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Well chuffed for him, hope he does well. Fair play to RB for giving him the chance as well over an easier choice like Kimi or Alcocko.

But you'd be earning 40% less, so it would still cost you just as much

Look at it like this: If the dealer servicing costs you an extra £500 over the years but you get an extra £1000 when you come to sell it, then stick with the dealer. If it costs £500 and you don't get any extra, then the choice is yours. If it costs £500 but you lose another £500 because the dealer was known to be crap, then definitely don't bother.

If only I didn't have the pesky warranty to worry about so had to buy the official sports exhaust, I'd have had that instead.

Great stuff matey Still a couple of formatting errors on there though dude, (997.2 AP exhaust, for example).

I would expect to pay less, and it would put me off a bit. The difference would be if I had masses of receipts from the DIY servicer, or I had traceable records via a forum or whatever to show that the person knew their stuff and wasn't a complete muppet trying to cut corners. Personally I stick with quality main dealers for my main servicing to keep the book stamped, but with other bits like brake fluid changes or extra oil changes I'll either use a good indy or do it myself.

Very, very good cars. The car is much more adjustable on the limit than the Zed, and it certainly makes a much better noise! Interior is of a substantially higher quality too as you'd expect, but as said above the running costs are substantially more: Brakes especially aren't cheap, a good friend of mine who owns an early SMG model was a tad shocked at the prices. As far as upgrades go, the brakes are the big weak point and the vast majority of owners upgrade the calipers and discs so if you can get one that has been done even better, if not expect to pay £2K for a kit. Electrics can be seriously expensive if they go wrong, but they don't tend to. The SMG can be a bit temperamental (control boxes and pumps are known to fail), but it is a brilliant piece of kit and set to the most agressive mode an absolute hoot! In pretty much every way that matters they're better than the Zed. But then they should be, seeing as how they were more expensive to buy.

Exactly. They're right for the most part, however WhatCar are to serious car reviews as Jimmy Saville is to babysitting i.e. really not suited, and you certainly wouldn't trust either.

Go and buy an electric pump and do it at home. The Michelin one that Halfrauds sell is pretty good, costs £40 and now comes with a removable pressure gauge too.

Also, you never fit a spare wheel to the driven wheels. In the case of 4WD, you fit it to the front.

How the buggery I missed this thread, I have no idea. Glad you got it sorted dude. Oddly though I would actually recommend dropping a couple of PSI with the MPSS due to the stiffer sidewalls, but that's personal preference. I used to run my Zed on the MPS2 with 33F/34R, I just found it gave a better balance but then that was in combination with an aggressive geo so it wouldn't work for everyone. If 35/35 works for you, then definitely stick with it

People need to draw the distinction between Clarkson the TV personality (gobby, deliberately provocative) and Clarkson the journalist (thought provoking, intelligent, knowledgeable). There's also Clarkson the person, but I've never met him so couldn't comment. Clarkson the TV guy is hideously irritating and to be taken with a massive pinch of salt. Clarkson the journo is one of the best writers of his generation, and I could read his stuff for years.

MPSS, Michelin Pilot Super Sport

:lol: They are a little trendier than Loakes though

You don't count, you have proper graphics and stuff down yours and you know that I think it looks proper awesome

Oh in that case I completely agree with you. Drives me nuts when people buy sports cars in dull colours like Resale Grey!

If they make them to custom fit, then get them in the standard offsets: No need to worry about spacers or anything then! I'd stick with silver on your car, dark wheels don't really work on silver/grey cars.

I have some specs you can borrow if you want. Nismo does nothing for me, but for some odd reason I find the Mini thing quite beguiling. I have no idea why, I know they're not selling at all well, but still I think the backwards baseball cap thing has grown on me. Much like the original 370 has, I guess.

Freakin' hero. I love this place.

Loakes make posh shoes, but have nothing to do with either the name Ken or the name Block. Which is a shame, 'cos that would've been supremely comical if the bloke who started Loakes was called Ken Block too. But he's not. So it's not.

Brilliant. The one month I stop is the one month the wax finally gets sorted!

Yeah, some can be a bit picky. If you have a decent cup (NOT the official one, but the original one that Dogcamsport sell) you should be okay, but basically what they're looking for is a secondary method of attachment if the suction fails. I've seen duct tape used on a 2-11 at Spa with BaT.

Suction cup for me + either duct tape or cable ties depending on the track and TDO, or I also have a rollbar mount that I attach to various things like rear view mirrors, half wound down windows, anything really.

I like it.