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Toby, don't forget to notify your insurer of all these modifications know you know what they are, although I suspect either you have done so already under a generic term with them or that's what all these posts are for, to get the info to notify them.

Snake Oil.

I've read that four times now and I still have no idea what you're on about! Can you not just click the little icon next to the thread title? That takes you straight to the first unread post in the thread.

Loads of room in the Evora, the only trouble is you have to slide the seat back every time you want to get in and out: Fine on a £27K Elise, not acceptable on a £70K GT/sports car.

You mean totally unlike OSX which leaves bits of programmes floating around all over the place in use? I've got both, I like both for different reasons. Pre-Win7 I'd probably have said go for a Mac if you're not ever going to game, but since Win7 is on a par with OSX for just about everything you'd have to be mad to pay Apple prices when you can get the equivalent PC for half the price. And that's coming from a self-professed iWhore!

Try it and see. If you're gentle on the throttle you'll probably not notice any difference anyway.

Absolutely, I ran R888s in 225/40 and 245/40 and had no issues at all. That would be about as far as I'd go though, and tbh it really doesn't make that much difference to the appearance especially on stock suspension.

Holy necroposting Batman!

Keep them clean. Sounds daft, but tyres with proper black protection on them look a lot smaller to the eye than brown ones that are filthy. Not sure what/if/how often you put stuff on them, but for a cheap solution it'd be well worth trying that first else you're going to murder ride quality on lower profiles.

Tyre speed ratings explained Good on you for sticking with some decent rubber, those sizes you mentioned are stock sizes and will be fine

Eh? Don't go on the difference between front and rear, go on the difference between each tyre compared to stock. For example: The difference between a 245/45/18 and a 255/35/18 is 6.2%, or way over spec. The difference between a 245/45/18 and a 255/40/18 is 2.4%, or just slightly over spec. I'm assuming you've gone for wider tyres so you can run wider rubber, in which case the 275/35/18 is 4.1% over spec which should be fine. A 245/40/18 would be a better companion too on the front, as you've only increased the stagger by 10mm which shouldn't lead to too much understeer.

Sorry mate, I wasn't really after an argument either, my post did come across a bit harsh I'm more genuinely intrigued as to how anyone could find that in anyway safe. I'm all for ragging your car hard and fast on track, and god knows I've pushed my limits a few times, but I would never ever consider driving that close to anyone at that speed. One slight mistake from either of you and you're looking at a hugely expensive repair bill at the least. I really want to drive Combe, just need to get the bloody race-prep MR2 up and running now really

How can you say that? How on earth is it safe to be doing those speeds following someone that close? You'd rightly get bollocked for it on a motorway, so why does it suddenly become acceptable on a non-competitive track?

Sidelights are pointless: They're meant for parking, not driving with. Either use normal dipped beam or turn them off if they're not needed, a halfway house helps no-one if used during the day if you're using them to make yourself more visible to others, as sidelights are crap.

225/45/18 on the front would be much better, no need to drop the sidewall width as you'll kill the ride. 255/40/18 on the rear would be better if they do them on the rear, or a 275/35/18. You'll get a standard 245/45/18 tyre on a 9.5" rim anyway.

That could've gone so very wrong at so many points. Why didn't the white car let him pass, as he was clearly quicker? Or if they were filming it for the footage, then he was miles too close to the white car just about all the way through. They were almost bullying the slower cars out of the way and sitting right up their backsides, which IMHO isn't on at those speeds, I don't care if they knew them or not. I'm not saying that for the most part their driving wasn't impressive, and certainly they've got a great knowledge of the place, but for me that's not big or clever to drive in that way and not only shows very little respect for other drivers, but also very little respect for the track.

Really? I think it's great news, and hopefully it'll be cancelled this year altogether. Bahrain is an incredibly tedious track to watch others drive on, and I'm so glad that we've gone back to Australia for the opener of the season, might get some proper racing action now!

Fuel will never be cheaper than it is right now so make the most of it. By the time you've chopped your car in and gotten something else the cost to change could well be more than that £20 per week, so if you really need to save money then do it properly and go shed.

I've listened to the same song as the first track in each of the last 4 cars I've owned: "Buck Rogers" by Feeder. It's a great song, but it's the first line that really makes it my New Car Song.

Is it not doable as long as you get a company to manufacture wheels for you in a specific offset?

I have already rated them in the incredibly handy Tyre Review thread but for completeness: Nankangs = 1 FK452s = 6 T1-Rs = 6 RE040 = 7 dry, 3 wet VUS = 7 RE050A = 9 PS2s = 10 Pretty much in total agreement with you matey.

On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best: Nankangs = 1 FK452s = 6 RE040 = 7 dry, 3 wet RE050A = 9 PS2s = 10 No point in putting average rubber on a great car IMHO, you just drag the whole package down.

Realistically you've got it the safer way round as the car will understeer before it oversteers, but you've still got that imbalance between front and rear. The car is worth £10K, a couple of tyres are worth £300. Which is easier to replace?

Don't use RE050s, they're a completely different tyre to the vastly superior RE050As. The 050s aren't much of a step up from the 040s, but the 050As are stunning. I think the RE050s are discontinued now anyway in favour of the RE050As.

It is, which is another reason not to buy one: I doubt the new models will be anything less than stunning, and they're going to make the Evora seem very old hat. Don't ge me wrong, the Evora is a wonderful car, but I couldn't recommend it over a Cayman S or used 997. In all honesty even a sorted 370Z might even be a better buy if you can live with FR over MR.