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...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.

Tbh it's the same reason the Zed appealed to me so much, as despite all the nods towards being a GT underneath there's a wonderfully mechanical drive busting to get out.

Which is exactly why I ended up with a 911.

All I really wanted to do was to get rid of the swirls in the paint, so the fact that I ended up significantly reducing the visibility of the many stone chips on the car was a huge and unexpected bonus.

Should be fine, certainly I'd have no issues using it on any kind of blue car. They also do a White Diamond glaze which is for light coloured cars, but I think that would only be if you had a white or yellow Zed.

Forward them the link of somewhere selling it and let them make up their own mind as to what it is, and then get that in writing

+1

I'm aching like absolute buggery today, I'm just hoping my trip to the gym this evening will loosen me up! Good idea, and soon once I've cleaned it

At £50K the GT-R was a bargain, now it's up to £70K much less so too. Cracking write-up in Car magazine this month between the GT-R, M3, Evora A and the Cayman R. I won't spoil it by saying who won, but suffice to say I think the tide has turned on the GT-R somewhat.

Surprisingly more than you would think. I would imagine the more expensive ones might be a touch quieter, but tbh it's not that bad. It's the kind of thing you'd wait until at least 9am on a Sunday to use though! You're supposed to just let the weight of the machine do the work which is easy when working downwards, but not so when working on the side! You soon get used to it, although I did have to keep stopping myself when I realised I was applying too much pressure at various points. That's the beauty of the DA though, as you can get away with making small errors like that.

Then I'd have a GT3 in a heartbeat

Then a 996 GT3 is a great shout if you can live with the rough nature of it. Personally I'd rather have a 997.1 C2S for that money, it'll be nearly as quick but far more refined. Bloody good fun either way though! E90 M3 is a great car with a stonking engine, or if you want to turn heads what about a Z06 Corvette? Or a 360 if you can live with the badge.

Get some pics up then chop chop!

Nicely done matey

Paint cleaner comes before polish, but because I was using a cutting compound (albeit a relatively mild one) there was no need to use a paint cleaner I've tried putting a proper sealant on after wax before (FK1000P) but I don't really like the finish it gives, hence why I just use a layer of DJ Red Mist nowadays. That said, that was back on the Zed so maybe the 911 might like it a bit more? I may give it a go on a small panel to see.

What's the budget?

Good fair write-up

I haven't gotten round to doing the exhaust yet, that's next week too I taped up the nose badge but tbh it was a huge faff and my tape isn't brilliant, which coupled with my lack of patience meant that I couldn't be arsed to tape anything else up! I was just careful with the DA and did the odds and sods by hand. I did get a fair bit of product on some of the black trim which will need some black gel to sort out, but for me that's quicker than using tape. The DA is fine to use on plastic bumpers, and also (and I was a bit wary over this) on the paintshield by the rear wheel arches too apparently!

Tell them to contact the DVLA for proof of ownership details. Don't say anything else, just that.

Yup, used the DA for the Black Hole too, gave a much deeper shine than the bits I had to do by hand. Waxing was all done by hand though using the Swissvax applicator pad and an AG polishing microfibre.