grumpyoldjanner

Looks like an awesome trip. Managed to get the whole of June off next year and hoping to do a similar trip. My plan at the moment is through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and then on to Romania to drive the Transfăgărășan highway before returning home via Germany to do the Autobahn and visit the Ring. Just need to keep my fingers crossed the Government don't fudge Brexit up to badly between now and then, the £ has already dropped enough as it is!

1. SuperStu - In for a large blue. 2. Jay84 - I'll take a black in large. 3. andy James - Large white please. 4. GeraldD - White XX2 5. GeraldD - Blue XX2 6. GeraldD - Black XX2 7. Rabbitstew - Large blue one for me too. 8. PPOD - White XL 9. Stephanie -Blue Medium 10. Matthew - large white please 11. Grumpyoldjanner - medium blue

Not seen a blue one in Plymouth, scruffy or otherwise! Seen the ginger convertible again a couple of times as well as a ginger hard top recently.

Haven't seen another Zed in Plymouth for ages then spotted two at once. Was following a ginger convertible towards Derriford roundabout when a silver convertible passed in the other direction Found the ginger again at the weekend parked in the far corner of Tesco Roborough which I parked next to with the obligatory space in between Wondering if it is a new owner or new to Plymouth as never seen it around before and now spotted twice in one week!

Wonder if that was my old Zed. Sold my 54 plate in blade silver to someone from the Exmouth area last year.

from another Plymouth owner. Echo what Zedz has said although better than it was. When I bought my first Zed 5 years ago the nearest listed for sale was Bristol and ended up going to London so I could look at a few all in one day. One I've got at the moment I bought from another forum member from Andover. Are a few more Zeds in Plymouth and surround area now than 5 years ago.

Anywhere the wrong side of Dartmoor is enough to give anyone a nosebleed! Or, if you want to be scientific and go on population density, apparently the North/South divide is now Snarestone, Leicester. North/South divide Article

1. Nso93 2. Olly350z + another + R33 skyline 3. 350_Jer 4. AbiiPow 5. Humpy 6. ShortPaul 7. George1966 8. Grumpyoldjanner

Winds me up no end when work colleagues start interrogating me about how I can afford to run my car (and I mean proper Spanish inquisition level interrogation!) yet I spend less on petrol than they spend on a night out every weekend. Some people like to spend their money on nights out, some on foreign holidays every year, I like to spend mine on my car. Apparently that is worthy of questioning where as if you go on expensive holidays every year that is fine and worthy of conversation

Is there a deadline for submitting photos? Now that grockels won't be clogging up the beauty spots I might try and get my Zed onto Dartmoor early next week if we get some sunshine

SuperStu - one of each Grumpyoldjanner - one of each

Welcome to the forum and good look with the Zed hunt. Been almost 5 years since I picked up my first Zed and still remember the excitement of picking it up! Insurance wise, my first Zed I had insured with Elephant at a very reasonable price. They weren't bothered about me putting an after market air intake and exhaust unless I got the engine re-mapped as well. My current Zed, which has a lot more modifications they wouldn't insure me on so changed over to Adrian Flux.

Having fitted one on my car I would echo what Dave has said. The chatter from the flywheel is quite noticeable in the low revs so not ideal when your sat idling at traffic lights and commuting low speed around town.

Thanks for introducing this game to my life, not like I needed to sleep anyway

Thanks for another great day. Booked on to the course after doing the performance driving day and having problems trying to control the Zed's over steer so surprised but delighted with the prize as 'drifting god'. Whilst I might look dashing in my forum tee shirt in the photo credit should probably really go to Paul for his excellent tuition and the Zed for being such a good car once the driver wasn't letting it down! Anyone wondering or not whether to splash out on a day with CAT driver training I'd definitely recommend it!

Looking forward to it, if it's anything like the performance driving day it should be great fun and given my car seemed quite happy to over steer during the stint we did on the skid pan then this day should be more than beneficial

Police wouldn't get involved as they would have no powers to deal with it. Unfortunately for the OP it is a civil matter. Police only have powers to deal when access to the highway is blocked (ie you are parked on your drive and someone blocks you in). https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q441.htm I would suggest reading this link before taking any action. If you move the vehicle you can find yourself liable for any damage caused plus possibly other criminal offences including taking a MV without the owner's consent. As a civil matter there are a number of steps/hoops you have to jump through before you can move it, by which time, unless it's an abandoned vehicle it will have likely have gone anyway. You could always hope the owner isn't clued up on the law and leave a note politely saying if it continues you will report it to the police and have them recover the vehicle at the owner's cost. Stopped the issue with someone that recently took to parking their car across my garage.

+1 to the list of those following with interest. Looking good so far.

Can we sue Nissan for not providing adequate health warnings about Zeditis? Think it has cost most of us a lot more than $75 for a pair of sunglasses

Exactly, if she stopped a sensible distance behind you, you would have had to roll far enough back to hit her that you would have noticed. I was taught to stop far enough away from the car in front that you could still see their tyres. Not just to stop the car in front rolling back into you if its a s### driver but also to give you the space to pull out around it should it suffer from a mechanical failure ect.

Echoing what others have said, this is by far the best investment I've made in my Zed. For those wondering if £400 is a lot of money to spend (I did when I took the plunge and signed up!) it really is a bargain. If you look at it compared to what we spend modifying our cars it's peanuts really and will do far more to bring your lap times down by making you a faster (& safer) driver then by getting a couple of extra BHP by fitting de-cats and getting a re-map. I thought I loved the Zed before the day but am even more smitten now having had a chance to learn what it's actually capable of. Our course also offered the added bonus of getting to see and hear Wasso's car! That noise Have a sneaking suspicion that Alfa's annoyance with us looking at braking on the mile straight wasn't actually that we were delaying them but the fact that Wasso's car was making the Giulia Quadrifoglios they were trying to sell sound embarrassingly quiet and boring

@CAT@CAT Count me in for a spot on the 22nd if one goes ahead on that day

Not sure whether that video is horrifying, hilarious or a little of both. Thinking of making "Less than an ideal situation" my new work catchphrase though.

The walk from the centre of Washington to the cathedral is pretty impressive, as is the cathedral itself. The walk talks you past all the embassies, which are fun to compare. As you would expect, all the big economic players have huge mansions and generally the smaller the country the smaller the embassy but ever now and again you'll walk past one palatial mansion that will belong to a tiny third world country that you've only ever heard of as an answer on Pointless. Again, if you are into your buildings the Cathedral is worth a visit on its own. I went to join in with their bell ringers and they were kind enough to take me right to the top of the tower, which, with its height combined with the fact the cathedral sits on top of a hill offered the most amazing views across Washington. If you're not odd enough to be a bell ringer than I think you can book tour trips up the tower. It's not huge but the national museum of crime and punishment is good way to pass a few hours as well if you have an odd morning or afternoon to kill a few hours in. Lastly, as a big baseball fan it would be a miss of me not to mention the Washington Nationals, who are (sadly) one of the better teams in baseball at the moment. If you have the time and you've never been to a baseball game I'd recommend giving it a go. It's a completely different experience to visiting sporting grounds in the UK. In New York you've got the choice of the Yankees or the Mets (both impressive stadiums). During the week the games generally start in the evenings as well, so you can explore the city during the day and catch a game in the evening.

Anyone else travelling up on the Friday and staying somewhere nearby? Booked into the Holiday Inn Express in Milton Keynes on the Friday as figured it was a bit far to drive from Plymouth on the Saturday morning!