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Nice

 

very individual, only thing id say is the tyre profiles seem huge, Id get smaller profile bigger wheel and lowered But thats just me

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Black facelift coupe pre bonnet bump on the reading road in Arborfield/Eversely Berks.

At around 16:00

Enjoy.

Not trying to put a dampner on it but my mum and dad just got back and it rained neerly the whole week and is supposed to carry on into next week with thunderstormes etc. I dont know if that applies to where your going but Majorca isnt a big island

i've gone too

 

for me it was purely the reason that i found the Zed just too impractical and tiring for my every day work car and with the constant fuel increases and talk about road tax increase it just tipped me over the edge to go a little more sensible.

 

Marzman...you still after a range rover?

 

For any Abarth fans, heres a few pics of my new practical toy

Got to be one of the coolest cars about at the moment IMO

That looks so much more classy than the orangy yellow of the standard ones.

Jeebus

Glad it didnt end up nastily and the Zed is in one piece. Oh and your ok

Sorry to hear this, Unfortunately our 13yr old Golden retriever is going to be put down tomorow Same reasons as hes not eating etc had a really bad illness last year but made a recovery but in the vet notes it seems he was only to last aother year or to and he's basically starving himself to death. Doesnt make it any easier though.

 

 

sorry to hear this. I found that when I took my last dog to be out down, I took his bed. So he was used to something familiar in a strange place. Be prepared not get the bed back though as it will get messed.

It was done at home so he was in comfortable surroundings, and my mum was holding him as it was done so couldnt have been better for him given the circumstances.

Sorry to hear this, Unfortunately our 13yr old Golden retriever is going to be put down tomorow Same reasons as hes not eating etc had a really bad illness last year but made a recovery but in the vet notes it seems he was only to last aother year or to and he's basically starving himself to death. Doesnt make it any easier though.

I hate both

I thought it was someone on here

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Looks better in pictures than the coupe IMO

never tried other fuels in the z. I've stuck to V-Power for quite some time now.

 

I ran my golf turbo on tesco 99 for a few weeks, then tried the lower RON V-power and have never looked back since.

 

Again another exaple of additives vs RON.

 

additives FTW

 

Gilly

 

V power is 99 ron http://www.shell.co.uk/home/content/gbr/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/v_power_pkg/tech_spec/tech_spec.html

 

i could have sworn it dont rate 99 on my local pump. hmmm must investigate. anyways em thanks for clearing up about 2-3 years of confusion on my part

 

Gilly

Same I swear at the one I got ot it says 98

I dont think so I printed off all of the info from the AA and made up a little pack if I still had it I could have sent it to you, but im pretty sure its says speed camera detectors are illegal even on satnavs. there are signs in France for cameras but I saw hardly any signs in Germany. I found the easiest way is to just follow the flow of traffic and hope they know where the speed cameras are

 

 

But you neednt worry because we all know Z drivers never speed ilegally

 

You are right actually and it is illegal in Switzerland!!! I am wondering though how a policeman can tell if the GPS device you have is loaded with speed cameras POI ( Point Of Interest)!!

He has no reason to suspect if he cant see it

I dont think so I printed off all of the info from the AA and made up a little pack if I still had it I could have sent it to you, but im pretty sure its says speed camera detectors are illegal even on satnavs. there are signs in France for cameras but I saw hardly any signs in Germany. I found the easiest way is to just follow the flow of traffic and hope they know where the speed cameras are

But you neednt worry because we all know Z drivers never speed ilegally

I just got back from a 10 day roadtrip round europe and absolutely loved it. Maybe this'll give you a few ideas... 5 people, 3 cars, me in a zed and others in a Cayman S and an alfa 147 2.0. We took eurotunnel and then stopped off overnight in Dijon for mustard and to break up the trek to the south of france. From here we went to Eze in the south of france which is halfway between nice and Monaco so was a good base for a night out at each. The drive to get here was epic. Route Napolean is a must although watch out for the Gendamerie. They weren't keen on English drivers giving it some beans and I paid the price with a trip to the police station and 270 euros in fines so watch out!

 

Then on into Italy (with a tyre blowout / very fast punture on route) to go to lake como just north of Milan which is really beautiful and nice to relax after some heavy nights. From here we hit Zurich which was rubbish imho but was worth the visit just to drive through the Swiss alps ( even on the space saver wheel.) The Splugen pass was a real highlight - and seems to be where all the awesome roads in ads are from. Zurich was also good for new tyres but at a price - 1000euros for 2 tyres!!!!! And they only had goodyear eagle F1s which means I can't get matching fronts.

 

From here to Germany, a town called Adernach where we had a great night on the beers and close to the Nurburgring. This however was closed due to severe fog which was absolutely gutting.

 

Then finally a weekend in Amsterdam - less said about that the better , and then ferry back from there to Harwich.

 

I had a bit of a run of bad luck but still loved it. Costs can get high pretty quickly so it's worth making sure you got some overdraft of credit cards just incase and RAC breakdown cover was an absolute life saver. Also - take your V5 - the gendamerie wanted to see it and would have been a further fine without.

 

Highlights that you should try and cram in - probably some sun in the south of france, french alps for roads and swiss alps for views and finally lake como and amsterdam to unwind.

 

Thanks for that, I'll have a good look at all of the places. Never thought of Amsterdam either!!

 

How much did you spend approx? Am I being naive thinking the 2 of us can do this on £700? (will take a credit card for emergencies too though)

Did this amonth back, cost about a 1000 euros for 2 people but we did stay in 3 hotels and camped for 6 days so if its all camping it would be cheaper (last 2 hotels were 80 euros a night and camping is about 25-30), we ate out every night, which again added expense but forgot amsterdam Also was buying the premium petrol I was lucky as I didnt have any runins with police, some of the roads around the Nurburg are excellent North Italy has some amazing roads and scenary. Monaco and the south of France in general is a must! Make sure your aircon is working got up to 37 c when I was there! I prefer to have the window down anyway take a decent map with you and make sure you know where your supposed to be heading before you set off (helped us alot) Make sure you disable the speed camera detector on your satnav (or hide it ) as its illegal in most places. Oh and ENJOY

They are shocking in halfrauds, Im ashamed to say I bought a cone filter from there for the BM as I couldnt find a proper induction kit anywhere so I basically made my own. Anyway I got home took it out hte box read the instructions and it came un oiled! this wouldnt be so bad if it said it anywhere on the box or if the dinlow working there had said so, so I had to make another trip back

On holiday in Florida at the moment popped down to Walmart today and stocked up on some Mags cleaning stuff but could not believe the prices.

 

Meguiar's Smooth Clay Kit- $15 =£11 £23 at Halfords

Large Meguiar’s Gold Class $6= £4!! £15 at Halfords

Meguiar’s Wheel Cleaner $5.64 = £4 £9 at Halfords

 

The wife is not too pleased I am taking up all the luggage allowance!!

Thats Mainly because Halfords is such a ripoff! I hate buying stuff from there but its the closest car wash etc place too me or i'd go else were.