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Trackday and/or driver training (a lot of trackdays have instructor sessions available). Andy Walsh at CarLimits is one of the best around, hes a really good laugh and knows a thing or two about driving.

Agreed, GTR driver was driving like a c*ck. Fezza driver was obviously inexperienced as he was braking mid corner and not taking the right lines. Not a fair fight really. I'd still take the Fezza too if I had the money

Had a feeling that one was coming

Yup, we're at Moreton again

I'll make it short and simple. Engine wise there is near to sod all in it. IMO the best engine if you want to keep it all OEM is the 309HP (aka the 313). This is the best engine to date, and best interior. The next best is the 276HP which has a better torque curve than the 296HP which is basically a 276HP with more agressive cams (theres more to it than that but imagine that is the case). The 276HP has more torque low down than the 296HP so its a bit of a nicer drive, but again not a lot in it. If you want a car to keep OEM, get a 309HP, if you want a car to mod, get the 276HP, build the engine and TT it

So really they didnt reveal anything

I only have 123 friends, boo hoo! Most of them are from Uni so I can keep in contact as a lot of them travel and havent settled down yet. About 20 are those kind of cool kids from school/college that turn out to be loosers which makes me feel better when I see their profile

We have our biggest meet/drive of the year in North Wales - look out for the details and get your name down

Or you can think of HDMI as the same as USB. Would you buy a different USB cable to get better transfers? How the hell do you get beter transfers from USB you ask? Well you dont, it either works or it doesnt. You may find a cheap one doesnt perform as it should over say 5m which a slightly more expensive one will, but you cant get one transfer "better" than the other, it either works or it doesnt. Over short distances these things make little difference, its only when the signal has change to attenuate that you need better quality wires and connectors

If you get a picture that is not breaking up, there is no way from what I know of the HDMI standard, that it could give 2 different pictures. Its all encoded in digital, 1's and 0's. Theres no way that it can get a 0.5 Better cables will allow the signal to travel further before it breaks up and will support higher resolutions for longer distance, but it wont improve the actual picture itself if 2 given cables are managing to get a good signal from one place to another. I've tried £3 cables and £30 cables, no difference what so ever.

Sod that, get out and drive it - snows gone now! WEEEEEEE

Better get over there and drive it now before it closes

As HDMI is digital, you will either get a perfect picture or it will break up. Its not like old analogue where you can get fuzzy pictures. So with HDMI, dont read into all this guff about buying expensive cables. Get ones that are good enough to cover the distance you need and be done with it. Only when running like 10m do you need something better than adequate.

I'm (un)fortunate that I dont see with stereo vision, so its completely wasted on me. I do hope its a fad otherwise I cant go to the cinema any more depending on the system they use How does that work mate? Does it affect depth perception and things like that? It does in the sense that my brain cant use convergence to percieve depth, but there are other ways to percieve it - such as what is in focus when looking at something, and also perspective (how big/small something is compared to its surroundings). So the brain does compensate for it, but I'm not as accurate with depth as someone with stereo vision - fast moving objects coming straight at me can be kinda hard to catch. But it does mean that I dont merge the 2 images from my eyes into one, and as such cant do magic eye pictures or watch 3D films "properly" Depending on the tech used, I can watch it, just they look a bit like I'm watching a film with sunglasses on. Its better than the old green/red filter glasses as they meant all I could see was green and red with lines all over the shop New ones mean I can watch just its not 3D, but can give me a headache due to the picture switching as I only see half of the images at a time so can be flickery if their refresh rate isnt high enough.

You currently have the lowest number black, so you could well be right. Normally the first few of a run are Press and demo cars which they usually scrap, but I would hope that someone actually keeps all of these limited run ones (I think they will, that usually only applies to the first of a new car made - ie 370z - and not limited models). I would imagine the lower ones have gone to a few select special people. Dealerships will also have the lowest numbers after that as their demo cars, which I assume is where yours has come from?

Bah, you win

No they had a proper Nismo one - not your wannabe Nismo kitted Zed j/k of course I saw it too hiding in the background

+1 - they will have all you need for sure

That could be a good shout. Is the car able to be remotely controlled via the tracker (ie they can remotely disable the car)? If so it will need to be available on the GSM network all the time and that will mean if it can get signal it will constantly be searching for one, which will use some juice, but it shouldnt drain the battery too quickly (just like leaving your phone on standby really). I think its more than likely the battery is shot.

Simple - to stop you pushing too hard and crashing. As others have said, do the Ring to have the experience, drive it like a road as thats what it is, its not a track as such as cars can overtake and there can be a lot of traffic. Even if you know the track very well and know you can take a corner at 100+MPH, you dont know what might be stopped around the next corner. Trying to go as quick as you can is an accident waiting to happen

I do hope it doesnt end badly

Nah dead easy, just need to take your time. Havent taken any yet, will try and get some before the weekend. Camera does get filthy pretty quickly so will try and get some at work

Sorry thats the guy in the States that does the harness. He's meant to be signing up over here. He's actually a Brit that moved over there, so very good with sending stuff over here

Well I kinda didnt get any photos I soon realised that with the install pics you get from Brian when you buy the harness, there really is no need. Also, without the harness from Brian, you'll never work out how to wire it up. So all in all, its kinda pointless And as I did it in the cold, I was working quite quickly!

Oh I agree, but a bit of a knob.... but then so are the other 3 I guess... Maybe they could get Sabine Already does German TG