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Totally agree their driving was dangerous at times but unfortunately for whatever reason they got away with it. I think next time I do a track day I might have to just stump up a bit more cash and do a proper one like Keyser/Ekona/Brillo/Ken etc do. Probably be more fun then anyway.

That's the best way to get the best price. Usually they will low ball you at first so some people have to reject the first few offers from the insurance until they get an offer they're happy with. My one & only claim on insurance some 15 years ago, I found that it was on the third offer that I finally got a fair price for my car. Good luck.

Thanks for that. Even though it was brief you can still nicely hear the V6, ...even over all the other cars & tyre screeching. He was on at least 3 different sessions from what I saw of him so that's why I didn't understand why he wasn't pulled aside for his driving. It was a really busy day though for track laps and seemed a little undermanned to me. Oh well at least I & everyone else seemed to avoid coming together with the rust bucket.

Welcome aboard DarmoZ. Sorry to see you've not had the best start to your Zed ownership but glad you are in one piece still. Oh and great attitude btw.

Totally missed that as I didn't see a 370Z at all that day. What was the Clubstand? Oh and it was good fun. Yep that's the safest way to do it. Build up the speed gradually as everything (tyres/brakes) gets up to temperature nicely and you start to find your limits. It was also the first time I'd used the Zed on track so needed to gauge how the car handled the fast bends as well as how much grip was available with my tyres & the new surface at Combe. Last time I was on track there was 7-8 years ago and it was in a fwd Mondeo ST24 so a totally different animal. Yep that was probably me. Supposed to be in a 12:45 session but it was more like 1 o'clock by the time I was on track. Pity you didn't get any video as I would of liked to have seen that. My Mrs did film from Camp corner but it was with my mobile phone so is shockingly bad footage. @ everyone else ~ Thanks for all the comments and hope you enjoyed the thread.

Might have to take you up on that one day. Thanks for the comments. It did feel like a lot of the people there were trying to show off to mates or whatever definitely. Like that blue Ford Escort who was on & off the track all day in various sessions as he was constantly trying to drift in corners despite the drivers briefing stating no drifting, ...no idea why CC marshals didn't flag him up for that. Oh and you should definitely give the DS2500 ago once you've worn through the Hawks pads as they are great.

It was great fun Dan especially once I had some free space on track without people trying to drive up my backside & overtake in the corners. Yes overtaking was on the right. I was surprised though at how many stripped out & track prepped cars were there. Seemed a lot of people there who weren't really bothered if they crashed or whatever so the risk to someone like me in a more expensive daily driver seemed higher. Maybe that's the way these track days are nowadays. The Zed handled great though on all stock suspension still and with only a slightly upgraded brake setup (DS2500 pads, EBC Turbo Groove discs, s/s braided brake lines & RBF600 brake fluid) which suffered no fade so that was reassuring.

Not sure if anyone else from here attended this but today I went to Castle Combe for the "Performance car" action day. It was a great day out albeit a little "chavy". Still there was lot's of action to watch on track including some drifters and the odd Zed. There was a whole host of car clubs there and lot's of different makes but mainly Fords, VWs, Subarus, Mazdas, Mitsubishis and the odd Audi. Tbh I only saw three 350Z's, one 240Z and one R35 GTR so a pretty poor showing from Nissan although I did also spot a Micra in the car park but I'm not counting that one. Some spotted Zeds.... This one below was on airbags I'm sure as otherwise he'd have had to have the Zed brought in by helicopter drop as it was so low. Old school representative below. Also spotted some, shall we say interesting wraps on a couple of Audi R8's. Ignore the women ~ atleast I think they're women. So the main reason for me going to this event was to get the Zed on track for the first time. It was only £35 pre-booked so I thought I'd give it ago. I decided to take it "fairly" easy as it was my first time on track in the rwd Zed and last thing I wanted to do was crash it for the amusement of the watching crowds. Also Castle Combe has recently been resurfaced so I was just finding out what the grip levels were like after that ~ much better is the answer. [media] [/media] I did let a few people pass who seemed to be hell bent on overtaking in the corners even though we were told not too and some people driving stripped out sheds (blue Ford Escort being the main offender ~ gave him a wide birth). Saw 128mph down the main straight the one time I looked and my quickest lap was 1min 27secs from timing it off the video afterwards so not a bad average speed of 75mph. Hope you enjoyed reading this & the pics/video. Oh and my car with the Invidia Gemini exhaust system & Berks De-Cats registered 92Db @4.5K rpm from 0.5metre which passed the sound regulations but when I came in after being on track I was told I had registered 101Db as I drove by the pit lane so was told it was too loud. They re-checked it and when I revved above 5K rpm it was close on 105/7Db from 0.5metre away. Luckily I only wanted to go on the once.

Has been a good weekend so far. Friday the car passed it's MOT which is always a relief for any car owner and today I took it out on track for the very first time. I went to Castle Combe for the "Performance Car" action day and had a track session booked so I could finally have some fun with the Zed. I didn't push it too hard as it was my first time on the circuit with the Zed so was just really feeling out how the car handled at speed. Also Castle Combe has recently had some resurfacing done to about half of the track so that has changed the grip levels (for the better) so that too took some getting used. Video below of my efforts. Hope you enjoyed the video all.

It happens.

You can say that again, ...or maybe another 5 times just to be sure.

Look's cherished and like your alloys.

I'd guess though that if it was still under warranty we all wouldn't be talking about this & he'd have just taken it back to where he bought it.

Fantastic seats those Crb, ...really suit the car and I love the shape of them.

Welcome aboard James.

Good job with that hose and I do like "Ash" products. Bought a few parts from them on eBay for my car during the build up and the service was always very good, not to mention the prices.

Congrats Ian.

Passing the MOT is always good and glad the gearbox is feeling good again. Did the same to mine when I first got it and the difference was so much better.

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard Bob. Lovely looking Zed.

Banned for good from what I gather but I may be wrong. Some say he punched a Mod in the face after they served him cold meat after a hard days work. **Dramatization may not be the real reason.

That's pretty good then especially for an off road vehicle where the tyres will be subjected to a lot more abuse than the normal road going vehicles. Good ol' Jeep.

Such a b**ger but as you say at least nobody was hurt & metal can be fixed.

Very interesting to read.