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Did you buy it direct from them then?

They’re not though, are they? As has been pointed out to you, they’ve got to spend money to get your car sellable which if nothing else involves labour time which has a cost, and then they will be knocked down on the selling price too (or the buyer will expect other stuff done instead, like servicing or fuel etc). Then you’ll have presumably haggled down the cost of the car you bought too, and they would have had to spend money to get that sellable too. There’s also the risk that something doesn’t sell, or they get their pricing wrong and just want shot at no profit, or the car breaks down two miles down the road after the new owner buys it. They then have to get it recovered at £200, spend four hours diagnosing the odd engine noise at £200, then repair the engine at £1000, and suddenly there’s no profit at all. I dont understand why why you’re struggling with this concept. I’m not sure what you do for a living, but do you work for free? Or charge customers only enough to ever break even? Assuming your figures are right, 11% profit on the £35k sale is utter peanuts. That’s not a huge profit margin at all! in the case of high value stuff like a 993 Turbo, how is it the dealer’s fault that the other guy was happy to sell for much less than market value? You were happy to sell yours for much less than it might’ve been worth, so why surprised when others do the same? Plus there’s always the risk the arse falls out of the market tomorrow, and suddenly he would’ve been £115k down... The riskier the road, the greater the profit (Ferengi rule of acquisition 62 ).

Business in trying to make profit shocker.

Nah, the SR20 is more HAAAAAWWWWNNNNN but really nasally First vid I will admit has some decent sounding cars on, fair play. Second vid though, at 0'30" and 1'10" describe exactly how most of those cars sound when tuned, just horrendous! #imgettingtoooldforthissh*t

The RX8 was a great car, and the engine was pretty decent too: the trouble was the marketing and after sales. People just expected to treat the engine like a regular 4 stroke, and weren't told that it was designed to chew through oil and need a rebuild every 20k miles. Off they went, never putting oil in it which exaggerated the tip wear, and then they moaned at Mazda when their cars broke. It's a beautiful handling car, the RX8, and the engine is something very different that's well worth experiencing if you're a keen driver.

Same reason the Cosworth lumps were/are so popular: Massive tuning potential.

See, I have no preference over type of engine, more specific engine. For example, I’d pick the noise of a carb’d up Pinto over the DE, but I’d choose the DE over a VTEC four banger. Youll struggle to ever beat the sound of the Aston V12 from their LMP1 entry a few years back, though. Utter perfection.

They do sound like a fog horn! All volume and no tone. BLLLAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I've never ever heard a nice sounding 2JZ. Then again, I've never heard a nice sounding RB26DETT either: Maybe it's a Jap I6 thing? They may be tuneable, but by god do they sound like a foghorn when you strap a decent exhaust to them.

For someone who allegedly loves cars, he sure is trying his best to get away from driving: First no engine, then it’ll be the autopilot, now he doesn’t even want to touch it... I’ve never worried about my cars getting nicked. If someone really wants it they’ll find a way to take it, so aside from locking it to deter the opportunist I do nothing else. Keys are left downstairs so if someone breaks in they can get them without physically threatening me or Jo. I’ve no interest in keyless entry stuff either, extra cost for zero benefit. Besides, that’s what insurance is for.

Merc have lost the plot on the rear of their cars this styling cycle. C coupe, A coupe, both just as ugly as this one.

Head in, arse in, legs in, shut door

Why no Ethernet? So many ways to install it without it showing at all, and by far the most consistent solution.

Find out who did the map, I've never seen a Bluefin used on these before (normally it's someone like Courtneys) so that would be an important thing with regards to how good the map may or may not be. Also, if it's not been done already then you MUST put S2 Exige/VXR220 size wheels on as that'll give you a much better selection of tyres, plus it'll cure the understeer too That makes more of a difference to the Elise chassis than anything else.

BOOM HELL YES \o/

I bet, that must’ve been horrendous under all that.

And there was me thinking you Scots didn't mind the cold!

Cheers dude

The RainSport3s are pretty decent as wet trackday tyres, as they're cheap enough to not worry about but you'd want the track to be utterly drenched before really making use of them. They're just not aimed at anything as heavy as the Zeds, so they struggle to really cope with the car. But yeah, MPS4 are clearly the ones to go for, but I thought I'd at least give a few other options before launching into that

Which ones? Uniroyal make many, many tyres. But really none of them are what I'd consider suitable for the 350: They're more meant for shopping trolley cars or lighter ones. Goodyear, Bridgestone or Michelin are where you should be spending your money, in Eagle F1, RE050A or Pilot Sport 4 guises

Everything. There’s not much left that looks good value or reasonable. Biggest culprits right now are anything with an F or P badge on the front. 360s and 964s are just really silly considering what they are, especially the former if it happens to have a stick between the seats.

There was some really cool stuff there that day, I haven’t seen the video in full but is the pink Jag on there?

MY GOD HOW DARE YOU CRITICISE MY WING OH I’M SO ANNOYED BY YOU SHARING YOUR OPINION Actually, I’d like to point out something rarer than an orange 6er with a wing: It’s a BMW indicating!

Most do hate my wing, but that’s okay by me. I don’t get whingy and defensive when it’s pointed out, do I? The RB kits are dreadful things: The modern day Veilside, but not half as tasteful. History will prove me right, but as long as you’re happy that’s all that matters. By the way, not sure if I ever told you but after seeing your car at Coventry I was massively impressed by the work you’d put into it.

You must be busy then! Definitely, must sort something out.