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Very surprised you don't like the RE050As, they're very good tyres and do give a lot of feedback before they let go. Have you had a geo done recently, as if all that's out you can get the symptoms you're describing. That said, if you're looking at 050A prices then try the PS2s, they're marginally better for feel at the slight trade off of all out wet grip, but it's marginal and I'd be happy to run either on my car. I suspect however you might prefer the VUS, as they are the second most communicative tyres I've ever driven on (right behind the Neovas on an S1 Elise) and while you are going to sacrifice a fair amount of grip all round you do get an immense amount of feel from them.

They're quicker than a Lamborghini, y'know /PH_folklore

No your wrong there they arent check them up. Near same pricing as gsd-3s. That doesnt make them a cheap tyre. its not all about what you think it cheap aswell as Neil said Alex's 600bhp car runs them no problem. I personally dont think they are that great but some people love them. Different people drive differently and need different tyres to suit their driving style or what they need from a tyre. I have 'checked them up', and they're a cheap budget tyre. They have a poor compound that doesn't like heat so you'll never be able to work them enough to get them proper sticky without them melting, they have floppy sidewalls so you're always increasing the internal pressure to get any turn-in from them, and (whisper it) they're not actually that good in the wet either. Alex may run them on his car but I bet he doesn't get anywhere near adequate grip on them, with his monster you'd need R888s or full slicks to get that kind of power down. They're a cheap solution if you just want something to kill off on a trackday and don't really care about outright pace, which I suspect is how Alex uses them and I would too given how quickly his car must go through rubber, but don't mistake that for a quality tyre. At least you're right about different tyres suiting different driving styles, but we're talking thousandths of a second at the top end of the market here (i.e. the difference between the 050As and the PS2s), not the basics between a budget tyre and a premium one. Have you ever driven in anger a 350Z on the VUS, PS2 or 050A back to back? I have, and the difference is night and day. The FK452/T1R are cheap budget tyres, simple as that. If they were that good do you not think that the big manufacturers would put them on their cars from the factory? They don't, because they're not. By all means put them on your car, but you're sacrificing grip, turn in, feel, and reduced stopping distances in both wet and dry conditions. Yes, they're legal, but that doesn't make them a good companion for the Zed.

If you add flat undertrays to a car that wasn't designed for them, you end up creating rear-end lift as the air flow moves faster underneath the car than above it. To counter this you'd either have to add a load of weight to the boot or use a wing/diffuser to create equal amounts of downforce. I don't just mean bolting a BUW to the back end, but using either a wind tunnel or a shed load of track time to tune it out. Doable, but worth the effort?

Good point. You can do the fronts over the rears, but not the rears over the fronts. You'll have to change them all I'm afraid.

They've changed compounds since then, red is now OEM spec more or less.

Green is worse than stock, red is stock, yellow is great, blue I've never tried. Get the yellows, they're a much better choice

I wouldn't touch S2K4U with a bargepole. Utter joke of a company, it's only because they're cheap that they still get sales Fingers crossed you're okay fella, but I would triple check that car before you take it away.

Do you like it? That's all that matters. Don't buy a car for the next owner or for what everyone else will think, buy it because you like it. Personally I love it, but then any colour other than a shade of Dull Grey or Boring Silver gets my vote on a sports car

IIRC it was either £350 or £500 and I got it direct from Porsche when I bought the car. I'll have a check when I get home as I can't remember the figures, there was a lot to sign that day

I've got it on the 911, and it's pretty good value if I use it. Up to five claims (5x tyre, 5x wheel refurb) in 3 years, so I'll use the tyre claims as and when needed but save the wheel claims right up until it's about to run out, then I'll get all four done. On 19" diamond cut wheels finished in black, it's already saved me a fortune if I do that.

What's she got to do with it? It's your car and you're driving, it's not exactly cold out and I can't believe the heater in the Aston is any worse than the one in the Zed which was more than enough in any weather.

If you want to test the limits of the car I'd highly recommend doing an airfield day in the Zed, there'll be almost zero things to hit and you'll be able to push in safety. Not really sure what's up your way in terms of airfields, possibly Elvington is the closest one I can think of but then I get a nosebleed if I go any higher than Birmingham

To be fair to them the cost probably is increased because you're using their cars, but really I'd want to use mine anyway to learn something like that. Drifting's not really my scene if I'm honest, however there's gotta be a couple of guys on here that have done this kind of thing before I suspect.

Thanks guys, appreciate that That gun-holster one probably isn't that bad of an idea in some places in the US y'know, might put certain people off trying to mug you perhaps...

+1 I've done dafter things than that with regards to cars (and no, I'm not telling you what they were!), don't worry too much about it SOS!

Why, do you think your posts have contributed to the thread getting out of hand? I'm not trying to kill a laugh and a joke, but this thread started off pretty well and for the OP's sake I'd rather see it carry on in the way I assume it was intended.

Just 28 laps for £350??!! Doesn't sound like very good value to me if I'm honest, you could get 2 x open pit trackdays for that and teach yourself within limits.

Calm it down a bit please chaps, this is starting to get very out of hand. You know who you are

I've got a Ducti wallet and a replica Bad Mother F*cker wallet from Pulp Fiction. I need nothing else

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I'd cancel and take my money somewhere else. No court in the world is going to consider 7-8 months acceptable with all the ballache you've been through.

Yup, that's the plan anyway. Thanks for the offer, as soon as we're up and running I'll give you a shout Tbh I think I'd probably have done exactly what you did with the same outcome, always the way sometimes. I think back to some of my early experiences on track and I took far more risks than I would ever dream of now, despite not being remotely as quick back then.

Pay the £70. It's not worth the ballache for such a tiny amount, just consider it a lesson learnt. Tbh I'd ring them up and speak to a person, explain the situation and ask very nicely if they'll get rid of the fee, although you may not have much success.

Check your fluid levels.