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The funny thing is if pedestrians all wore cameras there would be 1000s of videos a day of near misses sent to police to hunt down cyclists breaking the law. Maybe they should, body cams on pedestrians.

Yes hard to tell if the lights were red, the guy clearly saw her coming as he was looking directly at her and made no shock movements as if surprised. Could well have jumped the lights. That said, the reaction was well over the top!

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You would most likely be looking at money the other direction for an R34 GTT, a super cheap one can be had for around £8k-£9k

I lift weights on Fridays and Saturdays, usually pint glass sized, thats about it.

My GT4 is my first 4WD and it is very muchly fun - although I am not exactly a quick driver, it appears fun to me and its permanent 4WD.

The R33 GTR is not constant 4WD, it is as standard rear wheel drive but when the rears lose grip it shifts power to the front. You could argue its 'safer' but it does mean better handling (in terms of not drifting). You can always pull the ATTESA (the Skyline control unit for power usage) fuse out I believe to make it rear wheel drive only as the drive shafts free turn. R33 GTR is faster in stock format than R33 GTST.

R33 GTRs are going up in price also, for a half decent one you are looking at £12k+ I would say. As per any older car purchase check all the perishables, clutch, brakes, bushes, knocks, etc. and as long as the engine is healthy and you are relatively rust free you get yourself into what is an iconic car - those four, red, rear lights are motoring legend

Theres a lower model than the GTST with a non turbo engine. Personally, I'd never trade a Z for a GTST and certainly not in a straight swap. Most GTST's will have been beaten half to death also so finding a good one is hard There is the GTS (non turbo) GTST rear wheel drive 2.5 turbo GTR 4WD 2.6 turbo As above, without knowing what Zed you have, I suspect you should be looking for the GTST plus cash from the guy - that said, GTST prices are rising quickly at the moment, the one I had which was in great condition, no rust, 79k miles is worth around £6.5k I would say

As LRF4N said, they are heavy cars and the chassis is nigh on 20 years old, not really great in the corners but very good straight line speed. I found the brakes fine to be honest for what was an 18 year old car. Things to look out for are smoking turbos and oil burning out the exhaust - also check the car over fully for rust, especially if the paint looks really new it could have been painted over. The most prevalent place is on the front strut tops in the engine bay, if you get rust eating away there you are looking at something like £400 per side repair work. If you can compression test the engine to get as much info on the engines health as you can. The engines are super strong though and the advantage of a turbo driven car with a strong gear box and engine internals is that boosting is a good upgrade giving decent gains for a much lower cost than you would see with the Zed. I actually went the route of fitting an HKS turbo actuator set to a mid level safe boost rather than an EBC along with a decat and aftermarket exhaust (total cost around £550) and the car made 293bhp. Clearly its a different drive to the NA Zed, the boost is highly addictive and put on an aftermarket bov plus a nice aftermarket exhaust coupled with the straight 6 and you get all sorts of theatre going on in terms of noise, certainly a better sound than my previous 350z (but hey thats just my view). I noted you are being offered a series 1, there are some subtle differences between series 1 and 2 in terms of styling and engine. From what I remember (try googling) Series 1 styling exterior was more rounded, the lights were rounder and the bonnet flatter, the series 2 had a squarer bonnet and lights. Front grille was also different for series 2. Series 2 turbos were slightly improved I believe, as such the ECUs were better mapped in spec 2s - Spec 2s also had a newer CAS (remote central locking plus other electronic bits) and an uprated AFM

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I am sure they will...although give them a bit more time than the twilight hours to respond!

In London there is a huge push by our dear Mayor to increase cyclist numbers, which is great, get people fitter, reduce pollution etc - but you are getting people onto bikes who have no idea of how to cycle in a city, nor is there the provision in the infrastructure to account for thousands of bikes on a road. Simply putting some blue paint on a narrow road with a white bike sign is not how to create a transit system that will take tens of thousands of bikes and cars. And as above, unfortunately the majority of cyclists on the fast bikes seem to have a quite mental attitude to cycling on the road that is so disparate from the rest of the world it makes for a hotbed of confrontation.

Yes thats the same as with any company like Torque GT or JM Imports as I understand it, they purchase the car in Japan, I put down a depost (£500) then I have the right to reject or get repairs done by them if it arrives in a different state to what it was in when it was bought in Japan, are Japautoagent not taking the responsibility here then?

I bought a carbon race bike when living in France, cycled across France on it on my own, brought it with me when I moved back to the UK and sold it a couple of years back. So have plenty of views on cyclists which I think are reasonably valid. Interestingly, in France they have built all across Paris those bike lanes as in the picture shown a few posts back, however it introduces pedestrians to the equation as the bus stops are all road side so people have to step into the bike road/lane, the amount of accidents I saw was unreal. However what was more true of France and indeed Europe is that people on bikes cycle slower and are not so intent on breaking PBs which on the whole is really a big UK problem for me. Here anyone on a fast bike is intent on getting to their destination in the shortest possible time regardless of what laws are in place on the road. There is a crossroads next to a local pub and I have sat there and watched the majority (over 80%) of cyclists just cycle right through. Either by cutting across empty parts of road or just mounting the pavement and using the pedestrian crossings. In the UK its normal behaviour for cyclists to change direction regularly in moving traffic, this is hugely dangerous as there is no indication and they are weaving distances of 5-10 times their bikes size across traffic putting them into different positions around cars less than a second apart, it makes it almost impossible for drivers to know where they are as no one can check mirrors or blind spots that regularly. There are many pavement based bike lanes in place near me, none of which are used by the race going cyclist as it affects this PB they are going for on the way to work or the like so prefer to cycle on narrow roads causing traffic after a million pounds of taxpayers money has been spent on a cycle lane on the pavement. Sure, there are bad drivers, but they account for a small percentage of drivers, there are bad cyclists and they account for a huge percentage of cyclists and the main reason I stopped cycling altogether. There are three things I hated as a cyclist in the UK: 1. The rain 2. The wind 3. Other cyclists If I moved back onto the continent though I would happily purchase myself another bike and get back in that saddle.

Good words of advice from Mudman there - all I remember when talking to importers was that I had the right to reject up to the moment I signed on the dotted line and took the keys off them at their office in the UK. Take MMs advice and dont accept the car as is.

Exactly, until you take receipt its as bought in Japan. Are they sure it happened in the shipyard and not elsewhere?

Apparently when overtaking bikes you are meant to give a cars sized gap to go past - but clearly that reduces the overtake opportunity if they are doubled up as you have parked cars or the like on the other side. I am sure on many a cycling forum they rant about idiotic car drivers who think they own the road etc...clearly they are all wrong though, but entitled to their wrong opinion.

Not only arrested but now charged http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33985435

Ah brings back memories eh Colin

You should hear my GTFour Yes hear a gt4 is good .... To look at a gt4 on the other hand ...in the eye of the beholder mate

You should hear my GTFour

Now, we just need the justice system to deliver justice (I know, its a big wish but hey)...no 4 week jail term suspended for 2 years, no 100 hours community service. 1 month in the slammer with a commitment to pay back the money.

My bonnet is aluminium and very light, not as light as carbon, but does 'move' in the wind. Also, I want to be showy