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The only trouble you have is that the wear is in EXACTLY the same place that every single car ever wears, on the outside bolster on the driver seat where people slip into their seat and rub over it. It’s very possible that the wear was caused by someone being heavy-handed when getting in, and even though the mileage is low that could easily be 3500 one mile journeys which equates to a lot more entry/exit moves than 35 one hundred mile journeys. Personally I’d be trying to be as nice as possible to them to get them to back down, or even just asking for a contribution towards repairs, as I’m not sure there’s a winnable case here if you take it to the end game.

Very very unlikely, fuel starvation usually happens at high G when cornering, not afterwards when you’ve stopped and started again. Something else going on there methinks.

Or y’know, how it actually drives.

Bearing in mind though the main reasons it gets a crap score is how much it'll hurt pedestrians (well look before you cross the road then) and safety assist guff (oh noes poor Wiggo-wannabes), I'm not sure I'd be remotely bothered in the slightest. Does anyone actually care about NCAP these days? Other than Volvo and over-protective parents?

FTFY

Will we get another separate thread for the pics?

Massive bargain. Why do people get so scared when a car hits 100k miles still?! Let's assume it needs £2.5K worth of wear and tear work, it's still cheap.

Jeez, really?!

Yes. Very wrong. Unless it’s in poverty spec for the supposed £16k list, in which case get in the queue as I want one too!

The Caramic stuff? Never used it, normally I’d be completely disinterested given they use wipes rather than a liquid but AF stuff is usually quite good so... I’ll just defer to @ilogikal1 on this methinks

Most major manufacturers own their own finance companies these days, it’s a massive source of extra profit for them given that so many people do PCP these days. That said, I don’t for one second think that it’s grounds to reject a vehicle for some poor quality leather, in case anyone is planning on those lines. I know we’re talking about BR’s alignment issues atm, I just didn’t want to confuse matters given the subject title.

Just make sure you haggle better next time then

Wow.

As much as I always wanted more power on the roads when I had my MX5, on track it really wasn’t an issue at all as I had much more freedom to allow me to work the chassis harder where you really shouldn’t on the road! Sometimes it’s fun just to exploit what you’ve got and be *that* person on track days that’s holding everyone up for a change I mean, since you have something with more power to use anyway then it’s a no brained to concentrate purely on suspension and brakes on this one

Sorry, I was aiming that at @Bikeracer. His issues have been on going for some time, and I thought he’d returned it as Nissan had agreed to take it back after he went legal on their ass. Tbh, I’d be mad too. I’d potentially be referring it back to my credit card or finance company (unless you paid cash) as well for some extra clout.

Have you not returned it yet??

There are two torque specs that cover any bolt ever: just enough, or f***ing tight

Was the noise there on the test drive? Even a little bit? The warranty isn’t relevant here, the CRA protects you far more. Worth pointing out too that if they insist you bring the car back to them for diagnosis (and tbh they really should if they’ve any common sense), then you’ll have to do so. It’s not their fault you live a distance away, after all.

Mandatory driving retests every ten years would be a good place to start. Not the same test, so no need for shuffling that wheel, but a more open and common sense approach to how a person drives.

I just ate them, I didn’t buy them!

Put it this way: Everytime you don’t move left when you could, YOU’RE THE REASON THE ROAD NETWORK IN THIS COUNTRY DOESN’T WORK. You’re the reason that the motorways are always full. You’re the reason that people get frustrated and do silly things, causing accidents. You are the cause of the problem. Undertaking wouldnt be be an issue if people drove properly. So next time you’re sat there in lane 2 or 3 (or 4!), and there’s room to move back left, then choose to be a decent driver and do it. Be the solution, not the problem.

We had some at work on Monday...

In the distant past I hope!

A splash page! Man, it’s like 2001 all over again.

Sadly that’s the case for the majority of Zed owners, or it was when I did the poll a few years back. Most just buy cars because they like the looks, rather than what it is.