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The landscape has changed. Online reviews are doing the job. Although the entertainment part is often missing (explosions, stunts and movie like scenes). Thats where a budget is required. Obviously a media company that makes its money from advertising etc can make it happen and create an online platform without needing a TV Channel. Anyone that manages to do this can possibly extract more viewers online than CarWoW who often get around a million plus per drag race video.
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Wow. Corvette is no joke. Both impressive cars. Something about the Jaguar
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Appearing on BBC Breakfast today (November 9), Harris told hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt: “I think he’s healing.
“It was a serious incident," he continued. "I’m not going to say any more than that. As I’ve said in the book and in the few interviews I’ve given, I’m so proud of the fact that team Top Gear kept everything quiet and we were dignified.
“There is nothing out there about what happened, there won’t be. There’s no mole in the organisation. I’m really, really proud of that.
No Mole?! LOL....loads of moles at the local station! Some in bed with Daily Mail
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Fashion by Nismo 😂😂
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21 hours ago, Umster said:
Agreed, the Z is king for value and for an entry point into 2 door RWD coupes.
But that's not what I want in my weekend car. I'd love to get into Ferrari territory but I'll have to settle with BMW M Performance.
@GranTurismoEra yeah the market is OK if you're happy with the hybrid but the top end 3L engines are so hard to find. I asked around and nobody in the UK remaps the hybrid. I'm not sold on the 4 seat 2 door setup, I want a door per passenger so I've avoided the Q60.
Not many of them tbh. Nissan missed the trick with Infiniti.
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1600 to 1800kg seems to be the norm now for 4 door sedans and 2 door sport coupes. Technology makes the weight penalty non existent. Tbh in a crash you want a rock solid car. It comes at a cost.
Weight savings are great for track times and power to weight not so much safety and comfort. Depends what the priority is.
@Umster I did consider the Q60 at some point. There are some that have steer by wire which had issues. Most of the Q50 I've seen were hybrid? The 4 door version. Apparently they've got issues.
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1 hour ago, Lee370Z said:
What I love about the 370Z is that the engine actually feels torquey for a naturally aspirated engine, whereas I always thought that the E92 M3 felt like it was lacking in torque in comparison for some odd reason though.
Extra weight upfront? Maybe it had a worn clutch as well. Then gear ratios too
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Maybe back in the day the manuals felt more torquey than the lazier torque converter autos. DCT however was a different beast. BMW dropped it probably due to costs. ZF does a good job anyway.
A weekend blaster for the pennines and peak district, manual. As you start to cramp up it's already 4pm and dark. It's convenient.
Regarding the newer M4 and harsher ride. It seems manufacturers are not tuning cars to be driven on British roads. Back in the day even Renault got it right with sport clio. Sport suspension was very good. Very compliant.
Since used car prices are headed downwards in winter. Now is good time to pick something up. Best time to buy a used car price wise. Waiting till new year everyone thinks summers coming.
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9 hours ago, davey_83 said:
Quite a thing when the experience of a "driver's car" is enhanced by loosing a pedal
Uh oh.....
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Drove the E92 DCT coupe my mate had a Meisterschaft GTC on it. Driving through Dartford Tunnel to Essex wow. I had to cover my ears. It was like a 1000 trumpets at once.
It was good because you could tinker with the shifts and how aggressive they were. There was a high spec range rover on the case. Let's just say it was nowhere to be seen once in Sport Mode and opened up. It wasnt the best torque wise but when my mate put his foot down once it picks up it no slouch. It's faster than Z. He did have issues with Rods and Actuator or something. Both expensive repairs. Had it 5 years sold it for 15k still with the Yiannimize wrap. His was mapped. Very loud.
I estimated he spent in total 52k on mods, running it, insurance, service and the car itself. That's based on what he let me know
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Crazy. But the threshold is usually over 25 when it gets cheaper. Mine at 24 was 1300 on a 1.6 Golf. So that's good going considering.
City center higher number of collisions and thefts. Premiums have gone up a bit post Covid.
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May go this weekend unless you can beat the price
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Still available
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3 hours ago, davey_83 said:
Nice one. Remember when the Cayman 718 GTS went 2.5 turbo. The performance was better than the previous models N/A engine but the newer cars sounded awful and got slatted in the press in this area. Porsche for the facelift offered that model again in N/A 😁
Yep.... These are the last days however.... the 4.0 GTS Cayman definitely one on the bucket list ha... 60k plus tho... Then again a full optioned 981 S 3.4 can be had in the 30s. Great cars and yeah the 2.5 is quicker no doubt and Porsche engineers tried their best but hey ho.
I'll say the 3.8 gt4 or 4.0 GTS Cayman engines sound really good a level above the 3.4 in the Cayman. My brother had a 911 Carrera S with a 3.8. Wow. NA will be museum time pieces.
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Nismo buying season. 2 nismos for under 19k. One with 6 owners. Even I'm tempted. Ones got Maxton lip spoiler, spacers and lowered on Eibachs.
My mate is also selling a Nismo. Mk1 for around £17500 but has a deposit on it from a lady. If anyone's Interested in a Mk1 lemme know. Its got the ipad and full alcantara center console + ambient lighting and lovely residential friendly ISR single exit. There's a clip of the car on my YouTube
Summers coming 😉
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The dumping of fuel and over synthesised sounds like c63 seems overkill when you can have more natural sound. The 370 nismo standard exhaust is crap when you change it you notice it pops few times if hot. Seems more natural even though its tuned from factory engine wise not necessarily for sound.
I agree that Z4 and supra do have fake sounds coming into the cabin as well. Better to stay old school or go older v8 pre OPF if sound is key. Personally now I'd take performance now over sound. There are some cars that already outperform the Z at the price range and sound better pre OPF 2017 with a 365 to 440hp range. If they saying 65k for nismo then you get the gist.
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8 hours ago, davey_83 said:
I will just say artificial pops and bangs isn't a good sound
Is it really artificial? Supra and Z4 I've heard don't sound bad maybe theyre modded. Maybe I'm getting old but I didn't have short tails on for more than 3 weeks. I now get what Olly was getting at with loud exhausts.
So you get the new Z for £50,000 door to door and no matter what exhaust goes on it sounds like a poor man's Q60? Seems like Nissan didn't think sound was important with Japanese noise regulations.
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2 hours ago, davey_83 said:
True, sound went downhill after the VQ35DE
I would say noise regulations but Supra has no issue popping and banging. Just a shame the EU version is nerfed to 335 hp and needs a map to be equal to US version.
They tried straight pipe on the Z and still sounds iffy.
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4 hours ago, McG said:
USA keeping things going at SEMA. Their car scene makes UK look like shite lol...
Ford announcement of a 800 hp supercharger with a warranty shows a different attitude. While folks on here are still debating looks of a Zed they categorically said wasn't going to be made 5 years later 🤣🤣
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USA does it big. For standard V8 Mustang. Well done Ford.
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-americancars/ford-launches-800hp-mustang-supercharger/47810
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18 hours ago, DoogyRev said:
Used Porsche Dakar went for sale recently. Need all wheel drive. But perfect for death valley or similar as its flat enough.
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Is that still a thing? Thought the police were all over it?
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Free shipping to USA, watch the emails fly in..
Top Gear may be no more...
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Unfortunately the money from Youtube (couple grand per upload) may not be on the same level as Top Gear have been pouring into their shows. Either get investors on or find a bigger budget or scale down the entertainment side and focus a bit more editing and cinematic style reviews.
Amazon spent £4.5 million per show apparently on Grand Tour. BBC Spent around £833,000 per show. I think this includes wages of the 3 freelancers lol.
Lets say they took on Chris Harris, Rory and Matt Le Blanc on a new show. I reckon they will spend significantly more on renegotiated contracts, stunts and special effects. Around 1- 2 million per episode. As Davey said you spend the money and theres a 3+ month delay from filming to screens. Youtubers have already got first dibs on new products. Youtubers are releasing content as quickly as a day or two. Especially if they are good at speed editing.