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Good spot Neil, I hadn't noticed the lights. The more I think about this, the more I think I was being optimistic. Grundy's 4-5 looks to be on the money. Well, unless you get someone particularly gullible who doesn't ask about the Cat D and the lights and the wheels and doesn't mind the two-tone look

It could, if they were aiming at a different plane

£5K - £6K. Wheels are gash, mixed colours on the bodywork, on top of the Cat D status: It's not going to be a good figure. The Rays would look fine on that, you've not got wider arches or anything.

No chance, I've seen how tight the engine bay on a 300 is with the normal V6TT in it! I can only imagine the fun and games that must be involved in that swap. And the knuckles lost in the process.

Perhaps, but the Ukraine is a huge area and they only have so many satellites in the sky. I would suggest that if they did catch it, it would have been more by luck than judgement. If I was the leader of either pro-Russian or pro-Ukraine forces, I think I'd be 'accidentally' broadcasting to my troops over open airwaves that I saw the other side shoot down a plane. Just sayin'.

It was bloody good, yes

If it was shot down at all. If it was, we'll never know who did it.

Genuinely serious query, honest! I love the Zed but am concerned about a relative lack of power, and I love the V10 in the M6 but can't stretch to one, so wondered if I could get the best of both worlds. I've started doing a fair bit of research on this and I reckon it won't be that difficult to achieve, but it's a costly way of testing the theory. I don't want to put silly wheels on either, and I suspect the Zed will struggle to get that kind of power down on the Rays unless I go 888.

Which is why it's better to go with the specialists for things like that Glad you got it sorted in the end though, we had equal amounts of fun trying to explain to Elephant what the PPP is on an Impreza.

Well, in theory they could decide that they don't want to proceed with the traffic signal offence and that they instead want to change it to a careless driving charge, but that would happen long before you get to court. I suspect that's very unlikely, as it would cause massive paperwork issues but the CPS could decide to go down that route if they wanted, Or the PF, or whatever it is you have north of the border.

It's an air intake modification.

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Engine would be around £4K-£6K, 'box is under a grand. Of course there would be a sizeable electronics bill too.

Bloody good point Steve, hadn't thought of that.

Curly-Wurlys can make anything better

It's an option at this point, nothing more. I figure that a sheddy early Zed + V10 + gearbox + DIY = probably what I would spend on a decent HR and mods.

Better than you would think, but I doubt it'll last very long in that condition. Until they drop a V6 in there and get rid of those eyes (like they've done with the convertible), I simply wouldn't consider one.

Blimey, that must've been some fit! Width I don't foresee being an issue, as the Zed already runs a vee, but IIRC there's not much room between the front of the V6 and the end of the car. Bizz did well with his to get the V8 in, but an extra two cylinders?

But it will cost him more if he takes it to court, that's the whole idea of the FPN system. Lesser punishment, and frees up the court time.

So in theory chaps, do we think that the BMW S85 V10 engine and the E90 M3 manual 'box would fit into a 350Z? Let's not assume for one second that this would be an easy fit, but do we think it's at least plausible? Sadly I cannot find the length of the S85 anywhere, even the official BMW literature isn't very helpful. I suspect that would be the limiting factor, more than anything.

Ah, I see. That makes sense to me, I can't stand any kind of stretch on a tyre!

Why do you think you'd need wider tyres? A wider tyre is a more expensive tyre, plus it'll weigh more so you'll go even slower than you do already. If you're not having any issues with the sizes you have now, then I'd suggest they're probably fine. What size are you running up front?

So you don't even know what speed you were doing? It's possible you were going faster than 30mph? You weren't paying attention to how long the lights had been green for? Mate, any good prosecutor is going to have a field day with a comment like that. What was the speed limit anyway? If you have a loud exhaust on, then they will be able to say that they heard you accelerate aggresively, which instantly paints you as a boy racer. Even if there was a car between you, that doesn't mean that they couldn't see your car go past the lights as they were red. My advice would strongly be to take this one on the chin and improve your driving. However, if you decide to contest it please keep us in the loop, and if you win I'll personally send you the confectionary item of your choice.

How do you intend to prove that they were not rihgt behind you? Also, 'right behind', is a relative term. In court, they will just say that they were the next car behind you and had clear unobstructed view of your car. Which is true, isn't it?

Morally, you're correct. Realistically, you're going to get reamed. If you ask them why it took them so long to catch up with you, after you've already said that you accelerated past the lights, that's not going to end well. They don't have to do you for speeding as well, just the red light jumping as it's a more serious offence. It's up to you, of course, but I hope you've got deep pockets for a good solicitor. Do NOT try and do this on your own. *EDIT* Ah, you said you're going to get that sorted. Good luck.