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No reccession around here then

Got it in 1. Or just keep em locked up so no claims against them

Hehe, we do. You can actually fit a bit of gear into the back when needs be. People are always amazed at the amount of stuff you can fit in a Zed when you get it all out the boot. You just have to be clever with the packing

As long as we're doing our part, hey Chris Theres just no point making the time and effort mate, as we are so small compared to them. Look at the US and their 7l monster cars that have crap efficiency. It pales our few Zeds into insignificance. I'm not going to have no fun to try and save the planet when its really not going to do anything. I do other things to try and help by turning things off etc, but I wont stop driving the Zed or anything else I do for fun.

+1 - I've been with Admiral for about 3yrs now and always get a fresh quote. Then call them up and give them the online quote number and they will match or beat it. Thats what I've done at least twice now Also prices are going up at the moment as younger scroats are buying Zeds and crashing them! Thats the market for you, the more people that claim against Zeds, the more expensive they will get to insure and it will only get worse as they get cheaper

Why oh why would you launch a Zed at all. Unless you take it to the drag strip. Even then I dont see the point. You'll just kill the clutch quicker! Get out on the twisties thats where the real fun is

Until the US and China start doing anything about it, we are just a drop in the ocean. Even if all the UK were carbon neutral, the other bigger continents on this planet would screw it over, so what the hell, we might as well have some fun while we can!

Think I paid about £50 for mine inc delivery, but that was off a member on here. Not sure the going rate atm, but they are well worth it. Dont worry about getting mess on it, as long as you keep it dry, its very easy to keep clean and looks a lot nicer than rubber

If you buy a Prius, you will be banned, simple as that Seriously, as Husky points out they are worse for the environment than the Zed! Deforestation to get the metal for the batteries, harmful chemicals/metals in the batteries, and even then they only work on stop start driving, and not longer journeys where they use their normal engine! What a crock of shite!

Si try giving Lee (R35LEE) a PM with regards to the air vent. He breaks cars so might have a few spare Havent got a clue about the boot mat, why do you want a rubber one? You can get a lovely thick carpet ones on ebay (Nissan ones) for not too much money if you are trying to quieten down the road noise.

More fun in the wet especialy with ESP off. Lol, true true! Maybe I will go out again

Yes sorry, should have said that, front calliper. Sounds likes its nothing to worry about, so will leave them as it is. There was enough room for play between the calliper, pad and disc so shouldnt get stuck again, just wasnt as much room as the other one in the pain of pads. Definately was oxidation under the pad stop that caused it, when I got rid of it, it fit so much easier. Dont know how Nissan changed it last time, unless its happened more recently as I couldnt get the old pad out it was that tight! Ho hum, live and learn. New disc and pads are working just fine, shame its wet so I cant go for a real play Thanks for all the help

Very nice.

Right had another go at it this morning and the pad stops were definately the culprits. The only thing I could see was that some paint had come away at the top of the calliper by the pad stops. What I assume has happened is that were the paint has come away, the metal had corroded and forced the plate out. I managed to get one pad stop off and the other wouldnt budge. So I cleared the crap from behind the pad stop I could get off which freed up just enough room to get the pad in. Its not as loose as I would like, but it certainly doesnt stop it working any more. Alex, have you heard of or seen this before? Seems very dodgy. I think the calliper should really be refurbed at some point as it will only happen again. What sort of cost would I be looking at to get the calliper refurbed and would you do a swap out service as the car is my daily driver?

Good job you did spot that!

No, I was backing you up though

+ = Deffo temp ban while he is on holiday. Who is going to do the honours

Just clean it if its not damaged. No point what so ever getting a new element, just get a recharge kit

+1 but bet it would sound good on the track

Mitz is always lightning quick for PMs for future reference Greekman

Sorry to hear that Mark, but hopefully I will be able to attend the rescheduled one For future reference you can update the title yourself by clicking "Edit" on your first post, you can change the title in there

Bonnet buldge is for the 07+ (309HP) ones. If you have a sliding cubby in the arm rest (rather than a popup one) and silver AC dials then you have the 296

The crap res on the small screen is perfect for the crap res on a PS2 Mark Get a CarPC as BM says and put some emulators on it (gives me an idea, I dont hve any on mine )

Good progress chap. Cant wait to see it finished

Indeed. I looked at it before and it was the cost of replacing parts if it went wrong that put me off! If you are handy with soldering, this isnt hard, just time consuming