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  1. I went to a 5 series estate as needed to tow. Good drive really but very different to the zed. If your needs change / getting a family about, http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1177768.htm would be a good buy. (not mine as I have a 3ltr) if you are not worried about mpg as it would be not that far off a Zed. M5 drinks lots more. Otherwise keep the zed and get a cheap converted S1 elise with Duratec, Honda or Audi and you get 200/230/300 BHP in an 800 kg car and would only cost approx £12-17k.
  2. Sorry chaps been tied up recently with hols and getting a duratec conversion to the elise. Caterham still needs fixing but just cannot get off my ass to do it. Just pop back every now and again just to see what's up and see how many have made the jump to a GT-R (too much history to be actively involved). I do not drive in LoTRDC as no where near good enough (in fact quite slow). I know a few of the drivers and work with Pitchy, and Steve W did my engine conversion. Been doing LoT days for a few years now so also know Paul G. Now booked another Walshy day as need training since Le Mans proved I have a long long way to go. Well worth going to see them as always a great race and Cadwell next week.
  3. If its was me, drain oil without running it.....add new cheap stuff and new filter. Then disconnect electric/leads and turn over on starter for a few mins...... remember after 4-5 years the oil will be knackered and will have totally drained out all pipes to the bottom, therefore there could be rust in place there should not be.. If you thrash it on first start with oil drained and rusty internals then could seize/go bang and would be expensive car after all. Would then run on cheap oil for a few 100 and change for decent stuff. Would also change water, no anti freeze at first then drain after few 100 miles. then change with correct amount of anti-freeze this time. IF its been under covers for this time check for rust all over including break lines. (if they are dead then will get picked up on MOT anyway) Change tyres even if they look good, the tyre wall will be knacked/stressed and if you take on track might be very costly lesson.
  4. Be careful as there is more and more modified elise/exige out there. I should be picking up my low power (205bhp) duratec conversion next week but there is plenty of Honda/Audi conversion out there. One chap is fitting an S3 engine and dyno plot at http://www.dyno-plot.co.uk/dyno/dynoplo ... ronics.htm Extremes are http://www.timeattack.co.uk/ta%20driver ... ielmi.html with 450bhp standard setup and can go up to 600bhp would be intrested to see how my NA car will drive versus a zed.
  5. Have some odds/ends for the Zed I could drop off if anyone wants them. 3 spare wheels used for track days...not pretty but do the job...4th was killed at eurotunnel. Have Toyo tyres that would be okay for a few track day on them. Rear brake pads (DS25000) unused, nokia phone holder and maybe one or two other bits...old brake pipes when I went to braided lines. Any takers as all free to good home. You will have to put up with the shame of a bimmer estate at your meet.
  6. Anyone on here got a free trip to Japan courtesy of Nissan
  7. tracked my zed about 10 times and various tracks. I think it is a bad on track but very biased now. It was too heavy and ate disks/pads. Since purchased a 200BHP caterham which is 525Kg so 1/3 the weight and 2/3 the power. Now also got a elise and looking at either 220 NA Honda conversion or 250 Audi. You will enjoy the 350 on track but if doing more than 3 a year then the bills will start to add up. 100% recommend a Andy Walsh (carlimits.com) day. If intrested he could do a 350z only activity day limited 20 cars or 2-4 person training day with zeds if we could fill the places. You do not even need a helmet as not a trackday.
  8. IMHO 350z will drop by the same value as when the newer more powerful model to replace MY03. Think its was 1-2k instant drop for new ones and you either had a 500-1k ish hit for second hand one as trade-in since it was just another thing for them to take **** with, or it took 3 months longer to sell at the right price (waiting for the right chap to come along and make you an offer.) Not a massive hit but 1 all the same.
  9. really impressive what you can do with a couple of projectors now. http://www.easyweb.fr/slideshow.html PS does have nissan content.
  10. If it was me I would spend quickly. After **** up with those having vouchers for Zavvi and the unstable marketplace then I would get ride of any vouchers I had.
  11. Its a roadsport but has a tweaked VHPD engine, 205 BHP in a 525Kg car makes for lots of fun. Has no drivers aids, no power assisted brakes let alone ABS. No stability control just the throttle-clutch-brake and and steering that only has 3/4 turn lock to lock. The elise is bogo execpt nitrons, nut sure about honda (220-300bhp) or Audi (250-300BHp) upgrade as in 3 minds about E.T. Now only if I could drive the things well. Back to OP, please get some videos up as always prefer cars in action compared to stationary pics.
  12. Car looks great. Saw a real race Viper going round Abbeville and he could not get it out of 2nd. Can see it being as much a drivers car as the GTR. Viper has all the power/torque and less tricky so requires the most from the driver. The GTR has less power but far more trickery and a lesser driver could get much out of it. If your main objective is to have fun then Viper is right “thereâ€
  13. If your kids need to see where he has got to look no further.... http://www.noradsanta.org/ Ps Merry Xmas to all.
  14. What do NMGB think this will do for residuals. Would imagine only 200ish 350z could be got this way but sure it will screw up the value of a one year old car. Imagine trading in your 350z against a GTR or 370z and they say, sorry since we can get them cheap you have to loss £5k on the trade-in. If we know about it, then sure dealer of other manufactures will also, therefore would cripple a trade in against other cars also But good luck to those getting a bargain.
  15. It was not on track, just some dick thinking he had the best car in the world and everyone would appreciate if he did wheel-spin starts to 60 on the road around the car park. Almost hit people walking around to and from the pits, did not care and kept doing again and again. One thing they need to do next year is fix the refueling, just was odd they did it away from the pits and was difficult to track why people where disappearing.
  16. Was at BritCar. One of our reseller was driving/owns one of the G50 but not the one that crashed and had tour round pits Also know some of the exige/vx220 driver/crew and know many of the LoTRDC who they did race before the start of britcar. Was good but missed the crash at the start. The asshole TVR ripping it around the inner roads needed a kicking as complete tossers with dangerous driving almost hit a couple of pedestrians.
  17. Apparently Halfords are doing legal plates that have min 11mm boarder with correct size font and spacing but works better with private plates as there are smaller than normal. Is that what you have, if so tell them rozza`s to poke it.
  18. Glad you had a good day out. Shame about the other one but you just got to live with it. Looks like he drove it back to pits/hotel so not toooo bad on damage. Gets worse when you loose wheels etc. Seems to be a couple of the LoTRDC cars, did they behave themselves. The class C car can do it in 51.6 so should not have held up many people. Insurance companies do follow track day photos and since you can see his number plate then there is bound to be other pics out on the web. So hope he had trackday cover. Tell him he needs some gymkhana training. http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/s ... autoplay=0
  19. You can bargin really hard with BMW reps. They say they do not need to discount but in reality they are being hit hard and a M3 is a car difficult to shift. Base price is 55k so I would want atleast another 5k off that price. They will show you list price of the options which is bollox as that is "list" for new and yours is not new. Ask them if they will take into effect the prices list for options on your trade-in one (if you have one) the answer is no so why let that effect the price you pay for the BMW. If the monkey does not want to move on price, then ask to see sales manager, if he says the same walk away as BMW direct have http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/auc/car_deta ... 050PL66538 Note the Customer Service for BMW is the best I have recieved in my entire life but the cars can still go wrong so get from a dealer not Boyz-Toyz
  20. Also another worth considering if you gt a GTR or other sophisticated mota. I do not condone drink driving or other forms of dangerous driving in any way but also frighting that car black box can be used to in court case....would imagine they will be used in warrrenty claims and insurance claims next. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... 13mph.html
  21. Think it points out the good and bad in each and is fair....but not really what Nissan would like. http://magazines.drivers-republic.com/d ... etruth030/
  22. went to see bond on special charity screening thursday night. No spoilers here...... Is good, bit too fast paced in places (you will know them when you see it). No real one liners, not much shagging but the girlies do look real good. Start sequence is good for car nuts and finally the theme tune works (compared to listening on radio). Try to re-watch CR before you go as will help with the first 30 mins of this one and some of the characters.
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