GlenMH

Oi! All mentions of Christmas are banned before 1st December! I finally got around to getting some pics: is a good description of the way I'm feeling! Glen

Hi choptop! So mine is not the only one in Brissle then! It would be good to meet up at some point. The pistonheads crew get together once a month for a curry and are very welcoming if we can't get ourselves organised. I see Wessex have also sold a black GT Roaster that some lucky person is picking up soon.... Would be good to catch up at some point! Glen

Snigger - they're coming! Should get some this weekend if the weather is kind... Glen

Pis*ed down here all day know that feeling! What a great weekend though - even with only 4k rpm to play with and roof up and down like a "hoors drawers" the noise was great! The grin has not left my face all day The car has gone back to the dealer for the final valet and parking sensors to be fitted and then I will take some pics. What a great drive and I am sooo looking forward to the top right of the rev counter! Glen

Finally pick up the car tomorrow after paintshielding (thanks Tom and crew!) and parking sensors etc are fitted. Azure GT roadster with blue roof, here we come! Can't wait Will post some pics after the weekend! Glen

Good call but I am having enough problems avoiding speeding tickets in a Civic 2.2 CDTI doing 2000+ miles/month - I wouldn't have a hope in the Z Glen

This is a good plan. Don't forget that gearbox oil takes longer to warm up than engine oil so it may be 15+ minutes before the gearbox is up to temperature. Glen

Sarnie - this is a great summary and pretty much mirrors what ours is going to cost us although the fuel bill should only be about 150/month as it is not our daily driver! Glen

What polish did you use? I have heard of some polishes leaving a film over the sensors that causes this. Mer is a particular culprit for this, Glen

Hmm - best I've managed is £589 for a GT roadster with off street parking in Bristol. Mind you a recent claim that hasn't been settled is not doing me any good Glen

Order has been placed after about a week of negotiation! Got a very very good deal on Trackstar and gap insurance after some robust discussions over the numbers. We went for a PCP with a slightly higher monthly payment than I could get through Freeway but with a lower GFV which means if we buy the car outright at the end of the term, we are about a grand better off. The 29th September cannot come soon enough!! Glen

Hi Glen, I got my MY06 roaster from Freeway, after a bit of running around couldn't find anyone that could match their deal, service was great and car arrived a couple of weeks earlier than they first thought (great!!!) had mine since 22 June and haven't stopped grinning yet. Barry Hi Barry - thanks for your welcome and I am certainly looking forward to getting the roof down as often as possible!! It is good to hear that Freeway offer a good service! The phone has been very quiet today which means that I don't think the dealer has been able to match the finance deal.... To be fair though, he is trying to match an employee discounted interest rate which was never going to be easy. Also, Freeway have a higher "balloon" payment (or Guaranteed Future Value) than other PCP schemes which helps to keep the monthly payment down I will give him a call tomorrow and see what is going on! Glen

Nah - you aren't trying hard enough! Try a 23 year old 'A' reg VW polo with 150k odd on the clock to a roadster... Glen

Thanks for the welcome! Just having some fun seeing if the dealer can match the deal I can get from Freeway - he is struggling at the moment.... Hopefully order should be in by Wednesday! Glen

Hi Hanel! I agree entirely - we spotted one with a blue hood in a car park in Newbury and thought it looked great. The only shame is that I like the ventilated Alezan seats but I really don't want the yellow colour as I don't think it would go together. From the photo it looks as though you stuck with the black seats. Have you seen a blue one with yellow seats around? Did it look ok? Glen

Hi all After nearly 2 months of messing about, my local dealer finally managed to get me a test drive in a roadster. 3 hours with my girlfriend for company in a 05 year car.... It was a bit of a shock getting back in to a car with a traditional dashboard layout (my daily driver is an 06 Honda Civic which is like the starship Enterprise in comparison) but we had high hopes for the test drive once the key was turned and the roof went down. We manged to dodge the showers and proved the the cabin is a civilised place to be at "motorway" speeds and then it was off to some B roads to have some fun! Trundling through some villages hearing the burble reflected off the walls was great. Then the NSL signs appeared and the pedal hit the carpet in a big way. The turbine-like howl got better and better as we got to 6 grand Then all over again in the next gear.. Then we get to a bend - very stable under braking and then the best bit: the whoop from the exhaust during double declutch downshifts. Oh boy - I have not grinned like that since I sold my Integra Type R (8800 rpm in a tunnel has to heard to be believed...)! I have to be honest the noise sold the car to me completely. The fact that it is a great drive too is a bonus! It fulfills what I am looking for completely: it can be enjoyed at 40mph with the top down and woofling along on the torque, or you can give it some beans in listen to it howl. Unlike the Honda, it doesn't goad you on to travel faster and faster just to hear the VTEC scream again and again. The fact that the hood goes up and down so fast is a bonus and stopped us getting drenched a couple of times today! Looks as though the order for a blue GT with a blue hood and satnav will be going in on Tuesday once we get a financing deal sorted - then the waiting will begin! I gather that that spec has only got a 4 week wait at the moment so fingers crossed it won't be too long.... I will take a look at a Nismo exhaust too as I don't think you can get too much of that noise!! Hope to see some of you about when the car eventually arrives... Glen