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You mean Caterham, not Lotus I'm glad it's sorted now, as it means I don't even have to pretend I like Lotus in F1 anymore. I love their road cars, but Bahar's cheap methods of taking people to court and hiring Swizz Beats and generally acting like a c*nt makes my p*ss boil so he can f*ck off if he thinks I'm supporting his brand. My allegiances have been to Team Lotus in the last two years and will be Caterham from next season, and the Renaults can get stuck in the pit lane for all I care. And they'll always be Renaults to me as well, I don't care how much Lotus branding they stick on the car.

Nothing happens without reason. Cause and effect and all that.

Bargain, great shout

But isn't slightly marked paint better then a burnt out car?

Possibly, if you consider how much more flammable fleece and duvets are compared with plain ol' painted metal We're not doing anything with the Impreza and my truck. Whatever will be will be, I'd rather have a beer and put my feet up than worry about stuff out of my hands. You will note, however, that while the Scooby and Ford are parked out the front, my Beetle is safely in the garage

How is being factual splitting hairs? People sometimes get so defensive when it gets pointed out that they don't technically own a sports car but a sports coupe, but who cares? What do you think I drive, and do you think I'm bothered? You can have coupes and sports coupes y'know, and they are different. Sports cars do not have tin tops. End of.

The hardtop 350Z is a sports coupe, the Roadster is a sports car because it's a convertible with two seats and RWD. If it's not a convertible it can't be a sports car, but not all convertibles are sports cars. Keep up at the back

Depends how you drive it, I guess. I wouldn't say they're slow, more nippy if you go by my original list. Certainly they can be hustled very well down a country lane, but any modern diesel saloon will out-drag one these days. A 350Z isn't a sports car. Neither is the FT-86, nor a 911 or a Celica. An MX-5 is, a Boxster is, an S2000 is, a 350Z Roadster is etc.

2-seater, RWD, convertible. The very definition of a sports car, surely?

Whoops.

Only when it's running on all 8 cylinders and not in limp mode 3.9 for mine timed by C&D in the US with LC, not that it really matters. As I expect you find with yours, it's that mid-range shove that really makes the extra difference over something like the Zed where you really have to work the gears. What does the XKR redline at anyway?

Treat yourself to some Renovo. There is absolutely nothing else by AG/Megs/whoever that comes close to keeping a convertible roof as black or as beady as that stuff, it's utterly incredible.

+1 A hot Clio is nippy. A 350Z is quick. A 911 is fast. A GT-R is mental. That's kinda how my brain works anyway.

A 2ZZ Celica isn't fast!

You'll get closer to the 997's limits on the track than you would the other two, and you'd have a lot of fun playing with the fat rear end and the pointy front. The GT-R will be considerably quicker than the other two, but it's still a big car that doesn't make a particularly nice noise. Stonkingly capable, but lacks the emotion. The Lambo will be the most difficult to extract the best from, and the gearbox will drive you nuts, but you can console yourself with that noise and those looks, and the fact that it's a genuine supercar. One's a Beetle, one's a Datsun, the other one is a Lamborghini! You can blag a test drive in a GT-R or 997 any day of the week, whereas I suspect getting a Lambo out for a blast might prove a bit trickier. A Gallardo is still £60K to buy, whereas you can pick either of the others up for £35K now. Drive something that is unobtainable, not common as muck.

It's a common-as-muck Nissan, not a 60 year-old Ferrari. It'll survive a winter regardless of what you do to it. Hell, even if you just parked it up and left it exactly how it is now you could start it in 6 months time off a battery pack without any issues, promise. The much better idea is just to carry on driving it of course...

Are you leaving the car alone for two years? No? Then don't worry about it. It'll make no difference in practical terms whether the tank is full or empty or somewhere inbetween, just keep the battery on a trickle charger and start it up every 4 weeks or so.

No way will it be £20K over here. If it is I'll post a photo of myself in a mankini. I reckon £25K for the base version and £28K for the posh one.

Oh, if only it would look like that...

I've seen worse, but unless they're going to put some decent tyres on it then it's never going to have the performance it should have. I'll be interested to drive it, and I'm glad it's so relatively light, but I can't see it setting the world on fire. The Subaru version on the other hand should be a much more appropriate car, and I don't even really like turbocharged engines!

The pull to left is because your alignment is out, so get that sorted too. I'll delete your other thread as this has more info in it now, but unless that other tyre is almost brand-new then you'll need to replace both anyway as you should always replace both equally across an axle. There is no diff in the front, I suggest you have a read up about what diffs do to realise why it doesn't need one there. What tyres do you have on there now?

Gallardo every time. It's not even close.

Agreed, but then you should be doing a couple of warm-up laps for both the car and the driver anyway.

I probably wouldn't touch them again if it were me, but that depends very much on the weather conditions and how the track is changing. I get quite lazy on trackdays tbh and I'll normally just find a setting that feels comfortable for the whole day and stick with it, and often I won't change tyre pressures at all from cold first thing. I don't have a particularly aggressive driving style so tyre wear is minimal for me, and if I overheat the tyres (which I have done, but only the once) it serves as a reminder that I've been out too long and should be coming in for a break anyway.

Scary, isn't it?!