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It was looking really tame until he lost it then seemed to get dramatic lol.

Ditto, personally, not to hot on decals like that but the bonnet looks great.

Big +1 for Abbey and I believe they still supply courtesy cars if you're worried about getting home. Certainly worth a call.

Ah right , i dont really see how that would change anything if its working sometimes but il give it a go ! so just a power lead straight from the battery to the head units perm power loom ? Yeah my Alpine unit worked fine all the time, it was just the bluetooth connection that degraded after every start that showed a problem. Wiring through a loom can have quite a drain when the starter motor is cranking so the battery feed direct should get around that. Just jury rig a live from the battery to the perm live at the HU and try it before wiring it in through the firewall.

No don't wire everything live. Just wire the permanent live you have at the moment direct to the battery instead of through the loom. This isn't tested and guaranteed, this is what Alpine's boffins want to try on mine to stop the spike and it sound feasible to me. But defiantly don't wire the switched live to permanent live!

It does reboot as i turn the key to start it , i should be able to run in a live from the battery , my only concern with that is that it would always be on and drain the battry , i could always fit a switch under the footwell but shouldnt have to do all this surely ! , Let me know what your guy says You should have a constant live and a switched live as I understand it. When you're cranking the live direct from the battery (which is what he's going to do to mine) should stop this problem. The constant live in the loom is effected by cranking. Cranking ? , Yeah there is a constant live and a switched both going to the headunit behind the dash , Only thing is when wiring a perm live to the headunit it will always have power and if like mine a L.E.D will always be on that could drain the battery if left for a while , and i dont really want a light on in the car 24/7. Cranking= starting the engine. LEDs take a tiny amount of juice assuming it is just an LED 'dot' and not a whole display that's on constantly?

It does reboot as i turn the key to start it , i should be able to run in a live from the battery , my only concern with that is that it would always be on and drain the battry , i could always fit a switch under the footwell but shouldnt have to do all this surely ! , Let me know what your guy says You should have a constant live and a switched live as I understand it. When you're cranking the live direct from the battery (which is what he's going to do to mine) should stop this problem. The constant live in the loom is effected by cranking.

I've had a constant battle with Alpine over my HU with bluetooth since it was installed in June. It would work fine at first then after every start the functionality would degrade until the BT won't work at all. After several HU swaps, re-flashes etc they could never reproduce the problem on the bench. Their top guy now feels that , as the Z uses a remote powered amp, that the HU gets a severe spike (low then high) of power which is causing the problem . Ian from Quantum AV is coming over yet again, free of charge yet again, next week to run a direct positive instead of going through the loom as the thought is this will cure the problem. Maybe your HU is sensitive to this spike and shutting down/resetting with each start? Just a thought.

There's a surprising amount of Zs around here, never been waved back at though.

Really interesting and gotta love Ron Dennis but I bet he's a bitch to work for (not that I would want to do a physical job in 22 degree heat all day!). Fair play to the 19 year old girl, but as I've told employees before, if you don't know exactly what you're talking about, don't say it! I expect she got pulled up on a few things spoke about. Got to wonder though, is there really the market for producing 2000 MP4s a year? The overheads to run both centres must be astronomical, I'd love to know what other pies he has his fingers in!

Exactly what I was thinking. Personally , having watched Rendezvous dozens of times, I don't agree with the 'debunkers' and think it's a factual film where as this seems very tamely driven and very staged.

That's awesome . About 35+ years ago I used to walk about 2 miles to school with some friends. Occasionally my friend's mum would drive us to school in that exact model and colour Chevy. How cool did we feel

Sounds like your rubbing something. Have a look for polished metal components under the arch. Could be hitting on compression or full lock.

That's the main problems I was hearing about, so thanks a lot for mentioning I'm really hoping to see how many others say the same! But I'm happy to pay a bit extra for status. Land Rovers look cool and quite mean, Suzuki Vitaras do not (sorry to any owners! ).. their presence and looks will be one factor in why I buy. Might be a shed, but I want an awesome looking Shed. Looks is a big factor, that's why I bought a Zed over a Porsche too! Unfortunately, unless you pay for one that's only a few years old the chances are it will have been welded already and will probably need welding again for the next MOT. There's a very good LR specialists close to me and they are kept very busy with all that sort of work.

I love LRs but seriously, go with a Pajero or Land Cruiser etc. Land Rovers and Disco's rot really badly as do Range Rovers (what the Disco is platformed on.) Their chassis', outriggers and bulkheads rot as do door frames. If you're not too worried about size, Suzukis are great, reliable, light weight 4x4s. With a LR you are paying a few grand over the odds for 'status'.

Must work for DynaRod!

It's been a great day and they're still going strong!! Congratulations you two and thanks for a fabulous day

... best wishes to him and his lovely Bride, Vanessa who he marries at noon today! All the best mate, have a great day

Is it wrong that I actually really like that! Oh dear ....... I actually really like that!!!

I always drive past not gone in before though looks epic Well worth stopping off for

Wow! But you can do it for real on a slightly smaller scale just around the corner from me at Romans International at Banstead

Lose the body 'mods' and there's a basis for a cracking car there. Makes you want to be a bank robber out running Carter and Regan But then again, I always had a hankering for Stead's wide arched Jag (and Purdey )

Surely it's not still running the stock map?

Looks like a love child from a Porsche and R35!

Yeah I've noticed the lack of speed cameras around Krispy Kremes, no need!