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What do you want to do? I've loads of decent apps, but unless you specifically want to do something it's going to be a bit of a struggle recommending any!

They'll be fine, don't worry about them. It's not like the windows where there's active resistance as the glass sticks to the rubbers and seals, it's just a motor that turns. If you're still worried, pull the fuse.

A few things: Where can I drive it? If a track, which one? How long for? Hiring costs of the track/airfield to think about. If you let people really drive it, expect significantly increased wear on mechanicals, especially clutches. What happens when the car breaks down, takes a couple of weeks to fix but you've got other days already booked? Can you borrow another car from somewhere, or do you have to cancel and re-book? Possible annoying of customers either way. More as I think of them.

All ordered, be interesting to see how it comes up against the Zuffenhousen.

I knew that would happen! Must admit I haven't checked any sites since before Xmas, but I'll pop over to your website now Tim and grab one, thanks for the heads up.

Looks worth it to me. As long as it drives straight and doesn't have any odd noises, then somewhere between £4500 and £5000 is about right for the car. It's not Cat C/D as far as we know, and it's a lot of car for £5K. Distance is almost irrelevant, I've bought cars sight unseen from Newcastle before, albeit from a main dealer so a fair bit more coverage, but I'd travel most places in the UK for the right car. If you've only got £5K now and are prepared to chuck another £2K at it over the year to get it back to where you want it, then why not?

I disagree, I think there's some massive characters out there right now both in terms of what they will/won't do to gain a position as well as their actual personalities, the trouble is they're so media and team-order controlled that we're never allowed to see any of it, and when we do they only get pilloried for it sadly.

Agreed, it'll be much better on Sky with all their squillions and a whole TV channel to fill up I like watching F1 over a weekend, and when it's exciting it's very exciting, but when it's not it's just a procession. My real passion is for watching the endurance races like the ALMS, Le Mans itself and the Nurburgring 24HR races. I love how I can drop in and out and always find something going on between the differing classes, and if I miss an hour or so because I've something pressing to do it's not the end of the world.

Never tried the Supernatural as I jumped from the DJ ship to the Swissvax one for waxes, but given how impressive the DJ coloured waxes are I suspect the Supernatural stuff is very good indeed. If I can ever get hold of a sample pot from somewhere I'd love to give it a try, all places seem to be sold out sadly.

I use Megs blue bar, which you won't find in Halfrauds et al, I get it online. It's possibly no better than others out there (for the most part a clay is a clay is a clay IMHO, assuming we're comparing a fine clay with a fine one and a heavier one with a heavier one), but the small plastic tub you get to keep it in is worth the slight premium and you do get a substantial size bar to use. In theory you should wash, dry, clay, wash, dry, prep/repair, wax. If I'm honest though I rarely wash again after the clay as you should be using a hell of a lot of detailer when claying anyway, and having been to one of the Megs days that Tim organises I now know that you really have to use a lot of detailer! If you're going to go to the effort of claying a car, and you really should, then you may as well run something like DJ Lime Prime or a polish of your choice before putting a coat or two of your favourite wax on, as the final finish is noticeably better. I had a free sample of the Mer Hybrid wax so popped it on the truck to see how well it would hold up, and tbh I didn't find it particularly great in terms of lasting. Okay, so it was on a works vehicle that does take some abuse, but I would've expected a bit more from it. It was certainly no better than any of the coloured waxes from DJ that I normally use on my other vehicles (previous Zed included), and I'd still stick with a good harder wax than a liquid one. All IMHO, YMMV etc.

Not specifically a 996TT with the X50 kit, but in terms of cars with bang per buck you really can't go wrong with them right now. Mezger lump so pretty bulletproof, coolant hoses can pop which is an engine out job to fix for about £3-5K at indy depending on how involved you want to get, gearbox (either manual or tip) will last forever, interior is functional but well built and shouldn't be too worn, avoid any cars with PCCB as the early ones were known for cracking with a £10-15K replacement bill, steel ones are about £1-2K to replace all round depending on whether you go with OPC or aftermarket stuff that's better. Other than that they're about as reliable as a water cooled 911 gets, and with a very good chassis underneath. 4WD too if that's of any concern, but in normal driving it's more an 80/20 split IIRC. X50 is well worth seeking out, and if you buy well you shoudn't really lose money on one.

Falkens are budget tyres. They are not the best tyres. If you want predictability, go for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta. If you want the best in grip, get the Michelin Pilot Super Sports. If you want cheap rubber that'll be legal and last a fair while, get the Falkens. All of this info is available if you'd bother searching. Do you know why there's loads of threads asking people to search? Because no-one ever does and just starts a new post, so congratulations on making it more difficult for the next person who actually makes the effort to search by giving them yet another thread to have to read through.

Bugger, the OPC configurator isn't up on their systems until the early part of next week so I couldn't get a price for my spec today Not sure I want to know what my car is worth as a trade-in though!

See also: "I really want to go to a meet, any nearby?" "Nope, but feel free to start your a thread and get one going!" "Naaaaaahhhhh, can't be bothered" FFS THEN DON'T MOAN ABOUT THERE BEING NO MEETS IN YOUR AREA THEN Anyone else finding this thread really therapeutic?

If you look at the individual options, they're actually quite reasonable, I just want a lot of them! For what you get from the car, even at £60K it's still good value. Not as good as at £45K granted, that really is a bargain at that price, and it's not as if it's bare bones like an Elise at that spec either. I'm down at my local OPC tomorrow, I'm going to get them to price it up for me properly.

What should my oil pressure be? What should my oil level be? What oil should I use? I swear, the worst thing Nissan ever did was put an oil pressure gauge in the car, because it just means that numpties keep asking questions about it!

If you've got an iOS device then download the Meguiars app for it, loads of videos that show you exactly what to use and how to use it

Must be covered in here somewhere Definitely go aftermarket unless insurance is a no-go.

Sorry to hear about the car mate, but as long as you're okay that's the main thing. I don't mean to be insensitive, but did you get any pics of the damage? Would be interesting to see what a 20mph crash looks like, especially to write the car off with chassis damage.

I want to race my friends on the road, how can I give my car another millionty horsepower?

How big a set of wheels can I put on my car? Where can I get some tints to block out 100% of my vision from around the car? I've got mixed tyres on my car, why is my handling rubbish? I've got a heavy right foot, why does the traction light keep kicking in? Why is my 2003 Cat C Zed with 175K on the clock not selling at £22000? (linked to Ricey's no.10!) Oooh I could on for hours

My ideal spec is going to come out IRO £62K.

Enough here to make me not want to use them Use your credit card if you must, but I wouldn't.

It's really not. The side and rear is completely different, and as for the interior... Only as similar as the 370 is to the 350.

Looks great on black cars at shows. Looks retarded when being used on the road as it reduces your visibility so much.