Ekona

What’s really concerning is the amount of people who would wait for the Nismo version because the standard looks too bland for them. If people don’t buy the regular one, Nissan aren’t going to do a Nismo one on the off chance.

You def need a new camera, or to learn how to use the auto edit function on your phone They look nice though, but please get some better pics!

If you can get a fingernail in it, it’ll need a machine to correct it. No amount of elbow grease will shift it, unless you can polish non stop for a year or so... get yourself a DA, some Scholl S17+ and a medium pad to suit and it’ll come out. Unless you are spectacularly cack handed, and I mean by physically mashing the hard plastic of the machine into the paint, you won’t mess anything up.

What car is it?

The biggest problem I can see with an import these days is the electronics, specifically the immobiliser and other random body ecus. We’ve had a couple of guys on here who have had issues with theirs and have had major problems sourcing replacements, whereas UK cars are a much easier fix. That alone would put me off tbh, as having a bricked car isn’t much fun when there is no solution to fix it. Mechanicals are easy to do, electronics much less so.

For what car? Tbh any modern car comes with all that jazz as standard and has done for years, and unless you’re buying something uber-exclusive old school is the market for stolen cars that big to warrant anything flashy? I mean all the yoofs want to steal Golf Rs and S3s these days.

Depends how badly you want a tuned up twenty year old car just to have something different to post on the socials, I guess. Financial sense absolutely not, common sense still no, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

You’ll need something to attach the harnesses to, so either a bar (if it allows the correct break angle on the install) or bolting down somewhere in the boot should suffice. Any decent harness will do, I’d always go 3” for comfort and other than that style is pretty much up to you. I believe that technically you need a seatbelt buckle style still for MOT compliance, but you’d have to find a pretty picky tester for that to ever come up. I’m a fan of the Schroth ones, but honestly it’s up to you at that point.

Imagine being in a roll over situation where you’ll be jerked around everywhere, your head could easy come into contact with one or more parts of the roll cage which can actually make the fitting of one more dangerous. I would seriously consider either wearing a helmet all the time when driving, or fitting a quality harness system with that setup. Are they genuine Bride seats? If so they will be fine with harnesses, if fake then be aware that their structural rigidity may fail when using harnesses due to the forces involved. Tricky this stuff, ain’t it?!

Safer? Arguably, but only if worn correctly. That would mean installing them with the correct break angle, and ensuring they are fully tightened when in use and in 5 or 6 point form to prevent submarining. That said, where does your head sit in relation to that roll cage? If there is any chance that in an accident it could come into contact with that cage then you should be wearing a helmet anyway, so a harness done up tight might prevent the need to wear a helmet.

I’d say the front 3/4 is almost pure Panamera. It’s good, but those rear lights are awful. I’ll have to have a drive in one though.

Still nope. Especially in primer.

What 350 do you have? DE, Revup or HR? And how bad is the oil consumption?

Not gonna happen. An EV option sure, but fully electric? Nope.

Ooh this is coming along nicely mate!

And pushing a button or pulling a little lever isn’t? There’s a little light that comes on the dash regardless of the system you have in your car.

You need a specialist like Torqen, Abbey, Horsham etc to take a look over it to be sure. They will know specifics that the AA/RAC can’t possibly know to look out for.

Why? It’s pretty simple to tell when either one is on or working.

Not sure what your point is? Guy said he thought the car was in gear, well it clearly wasn’t which means he probably didn’t put the e-brake on either. Not sure anything has failed other than the driver, and whilst I hate e-brakes as well I don’t believe they’re any less safe than a regular handbrake and certainly not any less likely to be put on (all cars I’ve driven with them including my 5er shout at you if you’ve not put it on!). One mistake doesn’t make the tech useless.

As long as you check the repair, are happy with it, and most importantly get it for a much reduced rate then no reason not to buy it tbh. And don’t forget that it’ll be harder to sell on in the future too.

Clio 182 is the best fwd car I’ve ever driven. And by some margin, too. Absolutely love them, and they’re the only fwd car I would ever consider owning again (assuming I had something rwd to partner it!).

Me too, I seriously missed the boat there. I’d have a 255 in Yellow with Recaros please!

I’d pay £50k for a modern Clio V6. Happily.

I think picking a car based on the sodding aerial is bonkers.

Caveat emptor, sadly. A lesson for us all, hope it was a bargain!