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Mate hold out. I just picked up a UK spec 53 plate GT on 56k miles for 8400 from a dealer. Could well have been 7600-7700 from private sale. Based on your budget I'd say you should have no troubles finding a UK spec GT pack car rather than going the JDM route. Cheaper to insure, slightly quicker, not limited to 110.. I'd hold out for a UK spec.

winter tyres and you'll be fine its sub 300 horses we're dealing with. but summer tyres will be absolutely impossible

Same. mm or 2 at the most. Not way off like that. As long as empty is still just below the red line then I'd say you're fine though. I'd only get nervous if you ran empty whilst it was still reporting a quarter tank! Slight concern that your clock has been open though for this to be out imho?

Need a few bits done.. but 100/hour from nissan is a bit much anyone know a very well respected independant? I'm prepared to pay full rates if they come well recommended.. but obviously cheaper than main dealer would be preferable! Cheers Dave

Yes I've checked that now hence my follow up question I just don't know what the allowable % RR difference is. do you?

7J at the front and 8J at the rear. So I'm thinking 225/45 is only 5 off on the total height and shouldn't cause an issue with the CC: But the rears will be way out and I'll need to buy replacement rears? Let me know gents. If they go on, I'm happy. I just dont want an EML or limp mode situation..

Camber is ridiculous and wheels are awful!

Easy. Would 225/45/R17 tyres go on a set of stock 17s without setting off the CC warning / limp mode? I don't even know if the stock (uk spec) wheels are staggered or not.. heh. Sorry for the blatent ignorance..

Way to sh*t on my parade!!! Good thing they aren't troubleshooting then; just a normal service. Here's hoping they don't **** anything up.

Hard to explain properly... but the box was slightly ajar? The right clip wasn't attached, which seemed strange. Popped the left one and could then see clear to the bottom of the airbox! It was the FIO that pointed at it first.

Agreed. I am. Only time will tell.

It'd be great to post up a positive experience so I'll definitely give them the chance to do this

Well, After having realised my airbox has no air filter in it!!! Whilst investigating possible upgrade paths; I've decided that I just can't risk trusting the work done by a very famous dealer based in Four Marks Hampshire. As such the zed is in for a service tomorrow at WLMG Eastcote. 229 for an annual service. Including not replacing an air filter but fitting one. Anything I should be aware of? Oh god coming from the 3 series and with the zed, getting into a bloody micra or even worse possibly a pixo is NOT filling me with joy... And on a side note. I mean FFS, what kind of monkey will hapilly shift a car without a fecking air filter. I drove home 90 miles of motorway and did the commute to work before by absolute chance, deciding to check it out. Joe Public could well have put 9k on their car like this (Or much likely less when the engine is done inhaling bugs and grit and just grinds to a hault.) F*cking weak.

Black cars when clean always look superb.. This is the first non black car I've had.. I'll shoot the car somewhere other than just my carpark once I've got a couple things done

Cheers bud

I think you need to meet Stew before assuming anything about his driving. I fully recommend the Jockland Hoon next time around - that should give you a good indication of how he likes to drive Tongue in cheek post from me really

Personally think the standard test should NOT cover motorway driving and that pass plus should be compulsory in order to drive on the motorway network. A little education before these people become such jumped up, angry, middle lane cruising dangerous idiots - would be one hell of a thing. I think that in addition to a limit raise would work well. Though, what to do about all the current road users? Force everyone to take a written test at the very least perhaps? Dave

yep nice freebie came with the car! I've got my own personal plate but probably wont bother as I won't be keeping this tooooooo long and the transfer fees blow

Just a Canon 400D with a Sigma IS 18-200 lens and a polarising filter

Evidently rubbish ones. I'll be getting that sorted as soon as I can! The question being: Toyo T1Sport, Falken FK-452 or "AN Other". Suggestions?

Not at all. I'd ploughed about 5k into the sounds in the bimmer. The bose system in the zed compared to the stock BMW business system is 50 times, 70 times better. The standard BM system is awful. You can pay 2k for a good sound system in the bimmers, or pay 2k for the GT pack on the zed and get all the other goodies too! So the zed EASILLY wins on that front

Whoops sure someone will sort it for me (sorry mods). The zed is better in every way bar 3: Soundsystem (but got that great soundtrack from behind now!! ), storage (especially my cup holder which I neeeeed to get my morning commute coffee fix! Ebay vent jobber ordered but will take a week to turn up ), and the clutch. Which I can't get used to how high it is. Going to follow that clutch mod guide to lower the pedal down a couple of inches. Then she'll be perfect

Sure. I was thinking at most 4 rotations, and then work back a bit if needed. I expect a "good amount" of play below the bottom of the biting point still. Just not for the pedal to be 3 flippin inches higher up than the kick plate..

Well, having just posted up a topic with pics of the E90 (deposit taken Should be gone in a couple weeks ) I thought it'd be rude not to post a few of the zed! Said BM topic: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=54264 So anyway. Here we go. The reason I went for a 350z was.. The agenda was 8k budget, petrol, RWD, FAST. 25th birthday prompted the decision as I could finally insure something. In fact, I put the deposit for this car down on my birthday. I consider this car "Interrim metal" and the plan is to sell it before the summer next year. but who knows As I'm falling in love at present! slowly but surely .. First impressions of this car are positive, it's a great feeling chassis, proper solid steering. A real drivers car unlike all the electronic assist rubbish you get even on BMWs if you buy a brand new one now. The worst point of it is the clutch biting point: I'll be adjusting that down on Thurs or at the weekend. It's very high and is fully engaged with about 80% of the travel left. I've checked the nut and it's in it's normal position: This is just how these clutches are! So I'll just adjust the pedal so it's nearer to the foot stop. I'm glad the nut isn't all the way up as that'd be sign of a shagged clutch. Fingers crossed on that one But guys please stop telling me it's shagged and let me adjust it and see how it goes. If a 1200 quid bill is on my horizon I'd rather live on in ignorance for the time being :D The best point of it is spinning up in third with ESP off when overtaking! Eeeeeek! This car might not be biblically fast but it is massively, massively quicker than the E90 was. And at last I've got 6 cyliders. I felt somehow.. Incomplete, untill now. In fact. I take it back. The best point of the car is the exhaust note. Oh it's doing things to me ... So.. Literally only a couple of pics as I had the last 10mins of light before the sun dropped. Last pic with the fleet pic was very difficult to get to come out at all due to the light but I just thought it was funny! I do really need to sell one of these cars Let me know what you think anyway. For me: For 8 grand on a 50k mileage car with this much road presence I've done well. But anyways, she's only temporary ... And lastly... Gulp!! More of this to come!! Cheers, Dave

........And the bit not in the topic: 320. Hence why, having now turned 25: She's getting sold on My E90 320D M-Sport Magazine featured show car ICE Cold / SSDD Motorsports / KG Enterprises || Photos © Dave Hayward and Mitesh Tailor Sapphire Black 320d (Remapped by Red.Dot racing - has been running with the map for 30k miles with no problem and little smoke. Output of 207bhp as can be seen by graph below). M-Sport saloon (M sport front and rear bumpers, side skirts, steering wheel and suspension, sports seats) Black Dakota Leather Manual Gearbox Sliding Armrest Sun protection Glass (Aftermarket) Dual zone Climate Control Auto dimming mirror Semi-electric sports seats Brushed Aluminium trim Black Anthracite head lining Rear parking sensors Front splitters supplied by SSDD Motorsports, blended into the bumper by A1 coach works (aka A1 Crash repair)in Park Royal Front bumper resprayed to remove all stone chips! Absolutely amazing condition for age of car. Carbon BMW badges front and back supplied by SSDD Motorsports Matt black kidney grills supplied by SSDD Motorsport BBS CH alloys in 19" Staggered fitment, Falken FK-452 tyres with good tread (5mm) all round Front lights: LCI (facelift) front lights with LED ring markers on the angels, upgraded to Xenons and also lamin-X tinted. Looks truly stunning (see pics) Rear lights: BMW Performance "darkline" rear lights. Full Alpine,JL Audio and Phoenix Gold audio installation, see below for more information on this. Carbon side window trims supplied by SSDD Motorsports Rear AC Schnitzer style upper window spoiler supplied by SSDD Motorsports Rear aero style boot spoiler supplied by SSDD Motorsports BMW Performance rear carbon diffuser Powerflow exaust (OE backbox, cut pipe and powerflow read section / tips) Drilled/Grooved brake discs with plenty of life left Re-trimmed steering wheel with red, blue, silver M style stitching (Steering wheel looks brand new) BMW M-Power number plate surrounds De-badged at the back Pics: