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Ever driven a supercar? 458 or even an old Gallardo is on a different level entirely to a modded Jap car.

So much vile.

Holy crap that's fugly

Just needs the tags swapping round, now if only there was a Mod near by...

Not picking on your particularly here Bobby, it's just that yours is the first post I noticed Same applies to the other who have similar cars in their collection... With an F50, F1 and Zonda in the collection, how do you decide which one to take where? For me, they all fill the exact same brief in being mental analogue V12 supercars, so either you'd find your favourite one and only use that or you'd never really get the chance to 'learn' all three. It's a lovely sunny day, you're going out on some wide empty roads, which does your heart say you'd take? Same with the 350, the 911, the 22B and the R32: They're all roughly the same size, roughly as quick as each other on the road, similar luggage space etc. What would make you choose the R32 over the 22B, for example? As much as I like the 350Z, I can't imagine anyone would ever pick that to drive over the 997 4L (I assume 997 as you say about the proper gearbox comment) in any occasion. RS6 as a load lugger I get, and the MX5 too (although I wouldn't say an s/c'd MX5 is much more capable in the rain than the 22B). The Carlton I assume because childhood, as I can't see a single time you'd take that over the Audi.

No-one needs ten cars, I can do it in three. F12berlinetta, for Euro jaunts and general V12 goodness 997 C2S with a manual 'box and a host of suspension upgrades, for use as a daily drive Exige S, for winning at trackdays I genuinely wouldn't need anything else at all. I may trade cars in and out of that selection at times (Caterham for the Lotus, Lambo for the Ferrari, a different kind of 911 for the 911) but that'd be my starting point. I wouldn't want a specific set of cars, I'd want to change them up frequently. Hell, I'll just take one car at a time and do everything with that, change it every 6mths or so.

If it ever happens. I can't see it myself, given the extraordinary performance of the P1/GTR, where is there left to go? You're talking about running at the limits of tyre tech for the road, and whilst of course they could make some fancy one-offs (like the Veyron), are McLaren a flush enough company to do something like that? I don't know. If it did, what price? £3M? £5M? It'd be crazy money.

75dB I think, look in the V5.

Not even close. Tbh even with the bungs in the tone can still trip noise meters in strict places (MSV tracks).

Get Dishonored on the scabby consoles, it may be peasantry but it's oh-so amazing. I didn't get to bed until 0200 last night as one level took me 4 hours to do with perfect stealth/no kill

And make Max start from the back too

Mine are mint, thankyouverymuch Ergonomic perfection is what it is.

He's not going to live forever

I'm not sure an equally old car as a 350 is going to help him in the reliability stakes.

If you just want a new car then just go and buy one, no need to justify it on cost reasons

A decent second choice Should you not have got the inspection done first?

Also, a (roughly) £6K cost to change buys a lot of maintenance bits for a 350.

Lack of torque isn't the issue, it's just very harsh and not pleasant to rev. The silly intake noise thing needs ripping out before anything else, it's dreadful. They're a fun car, and I do like the BRZ86 as an alternative to the 350, but the limits are no lower than a 350 as you need to be just as committed to get the car sliding. You could achieve the same by putting crappier tyres on a 350, that's half the reason the Toyobaru moves around so much.

Engine could blow up even if stock if the last owner buzzed the engine, I wouldn't worry about it. I wouldn't want to go much higher though, if for the torque steer above all else! And please tell me it's the orange one you bought...

Much slower. Much nicer inside. Much worse engine note. Much worse engine full stop. Much better chassis. Much better tuning options. Much better gear change. Much better seats. Brakes about the same.

GTFO

I do not understand how English & Scottish supporters can get so into international football right now. Both teams are appalling, play the dreariest of football and have no likelihood of improving in the near future. I'd never consider spending a penny to go and see England play, unless I was suffering from insomnia. Go support your tiny local team instead, they may be crap too but at least they play with a bit of passion.

I didn't tell my other half the cost of it either

I was a little unsure, but the second I held it in my hands I knew it was worth it The weighting, the rubber grips, the buttons, the adjustable/changeable sticks, the paddles... You need this in your life! Best pad I've ever used, ahead of both SNES and N64. And that's saying something.

It's an '04 JDM with 63k on the clock, so work it out from there. £5k would seem to be about right, maybe £5.5k.