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Yeah that was pretty cool. Guess these days its not actually that hard to come up with cameras that can be actuated if you have the budget. Definately something new for the vid which they all need as theres only limited stunts you can do with a car like that.

Want some of those for commuting

- we seen it in the MTB thread already Another amazing vid from Danny, so much more professionally shot than the others from Concrete Circus IMO. Other vids were great to give them their credit. The skateboarder is mad, not what I would call skateboarding at all, but can really appreciate the skills he has. Freerunners are just mental too

OEM install has the GPS receiver behind there in the dash so it should be ok. I concur with BM about mobile/tablet reception - their receivers wont be as big or sensative so may have problems in there. Stand alone solutions shouldnt have a problem though

I have a feeling you had an OK car Think they need to be a bit more specific than OK. Sounds like its meant to be "known defect" or something. Sounds to me like some managerial type monkey has made it up so that he can get the pass rate up on his reports to cover up for things not being right. We used to use this approach to defect management when we wanted to make the last 0.01% in difference analysis to get us over the threshold - like "its ok we know its a defect, but its no biggie - lets count it as a pass anyway"

Dont forget to colour it in nicely, all the best managers I've worked with use pastel colours

Behave children

Knowing Nissan they'd still want £1k a corner, so closer to 1/4 of the price

You should be able to read PMs just not reply. Couple more posts and you can use that feature

Dont worry, Dave is just joking about

But didn't he break it in the first place Hey - sometimes you have to break it to learn how to fix it properly. Just like building an FI car - sometimes they go pop

IE is generally just a pain in the bum! The amount of standard that it doesnt actually follow is crazy. If you want things to display 100% correct, do not use IE I've just swapped over to Firefox 6 today and that seems to be running well

Mike restarted the server. Not sure what caused it yet, will look into it tonight as work block the access I need to get to the server itself. Very random as it has behaved flawlessly for over a month

Wonder if they fancy having a bash at making up the smoke colour for 40th Ann. and GTR owners

And what did they say? I have to do a new quote with Admiral every year to get the best price, but they still beat everyone hands down. Its annoying that they do that, but if people werent mugs and automatically renewing, they wouldnt bother doing it

Yeah UpRev hasnt been available that long in the UK

It doesnt. They are still building parts of our developement and we can get insurance. For those interested I had a quick Google and this is top of the list - http://www.carinsuranceexplained.com/ca ... -list.html Pretty much all of Basingstoke is an A (lowest risk). Also states that cars/bikes in certain areas will require the owner to have them garaged. Once you guys are done sorting out the car insurance risk model, maybe you can take a crack at weather predition, they are pretty crap at that too

Is that not just a normal 350z with a Nismo kit on it though? I forget the versions now, but I dont think that is an actual "Nismo" version, rather a normal car with the Nismo kit. The white one above is the NISMO 350z S-Tune which is a proper NISMO produced car with uprated engine and handling parts - but I bet NMGB brought it in as a standard car so they didnt have to pay for a model report.

Anything higher is fine, just dont expect any extra performance over what 98RON would give. I think in reality it will wind the timing forward so you may get a bit of performance gain, but not 100% sure. Is it not uber expensive?

Thats a fair point I had forgotten about that. Wonder what it says on his V5 as the model. I assume he ended up coughing up for the model report then as I'm sure I've seen pics of it on the road The one that I posted pics of above I'm sure will just be registered as a FairladyZ and not a Nismo version

That cable tight rope move was mental - definately "the" move of the film!

Basingstoke appears to be a low risk area going by the quotes I've had compared to others

If you were on the flat then you werent gentle enough with throttle control getting it down to idle revs. Every car I've driven will pootle along in 1st and 2nd on idle revs on the flat with no throttle input. Zed has lots of torque, so I'd imagine it will do it in 3rd/4th and possibly 5th When it snowed last year I was stuck on the A33 and some chap tried to give me a push. He kept moaning about the wheels spinning and gave me some crap about putting it into a higher gear and revving it less. I was in 3rd and idle revs and it still span. Got moving again eventually after a few more people helped out. Many beemers didnt make it up that hill but little old Zed did on idle revs and 2nd gear

Is it really that hard to get your head around? OK so in "good areas" having it on the street is better as they have less claims of people bashing them into the garage and this is a higher risk than those getting broken into (ie they pay more out for garage prangs than break ins on the street). In the OPs case, he is (quite likely) in a "bad area" according to the underwriters and the only way they will cover it is if it is locked up in a garage. In this case the risk of it being nicked off the street is high so they will only cover it if its locked up. They will weight the premium for it being in a garage, but at least they are willing to cover it. Insurance companies arent stupid, they weight their premiums based on claims that they have had, they dont just make up silly rules. Now this means for most you get a good deal as the premium is tailored to your circumstances, but if you do fall into a higher risk category it means you will be weighted up accordingly or told you wont be covered. If you dont like it then go somewhere else. Simples

Its like own brand beans vs Heinz. At the end of the day, its all beans, but anything but Heinz just isnt doing it right