rtbiscuit

still waiting for the hot version of the BRZ or a proper hot verion of the ft86 the TRD version is nice but its all dress work.

i can see them making the zed a 4 pot and making the 200 a competitior with things like the MX5 etc

can you see nissan making the zed more up market? if you up the price is it not then competing with the GTR?

hence why they're putting a 4 pot turbo jobbie in

could even go 5 cylinder like the focus but use a small sc and turbo combined effort, that way you have torque through the rev range like a V engine as the SC does the ground work and the turbo takes over ones its up to boost. means you keep the power, but improve the economy. that or they need to look at making it hybrid with use of electric motors on the front wheels and maybe some form of KERS.

they look alot easier to drive on and off. for anyone who has never tried driving up metal ramps you need balls. they are quiet steep and i've always worried about going over the edge. especially as most are made for cars with normal width tyres, so anything wide goes over either edge, and does mean the stopper on metal ones aren;t as effective. the foam ones look alot more user friendly. especially for wider wheel setups. shame they aren't cheaper. good find tarmac, and good luck with sales

that owners flattering you, they obviously think your very thin

thats coming along nicely

i know with the silver when i had mine painted there were 5 paint cards for my paint code. zed paint is not easy to match.

did you connect a good earth up on the new stereo, or where did you connect the earth or did you disconnect an earth and not reconnect it when you wired the stereo up.

had that with the jag, was just a case of replacing the rubber seals (gaskets) on the rocker covers.

DMS (Dixon Motor Sport) up near brands hatch not far from the dartford crossing

if it was just burning oil i'd probably reccomend a thicker oil. as engines get older you should change the oil density if it starts to burn stuff off. could just be a gasket issue or could be bore wear. personally i'd get it compression tested first, as this will identify if the engine is losing compression and if so which cylinder or how many cylinders are affected. this is a pretty inexpensive test. if it comes back as all good. then i;d be replacing the gaskets. which shouldn;t be as major as you think. or as expensive. early signs of gasket wear may show themselves as oil in the rad. if it is you'll have a creamy mayonaise style gunk in and around the rad cap. this is a nice easy check and is free.

tracker makes insurance more expensive. when i've played around with adding it. apparently its becuase insurance companies know its more likely to be found but would possibly need lots spending on it depending on damage. so they weight the insurance against trackers. how true that is i don't know, but from experimenting it doesn;t make it cheaper. also if it was a 50k car i'd be more inclined. but the zeds a sub 10k car now and although its a great car its not really been a major crime target, unlike things like BMWs are at the moment.

glad its all good

no there is a BCM also under there.

sounds like it might be shorting out somewhere. have you changed anything recently, or removed the dash etc before this problem started. you can usually atribute a lot of issues to the last thing you played with before it broke.

glad it all went smoothly

my wife has the 2.2 turbo sooter (i think) and it doesn;t hang about. only down side is all the torque is low down, so by 4.5k to 5k its out of puff. and up a gear.

i too agree with you that a 4x4 should be for off road use. and seeing chelsea tractors with mum and 1 child in taking up sapce when i come in to work (i'm a teacher) does my nut in. but since my wife has got one, i do now see the logic. although i mock her for tractor driving.

if your starting a family the advantage of a 4x4/suv is not the off road ability its the fact that the vehicle sits so much higher, which gives several advantages. main one being putting baby in baby seat. the height is much more comfortable. the boot is also higher which makes getting shopping and baby stuffin in and out much easier. plus the space side of things. if you have to be in the back with baby there is tons of room. my wife has the volvo XC60 and i have noticed when we look after her niece and nephew life has been alot easier than when she had her 4 door golf. just on the door side alone.

we're going from near woodbridge on the suffolk coast. 356 miles on the 303 or 372 mile son the m4 route.

my old work mate had the standard XJ soooooooooooooooooo much space inside. and very comfortable. be interested to see the engine on that converted XJR as i think its the same engine as in my XKR and i thought the SC was in the way of any kind of conversion. be interested to know more about who did what to that XJR.

the VW range of V8's aren't bad, you have the phaeton, but there is also the toureg. convert it over to LPG and your laughing.