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Yup Rev-ups also have the LED tail lights 👍

Cheers guys I'll be sure to put up a new thread with pictures once I've collected it and got it home 😁 Ultimately I figured the R8 is a lot more car for the money and with the Audi extended warranty I shouldn't have to worry about expensive sudden failure from the magride, AC compressor etc. If the car roughly holds its value then the warranty cost won't be that different to the depreciation I would've lost on a 2 year old mustang, or so my man maths tells me 😂 Only downside is this means the zed has to go, which will be a sad moment because I've loved every moment of the 6 years ownership!

So my heart ruled my head in the end and this morning I put a deposit down on a lovely manual first gen V8 R8 😅

I'm still torn between an R8 and mustang so been doing a lot of research lately. You can buy warranty from Audi as long as the car has less than 100,000 miles, it starts from around £1350/year (£250 excess) for a first gen R8. You can pay more to have more parts covered and/or lower excess.

I'm in a similar boat, looking to spend around £40k on something to replace the zed. My main criteria are V8 and manual, after a lot of research I narrowed it down to either an R8 or a mustang. I'm now leaning towards the mustang just because the potential running costs of an R8 scare me. Maybe because it's a super car, but all parts seem to have an extra £0 added onto the price tag, and at nearly 15 years old parts are bound to need replacing every now and again. As others have said, they do also have a few very expensive common issues. I don't know much about the running costs of other supercars, so maybe the R8 is very reasonable in comparison, but I think it's certainly FAR more than a typical sports car, which I suppose goes with the territory.

Looks like whoever painted them did a pretty crappy job. As Davey has said, you could try repainting them yourself if you're confident. If not you could get them powder coated any colour you fancy for a few hundred quid. I'd reccomend the wheel specialist, they did my LMGT4's and their quality is top notch.

The battery won't currently be at 100% charge, and once it goes below 80% the cells can be damaged. The self discharge rate can be up to 10%/month.

After 2 months the battery will be completely flat, whether you leave it connected or not, and probably need replacing by the time you get back. You'd be much better off leaving it on charge whilst you're away, even if that means removing it from the vehicle. The only problem with that is you're leaving the car without an alarm.

Will be interested to hear your thoughts about the Cayman. I'm in a similar situation- got 35k which I'm tempted to spend on a new car and get rid of the zed. Ideally I'd like something manual with a V8, which really limits options and keeps bringing me back to mustangs. Also been considering an R8 but the maintenance costs scare me a bit.

Can't say I've ever heard of gravity performance so I'd imagine it would be a bit of a gamble. I think Scorpion are in the same sort of price range and @HEADPHONES has one fitted to his, so might be able to provide some insight?

I've got a polished up OEM plenum with motordyne MREV2 lower manifold & motordyne 5/16th plenum spacer on my revup. I did quite a lot of research at the time (a few years ago) and this combo seemed to be proven the most effective for gains. In regards to plenum spaces and clearance issues, up to 5/16th works absolutely fine as long as the kit comes with spacers for the strut brace, anything over that and you have to leave it off otherwise it'll hit the bonnet. In terms of gains I'd probably expect somewhere between 20-30bhp when combined with a high flow air filter, full exhaust system (including cats) & uprev.

The exhaust gases usually smell a bit due to high flow cats not filtering as well as standard ones, but as above, it shouldn't be stinking of petrol unless unburnt fuel is getting in there. You could take the car for an uprev to get it tuned properly and the post-cat O2 sensors turned off to get rid of the EML for good.

Is the rest of your exhaust oem at the moment? But yeah I'd definitely reccomend a remap if you do go down the HFC route to get the best gains, and also turn off the post cat O2 sensors to eliminate the risk of them triggering the EML.

Sounds like the perfect excuse to upgrade to HFCs. Cheaper than oem & decent power gains, what's not to love 😁 (unless you really don't want any increase in exhaust volume).

This ^^. Totally agree that you should take a little time to get used to the car first because it'll all be new to you, but once you've got a good idea of what you're happy with/want to improve then personally I'd smash out the mods as fast as funds allow.

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your purchase. A plenum spacer is a good idea if the engine is a DE, seeing as you've already got an aftermarket cat-back exhaust then the only other bolt on mod is HFCs or decats really. An induction system will add a bit of noise and engine bay bling but won't actually give any gains. You can get the car remapped (Uprev) but best to do this last once you've got all other performance mods in place. In addition to brake fluid and coolant as Azurez33 mentioned I'd also reccomend fresh gearbox & diff oil.

If you're just looking for a comfortable, cheap to run commuter then I don't think the 370z is for you. I use my 350z as a daily all year round and it's not the most sensible choice, but it does put a big grin on my face every time I drive it.

That one you linked is actually being sold by an owner on here funnily enough- I think even the most expensive 370z (Nismo) was just under 40k new, so you shouldn't have to worry about the extra payment anyway.

Welcome to the forum. As above, the 370z engine has never changed, but in 2017 the tax brackets did. Pre 2017 it was banded purely based on CO2/km, the 370z was band L & the XKR was band M (the highest). Whereas now after the first year every vehicle is charged the same (unless the emmisons are zero, in which case its still free). Also if the list price is over 40k you have to pay a supplement for the first 5 years. 20-25pmg is easily achievable, and I'd expect other running costs like servicing, parts etc to be a fair bit cheaper than you're paying now.

New and used vehicle prices are crazy at the moment so it’s hard to judge really. All due to the global semiconductor shortage. Manufacturers are struggling to build enough cars, which drives up demand in the secondhand market.

Shouldn’t cause any adverse effects other than that less ground clearance obviously.

I have the exact same symptom at the moment, last time the car was at H-Dev they confirmed that sadly it is radiator leaking. I’ve ordered an all aluminium Koyo one along with a silicone hose kit which they’re gonna fit for me in a couple of weeks.

Not sure this is possible with the 370z because of the way the system works. @cs2000 is probably the man to ask.

How about a proper pipe cutter? That's what I used when I had to repair my oem system and it was dead easy. They're a great tool, not expensive and leave a really nice clean/straight cut.

Agreed, a must for single exit systems imo 👌