Ekona

I felt the same, but I'm starting to gel a bit more with the controller now. The rumble triggers help massively to give you the feedback, and whilst the assisted steering is ace for bumble-thumbed nincompoops like myself, if you set it to simulation and are very very very very gentle with the inputs then it's a pretty good approximation. It'll never be as good as a wheel, which is why I'm desperate to get my hands on one, but it's not half bad if you give it a fair go.

No, we haven't. There is zero excuse for doing 50 in a 30, end of. 9PM. Pitch black. School disco near by, so very real likelihood of lots of kids around. Conditions not great. That kind of driving falls well short of what would be expected by a competent driver. I'm not having a go at the OP for being honest (in fact he should be applauded, too many people try to make excuses) and yeah, the kid aspect is quite humorous, but I personally cannot look at that set of circumstances and just laugh it off. If people want to do 100mph on the motorways or similar speeds on well sighted roads, then that's their prerogative. Not something I'd do, but I don't see a massive amount of harm in it at all. However, 50 in a 30 is almost never acceptable, and certainly not in a built up area on a winter night when there's kids around.

HBTY HBTY HBDC HBTY

Don't judge us all by your standards, please.

Chavtastic.

Monaco is dull as anything these days, we only really watch it for the famous posh totty that goes there. Spa for me.

Yeah, in case it's no obvious my GT is Ekona, so all feel free to add me. Have I been defensive about the console? Genuine question, don't mean to sound arsey bud. I know I defended showing it off, but I apply that to if I'd bought a PS4 as well. I don't think it's perfect, but it's definitely perfect for me. Some more games would be nice, but I'm happy to wait for them.

Because you can then go faster as well, which is the whole reason for upgrading the brakes

Side lights should never have been called side lights. If they'd called them parking lights, which is pretty much all they should be used for, people might have a clue when to use them.

I always found them okay for wear on track, but then I don't tend to slide the car a lot. Unless there's someone in front of me doing the same then I feel compelled to join in

I used to get that of the VXR, but thinking about it you'd probably do worse in the Zed as it weighs twice as much...

Good to see Perez sticking around, he had a rough time at McLaren and deserved better from them. IMHO they should've kept him and ditched Button. So, stupidly early predictions then: 1. Vettel 2. Rosberg 3. Ricciardo 1. RB 2. Merc 3. Ferrari

Doesn't mean that it's not an MOT fail

You'd be fine to drive on them in those conditions. My first ever drive in the VXR was in horrendous weather and this was back when I gave very little thought about the tyres, and they held up without a care in the world. Wear will be horrendous, expect to see around 5-7k miles out of them depending on driving style. That's on the GG (medium) compound, which is the most common one.

If the wipers touch it, then it's an MOT fail. Solution: Remove strip or fit smaller wipers for the test I like them in general (I used to run one on mine at LM time), but that one looks a little odd to my eyes. I can't figure out why. Might be because it's a big slab of black just down from more black, or the logo is too small and too high, or it might just be one of those things you need to see in the flesh. Good on you for trying it though

Looks good It's wash, polish then wax though

At risk of repeating myself for a third time, it all depends on the insurer (!). Some will charge an admin fee. Some will not. Some will charge a standard "modified now" fee of £100 + the admin, but then you'll only pay the admin fee for further mods. Some will charge you a small fortune for anything and everything as they don't want that kind of risk for their business. You'll have to ring them and ask them.

Good as gold. I've used them on the Zed and the VXR in the past across all weathers and they were fine, as long as you drive to the conditions. In the same way that if there was a torrential downpour and you had tyres with half their tread on you'd be a bit careful, the same applies to these. What I think some people do (not you, in general) is see the words "semi-slick" then just assume they'll be awful on anything other than a dry track. The truth is that they are E-marked road legal tyres, and as such had to pass strict tests to get that marking. If they were terrible in the wet, then they wouldn't be able to sell them in the EU. If you can generate a bit of heat into them, then they stick like anything.

Nope, never going to be banned. There was talk that they wouldn't be able to be made when the EU brought in these regs that tyres must last for a certain amount of time, but they got that bit of legislation spot-on and all it did was to kill the seriously crappy chinese tyres and left us with the good stuff Give them a go, you'll love them.

Fixed It all depends on what your insurance policy says. If it's one of the Admiral group it will say something like "anything that alters the car from the specification from which a standard car would leave the factory, including any options or dealer-fit accessories" or words to that effect. Others are less strict. As I said, tell them everything and you can never be at fault. Including stubbies.

It's down to the insurer, end of. Some will not care about anything, as long as it does not increase power. Some will charge you if you so much as change the gear knob. The only safe answer is to tell them about absolutely everything, and let them make the call.

Got them delivered today (great service by DT), so had them fitted this afternoon. Now, I know they're brand new. I know the release agent is still to come off. I know the roads are cold and slippery. BUT HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP I HAVE SO MUCH GRIP I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT ALL!!! :D I really, really love these tyres. R888s FTW FTW!* *For the winter for the win

What car are you using then?

I've got three Dreamcasts

I'm currently doing the PH challenge, so it's Alps Festival in class C for me with this: Ekona BRZ 2:02.725 Clean We can do a Spa one as well if you like, I don't have any A700 cars though I don't think.