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I feel we will see more blacklash to "digital" cars in the coming years. Some drivers like to just go fast (IMO most Evo owners are like that), some like to be involved and want a real experience of driving. Former take digital cars, latter the less so digital cars

Lucky sod, its cloudy in Slough atm

Admiral can add it as a "engine mod - +X%" as a generic item. Thats what they did for me. At the time they only had +0% or +10% so they admitted that it should go in +0% as that was the closest. I seem to remember having recently requoted seeing a +5%, that would be a good one to select.

Remember where a lot of people use these Dave - out on the track. 3yr/30k miles of track work will be a lot harder than on the road. I saw these at Autosport International show and talked to one of their guys for quite some time with my mate Ben. They came across as very professional and knowledgable, and theres a lot more goes into developement of the bits than I thought, more than just copying the OEM stuff in urethane. Looks like very good stuff and they certainly sold it well to me.

The problem with young drivers is they arent allowed to find their limits. When my parents were young, you could go tool around in a field without a care in the world and find out how a car hadles. Or you take your 1l sh*tbot with 10cm wide tyres out for a ragging where it will slide all day long round rounderbouts at 10mph, so even when you do stack it, its at no speed at all. Modern cars are too good for their own good. It takes considerably more speed to unsettle the car and when it goes, it does so with a lot more force and the consequences are larger. Give kids a place to go play and learn the limits from a young age and you wont see half these problems with young drivers, hence the new young driver courses popping up now

Does it make any kind of squelchy noises and have you ever bled them? If its not a seal then they could be overfilled with with brake fluid. More than likely a seal though which means they'll need to be stripped and new seals fitted which is a job for the LBS

Could be any number of things Geoff. Can you see the fluid leaking out at the lever or at the calliper on the front forks? Most likely a seal has gone in which case its best to get it down to your local bike shop really unless you know your way around and are happy tinkering.

Intake/exhaust/manifold are all on the list I think. They have a limited range of things they have on the list though, and plenum spacer isnt exactly a popular item across cars, whereas intakes/exhuasts are

Panel filter will give you the best performance (requires remap) Pop charger gives you the best noise Simplez

That was the resolution we came to. I tried to explain what it was and they didnt understand, so in the end that was what they agreed to insure it as. I think back then it was that or something like "engine mod - 10%+ power increase", which wouldnt be true either. I had it all recorded so they couldnt go back on it. If they have an "engine mod - 5% power" then go with that. There must be a category close to what it does, they have loads of engine mod + power categories now.

I told them it was a non-performance engine mod. They seemed to accept it at the time.

Moved to eBay section. You seem to have good ebay feedback so I'll let this stand as ebay will cover any problems with sale.

Looks like a good turnout to this - its a great show for anyone looking to do their first - one of the best of the year

Is that track only? What happens if he runs out? Switchable maps? I know its quite common in VAG land to have remaps for different fuels as they can have multiple maps so not uncommon to have race map (101RON), SUL map (99RON) and UL (95RON) map, oh and vallet map with the rev limiter set to 3k RPM

As mine is my daily driver and I do 350+ miles just commuting, I brim it once a week. That way it gets me through a weeks worth of commuting without multiple trips to the petrol station. If I go anywhere special then its two trips in a week to the petrol station Started tracking it on Fuelly.com now and its quiet scary reading atm. Hoping a remap and warmer weather will aid in better MPG

Is he coming to Wales? There will be a few there - and Saturday afternoon is a quiet afternoon so someone might let him loose in one

DA's are glorified RO sanders, so arent designed to be quiet unfortunately. They are supprisingly loud and I would use some sort of ear protection if you are going to use one in a confined space (garage) for any length of time. As Dan says, you should not apply any weight to it (unless you know what you are doing), just let it glide. Theres some good articles on DW forums about how to do it properly, and putting a line on the pad so you can see it is spinning and not stalling. When working on doors etc, its very easy to stall the pad if you dont pay attention. Bet you are feeling the pain today Dan, if not tomorrow

I've never done anything more than turn my camera ON. I've never even tried to alter the settings, thats for geeks We'll turn you into a geek one day - at least then you will take good photos

I'm sure the car would be perfect for many people. I like to drive using a lot if not all the potential of what I'm in and I can do that in my Z or Mel's £1000 MX-5. In the 2 hours with the R35, I did it for about 2 minutes. Glad I'm not the only one to think this. Be supprised if you even got 2 minutes of full potential out of it You could say that about any supercar though, I'm sure Chris hardly ever gets the full potential out off his F430 or sarnie from when he had his lambo! Thats true. However IMO you buy a "proper" supercar for the experience of driving it, with Fezza's and Lambo's you get a lot more drama from them and more of an experience than just a stupidly fast car. The interior of a GTR is no where near as good as experience as a true supercar, nor is the experience, other than its fecking quick. Its just so easy to go so quick in it, theres no challenge and I found it quite boring TBH once you get over the initial "$%$£ this is so quick" of it all. No knocking the GTR - its an amazing car for what it is and for the price, just I find it boring on UK roads as it gets to the speed limit far too easily and isnt involving enough at sub speed limit speeds.

I might have one in "the box" in the garage. I'll have a look for you tonight Ian

I'm sure the car would be perfect for many people. I like to drive using a lot if not all the potential of what I'm in and I can do that in my Z or Mel's £1000 MX-5. In the 2 hours with the R35, I did it for about 2 minutes. Glad I'm not the only one to think this. Be supprised if you even got 2 minutes of full potential out of it

Good work Dan A lot of the more expensive waxes take a while to "sweat off" after being applied. I've noticed with Dodo SN that you have to go around an hour to two later and give it another buff to give a brilliant clear finish. I forget what the reason is for it, but its something to do with the natural carnauba wax.

Speak to Tim @ Envy, he has some of that magic puple stuff I think, it reacts with the metal filings and disolves them. You may find the paint is a bit pitted afterwards, but thats better than it is now!

Glad you had a good day Will - they are a great experience. Great to get the TC off and have a blast unassisted You did well to get around the high speed bend at 70MPH. Last time I was there 65 was the most I managed before the 350 spun.

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