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M135i, or the M235i if you want a boot. I discounted those as he said he wanted something that stands out.

Can't be more than 4 years old, in the first post. Shame, but I can see the logic.

That's a fuel pressure gauge, if I'm not very much mistaken. *EDIT* In the pics, not your adaptor tee Alex!

If you don't lock the brakes, you're not braking hard enough. Make sure you lock them on the first lap, at least that way you'll have a measure of them. Not sure how much experience you have with MR cars, but it's a hell of a lot different than FR so plenty of judgement on balance is needed.

:scare: Hand your man card in now! Never seen an Evora, I'm so disappointed.

They look like fly eyes. They're bloody disgusting.

For me, it was between two clear cars, which are Neil's and Bizz's. The amount of custom fab work on Bizz's car is astounding, and goes far beyond the realms of anything that should be achievable in a car without spending a fortune. As a competition car it needs accurate knowledge of the rules of that, as well as being tailored to what the driver wants. Oh, and V8 of course. As far as Zeds go, it's just about the most exciting one I've ever seen. And yet, I voted for Neil. I've long admired his car, and the way he set about choosing the mods for it that are sympathetic to each other, as well as keeping it fairly subtle for what is a very high-spec and highly modified car is to be commended. If I was building a Zed, it might well have come out like that too. I don't know enough about Csmith's car to pass comment but it's a nice colour, Delboy's and AMT's cars are good clean examples of a (nearly) standard car and I'm just not a fan of Amy's bodykit. On another day I might well have gone for Bizz's, but my long time admiration for Neil's car meant he got my vote. Definitely group of death though!

Okay, so in that case no, a 2007 HR exhaust would not fit a 2003 DE car. A good exhaust place should be able to weld you a new flange on easily enough. However, I'd be tempted to use it as an excuse for an entire new exhaust anyway, but that's just me

When you say exhaust, what do you mean? The Backbox itself will fit fine, but the y-pipe and midpipe are different.

Yeah, you need an IDP to hire anything out there any more. As for hiring a specific car, and a muscle car at that, you're leaving it mighty late. I doubt any of the guys like Hertz or Dollar who do specific stuff will have anything left, but you can try. Other than that, it's just a case of googling local companies and seeing if you get lucky. Check and triple check the insurance of each one and you should be fine, the US is more litigation happy than us so you're unlikely to be shafted in the same way as you might in Ibiza, for example. Personally, having just come back from there and touring around in a Camero I wouldn't bother with anything decent. Florida has no decent driving roads, so just get something that's comfy and more importantly will take your luggage easily. A minivan might be better if there's three of you, as you don't always get room for three cases in most sedans! Did I enjoy driving the Camero? Yes. Did I enjoy it any more than I did the Focus we had last time once the novelty had worn off? No.

With the 4C it's quite likely that lots of people bought one because it was supposed to be amazing, and then they drove it and wen "Ah, actually this engine is a bit naff and the gearbox is rubbish and OH LORD THOSE FRONT LIGHTS!!!", and decided to get out. Or to try and make a quick buck on the premium of a desirable new car and a waiting list.

Stick with K&N filters, they're better than Pipercross in my experience.

I'm not a fan of oiled filters full-stop, which is why I either never use them or I simply buy a new one each time. Have to say I agree with Darren, I think you're either going to have to live with it or you're going to have to re-route the pipework to lift it out of the current location.

£50K today, £30K by Xmas, £10K by next year. If usual AMG depreciation is to be followed of course! On a different note, could you not run two cars? One is the boring cheapy DD that does the miles, the other is the fun car for weekends? That way you could run something more compromised for the toy.

Not just the interior, there was a lot of mechanical fixes as well, not least of all sorting out the dreadful gearshift of some of the early cars. Stirring a bucket of bricks doesn't really come close! Was only on the odd car though to be fair, but you'd have to drive it to know (i.e. you wouldn't know by when it was made, or serial number). Ah, the benefits of a car made in a shed in Norfolk!

Yeah, most people bought the 2+2 because they thought that's what the market would want after they got rid of it, but really you wouldn't want to sit in those seats for too long I'd search out a good 2+0 if it were me, but there's not really much difference in terms of usable space between the two.

Yup, boot isn't that big but you've got the rear seats/empty space to chuck things on to Or swap suitcase for two squishy bags, job's a carrot.

Evora would be more than suitable as a DD, that's what it was designed for. Just get an MY12 or later car and you're laughing.

Why?

1st world problem indeed

Not a clue! MR2 might be done on Thursday, and if it is I'd much rather bring that but then my sensible head says a shakedown on track is not the greatest idea...! Plus the 911 goes shortly so would be good to end it's life with me as it started. So serious question, what would you bring if you were me? Batshit mental track slag, or expensive mistake waiting to happen road car you'll never get a chance to track again?

Pics of the location? My first thought would be get a new filter too, that one could be knackered and over-oiled.

I don't

I genuinely don't think any one is jealous at all. This forum isn't like that, and in all the years I've been here I've encountered it maybe once or twice. Certainly not with any regularity. It's a bit like me saying that the reason no-one likes my 911 is that they're jealous of it. Given the polarising nature of the 911 (much like the 370ZN), that just wouldn't be reasonable to assume. I think that everyone who has said they don't like it (myself included), has pointed out reasons why and also that there are some parts they do like. That doesn't sound like jealousy to me.

Anyone heard from Maxi at all? He's not been online since Jul 17th, hope they didn't bang him up for this!