LukeA

24 minutes ago, Ekona said:

Indeed, just ask your insurer.

 

However, the answer is that no, the clock does not reset. Now fess up and tell us what speed you were doing!  

I hope it doesn’t reset then I get to keep the zed 

i was caught at 120mph on the motorway and been done before for the same thing so the ban was longer this time 

15 minutes ago, OnlyAfro said:

 

As far as I'm concerned, that question is asking how long you've held a Full UK-manual licence, not a specific photocard, and regardless of whether the time was consecutive. 

 

The only thing up for interpretation would be whether the time you were banned counts - i.e. have you had your licence for 3 years and 2 months or 3 years and 6 months.

Ah sorry I see where your coming from now. I was led to believe that the photocard is your licence and I see that the date on the photocard wouldn’t matter as its only tells the date of me recieving the photocard. 

I just don’t want the insurance company to turn around if anything happens and say I only had licence from the date on the photocard. 

Ive pm’d Dan and I’ll see what he says

1 hour ago, OnlyAfro said:

Doesn't matter what date is on your licence, that's not the question. You've had a full licence for 3 years and 2 months.

 

They don't ask when your licence was issued. Any time you lose or renew it (renewal being compulsory every 10 years), the time you've held it resets to 0 according to the date on the front, so that would be a pointless question.

 

Best thing to do if you're worried about it is ask your / an insurer directly. Or @DAN@ADRIAN FLUX should be able to confirm.

Yeah is pointless it being reset to 0 but is something the court might do to “teach me a lesson”. Doesn’t make sense if would change to this year as I’ve already had it 3+ years before now. 

When doing insurance quotes they ask me how long I’ve had my licence, I’m guessing it would be the date the licence was issued and that changes my insurance drastically, just by changing that one answer. I’ll PM Dan and see if he can help. Thanks for the help

4 hours ago, Ekona said:

We need more details here, as that's very odd that you have to reapply for your licence again: That usually only happens in medical cases, but they're usually bans for 12 months or longer. What's actually happened, and what paperwork have you been given?

Any ban over 56 days no matter what for you have to reapply for your licence again. I was done for speeding and the court has sent paperwork saying I will have to reapply and I have looked online and it confirms it as well

Yeah I understand the insurance side of it but it’s when I receive my new licence what date will it say I got my licence on?

Will it say say either October 2018 or December 2014 just wondering which one it would be. 

Insurance quotes im doing now are coming in at 

October 2018 (licence date) - 1.3k

Decmeber 2014 (licence date) - 6k

Hi guys

i have been banned for driving for 4 months and when my ban is over I’m required to re apply for my licence again (without doing test again). 

Does anyone know when I get my new licence will it say that I have had my licence from this year (2018) or when I passed it first time?

It makes a massive difference in my new insurance quote about 4K difference

anyhelp would be much appreciated,

thanks

Luke

9 hours ago, Ekona said:

Hang on a mo...

 

The dyno graph on that company's website is the exact one you linked to earlier. So was that your car they did that to then?

 

And after a bit more digging, I found that Mazda once created a proper hydrogen RX8, not just an injection device: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/mazda/mazda-rx-8-hydrogen-re-2007-review/ . If you read that in detail, it explains why a rotary can take hydrogen better than a conventional 4 stroke engine (which is good, and not something I'd thought of), but it also shows that using hydrogen meant that power nearly halves from 192bhp to 107bhp, and a similar drop with torque from 162lb/ft to 103lb/ft. Now obviously there's a difference running an engine entirely on hydrogen to simply injecting a smidge into the combustion chamber, but this isn't helping prove anything here in terms of extra power.

 

Go to the test results page at http://www.hydrogenhybrids.uk.com/test-results/ and have a read of the 'facts'. You have one letter from a biology teacher with the most god-awful evaluation of his test and evidence that I've ever seen, and even his own results show that immediately prior to the install on two occasions he got better fuel economy than on 6 out of 7 runs after the install. The bike and Focus power tests are a joke, as the bike showed a whopping 1bhp increase (which anyone who's done a dyno will know you can easily get between runs anyway) and the Focus a whole 3bhp more which is a whopping 2% increase on max powerzzz!!!!11

 

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

 

 

I mean, fair play to you for trying but I'm not convinced this is anything other than all in your mind in terms of any difference at all. Out of curiosity, what did your insurance company say when you told them about the install?

No that wasn’t my car they used, there was a massive debate over on the RX8 owners club about whether it works or snake oil. To start with I thought it was bs but decided to give it ago and I noticed a tiny increase on low down torque on the rx8 but on the zed you wouldn’t even think it was there. 

Personally I wouldn’t recommend it unless you had a rotary and wanted minimal gains that you barely notice. You get naff all out of it for £400 

My insurance company saw it as a “performance mod” once I explained it 

4 hours ago, Ekona said:

Thanks. Precious little info there though, I was after details like what is the kit, and most importantly was the car mapped for it?

I bought the kit from http://www.hydrogenhybrids.uk.com/rotary-engines/

and the car was not mapped the kit was just bolted on

http://www.projectrx8.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?470

i haven’t done any tests on the zed or heard of any being done. As far as I’m aware I’m the only person with this kit on a zed. 

9 hours ago, Ekona said:

I just had a look into that stuff. Basically it's meant for diesel engines above anything else, as it encourages a lean burn to potentially save fuel and in theory it'll turn from hydrogen into water as a byproduct of the combustion process to lower engine temps/EGT.

 

In theory.

 

Given the potential benefit vs potential risk, so a bit of fuel saved vs melting pistons by running unexpectedly lean, as well as the complete lack of any independant research into it on diesel engines (which is what it's designed for!) rather than petrol engines, I'd be filing this firmly under snake oil and removing it from the car pronto. Incidentally the few pages I've read about hydrogen injection refer to it being only of benefit at high rpm, which would indicate a relative lack of involvement in helping mid-range torque and certainly it's not going to be doing a damn thing unless you specifically map for it.

It’s only a small amount nothing manager and managed by amount that can be produced. The amount being produced isn’t enough to cause problems for anything. 

There was a lot of testing for it and experiments and I understand it can be seen as snake oil but it worked for me but every has their own opinions on it 

It has no effect on high rpm’s, on the RX8 I noticed a difference with low down torque and that was it, nothing amazing just tiny bit better for the car. 

24 minutes ago, Ekona said:

Do I need a whoosh parrot here or something? You have a what installed?

 basically a small tank in engine bay filled with de-ionised water that takes hydrogen from water and puts it into engine

i had an RX8 before and there was a lot of talk about hydrogen helping with the engine and keeping it clean. It was there to help a tiny bit with low down torque but nothing amazing since the car had none pretty much anyway  I figured why not take it off the RX8 and stick it on the zed but didn’t really notice any difference

I’ve had no problems with hydrogen cleaning my engine. In fact I have a hydrogen kit in my 350z that produces hydrogen and puts it into the air intake. It’s starts producing hydrogen from when I start the car till when I turn it off. I’ve had the car since January 2017 and had the kit installed the whole time and I haven’t had any problems. Wouldn’t hurt to get it cleaned unless your that worried about causing problems

7 hours ago, shire350Z said:

It’s a pioneer  SPH-DA120  With car play so you either link with it via Bluetooth or via cable and it mirrors your phone display simple and easy to use and works really well with Spotify 

I have the SPH-DA120 but mine never looks like that. I have connected it via Bluetooth and cable but I have to use apps like AppRadio for it to mirror my phone. I must be doing something wrong 

Looking good  

what app are you using with your radio? I like the layout of it but can’t find it. 

Was in harestock(Winchester) around 9ish tonight. I was behind you as you turned left and floored it then popped and banged

I do try and keep it quiet but doesn’t normally go well lol

15 minutes ago, Humpy said:

Up this way tonight by any chance - Just been putting a new bed together and got a little hot so opened the window and lo and behold a zed went by. Pretty sure it was you and do you have a K1 exhaust?

Aha yeah that was me. It’s a toyosport with decats, you’ll probably hear it when it goes past lol 

2 hours ago, Humpy said:

Sadly got work vans for daily

 

Went and took the dog for a walk this morning to see if I could spot your zed :lo:

I work nearly all weekends so doubt you’ll see me around :/ I very rarely stay around your road for longer then an hour, more of a pick her up and go back to mine 

Should use it as a daily much more fun

If I remember right I believe that was the one

Thanks, I was wondering if you lived there or visited as I rarely see it, maybe 5 times now 

there use to be a 350z with aftermarket exhaust and modded in 2016 I use to see a bit, same road was that yours? I use to have a dark red Rx8 

Yeah that’s mine, thanks for the offer will have to do that

just saw yours about 40 minutes ago parked outside yours again, it does look lovely

On 31/01/2018 at 20:41, Humpy said:

Not sure how I missed this and probably one of the first times I have been spotted

 

Yeah that would be me, was it parked up on the drive? How ome you were floating around my neck of the woods?

 

 

My girlfriend lives on the same road down by the park as where i saw yours (guessing your house?). Yeah it was on the drive, you’ll probably hear mine a few times a week around 9pm ish when I see her

Black 07 in McDonald's drive through in Totton. Nice little rev and flash to each other. Was around 22:40 tonight. 

Also saw a blue 370 in Harestock Winchester. Private plate ending SRA, think I've seen it before on here 

Nice white HR believe was 57 plate in 24hour Tescos millbrook at 17:00 today

I put Mintex pads and Black diamond discs on my zed about a month or two ago and there good and at a reasonable price as well. Demontweeks currently have the discs on offer and Pads are cheap from their website. 

You do lose the anchor feeling that other discs have but there still good discs and do it well