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Water injection is mainly used in FI applications as a way of cooling the charge down before it enters the combustion chamber, not as a way of getting any moisture in there.

They don't have to over-read, but if they were under then you'd have a billion and one motorists suing the manufacturers when they got caught by the speed scameras so they tend to go the opposite for the sake of safety. Using my GPS on the TomTom as a constant, the speed on the dial on my Zed reads 74mph and the multifunction thing says 72mph when TT says 70mph. Strangely though my old VXR220 was absolutely spot-on with GPS and I never got caught by a speed camera, so Lotus/Vauxhall/Stack must be using some far better equipment and have a lot more faith in it than Nissan.

Bikes do have a limit as they don't have a catalytic converter, 99% sure that cars have no set limit it's all down to the individual (both police and MOT tester).

I just ditched Pipex for Sky broadband. T'was a piece of cake, just rang the number and they sent me my MAC code in a day by e-mail and two days by mail. Switched over yesterday, only took a week. They legally have to give you your MAC code within five days now, so if they're not then they're breaking the law and could be worth reporting to OFCOM.

There's no official upper limit, but you can be done with breaching the peace or whatever it's called nowadays. Seems daft but then it does give some kind of protection against chavs with a 6" exhaust on a 1.2 Corsa.

Unless it's raining or greasy I always turn mine off now. For me it's more dangerous when it kicks in when trying to pull out of a junction or similar than it is to rely on my own instincts and reactions.

Personally I don't see the point of NOS unless you've got a seriously built motor used purely for track stuff. With that you can squirt it before the stupid-big turbo kicks in so minimising lag almost completely, so that makes sense. On a road car I see it as pointless as leaving it to squirt in one go gives you shove in a straight line (so on the motorway then) which is just daft, and having it add a bit all the time is just wasting money as you'll be refilling it all the time (depending on tank size, of course). If you want a solid 100BHP then go FI, if you want more then go FI + internals, if you want a bit more poke from a standard NA engine then get a new/piggyback ECU that'll give you what you want safer and cheaper. All IMHO, of course.

That's the ugliest I've seen it yet. That rear fog light bit is absolute gash.

It's worth it mate, trust me. Chuck it on a credit card or summat, make the most of your car. Couple of hundred quid extra is pennies when you budget the cost over the year... At least, that's how I justify it to myself!

Don't mix tyres Rich, you're better off with average tyres all round than different grip levels front and back, especially this time of year. For the sake of another £200, is it really worth it? RE040s certainly aren't the greatest, but they'll do until you can afford to get all four done. You need to get some Michelin PS2s on there matey, they're bloody awesome and have transformed mine big-time.

If it's mid-range punch you're after then I'd seriously consider getting a new ECU or piggyback as you'll get similar gains for a smaller cost.

Given that it seems you have no idea about how nitrous oxide injection actually works, or whether it's even right for you in terms of power, I'm going to stick my neck on the line and say that you should probably step away from the car and put the spanner back in the box. Go and read (and digest!) the entire auto section of HowStuffWorks.com (which covers superchargers very well), then read up about how nitrous works in cars (Wikipedia is a good place to start I would imagine), then read a hell of a lot more on here about how much power the internals can take, then decide whether you want more power that way, then decide what kind of system you want. After you've done all that, you'll be in a much better place and will have a car you understand and can be proud of. Sorry if that comes across as harsh, but your post does seem to indicate you've just watched the Fast And Furious trilogy back-to-back.

Strangely enough you don't need a rear fog light in Japan, so that's been put on for the benefit of the rest of the world. I think it looks like a 350 has been raped by one of those Kahn Range Rovers. And that's not a good thing.

You're such a tight git Rich Good to see you over here matey, been far too long since we were posting on the same car board together!

I'm so glad this hasn't been covered before, there'd be hundreds of posts in the Search results otherwise... In short, you can't.

Could be worth putting some grease along the rubber as well to lubricate it a bit, in case it's dried out a touch.

+1 for the MPS. Absolutely outstanding in both the dry and the wet: I'm positive that these tyres were 95% of the reason that I was able to pass Exiges and Caterhams at Anglesey last weekend as it was positively teeming down. Incredible grip and plenty of feel, just quite pricey but worth every penny.

They don't look it to me as most uni-directional tyres have the tread pointing forwards IYSWIM. If in doubt have a look at the sidewall, it'll tell you on there.

Just to finish this, my booking with Demon Tweeks was a great success as they sorted everything out both front and back for the bargain price of £85. The car handled beautifully at Anglesey on Saturday and I'd have no hesitation in going there again or recommending them to others. Just a shame I had to learn the hard way, really.

Nope, don't like it. It does hark back to the older Zeds far more than the 350 currently does, but I just think it looks like a very awkward shape, whereas at least the current car was allowed to stand on it's own merits (and is what attracted me to it). I do like the door cards in the alcantara, but the gauges still look fussy and stuck on. And the less said about the 996 911-esque rear lights the better... Whilst I have no doubt it'll drive well and be quicker than the 350, I certainly can't see myself buying one.

Whoops, missed that first time, sorry Thanks for your help Phil, I'll have to pay them a visit after the weekend. Just a bit annoyed that everything was fine with the car before I decided to do the sensible thing and get the alignment checked

Sorry to sound a bit dense here, but what do you mean when you say geometry? Will a full alignment not sort it? Should I be going somewhere a bit more specialist to get that done?

I did try that, but one of the stupid security bolts decided to round itself off, so I now need to get a stud extractor on it That's not something I'm going to try before the weekend mind, as I'm on track on Saturday and it'd be a really bad time to break something this close!

Just a quick question as this is driving me absolutely nuts now... Is there any special trick to getting a laser alignment done on the Zed AND keeping the steering wheel so that straight ahead really is straight ahead? When I had my new tyres put on a couple of weeks ago I had a full alignment done then, however they'd left it so that the steering wheel was ever so slightly on the wonk to the left. I decided I couldn't live with this so took it elsewhere to get it done again, and after THREE attempts the wheel was still on the p*ss (to the right this time)! As I understand it (and I'm happy to be proved wrong here), the way to do it would be to put the steering wheel in the dead-ahead/12 o'clock position, lock the wheels in place and then adjust whatever needs to be adjusted underneath to get the alignment correct. Bearing in mine that mine's an 06 so has the speed-sensitive steering, would there be any reason that doing a simple alignment should be such an issue? Is there a special knack to it on the Zed? What the hell are these places missing? For the record the first place was my local Just Tyres who I've used before and always found them to be decent blokes, and the second place was Quik-Fit as I was getting a bit desperate and I'm too far to reasonably travel to ESR and back in a day. I really can't understand why they can't make the steering wheel point straight ahead when I'm driving in a straight line, after all it was fine when I got it from Nissan... Any help/pointers I can give them would be gratefully received: Got the car booked in at Demon Tweeks on Friday lunchtime so I'm hoping for third time (well, place) lucky!