marzman

Until recently i've always had uneconomical cars such as the Zed or the RRS etc, and i've always *just* broken even with my business mileage allowance (25p per mile). All my colleagues drive diesels and were pocketing quite a few £££ a year in profit from the extra they made on their journeys. Around 6 months ago the number of miles i was doing increased due to a number of new clients, and so i decided to join the diesel club buying a BMW 320d, pocketing roughly £100 a month in profit! However, we were informed last week that our company has now changed it's business mileage policy (in line with the HMRC), and from now on will only be paying 14ppm for <2000cc Diesels (mine is 1995cc), and 17ppm for > 2000cc. Alternatively, if i have a >2000cc Petrol car they will pay 24ppm. So what that boils down to is i must own a diesel which achieves approx 46mpg in order to break even on a work trip, or a 26mpg petrol car (assuming using regular unleaded, not super, and dependent on the price of fuel of course). So to me this is a no brainer.... i should ditch the derv and get a fun petrol again! A zed would almost work, except for needing super unleaded, but this is a negligible difference. Also the sweetener - the company gave me an £800 increase to my car allowance to cover the shortfall in 'profit'... so essentially they've just leveled the playing field between owning a petrol and a diesel, and given me an £800 a year bonus too! The only downside is that i cant get another Diesel RRS as i'll be massively out of pocket owning that... but stupidly i might be better off if i got a petrol one, but i need to go away and check the sums...

I'm up for this.

Mine were 8mm on the examples below, which i think are the perfect size. Note you will have to dremmel down the backs of those holders as they're deeper than the reflector. You need to secure the holders in the reflectors with glue, but not superglue as it reacts with the plastic. I use 'serious glue' which they sell in Wickes for a few quid. Lastly, i always filled mine with clear silicone sealant to waterproof them, before sticking the back of the reflector back on top (which i'd previously dremmelled off.)

Where did you buy your LEDs from. ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk eBay. £5 for 50. You need to get some resistors too, relative to the LED's you buy. I used to use the calculator, below, to work out what voltages i needed etc: http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

That picture was from my car about 4 or 5 years ago. Just look on ebay for 350z LED Reflectors. However i used to make my own and briefly sold them. If you're handy with a soldering iron these are really easy to make yourself. I say easy, they were a good 3 hours work per pair to make, hence why i binned the idea off as i was only making about £30 profit per unit. It was more of a hobby than a money making scheme. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/67074-led-reflectors/page__hl__reflectors

Wow the dipped version looks bad ass!

Honestly, not great. I dont enjoy driving it, it always feels like such a chore, i find it clunky and cumbersome. Will be getting rid in the near future i think. Thats a shame dude. At least you can tick it off the bucket list hey. Right you are.

Honestly, not great. I dont enjoy driving it, it always feels like such a chore, i find it clunky and cumbersome. Will be getting rid in the near future i think.

I've got a .177 Co2 AK, amongst a few others.

Too cheap seeing as it is a genuine pop charger.

Yep, i noticed the dent. Seen you once at the BP and then once driving past it whilst i was getting my breakfast there. I'll say hello if i see you again.

Desey, where are you based? I've been working at Silverstone for the last 3 months and I think i've seen your car a couple of times at the BP/M&S garage on the A43?

LOVE IT mate, absolutely brilliant.

Yep look like it hit that 106/clio at 1:50 Was fun to watch though!

Dude.... chop it down!!

M6?

I'll sell you mine for £10k. C4 with GT3 Aero kit. ... i hate it because it keeps me awake at night.

Yep, definitely L&G.

Love it, nice work Amy! Just need some LED rears now to properly set it off.

Love it!

I just went down to my local quick fit and they let me off load some tyres onto their 'bin' pile for free. cant hurt to ask.

That looks awesome.

Me too.

They are crazy cheap for me too. Im paying about £450 for the 911 and £300-something on my beemer. Also through a clerical error i believe (me changing cars too often and them getting confused!) they've managed to give me 2 lots of no claims, so i've got 10 years on each car.

Happy birthday good buddy!