I wouldn't say that, the 355 isn't that much worse in terms of chassis, but tech does move on and the 355 is starting to feel its age now sadly. Great looking cars, and even better sound, but ageing albeit gracefully.
You'd be surprised, a 355 is old now and I'd expect a 350 to have a substantially better chassis, it's more the mid-enginedness of the Fezza that will make it feel more planted.
Sounds about right as a trade in tbh. Dealer needs to make a profit somewhere, so they'll a grand and a half on that and be prepared to be haggled down the £500.
Toyo (for example, easy website to navigate hence my use of them here for an example!) don't recommend anything over 255 on an 8.5" rim. I can't find the wheel size for OEM F355 rears, but if they're 10" then they'd be more than happy with 295 on the back.
Did you try running the wheels with those tyres without the spacers? How much power are you putting down now? If you really need more grip from your tyres, you'll either need to consider larger wheels or moving to a better tyre: What tyres are you using now?
Why do it all on the same day? Drive up, test, do deal, leave £500 deposit, come back week later and pay the rest. That's what mst people do, surely? Gives you time to sort insurance and stuff out.
Never done it myself as I've always bought from main dealers, but I would only ever do it via walking into a bank and doing the transfer there and then, too much to go wrong/get ripped off otherwise. If that meant taking a day off work, it would be worth it.
£55, the same it always does. They're not allowed to charge any more than that, clicky me for the proper list.
D1 spec? Do you mean the accelerator pedal sensitivity adjuster thing? That'll be fine, or you could just unplug it for the hour if you're that worried.
Brendon Barber is a c*nt of the highest order, up there with Dave Prentis and Uber-C*nt Bob Crow.
To quote Ben Affleck in J&SBSB, "F*ck them. F*ck them in their stupid asses!".
I'd go less than that, I wouldn't want to pay more than £5K considering it's a Cat C. The only thing I will say is that if you had loads of photos and receipts of the damage/work done and it was fairly easy to see that it should've been a D rather than C in terms of damage caused then I may go a bit higher, but not by much.
It'll fail. Good spot there, although obviously not so good for the JDM owners!
Another key point is that the driver's seat must move forward or backward, so no more fixed seats. Maybe not a huge issue for the likes of us, but what are Atom owners supposed to do? Or X-Bow owners?
I can't stand bodykits on a car.
However, that looks so wonderfully angry that if I think bad thoughts about it I suspect it may come and kill me in my sleep. Gorgeous.