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Very nice Vlad. Don't do Facedouche so I "liked" it on here for you instead.

It would look a lot better if the stripes were more luminescent. Pics for colour reference only. Honestly.

Totally understand what you're getting at. I have no idea how hard the Honda driver in the Nurburgring video I posted had to fight to get the time he did but it does beat some very impressive cars as it puts the Civic around rank 70 out of 100 with many more expensive RWD/4WD cars falling behind it.

I get what you're saying but I disagree. If you look at a championship like the BTCC with a variety of tracks raced on, cars/makes/drive trains etc it is not purely dominated by rear wheel drive vehicles. In fact if you look back at the championship winners since the year 2000 till 2014, 13 of the championship winning cars were FWD's with only 2 out of the 15 being RWD's. Make of that what you will although I understand in the numbers game there are more FWD's than RWD's in the championship. Source: http://www.btcc.net/history/champions/btcc-champions/ I know the new Type R has an LSD upfront along with some pretty big 235/35/19's to help put the power down better. I haven't driven one so can't really comment on how it handles in the corners but I'm sure Honda have thought about the corners and done their best to stop it understeering straight off at the first corner you come to. From the reviews I've read so far though it does seem like it's going to be a very decent car and it has done the Nurburgring in 7 minutes 50 seconds odd so that's not too shabby I'd say as that is on par with: 2002 Lamborghini Murcielago, 2003 BMW M3 CSL, Porsche 911 Carrera S and beats many more. Source: https://nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times-top-100/

I read all of that build thread too as well as the Pistonheads discussion. Very saddening to read some of the comments left on Pistonheads though as some people showing their lack of empathy for what was ultimately two lives taken far too soon.

^^ Blue does look particularly good I agree.

When is it in showrooms I'm tempted to try it myself big Honda fan It was supposed to be this month, but I'm still waiting for the call lol The new Civic Type R (FK2) arrived at some dealerships Monday (Maidstone Honda below).... Was actually chatting with a guy on CTRO about it earlier. He's got his test drive booked for tomorrow so was all excited. Doesn't sound bad imo and seems fairly rapid.

It's a good thing us car enthusiasts never find the people who do this sort of cr*p because if we did they'd likely get a lot more than just a slap. Sorry Coldel. That sucks.

The rear suspension thing is a load of bs. Sure if I was thrashing the living cr*p out of it on track or pitting it up against an EP3 on an all out death race through the streets then I'd notice but honestly other than that it makes no difference. I've driven it hard a few times now through some twisty national speed limit areas and it's really caused me no concern, ....nor have I understeered off the road. Generally I'm driving the car slowly back & forth to work etc and seeing very good mpg. It does lack torque but it's really not a problem and if you want to go fast you just need to get the revs up nice & high before expecting it to do much. Once it's in VTEC mode though it will stay there with every gear change in the higher rpm ranges so goes pretty well.

Welcome aboard.

When I die I want to be really f**king old, in bed and dreaming of all the things I love that I've already done in my long life.

That's cool. Didn't want to mention it but I'm with you on the Team Dynamic alloys. Just too many spokes on them imo.

You could always try B&B Audio Concepts just off Penarth Road to see what they can do for you. Link: http://www.audioconcepts.co.uk/ They've done a couple of high end installs for me and also helped with a few issues. Once I had a problem with one of my head units and they sent it off to a professional Pioneer repairer for £25-£35 odd I think it was. Turned out to be un-repairable but still that wasn't their fault.

You're ruining the grass.

From the look of the damage to that car I'd have thought it was quick. I'd have never have guessed what car that was without the pictures Matt posted of it in its undamaged state.

Chris I know what you're feeling and it sucks but I totally get it. Hopefully, eventually it will be an easy sale of your Zed for you just like mine was and you'll find a car you're happy with even if just for a short time.

Maybe try a Porsche dealer as that is what the front bumper looks like it's from.

That's your hand brake shoes.

Well the daily driver for me is exactly that, ....driven everyday including weekends. Would be nice to have something special for the weekends but just can't afford that type of thing. If Zeds are the only Jap car that get you going then may I suggest you have a look at some of the other Jap cars available. Not knocking the Zed but there are so many great Japanese made performance cars that I'd rather before considering something like a Seat Leon even if it is a Cupra R. Not going to really mod this car at all as I've said. Will be saving up in the long term for something a bit more special .

You want vinyl masking tape. Link: http://www.amazon.com/3M-Vinyl-Tape-PN6408-Pack/dp/B000P1ALOO

Well done.

I haven't as that's something I never actually took a picture of before I sold my Zed. Managed to find one online though below.... You can see the divider attached above to the boot lid. Hope that makes things clearer. No idea sorry. You could try a Nissan dealership or failing that just try using any other type of body clip that will fit in the hole. Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xnissan+body+clip.TRS0&_nkw=nissan+body+clip&_sacat=0

Best take it to a specialist really. The only problem you might come across is getting them to match the paint, ...they may suggest you have all 4 redone if they can't get an exact paint match although unless it's a special colour or a particularly old set of alloys a colour match shouldn't be a problem. Let us know how you get on.

Good luck with the run today.

Cheers Stu and I do appreciate it. It's just that's another reason why I wanted a more "normal" car like the Civic as I know I can take it to pretty much any of the good local independent garages and they'll know what they're doing on it. Don't want to be faffing around driving hundreds of miles to some "specialist" garage anymore no matter how good they are. Such a shame Wales is so s**t for "specialist" car garages/decent mappers.