CrumbMC

As i see more of this car i'm starting to like it more and more. that said - i liked the styling of the 612 and not everyone did. still very intrigued about the 4wd system

the limiter is 155, which can almost be achieved in 5th on my pre facelift model. i think it is done in 5th on the newer Zeds once you reach 155 it doesnt stop like a rev limiter. but even though i know it can go faster it just sits at 155.

My current wipers lift off quite a lot so im hoping these ones will better. thanks for the link and reviews.

I doubt a car with only 180hp (probably flywheel power too) could reach 150mph. my golf GTi had 221hp and would just about make it 150mph - this was pretty much in the red too. i had 18s aswell so the rolling radius was increased making the speedo only a couple of mph out - verified by GPS. As far as the Zed goes. i found this on tims twin turbo build thread, "in top gear with the OEM rev limit of 6.6k and 275/40/18 tires and a 3.5 FD the car will kiss 190mph at the rev limit. I'm sure the car would do 190mph given enough space." taken from here http://forums.**REMOVED**.com//index.p ... 775&st=480

This is from the people who watch top gear and then immediately know everything about cars.

its a very trick 4wd system. whether it'll work well off road in the real world (snowy conditions etc) is yet to be seen. There seems to be a gap in the market above the porsche cayenne where there arent many large practicle 4wd vehicles with a lot of badge and performance. not sure if this is exactly the car to fill it but we'll see.

there is a place next to our workshop called county. however there logo is on a green background and instead of the O it has a weired green circular plqant thing. looks like it says c-unty

If you drive fast enough the thrill of speed is more than enough of a distraction. i bought my Z not that long ago and this is the best solution i have come up with .

T cant think of a less-hairdressery car apart from the Zed. Grumbling V6 that looks mean as hell. And unlike most hairdressers cars (tarted up front wheel drive hatchbacks with a Coupe body on, Tigra, Mk1 TT, etc) the Zed is mainly (i know this was my reason) bought by people who want a car in the same class as cars costing twice as much, with the same performance, without paying 10 grand more for a badge. my friends allways tell people when they introduce me that i have a "sports car." I hate it. I only bought a performance car for me to drive. i couldnt give a %^&* about the status and all that crap that comes with it. (and funilly enough i have noticed that the only thing you will pull with a flash car is middle aged men in shorts). Anyway. Just ignore your friend, because as people have said, he is only winding you up and if you react to it, it'll get worse. just rip on him about another subject. embarrass him infront of everyone somehow, it will make u feel better . Anyway you know that your car is so much more fun to drive than a hosewife, schoolrun, status begging, chincy, look at me im a **** SUV X5. - but theres no need to drop to his level. Just say, yer its a hairdressers car... then if he ever needs a lift home, lock the doors and absoulutely rag the $%^& out of it. then see who the pansy is when he gets out with a pile of poo in his trousers.

if you can afford it get the facelift. personally, i am a skint 22 yr-old who wanted a Zed so i bought the first good condition fairly good miles 05 i could find. - never been happier! the new engine is meant to be a lot better mid range though, and you cant complain about those extra few revs

My house is less than a 5 min blast from the heaves. (there is a short tunnel nearby which is allways a tempting detour ) Would be good to meet some of you for the first time, allthough there is a family birthday that weekend so keep me as a maybe.

looks nice mate. i would lke to do somethign a bit more adventurous with mine if i didn't use my car so often. When i bought the car, it came with that spoiler that you have. i thought it might have been fitted at the factory but recently im thinking it might be some sort of nismo one. could you please tell me the name of it for insurance purposes once again. loving the wrap.

Pre-Season testing summed up heres the link but i copied it all over (see below): http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/3/11790.html You’d be kidding yourself if you believed you could predict a pecking order for the 2011 season from the opening three tests. Without knowing fuel levels and teams’ programmes, judging test pace has always been notoriously difficult, but with this year’s new Pirelli rubber, the return of KERS and the new moveable rear wings, evaluating relative performance has suddenly got a whole heap harder. Who’s running what, and when? Is anyone sandbagging? Who’s slotting in low-fuel glory runs? Whose car is waiting on critical updates? What is smoke and mirrors and what is credible performance? It’s a minefield out there and as the data stacks up it becomes increasingly easy for the casual onlooker to stumble into potholes. A cursory glance at the top of the timesheets is testament to this. Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Williams have all shared the top slot, but whether this means they will make up the frontrunners in Melbourne, and whether the absence of McLaren spells disaster for the British team, is a different matter. So exactly what, if any, hints are ready and waiting to be gleaned from the timesheets? Well, the perceived wisdom is that Red Bull and Ferrari almost certainly have the edge at the moment. Just in terms of mileage, they are way ahead of rivals. Ferrari have covered around 5,200 kilometres; Red Bull 4,400. And aside from an oil leak at the first session in Valencia and a few niggles in Barcelona, Ferrari’s F150th Italia has boasted remarkable reliability. Red Bull too have run into very few issues, with just one day of the 11 days they’ve completed interrupted significantly. The pace of both teams has been strong and consistent, with Red Bull seemingly leading the way. Perhaps no surprise then that both also appear quietly confident, especially with further upgrades coming before the Australian season opener. Red Bull’s closest rivals in 2010, McLaren, seem at first glance to be on much shakier ground. They certainly don’t appear to have the pace of the blue or red cars, but this could be down to differing priorities, with McLaren openly admitting that one of theirs has been gathering data for simulation work. Perhaps more worrying is that McLaren are way down the mileage order - ninth of the 12 teams - having racked up around 2,500 kilometres with the new MP4-26 - less than half Ferrari’s tally. The car’s late launch date clearly contributed (McLaren used their 2010 car at the first test), but a succession of reliability niggles have dented their pre-season preparations. The MP4-26 is clearly a complex car, perhaps why the teething problems have been more pronounced. These disruptions have bred frustration, and the team are no doubt grateful the season’s start has been delayed. It means more time for hard work to pay dividends. Mercedes seem struck by a similar malady. From the outset the MGP W02 appeared distinctly lacking in both pace and reliability. Still, thanks to an early launch, the team have collected around 4,300 kilometres of running, and recent developments to the car seemed to make a real difference at the last test in Barcelona. Team principal Ross Brawn remains upbeat, insisting the plan was always to start with a simple car, establish reliability, and then rely on an ambitious programme of updates to provide the speed. Only time will tell. Of all the new cars, Renault’s R31 has raised the most eyebrows. Its black and gold livery and - more importantly - its innovative forward-facing exhausts are striking, and judging by its test performance, the R31 could just drag the team back into title contention this year. It’s not all been smooth running - the team have managed 3,700 kilometres after a series of issues, predominantly KERS-related. Another problem, of course, is a star driver sidelined by a rallying crash. Nick Heidfeld is the worthiest of replacements, and is well equipped to lead the team through any development struggles, but Robert Kubica he is not… Innovation has also been the watchword at Williams. The FW33’s short gearbox and extremely compact rear-end packaging has been widely discussed and the aggressive design has boosted the British team’s confidence, even if its on-track potential arguably remains unproven. If Williams can harness that potential it would be difficult for rivals to copy and could well haul them back out of the midfield pack. There have been a few reliability problems, but technical director Sam Michael is confident they are minor. Another quietly confident midfield team is Sauber. Undoubtedly helped by its Ferrari engine, KERS system and comparable rear aero package, the C30 looks a worthy charge for 2010’s stand-out rookie Kamui Kobayashi, who believes he will be able to score points at most races. Kobayashi’s new team mate, rookie Sergio Perez, may regret his time-sapping crash during the Jerez test, but he - and the team - look full of promise relative to 2010. Going into their second season without the creative nous of sister team Red Bull, Toro Rosso have managed to design a striking - and seemingly quick - car single-handedly. The Italian team have completed around 3,700 kilometres of testing and with Jaime Alguersuari clocking the second-quickest time on day two in Barcelona, the STR6, complete with its unusually high sidepods and ‘dual floor’ design, seems to have reliability and pace. With Williams, Sauber and Toro Rosso apparently making gains over the winter, Force India could be in danger of losing out come Australia. As the last team bar HRT to launch their 2011 car, they only got round to sampling their new KERS system for the first time on the final day of the third test in Barcelona. But their overall tally of around 3,700 test kilometres is none too shoddy, and now convinced of the VJM04’s stability, the team are targeting a significant performance boost at the final test. Lotus appear to be leading the way among the new teams, aided and abetted no doubt by their new Renault engine-Red Bull gearbox package. The T128 hasn’t been a paragon of reliability (2,400 kilometres completed), but in terms of pace it seems to have lifted the team clear of nearest rivals Virgin and their solid but slower MVR-02. Finally, HRT’s 2011 car, the F111, has yet to make an on-track appearance, but at least the team appear pleased with how new signing Narain Karthikeyan is fitting in, as the Indian reacquaints himself with F1 performance levels five years on from his last Grand Prix. As predicted then, drawing concrete conclusions on the teams’ relative performance is pretty difficult at this point. One area in which we have learnt plenty, however, is tyres. Arguably under more pressure than the teams combined, Formula One racing’s new suppliers Pirelli have been quick to fend off any criticism of the durability of their rubber, on the grounds that less hard-wearing compounds are exactly what everyone asked for. And that fact is set to give Grands Prix a very different complexion in 2011. Previously a driver’s lap times would generally improve throughout a stint as his fuel load lessened. This season we will see the opposite - greater tyre degradation will outweigh the fuel effect and lap times will deteriorate - hence placing more importance on a driver’s ability to manage tyre wear, and on his team’s ability to pick the optimum tyre strategy. One-stop races will be a thing of the past, with two stops, possibly more at some circuits, becoming the norm. Qualifying - in particular Q1 and Q2 - could also be far more fraught, thanks to a greater performance gap between the prime and option tyres. Teams that were once able to cruise through Q1 on the option may now have to resort to the prime to be sure of progressing. Pirelli were particularly disappointed at the cancellation of the planned Bahrain test. They felt the higher temperatures would have given a more representative picture of the tyre performance we can expect at the opening few rounds of 2011, where durability of their hard and soft compounds (the super soft won’t be used until at least May) is expected to prove greater than that seen in the cooler climes of the Spanish tests. But whatever comes to bear in Melbourne next month, it’s clear tyres will take centre stage this year. Before that, however, there’s one more test, again in Barcelona, in the second week of March. Expect all the top teams to bring major upgrades. Just don’t expect everyone to show their hands.

If your on here you will remember because we exchanged that, "Nice Zed, same colour as mine" look was about 11 o'clock outside kendal station (near the porsche garage) you were heading up shap road way towards morrisons

+1 love the TV aswell. i have the crappy birdview thing. i have never used it as its completely unintelligal so i just stick my tomtom on the window. love the satnav / freeview thing. i have been looking to change the BV for another satnav. does yours take postcodes? (probably the most annoying thing about BV is that it doesnt)

just found this thread. i'm a bit of an F1 nerd and i am really looking forward to the start of the season with this mix up with the regs. I fealt really bad for kubica after his incident. i believe that he is easily one of the most capable drivers on the grid. just look at his performance on tracks like monaco where the driver has a greater effect on the result rather than just the car. h was allways ahead of his game. due to the seriousness of his wrist injury i am doubtful for his return to F1 but i really hope he pulls through and gets an F1 seat again. and i am soooo glad legard the retard has gone. he was so crap. he would call drivers by their teammates names all the time and not correct himselft leaving me very confused good riddence! Cant wait for the 2011 season. i just hope the KERS and rear wings dont make the overtaking too artificial.

i enjoyed the last episode of the series. was back t how it was a couple of years ago with i nice GT road test, track feature and some some easier viewing features, like the moon lander. Good Job. Lets hope they carry on the next series how they left of with this one, allthough im not holding my breath for an unbiassed GT2 RS review think its got too late for that now even for TG

as if anyone would drive at 50 on a motorway anyway. its not like police have lots of spare caash to set up new enforcement. Speed is not dangerous unless its massively excessive. 30mph zones etc i have no problems with. where there are people walking about and cars pulling out a lot it is only sensible. However we have a very good motorway network in this country, (if you have ever driven in the states you would know what i'm on about) , ones that could easily support a higher speed limit in most areas. The problem is that in this country most motorway drivers dont drive properly on it. some people have such bad lane discipline and are very lazy. if only everyone pulled back into to the lane on their left as soon as they pass another vehicle it would make motorway driving much less stressful. Im not just talking as a pedal to the metal Z driver here either, when driving large vans etc for work i try my hardest not to pull out on people and get back in the slower lanes as quickly as possible. if you ever go to germany, this is how they tend to drive, they have great lane discipline and as a reslult it is safer for them to have higher speed limits. the problem is that most of these people are happy plodding along an empty motorwqay in the middle lane at 65 MPH so they would say that "people who want to go faster have no respect for other drivers." the fact is that they themselves are causing massive disruptions and danger to other road users with their inconsiderate speed and misuse of the lanes. again i have no problem if people want to drive between 60-70 (any slower is dangerous) but just have a bit of consideration for those of us who need to get somehwere. sorry about this rant but i try my hardest to drive properly on motorways and other than if i call the jeremy vine show, i don't know where else i can let off this steam lower urban speed limits - yes fine with me. Motorways - the best change they could do is start giving out points for people not using them correctly, lane hogging, tail gating, pulling out on people without signalling!! - it is far more dangerous than travelling over 70 mph! Rant over...

I wish the whole series was like tonights episode.

http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/media/ ... shot/4019/ Forza 4 coming this Autumn. screen shots look brilliant. With any luck they will make the level to which you can tune your car even more nerdy. - i have been known to drive around catalunya for 2 hours tweeking everything for a lightning turn in would be great if you can do more detailed mapping on the car, or if they made it so you have to have forged components etc to run big power. (allthough i'm still a sucker for putting race cams on everything, 9500rpm ) my only complaint about forza 3 was that they didnt have quite as many cars as i would have liked, such as old hatchbacks etc. will definately be getting the collecters edition for all the vehicles this time. hopefully my Xbox wont blow up just before i complete all the individual race events this time

Welcome bud

44. CrumbMC Forza 4 out in the Autumn

lol. i thought i had got to this from Active topics. whoops

I would look for a charged one if i were to buy again. from personal experience you save a lot of cash buying a car thats allready modified if it's to your taste. but make sure it has been modified by someone who loves the car and has done everything properly.

Thread revival again!!! its near the end of feb now. did u get anythign in by Jan like you were planning?