brillomaster

hold the switch up, bang the door panel whilst pulling up on the glass. although this does require a third hand, or a mate!

visibility forecast to be good at the moment but you can never be sure with the plains of Norfolk!

last chance to get on board with this trackday! weather is looking cold but dry for both Friday and Saturday, so should be a good day. Still a few spaces left, still only £109 http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackday/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=959itemid&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

good times! enjoy the autobahns and the green hell, stay safe!

I was just thinking that! but then again I'm the same, been watching fast n loud constantly, and have watched every episode of roadkill. if you get over the American-ness of American TV, its actually pretty good!

you know theres a huge website dedicated to all cars ever featured in all movies? imcdb.com? although strangely, the 350z in the marvel opening section isn't listed!

wait, are you comparing the new format of top gear (ie studio format with Clarkson, May and Hammond) with the original top gear from 30 years ago? I thought you were saying that they should go back to earlier series of the current format, but do you want them to go all the way back to the way the show was in the 80s?!?

that's a good point, when is the next season of top gear US starting? the last season was really good. they've done away with star in a reasonably priced car and putting cars round a lap, nowadays every episode is a big roadtrip, with the winner usually rewarded by driving a new supercar. anyways, I thought new top gear was good - keep it simple, decent race across a city, well shot, then a good review of the new Huracan (by top gear standards) Although I do wish that the people who don't like top gear WOULD STOP BLOODY WATCHING IT THEN! I don't like the x factor, or pretty much any thing on ITV - but some time ago I learnt to just stop watching it, rather than continuing to watch it, and then complaining that emmerdale is nothing like real life.

'bout time! so, snetterton in a weeks time then?

buy the best one within your budget - plenty of (possibly ignorant) members on here (me included) are happily running early DE zeds, in contrast to later engined cars, mine has never used a drop of oil in the 3 years i've owned it, in fact its been perfectly reliable bar a replacement battery.

Well done, you're about the 5th person to start a post on this, I'm afraid! Sorry dude, massive pearoast ☺

welcome to the forum! personally I wouldn't be too worried about a clutch at 45k miles... it entirely depends on how its been driven. mines on 67k and feels absolutely fine. anyways, best way to test it is the biting point, they're high anyway but shouldn't be right at the top of the travel. best way to test is on a dual carriageway, put it in 5th and floor it - should be absolutely no slippage.

if the only mod you've done is an exhaust, then not a lot in terms of absolute numbers - maybe 15bhp? add a plenum spacer and high flow cats for better gains. but all the advocates of an uprev will tell you its not about absolute power gained, but the way the car feels when you drive it... personally, I don't buy into it myself, im happy with just an exhaust.

where are you based? when it comes to diagnostics and fault finding you'd be better off taking it to someone who knows the cars, and knows what the common faults with them are. Heres hoping the problem is obvious and easily rectifiable

that article says a lot of things, basically a) do what it says in the manual, and an engine designed for super unleaded can run on regular IF it has knock sensors, and at the expense of performance and fuel economy. if if the 370z has knock sensors, it can run on 95. but then, why buy a sports car and then compromise its performance? better grade petrol also is more fuel efficient, so its partly paying for itself anyway.

I would give my left leg (these are sequential clutchless manuals, right?) for a go in one of these, looks awesome! Although also looks rather lively, i'm not sure its the best selling point showing a GT3 car sliding around on a track that's barely even damp!

Top gear cool wall, it's definitely going in uncool. And top gear are always right, of course!

i'll be honest, I have made the mistake of turning my head for a corsa with a loud exhaust but the other day I swore I heard a Lamborghini outside - jumped up off the sofa and ran to the window, it was an aston martin Vanquish - close enough! but back on topic, it does throw another option into the car buying conundrum - after all, it is a working class hero and there is no way of going faster for less money if you're buying new - however early aston martin V8 vantages are around £35k now, and you could pick up a really nice BMW M6 with a V10 for a lot less than £35k. to be honest, ford could have priced it at £20,000 for a V8, but I still wouldn't buy it as I don't buy new cars - be interesting to see what the values of it is in a few years time - I personally suspect a similar aged similar mileage 370z will be worth more in 5 years time. and yes, im getting older, aspirations are getting higher... I like to think i'm not a badge snob, but i'd much rather a BMW than a Ford, they're just better cars!

But AMG's and M3's are everywhere, surely it would be a pleasant surprise to a see a brand new 500bhp monster rawring down the road.... that's true, bmws and mercs are 10 a penny... and they're all in black, silver or grey. whilst im all for brand new 500bhp monsters... the mustangs been around for 50 years! the new merc AMG GT is the modern day equivalent, there will be much head swivelling if I see one of those!

don't get me wrong I like cars... I just don't care for mustangs! but hey, I also like the Z32 300ZX when nobody else does... each to their own!

oh if I heard a V8 i'd definitely look round... but i'd be hoping for a TVR or an AMG Mercedes or a Maserati or something... i'd feel a bit short changed if it was just a ford mustang that drove past. And yes, V8s are cool, but personally I've always been a fan of engines with two less or two more cylinders!

nope, my head swivelling moments are normally reserved for GTRs and Astons, or the odd McLaren! seen the occasional Corvette which gets my attention - that's an American car I can get on board with, cos they are cool. if Chevrolet release the new Corvette over here in RHD for about £70k, I reckon that would sell. In all fairness good luck to Ford and I hope they sell a few, but I really think the European market will stick with the germans for sports coupes (and maybe the Japanese - GT86 and MX5, I'm looking at you). Ford have priced it very keenly, but if there was a demand for a mustang over here, someone would have catered for it already. I mean look at sales of 370zs - they're a good, cheap, big engined RWD coupe, and they aren't selling very well. sure if you did buy a 350z or a 370z then you're definitely ford's target market with the new mustang, but me personally the mustang name and shape actually put me off owning one.

but do you want brashness and noise? I mean, I hate to say it, but I think if someone drove a new mustang down a high street, you'd be 98% despised by everyone who saw it (the other 2% being 7 years old boys, but most of them don't appreciate cars these days) whereas a bmw would slip by largely unnoticed, apart from the few in the know who recognise its an M3. understated is the key I think, speak softly but carry a bit stick. I admire that ford have released a V8 mustang over here, but I just don't think it will work - we've had the Vauxhall VXR8 for some time now, and I don't ever see any of them on the roads either! (hmmm actually... I wonder how much those go for these days...)

that's partly my point - the BMW M3 for example downsized to a 3 litre twin turbo, but makes more power than the 5L V8 in this mustang, and can manage 32mpg. but more importantly the BMW will be a far nicer place to sit, and a nicer car to drive. I hate to say it, but it might be an age thing? i'm of the playstation generation, in which muscle cars were always comically large and handled like boats - it was all japanese and german for performance cars. A few year previous and the muscle cars would have a great rep thanks to all the driving movies that featured them in leadng roles - but I've never watched any of them, so doesn't have the same appeal to me!

have to say, I think i'm the reverse... I've never wanted a Mustang, have always thought dodge challenger or chevy Camaros are cooler, but i'd never have one of them either - at the end of the day they're just big American muscle cars. I don't think the new 'stang is going to change that opinion - its big and loud and far too brash for the UK, and the reason its cheap is because its a ford and ford make cheap cars. yes its the cheapest V8 car you can buy new, but of course it is, its a ford, whereas previously V8s were only available from german marques, with associated price tags. I think i'm going to stick to Japanese or German cars, just cant see myself ever driving a Mustang in the UK! I mean seriously, releasing a 5 litre V8 motor when everyone else is downsizing and turbocharging... its a bold move, but over here where petrol is expensive and roads are narrow and twisty, I can't see it working...