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Couple of things... Saying that they've got a Merc AMG is like saying they've got a BMW M: We need more details as it's not a car in it's own right! Also, I'm going to guess that your old man isn't much of a corner lover but prefers his fun in straight lines which is why he likes the big V8 Mercs, as the performance of the 987 S really doesn't suck when you drive it hard through the twisties. Yes, it'll feel slower in a straight line as you need to work the gears really compared to the laziness that a torquey V8 brings to the party, but it's a bit harsh to say the Boxster sucks (even if it is your Dad's words!). Also, we may be a Zed forum but I'm guessing we're all petrolheads first and foremost, so it really doesn't hurt to say when other cars our better than our own. We all had our reasons for picking the Zed over other comparable cars, but that doesn't mean we bought the quickest & nimblest & best looking car available to us. My car is much uglier than either the Boxster or the Cayman, is slower and handles worse out of the box, but it's got a touch more character IMHO and that's why it got my money. My previous car was quicker and better handling than any of the above, but sometimes you want something different in a car which is also possibly why your Dad likes his current steed.

Their 91 is our 97 though don't forget

Still illegal and will fail MOTs

Sorry, I thought you were after dodgy spaced ones or ones with crappy fonts or something, my bad! Do you not have a local motor factors place round your way? Failing that Halfrauds ones are good quality, but they'll rape your face off with the cost.

Given how much the police are cracking down (rightfully so in my opinion) at the moment on dodgy plates, I can't see any reason for running anything other than normal legal plates. It's really not worth the hassle.

If I win I really hope I can get it without my forum name engraved on it, would much rather it just had the club logo on...

987? Great choice of car, you'll get no argument from me that it's a better car than the Zed.

Unless it's OEM, then absolutely yes you must. To not do so is breaking the terms of your insurance and can render it void.

Top Gear generation of car fans

TB spacer will not do anything to your car at all and is pointless unless you're going FI and need the vacuum tap points. All that crap about venturi air flow is great in principle and on large air intake (think much bigger than a car!) but on the Zed it will do two halves of naff all. It's the same principle as those useless electric supercharger/vortex generator things you see on eBay all the time, and they're no good either. Don't waste your money. Just to point out though that Adam hasn't claimed you'll get more power/MPG out of his so I'm not knocking him or his product at all, just in case this scans wrong!

I'm lost here. Is this thread for real or what? I mean, I can see that the replies on this page clearly aren't, but I don't actually see the original question being serious at all: Surely no-one actually expects that temperature indicator to be 100% correct to the outside temp? I have no idea where the sensor is, but given that on every other vehicle I've been in they will all report different outside temps regardless of what the weatherman says I fail to see what the problem is? It's just a guide, and a pointless one at that. Stick your head out of the window and find out what the temperature is, don't rely on a bloody gauge in a car!

All back and accounted for, cheers matey

He wasn't trying, I can promise you that.

I'm just glad it's not me going completely bonkers, you have no idea how many times I checked that screen grab just in case

Clicky for screen grab I clicked on 'View unread posts' (note not including OT, so there's a random result in there that's off for a start) and that's what I got. I get this every time on both PCs I use, both running FF 3.5.8 and Win7. As you can see, there's no sign of a 'mark forums read' button at all. It used to be top left-ish, just above the 'Page 1 of 1' text.

Which theme are you using? *EDIT* forget that, doesn't matter which you pick as I've just tried both.

No.1 with ITN routes is a brilliant idea. I've got a few sitting here that I don't mind sharing if you wanted to start a thread proper.

Depends on how the MAF has failed. If it's dead and the car knows this then yes, it'll default to a safer map, but if it's giving erratic signals then the fuelling could well be out and kill the O2s easily enough as they're very delicate pieces of equipment.

Can we have the button/link for this back please? It appears to have disappeared with the recent round of forum alterations, and it was a really handy button to have as you now have to go back to the forum index to mark forums read. Ta!

Cable tie it using the sports kit mount (which I assume you have) to the front grill. That's where mine is, anyways.

Three SVs... The white one is the first I've seen with the smaller spoiler on it, he must be keener on top speed than downforce

In that case I bet it's the replaced damper that's causing it, assuming you've gone from JDM to UK which has changed the stiffness of one corner. That could possibly throw the TCS out when under braking as that corner will have different characteristics from the rest of the car, assuming equal wear.

Demon Thieves sell it too. It's in their blue book this year, definitely.

Are they the correct sizes too? Pressures okay?

Very interesting, never heard that before and was considering getting some spacers for mine later in the year. Now I know to order smaller ones, nice one