MidnightRacer

...we happily spend £3 on a pint of beer and £7 on a packet of cigs these days.

Thank god I dont drink or smoke, I wouldnt be able to afford the Zed if I did

yeah its a shocker if you think about it.

I was in Barcelona last week and paid 11 euros for 2 small bottles of beer, I nearly had a coronary!

I don't know how the rates will be set for business's but for a private letter it still seems fair enough to me considering we happily spend £3 on a pint of beer and £7 on a packet of cigs these days.

Happy birthday luv!

I'll be there with another Zed on the 15th April before buggering off down to the black forest.

If you are looking at new or nearly new shedding then have you considered something like a Focus?

We have just bought a 2011 Focus 1.6 diesel so still 2 years left on the warranty and while it ranks among the most unexciting cars I have ever driven it does its job brilliantly.

loads of room inside

Good fuel economy (mid 40's round town, up to 70 on a run)

plenty of toys (sat nav, bluetooth, alloys, sports suspension, heated front screen etc etc)

super cheap on road tax (£30 per year)

Also looks pretty nice (Zetec & Sport packages)

Oh ok then, excuse the poor picture though!

Just wanted to say thanks to Steve at Redline Styling for the quick and efficient service when I ordered some clear front reflectors for my 350Z.

Posted out next day and well packaged. Got them put on yesterday and they look great!

They seize on because they usually don't have a rubber washer inside the cap. Its not usually the threads that seize but more the cap onto the top of the valve.

I'd leave them to soak over night to let the WD40 penetrate down the threads.

Like you I did it for that reason.

I also find my clock flashes rapidly some of the time and remains constant others. There is obviously something different!

is your clock just showing --|--

I also have a JDM with UK clocks but seem unable to locate what should be the clock.

let us know how you get on, I had convinced myself something was missing for this feature!

I went from standard 18's to some Rays forged wheels and the different was night and day to be honest!

If you stick this in your browser

http://www.annefrank.org/ImageVault/Ima ... ndler.aspx

it should give you the option to download.

its in FLV format which you can convert to your requirements. Not sure if you can put that straight into Powerpoint but if you need it converting to a format and struggling let me know I might be able to help!

Kev

would you consider standard non LED lights?

Less than 2 weeks and I'll be back in my Zed....... boy its been a long break this year!

and also how do the rears sit, are they even?

I'm guessing its just the picture but the nearside wheel appears to be set further forward than the off side. Might be worth clarifying they are both in line to rule that out as part of the problem.

If they are even then check to make sure you haven't got a broken spring on the off side before anything

Offset is all important here so it might be worth listing that too!

Not for me either I'm afraid!

but its your mod so as long as you are happy that's all that matters!

yeah I missed some really nice days to be fair....

I guess I've scored with the saving on fuel but just pricing up the insurance renewal, tax, MOT and other bits I need sorting its going to be at least a Grand just to get it back on the road!

I'm afraid I'm one of those "put it away for winter types" these days and the tax ran out and the end of October so it went away a bit early really

check this out then.

I've been driving the missis's straight 3 68bhp Suzuki Alto since November!

I'm expecting big things when I climb back into the Zed in March!

Something very similar but I always find that driving while awake makes me a better driver.

I went out for a spirited drift around my local car park motorway yesterday when I was asleep next week and I found that the weather made my tyres go wrong and I slid into a curb and crashed.

it didn't happen when I was awake!

Bit of Radio 1 Gold

We need to remember that NCB is no claims bonus. If you claim on one policy you dont loose you NCB on your other policy because they each earn their own NCB (unless its a single policy with mirrored NCB in which case you would).

 

What you would have to do is declare your claim to the other policy provider as they ask if you have had any claims and that status would change.

 

Its all a total con and they will try any trick they can not to payout on a policy so you have to be really sharp!

 

I always find it suprising that people think they can just use their NCB on a second policy, i bet there are loads of people who have done this and are none the wiser!

 

Sorry, this is exactly the point. If I have a Zed (max NCD), premium £500 and buy a BMW 330D (no NCD) and then have an accident with the BMW, are you saying I don't have to declare it to the Zed insurers and my next year's premium will be unaffected assuming they're not mirrored? My company always asks if I've had any convictions or accidents in the last 5/3 years, full stop. Not which car it was in.

 

Thats just what I was saying, sorry if it wasn't clear enough. In simplest terms. You wouldn't loose your no claims bonus on the Zed with the other policy but you WOULD have to declare you had a claim so they would put the premium up anyway. Hope thats clearer!

 

In which case, it's the driver who earns the NCD and it should be applied to any car he owns no matter how many. Differences in premium would be the cost to repair and the potential for having an accident ie. horsepower and age of driver.

The driver does earn the NCD and it can be assigned to any vehicle but you cant assign one lot of no claims to 2 or more vehicles at once unless the insurance company specifically allows it for whatever reason.

and your insurance really has sod all to do with cost to repair of the vehicles nowadays. Its more about the millions in compensation someone could claim if you run into them!

We need to remember that NCB is no claims bonus. If you claim on one policy you dont loose you NCB on your other policy because they each earn their own NCB (unless its a single policy with mirrored NCB in which case you would).

 

What you would have to do is declare your claim to the other policy provider as they ask if you have had any claims and that status would change.

 

Its all a total con and they will try any trick they can not to payout on a policy so you have to be really sharp!

 

I always find it suprising that people think they can just use their NCB on a second policy, i bet there are loads of people who have done this and are none the wiser!

 

Sorry, this is exactly the point. If I have a Zed (max NCD), premium £500 and buy a BMW 330D (no NCD) and then have an accident with the BMW, are you saying I don't have to declare it to the Zed insurers and my next year's premium will be unaffected assuming they're not mirrored? My company always asks if I've had any convictions or accidents in the last 5/3 years, full stop. Not which car it was in.

Thats just what I was saying, sorry if it wasn't clear enough. In simplest terms. You wouldn't loose your no claims bonus on the Zed with the other policy but you WOULD have to declare you had a claim so they would put the premium up anyway. Hope thats clearer!