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If the car is unstable at speed, then may I humbly suggest not driving it as silly speeds until you do get it fixed?

Yup. 'Tis a good place for it if you don't want to put a satnav in there

You can flip a car at North Weald, but it does depend on the kind of car. Jo had her old Aygo on three wheels and it was very leany when we did our last day there, and then a couple of weeks later a Fiat Panda went straight over as it took the high speed bend. To be fair to Walshy he put everything right out of his own pocket and took full responsibility for the incident, and I believe he's re-adjusted his views on what cars he will and won't allow you to do a day there in light of this. That said, you're never going to be able to roll a sports car of any kind there unless you're being particularly stupid, and I mean ignoring Walshy completely and going past the drain and digging your wheels into the grass. Honestly, that is never going to happen in a million years though.

On a £30K sports car, yes they are. prove it then go price some up. Why, is your Google broken then? Look, I'm sick and tired of having this same argument with you over and over again, it's getting very tiresome. I'm not actually referring to price at all, budget can also be used as a term of being not very good, and that's exactly what the T1-Rs are: Not very good. They have soft squidgy sidewalls that give a mushy ride, a compound that melts as soon as you get any heat into it and with 300bhp and 1.5tons you will get heat into it, and wet handling that is average at best. If you want to run them on your car then that's fine, but you might as well chuck another 500kg in there, detune the engine and swap the brakes for chocolate as you're basically hamstringing the car. It's a sports car that enjoys being chucked around, so what's the point putting tyres on that are just going to dull the performance just to save a couple of hundred quid? Since your calculator appears to be broken I'll do the maths for you: It's the equivalent of £3.84 a week to go from the T1-Rs to the VUS. That's absolute peanuts, and if that is still a huge sum of money to you (or anyone else) then you've bought the wrong car. The Zed is a £30K car with £30K car running costs that should have quality parts put on it. If the only other tyres available were PS2s then there might actually be a case for not wanting to spend £1K on tyres for the car, but as there is a bloody fantastic option available in the VUS then there is no need to put rubbish crap on the wheels. None whatsoever. They may not be utterly pikey brand like a Nankang, but they sure as hell don't belong on a decent sports car. Chuck 'em on a cheapy MX-5 where the weight and power aren't such an issue and they're perfectly acceptable. I'm really not sure what you're trying to say here, I wouldn't mix different N-spec tyres front and rear. I've got a fair bit of life left in the RE050As I'm running but the rears will need doing long before the fronts, and when that happens I'll probably change all four to the PSS if they're available in N-spec by then. Again, a large cost, but one that I need to do to keep the performance of the car right. I could just chuck a load of crappy Toyos on there but then I'd be left with a car that has less grip, less composure and worse braking capability which might be acceptable on a family shed, but personally I don't think it is on a performance sports car. Look, this really is going to be the last discussion I have with you on this because all you do is oppose my opinion without giving any reasons why, and not only is it frustrating for me to read it's probably boring to others now too. I'm not a professional, just an enthusiastic amateur and I don't expect to change the world but for every ten people who ignore all the good advice given not just by me, but by others on here with equal and greater experience than myself, there's the odd one who does make the jump and is genuinely grateful that people are prepared to share their knowledge: When you get them PMing you personally to say thanks it makes everything worthwhile and brings a smile to my face. If you want to make your car worse than it was than when it came out of the factory then that's fine, I genuinely couldn't care less any more. /rant

Glad you're happy

On a £30K sports car, yes they are.

No worries fella, I'm just glad that someone listened to me for a change and hasn't run off and either bought budget 452s or gone onto mixed tyres! :lol: Give us a review once you've got them on and they're settled in, I'd love to know what you think of them compared to the VUS.

Spot-on

Not for racing at all, that's merely an indication of just how much better than the other tyres they are. They're a normal road-going compound, not a trackday special. Now that you've done the brakes which will make you a lot quicker, you really should match the quality of the tyres as well to get the best out of your setup. Imagine a tyre with all the feel of the VUS but with a good 30% more grip in the dry and another 50% in the wet. The confidence that will give you will be worth a fortune.

Yes. And then some. As an example, cornering speed on a particular corner on the 452s would be 40mph. You could make that 45mph on the VUS easy. You'd be making that over 50mph on the PS2s. They are that good.

Then don't ask a question with multiple options in your opening post then I don't care about 3 stars, I just care about completing the levels and moving on to the next one. Rio has a chuffing steep difficulty curve, though.

Someone called? Best premium tyres are the PS2s. Best midrange tyres are the VUS. I wouldn't put budget tyres on the Zed (452s or T1Rs). Job's a carrot

By resetting the ECU, you've wiped the code Clicky for next time!

It'll be fine then, no worries.

Unless it's an M engine (what engine is it?) then going from 0w30 to 5w40 will make naff all difference that you'll notice I would think. It'll make for a slightly less rattly engine, but again we're talking minor changes here.

Oh yes they have, many a VTEC engine has failed and needed replacing. The actual VTEC part of the engine may be okay, but that doesn't mean there's not a million other parts that aren't made quite as well Don't believe everything you read. 4 seats + fun + not silly money = 3-series of some kind. RWD FTW IMHO.

Top it up with whatever you've got handy, so long as you don't mix fully synth with semi or mineral

I thought I heard 5%, however I can't seem to find that info anywhere. Maybe I misheard

I would do 10x 50 to 30 light pressure, then 2 min drive @60mph without touching the brakes, then 10x 70 to 40 med pressure, then 2 min drive again, then 90 to 40 practically standing on the pedal. Always works for me regardless of brake setup, and is almost bang-on what AP say IIRC.

...except that VED went up as well, so you're paying more on that front

I would, and I did. Made no difference whatsoever, but I slept a fraction easier at night.

I'd stick with the darker one for Sunset, maybe the lighter one for Temper though. It really isn't going to make that much of a difference whichever one you get though, the oranges kinda sit in the middle.

Actually, I'd avoid a Jap-specific day like the plague if possible and try and mix it with the Elises, Caterhams and Porsches. Bedford is a pretty good place for this, reasonably high prices tend to keep the riff-raff out and it's always well-marshalled.

As already said, get the code read (either by yourself or by any decent garage) and post the code up here

Go with a quality TDO and you'll be fine. I use Bookatrack almost exclusively as Johnny & co run a very tight ship that will give youna fair amount of leeway unless you're a complete idiot, and then they'll come down on you like a ton of bricks, and that works very well. For the opposite reason I avoid Circuit Days like the plague, I've seen some atrocious driving that was let go because the driver was friends with the guy running the day. I've still got the video to prove it too... A Walshy day is incredible fun, but not a patch on a proper track day.