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Perfectly normal, it's just the mounts taking up the slack as the engine makes all that lovely torque

Such an amazing band live, I saw them in '96 on their Mellon Collie tour, knocked my socks off

I never had a returned wave in the zed I did manage to get a wave off a Cayenne owner the other day though which surprised me hugely! I still wave to Lotus and Zed cars regardless of what I'm driving, always will I think.

It's actually what happens when you start mucking around with the group settings in the UCP

I owned one for about 19 hours last year, amazing car that is so very capable and oh-so-quick

Sounds relatively normal for most dbw cars these days, certainly I remember my Zed doing something similar even if I don't recall the exact amount of revs it sat at.

Moi? Broken? Never! Stay tuned

I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to roads and my life, in so far as I'll always take so much more care if I don't have a huge metal box around me. I always check both sides of the road at least four times when crossing on foot for example, although that might be an OCD thing too. You wouldn't just cross a road without looking, so why on earth some cyclists ride like they do and then complain when a car comes a smidgen too close is beyond me.

Top marks on admitting your error and posting up, I suspect a lot of people wouldn't! Glad to hear that things are progressing on getting it mended too

Nice Don't forget it's Human Remains rather than Human Resources though...! *ducks in case anyone in here works in an HR department*

I wish I had indicators and rear view mirrors on my cycle, it would make me feel a million times safer. It would also help if I rode it more than once a year too.

HBTY HBTY HBDL HBTY

I can't remember what the gauge reads between now, but oil pressure is related to how much oil you have in the sump as well (although it's not a reliable level indicator before anyone points that out!). I suspect you were fairly low on oil before and now it's been topped up after a service are just noticing the gauge reading a bit higher due to this. To put your mind at ease, changing the air filter will have no effect on this at all.

£300-£500 for a set of OEM Rays depending on condition, you'll struggle to get anything better for less. Definitely the way to go, that's what I did with my second set of wheels for track.

Best of luck with the new car mate, they really are stonking

How long have you got?! He's incredibly talented and one of the top two drivers on the current grid, no doubt. He's also a big whiny whingey girl who has to get his own way or he'll through a huge strop, and not just in the way that Lewis is prone to by having a whinge in front of the cameras, but by either telling tales to the Big Bad Boss Bernie to get everyone in the brown stuff or by insisting that the team make the other driver move over and let him through. If the team themselves want to pick a no.1 driver and focus on him then that's fine, but it's no secret that Alcocko has it written into his contract that he has to be the no.1 and I find that disturbing from someone who clearly doesn't need that kind of help. I don't particularly like Lewis as a person much either truth be told, but I vastly prefer the way he goes about his racing and his driving style.

I know, I'm helping save the planet!

Much better, I used to get bang-on 23mpg with the Zed but I'm getting around 28-30mpg now on the same roads

I did a tour of the RR factory back in the summer with the PH Sunday Service lot, I was both impressed by how incredibly simple it is but also just how much attention you can see they pay to the cars. Just a shame there were boxes everywhere with BMW plastered over the side, ruined it somewhat

To be fair any manufacturer can have issues with the odd car as a Friday afternoon special, regardless of price point. Look at the issues Simon George is still having with his spanky new 458 for example. I genuinely don't think you can buy a bad car these days. Even the joke that used to be the Korean cars is now as out of date as the Skoda ones, as their quality is right up there with the mid-range stuff now.

Dare I ask how much tyres are?

Best way to be I used to run with the a/c off in the Zed for most of the time, but on the Pork I leave it on all the time. I have no idea why my attitude has changed, if anything you;d have thought it would be the other way around trying to save a few pennies to run the more expensive car! It's always on in my truck though, that thing steams up so quickly otherwise for some reason.

You want the car to run rich when cold really as it helps protect the engine until everything's nice and warm. FWIW a 3 min drive to work is likely to do more harm than good to the engine as it's never getting a chance to circulate warm fluids properly, which you're seeing as vastly increased fuel consumption. I would definitely look into other means of transport if possible, even a £150 shed of a car just to get you there and back could cost you less in the long term. Another issue (by design) is that with rich running at start you're also looking at a higher risk of damaging the cats too, which isn't going to be a cheap fix either.

I still like GP Story

I was gutted when Seb couldn't continue, I was hoping he was going to prove a lot of people wrong and work his way back through the field, would've made for a fantastic spectacle. Good to see Lewis smiling again though, and also for Alonso to congratulate him. As much as I despise Alcocko, he drove the nuts off that red car today, fair play