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That's got the classic three lines though I do love the SV Anyway, before we denigrate this thread anymore, back on topic: This new Mini is an abortion.

I was talking about from a artistic POV, not the technical definition. A good coupe is drawn of three lines exactly as I described, there was one of the top design guys on 5th Gear a couple of years back who drew exactly that and suddenly I realised just why some coupes look beautiful and others look stunted and ugly.

http://carfolio.com/ Knock yourself out.

A coupe is made up of three flowing lines, all coming from and terminating at the same point: One at the bottom, one at the waist, and one at the top. The Mini Coupe is a box, look at the front and rear ends.

Nah, who'd be stupid enough to do that??!! I absolutely agree with everything you said though fella, spot on

Depends on your definition of 'improve'. You could end up with a car that's incredibly skittish and crashy and noisy, which isn't going to improve the car at all IMHO. The Zed was designed and engineered with the weight very much in mind, and the final tuning tweaks to the suspension, NVH and steering would've taken all this into account, so when you start altering things you run the very real risk of making those £M's spent by the finest minds at Nissan a waste. Sure, most of us do that anyway by changing the brakes, swapping the suspension to aftermarket stuff that's stiffer, running larger ARBS etc, but none of that really removes a serious amount of weight. Once you start taking 100's of kilograms out of the car, you might find the end result isn't quite as good as you hoped for. Half of the Zed's charm is that it is such a lardy lump but one that can also be hustled and thrown around big-hairy-chest style into some outrageous slides, which would be lost if it ended up the same weight as an Elise. Different strokes for different folks and all that, but I just wanted to make the point that losing huge amounts of weight won't always make for a better road car.

Don't sell the car unless you have the certificate in your hand. Simple as that.

My revup used to use about half a litre between services, mixture of fast road and track use. Current car uses substantially more but that's a different story... Certainly the engine in my old Zed never used anything that I wasn't expecting, very reliable lump

Go and see Dixon down at DMS (He's a trader on here), he'll see you right

Conclusion: Back doors. Smashed In. Job's a carrot.

From just looking at the video still, I suspect I'd let her have control of whatever she wanted Will now watch the video and see if I still feel the same...

Looks great if you're Mr Kellog or Mrs Bran-Flakes I guess.

Edited for terrible spelling! That's my brother making his first post on the forum, so if anyone has got a post-facelift bumper knocking around or knows of a decent place to get one then please shout up.

If running costs aren't an issue then I'd be buying an Impreza STi of some kind, but then I might be a bit biased as we've just just bought one ourselves! Really characterful car though, bags of oomph and hugely practical. Tad thirsty though... If you really want to go back to fail wheel drive, then it would have to be the Megane for me. Best drive, even if it's got a slightly naff interior.

The list of what is needed is in the service book IIRC. Unless my brain's going mad anyway, been a while since I read one I must admit

That's not what the Loud or Loudness setting is for (and I'm only saying this because I only just learnt it the other day!). It's actually for when you want to listen to music at a low volume but still want the clarity, so it boosts both the top and bottom end and you end up with a slightly punchier sound at low volume. You then need to turn it off when you crank it up else you'll have waaaaay too much bass and treble.

Probably needs an in-line volume booster-thing, a common necessity with aftermarket head units on the Bose setup. That said, I didn't need one for the Alpine unit I put in mine, so it very much depends.

All Zeds already have coilovers at the front and unless you're planning on converting the rears they'll always have coilovers only on the front. The difference is between OEM and aftermarket, not non-coilovers and coilovers. /pet hate

2008 and on C2 manual is 1415kg DIN, Cayman manual is 1330kg DIN. S models are about 20kg more, and then another 30kg if you go PDK. Not to mention the extra weight all the options make: The adaptive sports seats (which I've got) weigh about the same as a teenager each! Trust me, these cars are not going to be far off the weight of a Zed when they come to the market. The Zeds could've been a lot lighter, but then they would've cost a lot more. They might've been able to knock 100kgs off the weight at the cost of another £10K on RRP, and I know which I'd prefer.

Looks f***ing s**t and will be driven by w***y c***s.

Probably worth pointing out here for all of us that do have cherished plates that, in the case of a write-off or stolen and not recovered, the insurance company become the owners of the plate and you do not have an automatic right to getting it back. So before you take the payout, make sure that you've either got the value of the plate included in it OR you get the insurer to transfer the plate back to you. You stand to lose the plate possibly forever if you don't do this. Might not be an issue if you've got a cheap plate you don't care about, but it very well might be if it's worth a few quid or has sentimental value.

You still speaketh the truth on that point fella.

Good luck if you want to take the risk. I don't think I would. If you chucked a Kwik Fit pair of brake pads on your Mondeo an insurer wouldn't bat an eyelid, if you put a set of Yellowstuffs onto your Zed they'd have a field day. It's not fair, but to state otherwise is daft IMHO.

Aside from the wheels, that's actually not too bad really. Overpriced by about £3K, but I've definitely seen worse.

Brilliant!