Craig David

Thanks Pete, some useful info there. Hope life's being good to you and yours.

Hey folks. Long time no see and all that. I've got a family car now and missing my Zed. I'd like to get another one if circumstances permit. Anyway... some folk I know on a motorcycle forum are on about taking their cars to Santa Pod for a RWYB day. Has anyone got any suggestions on how we co-ordinate ourselves on the day? No one really knows anyone other than on-line. How do you meet, is it worth setting up a gazebo or similar, do mobile phones work ok there (what baout internet on them)? I remember a lot of the day when I went was spent queueing up for the strip, which makes it harder to get people together. Any suggestions for organising / co-ordinating would be great. I remember some good meets including some at Santa Pod back in the days when I had my Zed.

Cheers lads. I have looked at and tried a couple of BM forums but I haven't found a really good one yet as far as I can tell. One did suggest camshaft sensor so that is sounding very possible.

My car ran badly for a little while today and a similar thing about a week ago. Normally it's fine, then all of a sudden it started running rough; down on power, needs more accelerator and using more fuel. No warning lights or similar. Stopping and turning it off and on didn't seem to help. Turning it off and locking then unlocking the central locking with the key seemed to fix it both times. It felt a bit like it wasn't running on all cylinders. The rest of the time it's fine. It's got 165,000 miles on the clock, the last 40,000 done by me over the last 18 months. I've always had it serviced by a good independent except the most recent minor service about a month ago which i did myself (I just changed the oil, filter and topped up the power steering fluid). It's lpg converted but I don't think this is the problem - i switched it back onto petrol and then onto lpg again when it was running badly and it didn't make any difference. Any thoughts gratefully received!

Hey Alan. Thanks for letting me know. If he ever wants to sell it, point him my way, it always seemed like a fantastic car. I sold mine about the same time - to 'Crazy Edi' from Albania. I was sorry to see it go but he seemed to really like it so that was good. Good to hear you and Daz have got a business off the ground. Good luck with it. If I was in Notts still I'd bring my cars to you.

Anyone? Anyone? (Bueller?! ;-) ) Anyone?

Streuth, it's like the old days! lol

Anyone any idea? I always thought it was a superb car, my favourite. I saw he was selling it a while back but I had just split up with the wife, was living in someone's garden and couldn't buy it then.

I need a part worn (for me old BMW 728i, not a Zed). Aren't most (higher speed rating) tyres directional? Most look asymetric too. Does that mean I need a specific nearside or offside fitment?

Cheers gents.

My mum's got a Qashqai. There's a noise from the steering, she notices it at low speed at full lock / near full lock (dunno if she really knows what full lock means but you get the picture!). The local Nissan dealer has had it in twice to fix the problem and failed. can anyone recommend an independent garage near Dundee who might have a good go at sorting it for her?

I fancy fitting one. I'd be for my old Seven Series BMW (E38) not a Zed. I've seen kits for 25 quid. Are they any good? I remember they used to cost 200 quid, then 100 but can you really get a decent one for 25? ps - missing my 300 loads, the BM's all right and more practical but nothing like as special.

I always fancied a late shape Prelude.

Cheers gents. The centre exhaust (and back boxes) are on Ebay if anyone's interested.

I'm selling off my last few Zed bits. I've got the centre section of the exhaust which I think contains the cat. Any idea what this would be worth at a scrap yard?