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Someone has never owned an Elise car, clearly… I can still remember feeling like I was driving a Rolls Royce after chopping the VXR in for the 350

It’s kinda your thread at this point mate, might as well own it

PASM I never found that useful on the 9x7 cars, as the harder setting never seemed properly settled on the local roads around me and the wider UK in general. The gen2 stuff was much better than the gen1, but invariably I usually left that in normal mode when on a hoon.

Yup, because there’s more material in the head so far less likely to suffer from bore scoring and d chunk problems. Must admit I’d go for the base car these days too, enough poke to be fun but you can wring it’s neck and not end up in silly speeds too quickly.

I didn’t even click it, I swear!

Did he mention he’s won the WDC 3 times? Usually tries to slip that in during every interview the man bores me to tears.

Clean the seats or rub your hands on some grease before you next drive and the reds will match perfectly

Never go back, always try something different. Life is too short to keep driving one thing, plus the 86 is a fabulous car to drive

So basically “wind your necks, wait and see”

Which is why I hope that those 98,000 people bothered to respond to the original consultation, which is what can and does shape what happens.

Tbh mate, you rarely say anything that’s related to the topic in question that doesn’t turn out to be a bunch of blithering nonsense. We as fans can all have an opinion. Some might be more relevant or precise than others, depending on experience, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t share them. The more ridiculous opinions will simply be laughed at, something I’m sure you’re more than aware of.

Since we haven’t had the results of the consultation yet, this is a waste of time. That was the time to do something, not now when we don’t even know what the final response to it will be. Save your anger for when we know the actual proposals and can form a reasonable argument against them.

Listening to that is painful. Reminds me of being on the units at work

I don’t like Lewis as a person. Way too try hard to be cool, dresses like a knob, preachy to hell, the list goes on. When he was younger he drove like a twit at times, and other racers called him out on it too. Max is far more media trained to fall into the first camp, but he’s bang smack in the second one. He’ll grow up and realise the mistakes he’s making, and no doubt become an incredible driver who gets on with it like Lewis has become. Sure, Lewis has his moments mid-race, but afterwards he’s the perfect gent for the most part as he’s got the experience. Max is a petulant child-man for the most part when things don’t go his way, buts that’s okay as he is just a kid still. Look at Vettel: hated for smugness and whinging when he was winning 24/7, but now one of the most likeable men off track currently competing. Age changes people, and that will happen with Max. How anyone can argue that Max takes far more aggressive risks on track atm than any other driver is beyond me. Lewis may be a tit off the circuit, but when at work it’s incredible to watch and how he kept his cool after the championship was lost is a credit to him and makes him an ideal role model for any young racer.

No, it was 50/50. Max shouldn’t have lunged, Lewis should’ve lifted more, so I’d call it even. Tbh it was actually a decent call, to be fair on Masi.

And even as I wrote it, I feared it would go over so many heads on this forum. I am relieved it wasn’t entirely wasted now

I think the thing with the 350 is that it wasn’t perfect, not by any means. The interior was cheap and nasty even back then, the stock engine note was awful, and out of the factory it did handle much like the transport favoured by Rosie & Jim. Other comments on that thread are dodgy gearshift (yup), thirsty af (yup), and blunted by the weight of it (yup). And yet it’s still great fun. I maintain it’s possibly the worst performance car I’ve ever owned, but I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. Practically every competitor of the era was better, but there is something about the 350Z that I will never be able to put my finger on that just made it irresistible.

Good. I genuinely hope they do.

I’m glad they threw out the protests, as I wouldn’t want a championship decided that way. Having said that, that was an absolutely shocking decision that Masi made at the end, clearly the wrong designed for one purpose only. Whether that purpose was purely entertainment or to give Max a title only he and his bosses know, but it was clearly a very poor choice. What I want to know is why he changed his mind on unlapping, and then why only some cars which is against the written code. We need to see the actual decision on that right now. Congrats to Max, but I think Lewis has done himself some serious credit with how he handled the events post race. He must’ve been gutted, but still congratulated both Max and Horner. Says an awful lot, that.

Oh, my bad. I wouldn’t get too excited about driving a 4 speed auto then

8 speed, surely?

I love checking my old cars’ MOT histories, and I actually enjoy it when they’re banging the miles in with plenty of silly failures on. Means they’re being used properly, the way god intended

Void insurance

It’s reliable enough, but sluggish and doesn’t like launches as you say. Do Nissan still bar you from claiming on warranty after a set amount of launches?

The GTR DCT isn’t particularly good either: wasn’t great when it first came out, surpassed by almost everything now. The new Z won’t be a CVT, it’s a standard slush box. Another good reason to buy the manual