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-50 Man Points for admitting to watching it!

I don't even want to know how much either those Nitrons or that exhaust are. Serious, serious cash. That said, I bet they're worth every penny. Beautiful stuff!

Double post.

If you can still lock the brakes, then they don't need to be bigger. You'll be fine.

Probably need some copper grease applying to the anti-squeal shims. Whip them out and given them a coating, see if that improves things.

Get the code read, either using the pedal dance method or with a proper reader. That will help pinpoint the issue.

Aha, I was right then! Deffo don't mix it mate, really going to cause you major grief that way. Stick with the green stuff, whether that's Nissan or Halfrauds.

I didn't find it that loud, certainly not as loud as some Skylines or Supras. That said, if you don't put any exhaust on from the cats back, there is no difference in volume from putting on a K1, only a tonal difference...!

Fugly, but then I'm not a fan of non-OEM wheels full stop so probably not the best judge I think the spokes are just too big for the Zed. What type and size tyres are on them, no guarantee that they'll be right for the Zed either y'see.

Yeah mines has them mate Well stone me, all that time I had mine and I never knew that! You learn something new every day!

There's heated mirrors availble on UK-spec cars? I thought that was one of those fancy-dancy JDM only options?

This. In a slightly more technical and helpful answer, think about what the wheel bolts/studs actually do and then think about it to the logical conclusion. That's not meant to sound patronising I promise, but it's a good way to work out whether any engineering thing is a good idea for yourself. The wheel bolts hold the wheels onto the car, and in real terms they hold the entire weight of the car equally over each corner and over each bolt. That's static, but if the car is accelerating/braking/turning, you will drastically alter the load per corner, and introduce massive stresses onto these items. If one should decide to give way for whatever reason, then that load is now distributed over even fewer points, causing more stress which in trun causes the liklihood of failure to increase dramatically. If this causes all of them to fail, and the wheel to fall off, this would be a Very Bad Thing Indeed. If a bolt is fixed, with no movement at all and everything is located centrally, then there can be no lateral movement causing extra stress. As soon as you try to use adaptors that allow any play at all, you can introduce stress ijn places where you wouldn't want it. Now, in practice you probably won't have any issue with using something like this, however is the risk you are taking worth it to save a few quid when you could risk your car or your life? That's up to the individual to decide I guess. Personally, I wouldn't risk it. There's thousands of wheels out there that will fit the Zed perfectly, and I'd be picking from something in that range or I'd go the extra mile and get a set of wheels made specifically if I couldn't find the style I wanted.

Back everything up and reinstall from scratch. If that doesn't work to your liking, then add some more RAM. If it's still not there, then I'd buy another one. Everyone will now come on and tell you that it's because you're running Vista, but they're wrong. It's just because of all the stuff you've added over the years, and even a defrag will only help so much. Happens to us all, and a reinstall is free way to speed everything up.

I loved mine on the ragtop. I think it's just the coupes that make it sound awful in the cabin. I guess it could grate if you were sat behind one for a while though

You spelt awesome wrong

The ESR K1 was a perfect fit. The Japspeed tat was bloody awful.

For just one year though, so not a great stat really.

Conservative bloke won ours on second preference, apparently. I read his gumpf, he didn't say anything he was going to do but just gave a list of principles. Easier to do that than risk looking a liar when the public realise you've got no cash to spend At least the independant woman nominee didn't win, she wanted to press ahead with "improvements to road safety", i.e. speed cameras

I quite like the design of the Supra cockpit, very similar to the NSX, but like you say the materials do look their age now.

But an Evo or Scoob is £10K, a C63 or M5 is at least twice the price but with less than twice the performance. It's why every man and his dog went and bought the Jap twins, mega thrills for un-mega money.

I don't need the Zed to be 10/10, I need it to be 8/10 but with a few casual refinements. My last Zed was a compromise between balls out and GT comfort, my next one won't have to satisfy the balls out as I have the MX5 for that now. The 986 is very well built, it's just the 5% suffering IMS failures that is a risk I'm not prepared to take right now, Same reason I bought the gen2 997 instead of the gen1. You're right in that the Boxster would be the cheaper choice short term, but I can afford to play with the Zed over a few years. I don't have to have the best car, I have to have the best car for me. The Boxster is the best car, but it's not the best car for me right now. If it was as simple as that, I'd keep the 911!

I still have no idea where my polling station was. Stupid idea, utter waste of time and money even if the theory behind it is sound.

I refuse to believe that neither of you were familiar with spam emails containing viruses in the attachments before today. It's not AV software that catches this, it's common sense. Not opening attachments where you don't know the sender is the first rule of email, and has been in place for at least 10 years now.

It's a fair question. I don't want a convertible as I've got the '5 for that, but I could still get an early Cayman (just!) for the Zed budget so your question nearly remains the same. Truth is I want something I can mod with ease, and something that's not got the potential for £5K bills if the engine goes pop. An M96/97 engine always has that risk, whereas even if the V6 lump goes pop it's only a grand to get a replacement. With the house purchase taking up most of my spare cash, I'm looking for a cheap GT car that can replace the 911 for long journeys. Sure, the Boxster could do that just as easily if not better, but again we're back to the money side of things. Same reason I stopped looking at 996 911s too. In terms of keeping the cars running the cost will be the same with regards to fuel, tyres, servicing etc, so it's just the big bills I'm trying to avoid. As far as driving characteristics go, I personally would rate the Boxsters considerably higher than the Zed, but that says more about the Porker than the Nissan. If the Boxster is 10/10, then the Zed sits at about 8/10 but without the risk factor. Having done the very fast car thing now, I'm more than happy to settle for "less" if it means I can have some proper fun in it and mod to my heart's content. They're brilliant cars, and I regret selling mine as I was just getting started with exploring the engineering side of it so there's a bit of unfinished busines if you will! I guess what I'm really trying to say is the age old adage of buying a fun car with your heart. The Boxster is the better car, but it's not what I want and it's not like the Zed is a complete dog either. I can't say I'm not gutted to be leaving Porsche ownership, but equally I'm looking forward to having something a bit more playful again too.

My sympthies