marzman

How come you sold your Zed?  I thought you were in for the long haul on that project?

These pictures are great. 

On 14/07/2020 at 05:04, Ekona said:

320D. 
 

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1000% agree.

Ive been driving an 05' E90 320d with 170k on the clock for the last 3 months (my wife's car).  Its quick and fun to drive - more fun than my 5.0 Mustang tbh.  Hydraulic steering is lovely.  I enjoy driving it so much i've booked a track day at Donnington next week and i'm taking that and not my 'stang!

18 hours ago, GoHashiri said:

I meant free to select what type of driving you want to do. Costs are:

 

JPY 2,500 (£19-ish) for 1 hour drift

JPY 4,500 (£32-ish) for 1 hour grip

 

It's pretty much the going rate at any of the smaller tracks

Wow, might as well be free at that price!  I'd be there every week i think!

5 hours ago, GoHashiri said:

Mikawa is a banger, being open pretty much every day for free practice you can easily secure a quiet track - trees are the danger though

free as in, you dont pay for it?

Awesome videos, that looks like a great little circuit!!

Is this going to be released in the UK do we know yet?

I've just read a brief article on Adrian Flux suggesting it will be, and will be priced around £23k which I cant believe.  I'd have thought closer to £40k would be more realistic...  But if they're that cheap then i'm having one!  Will look good next to my Mustang on the drive way. 

https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/blog/2020/01/10-new-cars-to-get-excited-about-in-2020.html#:~:text=2020 Ford Bronco&text=The 2020 Bronco%2C however%2C is,bulkier version from the 1970s.

Searching for L55UST 350z in google images returns only this photo: 

Which is a link to this site!  

Found these for L66UST which it says is the 2006 promo car...

Nah, i sold it to a lad from Manchester (back in 2013) and he sold it about 3 years ago, but not sure where it went.

Sounds like it could be my old one... UK52?

I could read this all day... 

I've had my angle grinder out this week and chopped down a store-bought work bench to be narrower so it fits in a small space i had so i can close the door.  Took me about 4 hours. 

Thats cool, these look great.  I was in Japan in 2018 and bought a few paper craft kits - they're everywhere in Japan!  They're extremely intricate/detailed and the materials used are high quality (its card rather than paper).

20 hours ago, hmale4yu said:

That's q interesting. Have you had any reliability issues at all? I was speaking to a Payco at the London meet here who also has a Mk2 White Nismo and we were saying that part of the appeal is knowing that there isn't much that can go wrong with the Z - Don't want to tempt fate but I think its prob the most reliable sports car you can buy today (NA V6, not a techfest inside, manual, no heating/electronic seats, built in the Tochigi factoary by the GTR guys etc)

 

The only thing with the new Mustang as Ive noticed more in London last few years is that they may be a bit too big here. Luckily about 85% of my driving has been on motorways/dual carriageways. I look of the 2014 Mustang as it had that retro look with a subtle modern touch to it. They are going for early 20s which I think is q high for a LHD and the newer ones coming down like your would be a safer bet

No reliability issues at all on mine, touch wood, after 14k miles.  There are a few reports of build quality issues on the forums, but mine has been perfect.  There is one major fault that im aware of that can occur to do with oil cooler failure, at which point the engine is ruined and Ford replace under warranty, but this appears to be on the earlier 15-17 models i think.

7 hours ago, hmale4yu said:

Funnily enough that' literally a v v similar situation I am in with my Mk2 Nismo which I've had since Mar 18 on a 3 yr PCP. Had a look and low mileage Nismos can be had for early £20ks now . Mine is the 2018 model onwards which has the exedy clutch, darkened chrome door handles but I don't think that's enough for someone to pay much extra esp as you said given the current outlook.  5.0 in Grabber blue auto would be my ideal choice tbh 

Mine's a 5.0 grabber blue auto, which'll be on the market the month your deal runs out... 

Your rocket looks lovely, I really like them.

I'm just missing the noise of mine now... i keep looking at it longingly out of the window.

1 hour ago, SuperStu said:

I don't believe this - AVOID the Godfather - did you mean 3? - that is poor - but one and two are CAST IRON classics.

 

What else don't you like Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Die Hard, girls with big boobs and loose morals ???????

 I know... i even hate myself for saying it, but i just dont get them.  I think it's im just into the more modern movies... Goodfellas/Casino, and then Sopranos (which i've watched through at least 5 times!).  Every scene of The Godfather has been parodied and re-done 10 times better in other media that the whole films have become cliche.  

I've got a 2018 Mustang which i was planning to sell when my deal ends in March 21, if not before.  I'll only owe £18k on it but hoping the bottom doesnt fall out of the market too much before then, as i should have been expecting in the region of £28k with < 20k miles and some good mods, but who knows, now. 

18 hours ago, parello9 said:

How can you be a film fan and have not watched the godfather films 

 

 

Going by the last film i watched ‘den of thieves’ its a good film with a good twist would recommend and its on netflix too

 

If you want to watch a twisted film ‘platform’ is odd but again worth a watch

Den of Thieves is probably my favourite film of the last 3-4 years. 

Im as big a fan of gangster movies as you'd ever meet, but avoid The Godfather series, they're dreadful!  I've forced myself to watch them twice through as i was sure i must be wrong after the first viewing, but no i was right - they're crap!

I'd never seen The Shining until a couple of weeks ago... that was top of my list for things i cant believe i've never watched.

On my JDM it was a generic off the shelf foglight that was butchered into the right rear indicator cluster... don't know if they're all like that?

I used the clippers i use to shave my dog to give myself a #1 all over.  I had this haircut for nearly 20 years anyway but decided as a last throw of the dice i'd grow hair again in 2016, but i always hated it and have been looking for an excuse to whip it off again. 

55 minutes ago, formatzero said:

Heard today people were disinfecting their shopping when they brought it home ,also their mail ,anyone on here doing that ?

Yes doing this, and leaving non-perishables in the garage for 3-4 days to save having to disinfect.

40 minutes ago, andybp said:

closest I've come is one of the guys at work his father in law just died of it other than that nothing

Jesus...  

We've got 300-odd cases in Staffordshire. 

I went out to the shops last night in a mask and gloves etc... left the non perishable purchases in the garage where they'll stay for a few days, and disinfected everything else we bought, and the surfaces we put things on etc...  I felt fully creeped out for the rest of the evening.  But then all day today i've felt pretty rough.  Hopefully im just being a hypochondriac!!

I've been ill on and off for the last 2 months though, annoyingly.  i had a bad cold, which moved swiftly into Mumps of all things (which resulted in me getting taken to hospital in an ambulance on 5th Match), then i collapsed at home on 11th March with it!  The Mumps finally cleared on about 20th March but i've been left with a few other hangovers from it which are still ongoing, so my immune system is on its arse.  Not great given i'm only 36!  So i'm avoiding CV19 like the plague.

Has anyone on here actually had CV19 yet, or have close family who have had it?

Damnit i bought MPS4Ss in the end for the Mustang.