadie with no suspension and skinny tyres: Sold that bike and now have the dream bike for next year - the only non carbon bits are the brakes (they are Ti ) - 6.9kg of joy: Apologies for the photodump and for trying to pretend I am still a cool MTBer, when in reality I am a lycra wearing road geek

Tough one. If the GT1s were still at Le Mans, then they would win it hands down - the big Saleens, DBR9s and Corvettes were good for a giggle and thrown into the mix with the prototypes and GT2s, they were fantastic - seeing one of the Audis flat out through Dunlop going past a corvette popping and banging on the overrun going past a 911 at night is one of those sights that is burnt into the back of your eyeballs (and eardrums!) for a long time. On their own, they do leave me feeling a bit cold - any time I have caught GT1 on telly I have thought "hey, this is watchable, but nothing special" they look a little slow compared to how they look in real life and without the other classes to dice with that they had at LM/LMS, something is definitely missing. F1 is a bit like background noise for me - it is one of the best things on TV, but that isn't saying much - I like watching it for the whole package, of which the race is a small part IMO - F1 is there to watch the build up, watch the start, eat Sunday lunch and then watch Vettel win. I like both, don't really love either - Porsche supercup or ALMS/LMS when they are on are the best motorsport has to offer IMO, loads of "real" overtakes (unlike the DRS "fake" ones in F1) and plenty of bum clenching driving goes on - some of the overtakes have you wincing and thinking "this could get very expensive"

24 here. First "proper" car - drove my mum's Polo for a few years and had a horrid Corsa. Been carless for a while or driving the company Prius (which is worse than being carless tbh)

All set for a day of swearing, getting halfway done, going in a strop and chucking all the toys out of the pram before disappearing down the pub - basically the same as any job I ever attempt myself.

I did see that adapter before I bought the car, but when I got it and had a look I couldn't (and still can't!) see how it connects to the cradle - no form of jack or anything I can see - I may just be being a bit thick - job for the future anyway, priority this weekend is to pull the strut brace cover off and give it a bit of a spruce up. Cheers for the welcomes guys

I haven't had any of the dreaded skipping with it and it knocks the socks off the useless units I have had in the past, but this is my first "proper" car, so I don't have much to compare it to There is a thing in the armrest, but cant see a way of plugging anything into it and my phone doesn't pick up any bluetooth - not looked into it much if I'm honest, I can see a picture of it and a "how on earth does this thing work" from me on the horizon.

Had her a week now and I think I'm in love. It is a shame the stereo is so good because it gets muted coming off every roundabout and set of lights just to listen to the exhaust note Apologies for the hopeless low light phone photo. Bit of bubbling on the alloys and a few scratches on the real strut brace to be dealt with and still need to fathom the phone situation out, but all in all happy - certainly a step up from the company Prius...