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So much stuff to do in London that's better than watching cars parked up. Go to a museum, or have a walk along the South bank, or Covent Garden, or take in a gallery. Lots to see and do, sod walking around hoping to spot a car sat there doing bugger all London is amazing. I live so close yet I've barely scratched the surface of things to do.

In the bigger picture though, if the Chinese bring in £100Bn of investment because we let our steel go under, then it's good value. Trident is a different story altogether, I couldn't care how many jobs it saves, I want it for the deterrent more than anything. I didn't know about the UK blocking the Chinese steel levy though, but that's a good example of how we're happy to use the EU rules to help ourselves and it's not always them dictating to us what we do... I don't get the fuss about the leaflet thing, £9M is peanuts and given that there's a glut of anti-EU propaganda around, I'm glad that there's something there to balance it up. I don't think the leaflet itself is much good mind, but the theory behind it is sound. I'd actually like it if the Out had £9M of money to send leaflets round as well, in the same format, to at least give people half a chance at making an informed non-DM influenced decision.

You could, y'know, think about actually driving the bloody thing!

As long as you're aware that will promote oversteer initially and in unstable conditions, it's not a bad way to go.

Agreed. Good cars, but I still think the hype train is carrying them a bit. In a couple of years maybe a V6S could be a reasonable buy, but I'd sit back and watch values for a bit too. With the R8, it depends how long you plan to keep it. If you can buy one that's had the clutch and brakes done, there should be nothing else to do for a good 40k miles aside from routine servicing. Might not cost you anything to run, relatively speaking.

Hooray, common sense prevails!

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Taiwanese, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turkish, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub... The doorman stops them and says "sorry, I cant let you in without a Thai."

Running mixed tyres across an axle is a huge no-no. Unless you're literally driving to the end of your drive and back, you're just asking for trouble doing that.

Tbh if you're thinking of tracking your car you should aim to make it as quiet as possible. Put the cats and stock back box on for the day, trackdays aren't about the very last horsepower and we as enthusiasts should make sure we don't give the NIMBYs any more ammo.

Even better, do that instead.

997.1 C2S /predictable Still a better car and experience than the E92 M3. Which is a great car as well.

Anytime bud

Can't see it being that hard. Plenty of room to tuck wires behind the dash once the console is out, then run it up the a-pillar trim (just tuck it inside) and then stick it in one of the corners.

AIUI, you'll need to wire a brand new aerial in and keep it separate from the existing. You can get universal splitters, but they're hit and miss at best. Best to get a completely separate one and attach it to the inside of the windscreen somewhere

Top of the forum you posted in! http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/15611-what-you-need-to-upgrade-your-350z-audio-system/ And yes, you'll need a DAB aerial I believe.

Might not even have happened if it didn't have a cover on though, the cover might be what led them to it in the first place. Swings and roundabouts though.

Sadly not, no. I would (and have) considered buying an R34 GTT, but no matter how pretty I find the RX7 I don't want that kind of hassle looking after a car. If I did, I'd get a TVR and have the better driving experience.

You want more understeer, go buy a FWD scrabble wagon then

Sorry, it was more a dig at Nissan for setting a dull geo, a quiet exhaust and a thirsty engine rather than insulting owners or drivers

BookaTrack used to hire them for £10 inc p&p, give Jonny or Sarah a ring on 0843 208 4635 and I'm sure they'll be able to help.

As much as my megalomaniac tendencies would want to think that's a wonderful thing, I can't help but wonder the chaos that would ensue with ten of me in one place, always believing that they're right regardless of the situation?

You mean understeering everywhere, and no-one able to hear them because the exhausts are too bloody quiet, and filling up at every petrol station because thirsty V6?

Wow. I don't normally do Jap cars these days, but those are just about the two most perfect examples I can think of right now.

I think I'd rather walk. In all seriousness, if you are considering that then PLEASE remember you will have exceptionally reduced grip all round, which means massively increased braking distances in the wet. I've run cheapies all round on an MX5 before on purpose, purely because I wanted the car to move around a lot and tbh whilst it was great for going sideways, I'd never consider it again and certainly not in a car with a good amount of torque.

I don't hate myself enough to want to play any of the DS games