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so if monica lewinski was a car; she'd have a targa top

i think they fill them with heroin, as they are adictivly tasty

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both filled up on the same fuel which is tesco 99 ron same petrol station etc

those pocket classics are awesome

hi Waitey i could but it would take along time; for the s2000 alone there are 32 fill ups each one giving the price per litre, litres of fuel, odometer reading and the date.for the 350z there are about 20 fill ups with the same data. the software then does all the calculations and gives out the figues. if you look at the recent mpg thread viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44698&start=15 gives my complete break down of the zed fuel usage/cost etc is in there.

my average mpg is 29.12 in the s2k compared to the 24.40 average of the zed. average cost per mile in the s2k is 19p per mile average cost per mile in the zed is 34p per mile that doesnt take into account that fuel was cheaper when i had the zed all the data is off my software that i log every fill up in the petrol station on. i kept all the data from the zed and i can compare the 2 very accuratlely this takes into account the same driver over a long period of time same type of drives roads etc; as its my daily driver. can give you more stats if you like but thought they were the most important to give you the best idea. my opinion the performance is almost identical (different drives of course) but you get alot more bang for you buck with the S2k (financially speaking of course)

genius

i love KK, not had any in ages, nothing closer than bluewaters

i think we paid 650 for the photographer and another 400 for the CD of photos. we then copied the cd and then copied the CD and gave it to all our families. we worked out we could produce our own album for a lot less than what they could. but the photographer was a legend. very good; almost didn't know they were there, and the family shots etc seem ed to wizz by very effiecient and quick with excellent photos. we used lavenham photographic. they are excellent. the venue we went to had aload of albums from lots of different people and we picked out 3 of the 20 there. and each one was the same person. we'd managed to pick out his 3 albums. he was well worth the money. and he was so good my wifes cousins hired them to go down to london and do their wedding as well. worth a call if you want.

plastic is very difficult to spray in contrast to metal. the material has an effect on the paint. go to any bodyshop for repair work and they will tell you they cant gaurentee it will be an exact match to the rest of the car (i.e. if its a plastic bumper)

more than happy too, when i'm ready i'll link to the website and everything i've set up. once i have the pics i'll be going public on the forums.

so true

i have some parts that are ready for dipping, was meant to this weekend, but i am still ill and had other work on, so hopefully will dip this weekend, and then laquer next week. will get pics up as and when i can. price wise it should be cheaper than the real carbon fibre stuff, but a little more than wrapping. but the advantage over wrapping is there are no edges or joins and should give the appearance of being real carbon.

i'm starting doing hydrographic printing. allows me to do things like this not operational fully yet, and won't be taking any orders until i'm set up as a trader on here.

you might ground out on those wheels

i love softtop motoring, i had forgotten about it in the zed and really missed it until i got back in the s2k. never really had any of the problems you mention. i'm up at husky's at the end of the month in the s2k if you are close to there i could come acorss or vice versa and you can see for your self. most of the cars you've mentioned especially the likes of the m3 have very thick roof's which make for similiar to coupe sound etc. i'm itching to take the hardtop at the moment, i did all across france with the roof down and it makes motoring fun. i can have more fun with the roof down at lower speeds than hammering it in a coupe. my s2k will also be for sale soon as well;

stick on dash kit of choice is the RSW kit; but its very expensive

Lacquer Primer is a 1K primer meaning it does not take a hardener. It can always be retarded with lacquer thinner. 2K stand for 2 komponents meaning a primer with the activator. There are 4 different types of 2k primers, self etch, epoxy, Urethane, and now a new hybrid which is a Urethane DTM (direct to metal).

I haven't changed anything in the engine bay and had it serviced about 2 months ago, P2 service I think. I did have the middle section of the exhaust changed last week as there was a big hole in it, could this of caused the fault? I took it out for a drive today with the new exhaust on and the fault didn't come back. Thanks for the help guys. the TPS is notoriously sensitive to being manhandled if when it was being serviced they might have knocked it,

its alright i'm a bit out of practice when it comes to the zed. the jdm side is more fuzzy than non jdm but even that knowledge is getting hazy.

i know you know your cars, same as i do, but we are a limited breed; your average joe bloggs goes for a fully stamped up book. i don't use dealerships for servicing because i don't trust their monkies. i go to an indpendent who i know and trust. i put myself at a disadvantage as well becuase joe bloggs also likes it to be full dealer service.

i cant speak for other buyers, but i like big engines and perofrmance, so in order to still have that i now only look at cars pre 2006 for the lower tax. or the new car has to have emissions that put it in the 245 a year bracket. i like my cars but i'll only line the government coffers so much. its part of what put me off the zed ownership. and with all the other costs and people haveing generally less in their pockets than normal it will have an effect. on the zed the power difference between a HR and a pre 06 is almost impossible to notice in general performance. put them both on a track and they'll cross the line at almost the same time, think there would be no more that about 1/2 a car length in it if that. if there were 2 identical zeds but one was prefacelift, i'd get that one. and if you take into account the drivers are getting younger on here all the time, there insurance isn't cheap and some do it on a very fine budget. the extra 500 can mean alot. i looed at the mk5 golf r32 and the 55 plate and pre o6 ones are like hens teeth, very few come up that have the DSG box.