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  1. he wont be able to escape may 2010 but how much damage can one party do in 14 months. remember last time, the 3 day week, fuel crisis, strikes galoour, interest rates at 18% i was only a kid, but my parents remember it
  2. larger bore exhausts reduce the amount of back pressure. its not so much loosing power more shifting the distribution of power. a sports exhausts general effect on most cars is that it reduces a little of the low down tourque, but increases the top end performance. basically pulling away you loose a little grunt, but at full beans you can go a little faster. there is a little more to it than that, but its the easiest way to expalin it, thats how i've always seen it. some else may correct me.
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    ESP!

    try an ECU reset, it might kick it back in to life. or check with an OBDII reader, not all faults show the CEL light. if it shows on an OBDII you might either be able to clear it or find out what happened.
  4. the tories aren't much better, my bug bear is that i never voted for brown, and when blair left there should have been an election. its his turn in the chair, and he's going to try and hold on for as long as possible. even if he screws us all over.
  5. at least the next 18 months if not 2 years, and i think it s going to get alot worse before it gets any better. its a slippery slope and the govenment are trying to inject lots of cash to reduce the speed of the slide. but the banks have stuffed up so much i don't think it will payoff. uk now heavy in debt and soon to be more. i can't see an improvement till after a general election, same as last time when the tories took over, they tend to reset the balance, its a repeating pattern, been this way for a long time, could almost set your watch by it, every 20 years there tends to be a recession, some are bigger than others. my guess is 18 months to 2 years before it turns, and probably at least 5 years before things are back to normal. but it is a guess, and i'm by no means an economic expert, jjust an educated guess/
  6. definatly, because they water everything down with bullsh1t, and filter it through bollocks. it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
  7. i like a good popple and backfire when you back off the gas. my last car did it, but had a deeper tone and a less raspy.
  8. she is the uk equivilant of trailer trash, big house in chesire doesn't make you posh, i can't stand her, she is famous for being nothing, atomic kitten, after 4 kids i'm guessing she has become nuclear pussy.
  9. thats the first zed i've heard that actually pops and backfires.
  10. am glad i bought the 350 over the s2000, which i nearly bought, but i alwas think they look like an mx5, which is a bit girly.
  11. i will probably check and replace at 20,000
  12. only got 15,000 on the clock, CS will be my first port of call once they need replacing though
  13. buying parts is not a problem ,there is a good selection on this site like CS and adam and others who's names elude me at this moment. its more the garage that you can drive to too have the more complicated things fitted or, have a reliable and good service done by people who know performance cars, unlike nissan dealerships
  14. dammit, had to be away on honeymoon when this little gem came up i'm going to go and blame my wife
  15. anyone know of any good places in the south east, or suffolk area. all the performance parts and servicing places like ESR and envy seem to be tup norf.
  16. i will porabably upgrade to redstuff when mine give up the ghost.
  17. mine was the throttle position sensor, we reset it and it seems to have gone.
  18. i think its the size that makes it look wrong, not my thing, but if you like it its what counts, and at the end of the day, its only abit of sticky tape, it caqn always be removed later.
  19. i wouldn't use nankang, especially as it rhymes with a word beginning with W. also they use a cheaper rubber compound, which doesn't perform as well as other tyre makes especially in the wet. its the old addadge, you get what you pay for, budget prices = budget performance, and the more ponies you have under the hood the better the rubber you want on the wheels. my next tyres are planned to be vredesteins ssantas, a little more expensive than the toyos and falkens, but apparently got good reviews. i'm hoping they will be a good happy medium between the toyo,falken end and michelin pilot sports. and cam skills seem to be the best priced
  20. might have to do that. can't leave for abit, could probably be down by 8 pm,
  21. mine has just come on as well, am planning on getting hold of an obd ii reader, and check myself, still cheaper than getting nissan to do it. just need to check what scanning function is needed for the zed.
  22. doesn't sound normal. traction control turns off once its not needed, and you shouldn't need to lift off in order to disengage it.
  23. good going for a first car, mine was a 1.4 rover 214. had to pay £900 third party. its shocking how much more expensive insurance is these days, and i'm only 26.
  24. i'm happy with my choice, i like the zed, wouldn't swap it. but there is no rule about having a second car. will just have to be when i'm alot older like 50
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