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https://youtu.be/ITkapLKeZTU try this bud

welcome along. I have same car, agree with above, you can see the swirls in the pics, the black paint is nigh on impossible to stay scratch/swirl free but I gave mine a good going over with the DA to get rid of 95% of the marks then you can protect it with a wax/sealant or proper coating if you have time/money/facilities.

Quick Update: Just finished first Harewood hillclimb event of the season, finishing 5th from 23 entered in Class 1C. It was a mixed bag of feelings, I knew when I rocked up at 7am to frost it was not going to be quick times on the Nankangs and things never warmed up as the day went on. My starts as per usual were abysmal BUT some of the other sectors despite the ice cold tyres were relatively quick and I even managed a PB in one sector on the final run. Each run had problems of some capacity though meaning my quickest time of 66.6 was actually 4 tenths slower than my best on the practice day the previous month in very similar conditions. Never the less as I said, they were some positives to take away as well as the frustration. One was the fact that the car is now feels very neutral mid corner and much of the understeer has disappear with the front camber being increase to almost -3 BUT the rear tweaking from -2 to -1 has not helped the getaways at all and I half filled the fuel tank today to try and get more weight over the rear but to no avail. I just think the Zed really needs warm tyres and warm track temps to start quick as the weight distribution is not quite there or my technique (to which I have tried many ) is S***e. Being best part of a second down within 50 yards is asking a lot to make up! If you have never been to a sprint/hillclimb event, get yourself down, if you don't want to risk the car, there is plenty of action to see and every type of car you can imagine from the relatively common clio sport to the exotic supercars and single seaters. Below is just a selection of cars I was competing against today. Its modified production class so basically road legal production cars with road legal tyres (from a set list) and an MOT but some modifications are allowed (that's a hot topic it seems at the minute as the Blue Book of regs is very grey in lots of areas) The Wax and Shine Machine: The Beautiful Porsche 911 GT3 RS next me An Aston Martin V8 Vantage: An old school Porsche 911: A Turbo Volvo 940: An the one that always seems to get the most attention, the 40 year old Talbot Sunbeam (still mixing it with the big boys) Video below shows my best run of the day although almost losing it at what is called Orchard and subsequently sliding wide onto the grass meant I finished half a second behind the said Talbot above and narrowly missed out on a top 4 prize, anyway, onwards and upwards to the next events. Just booked Japfest last week as well before the cut-off so will see many of you there, can't say my Zed will be reaching for anyones attention after the bumps and scrapes its had but I will do my best to try and at least make it look like I sell detailing stuff!

Fiat punto 3rd gen 2005-2018

I can’t process infinity. Can we work on the assumption the universe is flat?

Maybe, or it maybe just half the thickness of the “skin” of the universe in comparative terms.

Ah but if you expanded the Earth to the size of the universe, that 12 mile hole would be the distance from Earth to Jupiter. * may or may not be factually correct?

Excellent job, love it

I will be there, see you tomorrow

Can someone add me to the list please

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Welcome along, think the wings are same for all models.

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Welcome along. Rob has organised a meet and drive for start of April if of interest. Look in local meets north west section.

I get that the premium brands will have something cutting edge but at 80k its out of reach for 90% (conservative estimate) of the population and if your saying that will then lose half its value in a few years (like lots of other cars i agree) then it makes it even less of a proposition. Yes they can do 0-60 in 5 seconds but most weigh 2 tons plus so will be binned into a hedge at the first corner when the over exuberant owner with little skill (again 90%) shows it off on a country lane. And if your saying we are about as good as we can get battery wise and 300 miles wont be improved upon much then its still half of most business deisels as i bet most company car drivers will charge in work time and at work cost rather than at home resulting in more initial cost for the company and lost work time. I have nothing against EVs as a whole and one day in the not too distant future i will have one but your crusade @gangzoom to force them onto everyone winds some people up. Just take the blinkers off your electric high horse and try to see things from the jockeys point of view. You know, the small insignificant guy that rides a real horse with all the pros and cons it brings. Lots of us would just rather drive something we can feel* and hear* rather than an iphone with wheels. To see the opposite point I DO accept that many like to have the latest iphone and that ultimately it looks like the EV will prevail and succeed. What the car makers need to do is give the masses a great choice and value and let them decide as one thing we know from the past and Brexit, people hate being told what to do.

Cant say I pay much attention, just when i was searching for a cheap daily that had to be less than 5 year old for work, (and cheap) i googled fastest depreciating cars and the leaf was on every list (along with various Fiats and the pug 308/508) I got a 15 plate 308 for under 6k with 70k miles (20k list price new) A quick autotrader search shows you can get 15 plate leafs (with much much lower milage) for under 10k and i think they had a 25k list price new, still a big hit in the wallet for anyone im sure you will agree. My concern is that EV cars will replicate the mobile phone recent era. So honda/ford/vw whoever launch a 100 mile range car then 2/3 years later update it with a 200 mile version with better tech and options for not much more (due to battery tech and scale of production) which sees the previous generation prices plummit and no one wants them. Then another 2 years down line and its now a 400 mile range and self driving meaning the previous gen 2 model suffers the same fate and so on until it gets to a point like now with iphones whereas the “new” model released is only marginally better than the last and there is not as much demand or people wont pay the extra so keeping used prices high. It then finds a level cycle like we have had with combustion cars for so long until the next phase comes along, like flying cars, and the process starts again.

Nissan leafs plumit in value also over the first few years, one of the worst depreciating cars you can get, is there any evidence to say the model 3 or Honda-e is gonna be any different?

Welcome Darren, definitely come to the right place

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Welcome along didnt they do a V6 hyundai coupe? With abysmal power?

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I have buddyclub rails and seats. 99% sure the rails come with a threaded plate attached so you can just bolt the seatbelt receiver straight in with the same bolt you remove when taking it off stock seats. The car is hibernating in garage so cant check now but i cant remember having any issues at all when i fitted my bucket seats other than having to put some washers under 2 of the 4 floor pan connections as the rails just did not sit level out of the box.

Or get some “not volks” decals