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None of those. Either a 355 if I could stomach the bills and find one with an interior that didn't look like it was put together by a work experience boy on a Friday afternoon, or a 997 C2S. No way is a GTR better than most of those cars on the list, unless you define better as being able to have a pissing contest with numbers in the pub.

You're kidding? F*ckers.

I used to use Endless brake fluid (same stuff some teams use in F1), and the PF front discs with the 01 compound pads and the Z-compound pads on the rear. Discs were left stock on the back of the car IIRC. Also Goodridge lines were installed. I had the fat arse roadster too, and I didn't get ANY brake fade at all on track with that setup, even after some extended sessions. Granted, my driving style is very easy on the brakes, but even so it's a setup I will go for again when I finally get 350Z no.2. Not cheap, but it was the best way to guarantee myself a brake setup that would last.

I saw them running on that track when I was up there week before last, looked amazing fun and I was a tad jealous, despite being on the proper circuit myself! I'd love to spend a weekend there, one day on the drift track and one on the circuit.

Remove all the bits about "should be monthly. but 3-6 is okay": Stick with what the HC says or they'll just get lazier and 3-6mths becomes 6-12mths. Static CEL = okay to carry on if car feels okay, flashing CEL = stop immediately.

And your point is? You do realise that LEJOG is doable in the one day without speeding, don't you? And why do you think I go to the IoM where there are plenty of twisty derestricted roads?

Don't worry, you won't be the only one there not in a Zed!

Luckily mrs glrnet didn't Top marks to her and you, clearly you've got her well-trained mate

People still fall for this kind of stuff?

If PE have a letter from the landowners giving them permission to administer charges on their land, then PE can invoice as they see fit. If they choose to chase you through the courts, then they could well get a result. Just because they choose not to in most cases, then does that mean you should still throw it in the bin? Basically (and this is what it boils down to), it's people trying to get something for nothing. If you park on a bit of land and you know that you should be paying to park there, then cough up. Morally that's the right thing to do, whether you agree with those charges or not they're almost always in plain sight. In the case of the OP I do have a certain amount of sympathy, but still he could've checked for change and/or phone signal before parking. Not saying I would've done any different (I wouldn't), but the option is there. The OP could have gone and done his shopping, got some change, then come back and paid for a ticket for as long as he was there for. Yes, the bill still would've come through the door, but you would've had cast iron proof you paid for the amount of time you were there, albeit retrospectively. FWIW, I've ignored a letter from them before too, albeit for one of my drivers rather than personally, so I don't claim to sit on the high horse without a flaw.

lolwut don't be a 'tard It wasn't a free car park though, was it? There was a charge, so by parking and not paying you've taken up a space that could be used by someone else who was going to pay, so there is a monetary loss there. It's at least £12, plus a reasonable fee for having to chase it (£30 would be reasonable in this regard) so that's what you'd be looking to recover in court. PE may have some fancy lawyers who can justify the full £100 when they break it down, or they may just give up. With something like this, you have to be prepared to take it to the final conclusion regardless of which side you're on. Either you hope PE give up, or you have to be prepared for it to go to court and for you to lose.

You could also just buy yourself some webspace, get a decent host and upload direct from that. I use Ariotek for my personal and business hosting.

28mpg? Someone's not driving it properly if you're seeing that

None of which help you if there's an unmarked trafpol behind you, though. If you're that worried about being caught speeding, then don't speed. Not necessarily aimed directly at you, Rabbitstew

Too much diesel love in this thread for my liking. You should be trying the V8s at least!

1. If you're only driving it remotely quickly then you'll have no problems sticking to the limits, will you? 2. Speeding tickets are not inevitable, they are all avoidable very easily. 3. If you are struggling to keep to the limits then you're possibly the worst driver I've ever come across. I actually don't have too much of a problem with people who choose to speed, that's completely their decision and as long as they accept the consequences of their actions and (more importantly) don't endanger anyone else then each to their own. What I can't accept is that anyone finds it physically impossible to keep to the limits regardless of what car they drive. No-one on here owns a vehicle that does 0-30 in 0.1sec, so you have plenty of time to adjust your speed. Hypothetically, where might you be having trouble keeping your speed down? 30 zones? 40? Motorways? If it's the former then you're pretty much a numpty, if the latter then just open your eyes and use common sense. If you're worried about being caught by static cameras then your observation is very poor, if it's by mobile units or trafpol then it's down to how lucky you feel and how much you're breaking the limit by.

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Interesting comments, thanks chaps. I guess it is the fact that I drove past so easily that disturbed me, as I wouldn't normally do so. I don't know if I weighed up all the pros and cons in my head very quickly to make that decision or whether I just carried on because I wasn't quite awake enough. Winding the window down is probably exactly what I should've done, no idea why I didn't.

Not when they're proper LED DRLs, I'm used to those now. It's when they use fog-light style ones as DRLs, that really boils my urine.

Car doesn't have to comply with EU regs once it's been sold, so no fear there. Light on the dash will mean MOT fail but there's ways around that. Insurance could be another matter, but I can't see it being an issue assuming you're with a specialist.

Seems ideal.

Not a sausage, which if I'm honest is a bit disappointing if not exactly unexpected. If my cash flow picks up a bit in the next month or so I can afford to drop the price a bit more which would make it more attractive, but we'll have to see on that. It's weird, I know I'm happy to wait and I'm not fussed if it doesn't sell at all, but I've also mentally moved on so just want to get sell ASAP and get back in a Zed.

Still up for grabs, no takers yet. I've reduced the price a bit, and given the spec and condition it's certainly there or thereabouts on that front so I'm not too fussed. Seems to have been an influx of cars sold by main dealers that are in the same budget as mine but are either non-S cars or have much less gadgets with more miles. I'm going to take her to the meet on Saturday if it's not tipping it down, be good to give her a run out while I can.

When I say trained in FA, I mean the very basic one day courses you do for work, not anything like popping a tube into the throat or anything.

If it's only idling then any old rating will do, you won't be using knock control at that point If you can start it up and heat it through thoroughly every few months or so, then I don't think I'd do much to it. Grease everything that moves on the suspension side up, all bushes etc and leave it on the wheels. Yes, you leave the suspension under load, but if you unload it you'll leave parts open to the atmosphere that normally aren't. Flat spots are flat spots, you can deal with those later as you correctly say, seeing you need new tyres regardless. I wouldn't bother changing any fluids during the rest, maybe do an oil change before you stop using here and just check everything else is at the correct level. There's things I'd do before you take her out of storage and back on the road (oil again perhaps, certainly brake fluid, maybe clutch fluid too, possibly coolant if I was feeling very anal) but other than that she should be fine to sit there in theory for a couple of years even if you do absolutely nothing.