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against the law to leave a car on the road with a cover over it reflectors must show by law! Daym...Get some reflective strips and sew them onto the cover Good thinking

Haha! I thought so! How's your head? ROFL you know what I ended up with a MASSIVE lump which is now just a lump. No broken skin, bizzarely

hah! yeah, howdy mate

yeah, leaving it on the road though so just be a bit mental paying too much and someone just lifting it

My Zed's in with CS at the mo having a clean up and want to keep it nice, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced cover?

Is this a track day or a CarLimits Airfield Day? If its an airfield day I would recommend that you inflate the tyres as they explain. This is partly to protect your sidewall and rim of the tyre in high speed corners, and partly IMO to reduce grip so that you slide easier and break away is smoother. I always pumped mine up to a few PSI shy of the max stated on the side of the tyre and had no problems, full speed 70MPH slides with no adverse effects. A friend didnt heed this advice and after his first spin on the high speed bend we could see score marks on the tyres only a few mm from the rim Needless to say after that he pumped them up sharpish! Yes, that's the one. Hence the question really - what IS the maximum pressure for those tyres?

I have Falken 452s front and rear and going on a mini track day (hi speed corners, cones etc) this Sunday, circuit advises inflating to maximum to protect the walls, I usually have them at 35 all around, what should I increase them to?

I've pinged them a thread asking for a recommendation that includes fitting. I basically want iPod, Bluetooth, compatibility with the wheel controls and, if poss, DAB.

Thanks for the offers everyone, CS has actually decided it's worth me taking the car down before we determine what parts are necessary so it'll be a couple of weeks before I can manage that

Hi, this has gone on the fritz (fortunately it was ALMOST shut at the time...), can anyone advise if has one in a position to sell?

I spun mine and was very lucky to avoid damaging it. I kart a lot and I am well used to wet/ice driving, even on slick tyres, annoyed that even breathing on the brake at no more than 10mph still put it sideways and my only reaction was more braking which I know damn well if I was in a kart never leads to anything good. I'd have corrected the steering but I haven't trained my brain to do so. I want somewhere to learn what the car can do so I can react accordingly. A track day would be a waste, but I equally have no suitable open spaces off a main road. Can anyone recommend a place, ideally in the Midlands? We went to a drift day once at Silverstone car park but it was organised.

CS really are something else, took my car for three weeks and found everything that was wrong with it, I could never have afforded what a regular garage would have charged for labour on that basis. An amazing find, many thanks to the forum +++++

I felt I had go dig this out, Its coming up for three years, she is nearly mine outright. Done 30k miles. I still love it

Can anyone score cheap tickets for Friday?

What's this 'hack' you refer to for MP3 .. ?

CS sounds promising, anyone have contact details?

k, I gave them a call, waiting on Mark calling me back. fingers crossed.

Ok, am £80 poorer and no further on. If I was in any position to drive to Alex who has been incredibly helpful I would, but my local garage unfortunately doesn't seem very interested in following the advice given. I tried calling Antelope Nissan in Banbury who couldn't have been less helpful, telling me they'd charge to even diagnose the problem. In short then, can anyone advise a reputable garage in the Midlands (I'm near Daventry) to whom I could pass the info I have and act on it in a helpful way?

I have tried and failed to find how to get on a normal track day. I am absolutely sure I saw one taking place when my wife was on a driving experience (all very normal looking cars) but I've not been able to make any headway finding how to book. Can anyone help? I don't want to make a dork of myself at JTS so it needs to be a normal day.

That sounds almost identical. Thank you. £300 :facepalm:

thanks! 3 of the 5 they've already mentioned to me as suspects, but obviously we don't know for sure without replacing them, so as mentioned he's starting with the cheapest one first. Here's hoping it doesn't get too expensive!!

I've read through the American forums and sent links on all I could find to my local garage, who had the 54 plate 40k miles in all of yesterday trying to track down this noise that's just started - basically a thump or rattle, even on straight road, but not constant. had four new tyres recently and the front brake pads replaced. They cannot find any worn parts but he thinks it's the suspension on the way out and wants to start replacing cheapest parts first, starting with the drop links. Just thought I'd post and see if there was any advice

If I understand you correctly then the fact that my Zed is five years old takes precedence over the fact that it has reached 36k? But on that basis I don't need a P3? That still confuses me - surely I need a P3 as it has never had one and has now reached the requisite conditions. But it must be right.

That was me raised a smile! (Oh and we only use the Tesco car park to go to Waitrose, natch...)

That makes no sense at all - why would they have told me at 36k that I need a P1 when the manual says P3? And charged over £400 including plugs?