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Ekona

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  1. Right, that's why then. That's far too sensitive for a wet track (hell, it's too sensitive for a dry one!) and you've put down too much power too quickly on a damp track. No point blaming the tyres on that.
  2. Looks like possibly you put the throttle down too early and on the wet line on the track? As you spin round you can clearly see the inside apex line on that corner is damp whereas it's much drier on the outside, so possibly your front tyres were on the dry part as you accelerated off on the wet part, causing the back to overtake the front. Given that the 452 and their reputation, I'm struggling to see how that was totally the tyres fault. Did you have the throttle controller on SP* at all, as that will have huge implications when driving on a wet track (VOE).
  3. Each to their own. I hate it, but I take comfort in reminding myself just how much they've spent on the paint and how hard it's going to be to touch up the inevitable stone chips
  4. Must be your Mac, our MS Office runs as well on my iMac as it does on my i7 940.
  5. You can get MS Office on OSX, and it's happily cross compatible. Whilst I do love my iMac (and iPhone and iPad), I still prefer my PC. With the release of Win7 there's really nothing between the two operating systems now as well, so it really is personal preference these days more than anything. What I will say is that you will get a MUCH better spec PC for your cash than a Mac, and there's loads out there these days that look just as good too (all in one monitor/case thing included).
  6. Go and find some graffiti artists and let them spray whatever they want on it, as long as it's not obscene. Pick some that aren't complete idiots (or recruit from the local college?) and you could end up with something that actually looks really different, really daft but ultimately really cool. Maybe not entirely what you're after, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
  7. Glad someone else was thinking it. Legal or not, I don't think darkening any of your lights is a particularly clever thing to do.
  8. I got that much from a google, I was just worried you were going to put it in your car or something!
  9. Sorry, can't be of any help but the nosey side of me just has to ask what you want it for?
  10. Get the code read, either by someone with a reader or by using the DIY method mentioned on here.
  11. Alpine iPod integration is fantastic, and their sound processing is second to none
  12. Indeed, ring and ask them. Anywhere between £0 and £500, depending on insurer.
  13. I'm not so sure what everyone has against WBAC. They offer service, you know what you're getting, and you have a choice whether or not to use them. They're taking the risk on flogging the car on afterwards, so they need to get it for a low price to keep that risk to a minimum.
  14. Great, thanks for that fella. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
  15. Update times! Superglue did bugger all (yeah yeah, you told me so! ) so I had proper play with it this morning. I poured a crap load of water right into the hole and it ran straight out down the bottom, just like it's supposed to. This was after I'd fiddled with the central part of the seal, so I think that's where my problem lies: Not sitting in properly. If that's the case, then it's not really an issue at all and I can live with it (especially since it now seems to be fixed). Out of curiosity I had a look at the one on the pax side, and it turns out it's got the exact same tear in it, so I wonder if it's by design? Would any fellow roadster owners like to do me a favour and go and check theirs if they get a chance please?
  16. Look at the speedo? Sorry, no sympathy here if that was a genuine question. If you don't want points/fines, don't speed. If people stopped doing it then they'd have to take the cameras down as they'd lose a fortune. Save the speed for the track, it's not worth saving a measly 5 mins on your journey for.
  17. Superglue (proper Loctite stuff) is resistant to moisture and freezing so should work fine, trouble is where the split is it's nigh-on impossible to get anything else in there to sort it really. If not then I'll chuck a tube of clear silicone in there, that'll definitely hold the bloody water at bay!
  18. A few months ago I was driving along with the roof down whilst it was pissing down with rain quite happily (as you do), staying perfectly dry as i was well above 40mph, until I felt a drip on my right knee. Then another one. And another one. Bugger. Tried opening and closing the window to remake the seal, and also a very brief stop to open and close the door, but nothing worked. The water was getting in and dripping down about halfway down the A-pillar, not a lot but enough to be irritating. Gave up and ignored it and the sun came out so I stopped worrying. Fast forward to yesterday when the heavens opened big time and the exact same thing happened again. Decided that it was probably worth a bit of investigation this time and ran my hand up the outside on the rubber itself, and into the grooved flap/channel at the top (roadster owners will know what I mean, not sure if it's there on the coupe) and BINGO! My finger slipped straight into a hole in the rubber right at the bottom of the channel, where the fold is. Bugger I'm going to try and superglue the whole thing together again tomorrow and see if that works, but failing that it looks like I'll be needing an entire new rubber to replace it. I dare say that's not going to be cheap from Nissan either, but I can't go without my regular roof-down-raining drives, it wouldn't be right!
  19. Ekona

    Rear Puncture

    Pilot Sport 2 fronts? They should sell, someone had some for sale on here recently and they went IIRC.
  20. Indeed, I'm using the IDA-X305i head unit along with their data cable
  21. It should do. Certainly I can leave my 3GS connected to the car and use the iPod functionality to get the music through the speakers whilst using another app (not when driving, obviously!) so I see no reason why the TT app on an iPhone4 should be any different.
  22. To add on to this, upon my travels round yonder interwebs I came across these little beauties... When I get some spare cash I may treat myself and give this a go I think. It's not going to work out any cheaper than the Stillen kit if I use proper Samco single-ply ducting hose (which I intend to) I think, but I'll get a decent bit of satisfaction out of doing it my way I hope.
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