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But you can buy and build that spec for less than £50k - £35k GTR plus £15k on the modifications and you are there. There is no dream vs waste to be had here? You are paying something like £25k-£30k premium for a limited edition. Its like someone buying a £10k zed, spending £20k on it in mods and selling it for £40k?

ITBs sound fantastic on smaller engines, the ITB route on the VXs was pretty pricey but god its sounds good - first thing that pops up on youtube with vx220 and itb

You will always have the comforts of being in a road going car even in something like an MX5, get in a lotus/VX and really experience driving, every petrolhead should do it once in their life. That engine roaring just a few inches behind you, a turn in that will tear your face off, a seating position that seems like it slings you into the firing chamber of a gun. Nothing really comes close for under £100k.

Just to put some perspective on the whole mates forgetting you thing, in most cases when you have a child it takes up 110% of your life for the first 6 months, then about a year in you are also fighting hard to get your own life back to some sort of level where you do things for yourself. Not saying all your mates are not guilty, but having children does often mean you have so little free time often you choose to spend it on yourself rather than others - and I wouldn't blame people in the slightest for doing so. Its nothing personal. But as advised, people go through stages in their life and friends come and go, you just need to find the right ones for the right time of your life right now. It sounds harsh but with all the sympathy sometimes reality needs to give you a kick up the backside, take back control of your life, take corrective measures that suit you, set yourself goals, achieve them, move on and have a great life.

I guess its all relative, the 350z V6 sounds distinctly underwhelming compared to a V8.

Stupid money, not worth that by a long shot, so what it has a Nismo list that includes rad cap, oil caps and lug nuts - hardly bank breaking extras. The first 5 things on the list are the only Nismo extras of value the rest is purely guff. Hugely overpriced. Get an R33 400R instead for that money.

I thought the GTR was generally a hideous looking machine - but the performance and technology clearly made up for it. Now it looks hideous and is much more expensive, as above utterly adore the F-Type it looks and sounds amazing and has tremendous performance.

...must...resist...talking about....brexit...

I was not aiming my comment at anyone in particular, moreso that engaging with people that want to gun it down public roads only makes the situation worse, you wont be 'teaching them a lesson' by racing them.

Depends how many shady deals the government do with the manufacturers though right...

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Sorry to be the voice of gloom but thousands of avoidable accidents happen on the roads because people don't pay enough attention to driving and too much to racing. I always think its worth reminding yourself of that before anyone hit the loud peddle and stoop to the level of an idiot ragging their car - you only encourage them more by taking part in their immature little world. I appreciate this thread is ultimately about the capabilities of hatchbacks, it's been covered, modern ones are quick. I think thats it.

Note only a few tuners in the UK have the official uprev licensed software designated to the 350z - some tuners will have generic maps which can be flashed, but you really need custom maps to make the most of something like a kinetix plenum.

Its a carbon vinyl wrap around the middle, quite subtle. Its much heavier than the TRD knob, and a little higher up which actually improves the whole process.

Chuck it on a dyno and see what it gets, a quick RR session should be about £40 and always good to get a read when new to ownership of any performance car I think. In terms of closest, Horsham Developments should be no more than two hours up the A303 from you who are vastly experienced in dealing with Zeds. They could take a look at it and give you a view on what you have on your hands. As Bri said, where did you buy it? Can only imagine it was some dealer as they might have not realised it has an expensive aftermarket plenum on it and not mentioned it.

Just got back from ebay...a quick MR2 search turns up a 75k mile blue one with a bundle of TTE extras (including TTE exhaust) and some bodywork scratches for £1295. Bargain!

Be quick though, the numbers of MR2s for sale dropping fast and good un's becoming harder to find. Could see them going up in price soon...

Little custom work for the interior - I know the Celica nuts will probably flame me for removing a genuine TRD gear knob for something I got made up, but the weight and throw certainly feel better.

Why not go private? It seems to be a very important thing in your life right now, when its sorted you will look back and the money spent will seem of no real importance?

Loved my VX220 and agreed as above, puts pretty much any other car on the road to shame in the bends. The low slung racing position behind the wheel is pretty much up there in terms of best driving experience I have had - I sat in and experienced two supercharged VX220s and they would have blown away a zed on the straights, and some. Jetpilot only recently bought one. I have driven a mk1 MX5 which is more comfy (easier to get in and out of!) and offers a similar low down racing position with lightweight feel. You could pick up a supercharged one which is probably good for 180-200bhp for a few grand. Similarly a charged MR2 mk3 might give you the same feel (sure Ekona had one).

What vinyl brand did you use? Great effort although my OCD goes into overdrive seeing the weave in a different direction for the cup holder against the button surround! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Boost Bars are teeth pullers! And Curly Wurlys are definitely getting smaller...

Perfect!

I had C5UPE on my Zed - it kinda worked!

Nice one, I just picked up a second hand Giant Rapid 3 off ebay, not a MTB but already am eyeing it up wondering what to modify. Already gave it a detail and wax finish