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Unless she’s paying, she doesn’t get a say

Weird, thought I’d replied to this! Go with what Shezza says, that’s exactly what I’d do. 4S are def better than the 4, although I’m on the 4 right now and they’re spectacular for a daily drive: I can only imagine how good the 4S are.

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You just need better commuting roads I know what you mean though. I love fast road driving, but I still need a good track day blast every now and then to really let me open the car right up.

Definitely affordable, they're probably the cheapest way of entering motorsports in this country The trouble is, like with all motorsport, is that if you want to be competitive then you need to spend money and that's where the costs ramp up. Tbh a track day here or there will likely be cheaper, but obviously not the thrill of competing.

Autocross is far from drifting, it's more akin to hillclimbing here where the idea is to be neat and tidy rather than wild and slidey. And yes, we have plenty of hillclimbing events here, but if you want to do drifting then that's another thing. Look for the DWYB days at Rockingham, Santa Pod etc.

2nd looks better to me, and I reckon you’ll be fine with regards to touching the arches since that’s a very common rear width for Zeds, albeit usually on 19s.

Don’t put the same size tyres all round, it’ll become very oversteery. Carry on playing with the calculator, try and keep within 3% difference of stock settings with 20-40mm difference in width front to rear. I’ll have a go later when I’m near the pc for you.

^^^That's how I see it too.

If it's been incorrectly revoked, then I agree that's a much bigger issue. This is something that needs checking urgently, but this is all getting a bit messy too.

I think this has a lot to do with how you've phrased it to them, no offence intended. If you'd simply put down that you had your licence since the day you passed your test, but you had X conviction on Y date with Z ban length then this wouldn't even be an issue. I'm guessing you've incorrectly stated that your licence has been withdrawn or taken back or however you phrased it by the DVLA, when actually it hasn't at all. They may physically have asked for the card back back, and they may physically give you a new card, but that doesn't mean it's a new licence. Again, if I get nicked for speeding I have to send my photocard off to be endorsed. That doesn't mean I don't have a licence in the mean time and cannot drive, nor does it mean that it's a new licence when it comes back. You really need to speak to them again and be VERY clear in your terminology. No more saying that the DVLA have taken your licence off you, and more saying that you've simply had a ban of Z length for X conviction. It really is as simple as that, I really do think you've massively over-complicated this and confused people that you've spoken to.

The date on the photocard is utterly irrelevant to anything. No-one had revoked your licence (that's the key term, not taken or anything else), you're simply on a short term non-medical driving ban. That's it. Think about it: Photocards only last ten years. When my one was due for renewal, I sent it off and got a new one with a brand new start date on it. That doesn't mean that suddenly my licence was only starting from that date.

Who is the insurer?

Ironically I thought the headlights actually looked really good

And people say I’m harsh.

What?! That’s insane. You haven’t had your licence revoked, you just had a ban: Your licence should in every way still be valid from when you passed your test!

Just to clarify, every single auto ’box (and dual clutches) does this. If it didn’t, then it would make the car undriveable as it would snatch at every high rpm downshift. Nissan, BMW, VAG, Vauxhall, all the same.

Lol nope, have I missed something obvious then?!

You don’t need rev match on an automatic. It’s a torque converter, not a manual gearbox with regular clutches. Pull paddle, it’ll either let you change gear and match the revs to do so or it won’t let you change gear at all.

Something for the missus

I find the Eagle F1s to be great in the dry but sketchy as hell in the wet, and that was on a 4WD car too. I binned off a perfectly decent set of them to move back to RE070, which are bizarrely more consistent in the wet than the EF1s. But the answer is MPS4. Head and shoulders above everything right now, barring MPS4S but you can’t get those in 18”s. Massively worth the extra cash, but don’t bother with nitrogen filling unless it’s free.

I don’t know what you mean.

EBay would be my first port of call. Probably ten to a penny on there.

It's not to my taste, but personally I think you've done a cracking job there and that's a truly excellent guide for others to follow. Good job sir The only complaint I could make is that they do not fit very well at all at the bottom of the light cluster where arch, light and bumper all meet, as you can still see a massive amount of original arch there. That kinda ruins the effect, especially on the nearside where the stripes go right through it. Did you ever consider modifying that part to go right up to the join?

...and yet when people post up horrifically modified Zeds on here we all preach acceptance and individuality