rtbiscuit

I'm not a massive ford or vauxhall fan, they have never done it for me, grew up in Essex and it was the weapon of choice for every tom dick and harry, so I've always preferred something different. they are mean to be good cars though personally i would look at Golf R32 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3306620.htm Alfa Brera V6 4wd (tad over budget) (possibly expensive on the tax side) soooooooooooooo pretty (but very heavy, and not as fast as they look) (4WD ) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3445283.htm Celica GT4 (so much win for very little money, use the left over for fuel and insurance) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3419208.htm if you threated to break my arm with big burly blokes and i had no choice but to own a small vauxhall then i'd have one of these (proper little pocket rocket) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3451685.htm clio V6 ( a little over priced, but they proper little beasts, sadly only 2 seats) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3441329.htm V8 porsche 928 (bit old school but very pretty) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2792048.htm BMW 850 V12 with LPG (this is genius) http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3293388.htm

if it ticks all the boxes then why not.

without hearing the noise its difficult to diagnose. could just have been the tyre picking something loose up off the road that then cought in your wheel arch temporarily. have a quick check over, if you can't see anything leave it for now and wait and see if it comes back.

man hugs all round i think you lot need to open the windows in here, it smells very strongly of man love

lots of choice and lots of options, might help list out what you want and what your looking for. i.e. 4 or 2 seats, RWD,FWD or 4WD etc etc do you want a v8? does it need to be a bit economical?

amen to that

looks good to me

i really like it. is it too big to mount behind the driver on the surface that whould have the old sub in?

i think the BMW garage charge £60 an hour for labour

my perfornace specialist charges £30 an hour and then what ever the parts are in cost. i suppose it depends on where in the UK you are. you're london based jerry, and costs can often be higher. Thats very cheap IMO. Down here the best you can expect it £50 cash in hand "mates rates" or £50+VAT for official inderpendant work. I think the most problem with Nissan and the Zed is I beleive they ship most of the parts in from Japan. Some come from Belgium, thats where my BCM came from, but I think any engine parts will likely come from Japan. Wonder if we could get the parts from Renault if you know their part numbers for the cars that use VQ engines (Leguna and Espace are ones I seem to remember) my MR2 needed a new floor pan from toyota, they ordered it in from japan, took 2 attempts as the first arrived bent. so shipping in costs aren't cheap, but they should have a surplus of parts for the usual stuff. but then all suppliers ship their parts in doesn;t make nissan special. as for the cost of my specialist, i am lucky that i have a good place at a sensible cost, most of suffolk charge about £30 an hour ex VAT, but we're off the beaten track a bit. same reason we only pay £1.30 for a litre of normal fuel, we're 3p cheaper a litre than essex on average.

my perfornace specialist charges £30 an hour and then what ever the parts are in cost. i suppose it depends on where in the UK you are. you're london based jerry, and costs can often be higher.

both honda and toyota parts are cheaper, but for some reason nissan seems to think they built a ferrari. but we've all known that for years, we've alwyas said only a moron goes to the dealerships for any work. and never buy parts from them unless you take plenty of lube with you. thats why people like Zmanalex has thrived supplying parts that nissan want your balls in exchange for.

£8500 on new hair products?... like its been said, he's getting old so he won;t need it. as it will all start falling out soon

no more rediculous than nissan prices and any sensible person would be going to good independents not Porshe unless it was still in warranty. and with so many around 2nd parts aren't that expensive.

sorry to see you go jerry, been fun having you around.

really fancy a burger now

the zed is good, but i'd definetly try the S2000, i came from MR2 roadster and loved it, the zed was good but i personally found it to be a compromise, later swapped to an S2000 and found it a much more rewarding drive. but again the S2000 has its compromises its a toss up between size handling s2000 = smaller lighter better drive, more responce etc 350z = heavier but more cabin space engine 350Z = bigger engine more torque, linear power delivery (deseptive with speed feels slow when it isn;t) s2000 = smaller engine less torque, but a more rev range (brilliant on track) try both and see what you prefer. having owned both, my personal favourite has to be the S2000, one of the best cars i've owned.

only six, i reckon i could beat that.

we can supply the velocity stack upgraqde for £37.50

i wanted to go this year, but having a lads weekend and a stag do and road tax, my bank account was needing a rest by this point.

still twice the price of a zed

i fall in to ricey's third bracket, i appreciate a nice car, and always give a slight nod towards some one who appreciates a good performance car. i even appreciate things like the Vdub scene, never owned one but then its not what i'm looking for.

should be 225/45/18

sigh another ill informed person; this is the same reason people over look the S2000, and also see the MR2 roadster as a "girls" car. i'd be more than happy to take a boxster over the zed, same as i think the S2000 was a better drive than the Zed. A. the boxster looks better as a convertible than the zed B. its lighter C. the car is better balanced with the engine where it is D. its not made of pig iron and cast lead E. the badge F. its a better drive the zeds great, enjoyable to drive, but there are so many other great cars to try out, and own. personally i don't think you can base that kind of decision with out having driven it. i'd also have the cayman over the 370Z and the XKRS over the GTR; i'm not denying both the GTR and the 370Z are great cars, but there are other things that float my boat more. doesn;t mean i'd slag it or the owner off just because i don't like it.