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55 minutes ago, TT350 said:

Nothing with a turbo?! 

 

That's kinda limiting. 

 

 

Something thats designed to have a turbo/supercharger is fine if its kept within its limits, very different to something built as a na.

Or a big V8 if you just want power, Monaro perhaps?

Supra is a good call if you want to tinker, forged from the factory.

2 hours ago, TT350 said:

How reliable is a 100k mile jag? 

No idea I am afraid, but I can feel pretty confident in saying equally as reliable as a na 370z which has been put to forced induction and tuned to an inch of its life. If you read back through this thread and remembering others you posted all I can come to the conclusion is your 350 was a massive pain in the ass and stressful for you, why you want those possibilities is beyond me, so if your going down the road, make sure the budget suits so you dont end up in the same boat.

I cant honestly imagine you enjoyed your 350z experience and no offence intended, do you really want to go down that road again, a car you loose huge sums of money on and never drive or finish, dont get me wrong ive been there and done that ish. If you want a car with loads of hp, buy one, if you want to build one, buy one and every bit you need to complete and send it to someone to build and use it but make sure your budget allows for everything.

£20k will buy a hell of a lot of car with a hell of a lot of hp and performance, i cant imagine you wouldnt find any of them exciting below just as examples

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/jaguar/xkr/jaguar-xk-x150-xkr-2008/9400737 

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/mercedes-benz/amg/mercedes-c-class-204-c63-amg-edition-125-2012/9387395

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/1-series/v-rare-looking-bmw-135i-m-sport-2008--480bhp--less-than-50k-mileage/9316752

19 minutes ago, TT350 said:

Maybe a 370+TT??

Its like deja vu 

Whats the budget and car used for, daily, weekend/evening toy?

No chance i would pay £20k+ for the r33.

9 hours ago, Sargara said:

Will the production car thats sold to punters actually look like that though? I suspect it will be watered down heavily.

The article suggests those images are a GP edition rendering from a couple of years back, there is nothing to suggest this new version will look like that.

Nothing to see here, everyone back to defcon 5

Can I get back to you on that? 

20 hours ago, daniel94 said:

It is a DE. Tbh if I give it some more revs it does not happen, only when moving off slowly (moving off from the red light with slow car in front or trying a 3 point turn).

This is why i said flywheel, exactly the same as my first 350, a few revs and it was fine but if you tried to pull away slowly and smoothly it was hideous.

Flywheel would be my bet, had this on my first 350, the clutch was done but they scrimped on doing the flywheel. If you give it a few revs does it still do it?

Agreed it was a good episode, shame they dont do a few more like that.

I am not so sure there is, i would say the Cayman is the only competition (4C not being produced anymore) there may well be a few cars at that price point but they are very different to this and the Cayman, its got its work cut out taking on a Cayman as the benchmark, but why not, a different approach to get the same result, lighter and less powerful and obviously its worked if it can knock out similar lap times, whilst it may not be as polished its doing the job, even Porsche fanboi Chris Harris says not being a Porsche is a good thing about the 4c so presume he would follow suit on this

Shame the looks dont work for me either i cannot disagree on that.

Watched the latest episode of the grand tour at a mates yesterday evening and they (James May) had one out on the track, he liked it so much he bought one, not that is any recommendation of course and it was within a couple of tenths off a Cayman S & M4 GTS around the Eboladrome and only a couple of secs of the GTR for reference, shows how much everything has moved on since the GTR came out ten years ago.

On 09/02/2019 at 16:30, Ekona said:

That carbon door garnish is utterly vile. 

You cant polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter 

If i had anything resembling worth going for a drive with i would be joining you, only if we have candles though 

Table for 1 

1 hour ago, The Bounty Bar Kid said:

I've used MTEC brakes before and they seemed a good deal. Not used them on the Zed though. Just totted it up and it comes to £310.24 for 4 grooved mtec discs with their protective coating, 4 brembo pads and some free copper grease.

 

I always went for grooved due to potential issues with drilled ones cracking. Not sure if this still happen but I remember it from when I was a younger pip.

Also used Mtech on my 350z, road and track, cant say i noticed any difference between them and dba's that i used previously, the only thing i cant comment on was lifespan.

Try the specialists that advertise on here, you will almost certainly get a better quote from them than comparison sites.

Get in touch with a local Partco, they have plenty of good deals on brakes, i really wouldnt bother with dba's etc if your not driving hard or on track.

On 02/02/2019 at 18:32, LukeA said:

I will he taking servicing costs and maintenance cost into account as well and I know the Gtr is bad for this 

 

Pretty much anything high end, r8, gtr, aston, maserati is going to be right at the bottom of the market for your budget and going to be costly on parts, even if labour is free from the old man and i have to be honest if a category write off R8 is the only R8 in budget, i wouldnt want my hard earned going anywhere near it, likely to be a complete money pit and a pig to sell at a later date.

Lotus Elise will be the cheapest to run from the list.

The Mustang is a good shout though, ticks all the boxes, relatively new  model so unlikely to have loads of miles and worn out parts,  

“We appreciate this will be disappointing for our UK team and partners. Our workforce in Sunderland has our full confidence, and will continue to benefit from the investment planned for Juke and Qashqai.”

“While we have taken this decision for business reasons, the continued uncertainty around the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not helping companies like ours to plan for the future.”

Of course the EU issue is as they say is "not helping", but we are just a few weeks away, possibly, from knowing the outcome, Nissan really couldnt wait those few extra weeks to get a concept of our possible future arrangement with the EU. 

Ultimately Stevo's comment above is 100% on the money, so i am of till the 29th and will come back for a lot of i told you so's from one side or another!  

Maybe you should offer it with free backbone or tess tickles 

56 minutes ago, coldel said:

I am sure it would have been more likely we would have built the car here as planned. 

 

No one is saying brexit caused this, but denying it was a factor when Nissan have said it is

 

 

Well there you have it, some form of Brexit is happening, probably, so we will never know if Nissan would have come to the decision without the uncertainty of Brexit and the other factors have been the major contributors to their decision, personally I cant see why waiting a few weeks to see if we end up with a deal makes much difference, hence why I think the other factors mentioned have made their minds up for them, irrelevant of Brexit, Nissan say they also sell scratch proof paint, do you believe that too

Of course its not a good thing, but its not a bad thing either, status quo is resumed and no job losses and until all these business start deserting the place like a sinking ship, I shall remain upbeat.

17 minutes ago, coldel said:

The power of trading blocs eh 

 

Let's not kid ourselves. Brexit isn't responsible solely for big companies moving out. It was a factor for some under an agreed deal. Under huge uncertantity (any one with an ounce of sense knows business is built on reducing risk) like no deal and the current squabbling in parliament companies with global operations have the globe operationally to play with...it's undeniable it's a factor, it has to be.

Absolutely wont disagree it may have been "one" of the factors, however, we still have Nissan in Sunderland and no job losses  Business is all about profit not risk, they have a production line in Japan already, diesels are on the out and they have just agreed a trade deal with the EU, i dont blame them at all, makes perfect business sense to me.

If you know the future, you will be a wealthy man Col 

Or quite simply, the recently agreed  trade deal with Japan and the EU, strange how this announcement comes so shortly after that was formalised. 

Black door handles would work

One of the most complete 350's on here, show and plenty of go 

4 minutes ago, LukeA said:

Thanks for the help guys 

 

The Astons have dropped a lot in value which made me think of it nearer to 25k budget then an R8. 

I woukd prefer to stay away from anything above 25k so the Alfa and F type are out for me. 

 

The 911 is a good shout and personally I think would make the best car for me just I really don’t like them   Test driving one for me is difficult as I’m only 24 and look about 18 so dealerships don’t really trust me  understandably though

 

my other option is a written of Audi R8 and fix it up, I have the people behind me to do it and help if anything goes wrong but it’s just the risk. 

 

Dont like Bmw’s, lotus Evora I have been looking at which is on my mind. As for merc cars there are really nice and the c63 sounds amazing but not sure on the handling of these especially when it’s round the forest and nippy corners. 

I think your going to have to extend your budget to get a decent Aston and as Doc says, they are very much more GT than sports, a friend had one and it sounded awesome and a nice drive but really not suited to darting round the forest.

I had the Evoras on the radar too, but imho to get a good model your looking at £40k plus, the early ones in your budget werent that highly rated, have a good read first and obviously a test drive.

Nothing wrong with not liking Porsches, i am the same, if you dont like em, you dont like em simple, plenty of choice besides, maybe not as good but the world would be a boring place if we all drove the same cars and seems you have a few options.

Get out and drive a few of the options, it will probably soon become apparent which you like most and even try a Porsche, it might get you hooked.