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Agreed, for noise you're far better off making induction noises yourself as you put your foot down. I got quite good at it after all those miles.

I never formally weighed my 172 Cup but I did weigh everything I stripped from it less everything I put back in (e.g. race seat +mount vs standard). I took out a total of 117kgs so from a starting point of 1,021 it left me at 904kgs.

Are they worth it? It depends on how long you intended to keep you car. I put one in my 172 Cup at 2,500 miles, it was still in there at 90,000 miles. How much would I have paid for paper filters at every 6k service in between? Yes, they're worth it.

LOL at apps randomly moving! Enjoy your 5S, and know with 100% certainty that Apple truly love (control) you.

Interesting Tony, never knew there was that relationship between ambient and track. Does maybe explain why the Bridgestones didn't perform that well, as soon as ambient is in low single digits they pretty much give up.

I'd love the hardware that you have especially the glide track. Until that day I just make do with a GoPro and Serif MoviePlus...it has its limitations but for the basic car stuff I tend to do it's enough. Any samples of your work?

What was the ambient temperature on the day? I find the RE050s great on track but they need a lot of heat to get the best from them.

Mine has, more so than my 200 but not quite as much as my 172 Cup did.

Tar remover, almost any brand will do.

You could always just remove the hose in the engine bay and stuff something down there to stop the noise getting through to the cabin. I think the formal option of a blanking plug is considered more for when you want to up boost levels which then make the symposer take off from the intake...

Yep. Front near-side on mine. Raised it twice at service time, they respond by saying they've checked and re-torqued all main suspension components but the 'problem' still persists. It's a common thing on STOC, tyre wear on mine is fine, car behaves as I'd expect it to dynamically, and it never...

That's my fear over the Mustang. Much as I hope Ford have given it a good dose of what they gave my ST there's nagging doubts, at this point enough to stop me chucking cash at a dealer to get my name down for one.

That's no bad thing! I drive on broken country roads mostly and my non-cup 200 was perfect for them.

Checked service docs BTW, as first three services were freebies thrown in by supplying dealer I didn't get a formal invoice as such so can't tell what they used.

They must have focused on build quality much better when they first started making them; mine's almost completely rattle and creak free.

Is your 200 a Cup? If not is it a 200 with Cup suspension pack? Looks to me like it could well be neither of those, silver wheels badly painted black and silver callipers given a rough going over (not even bothering to sort the logos out) to make it look like it has the Cup suspension pack.

Are they not simply non cup pack Brembos so silver instead of red? Possibly with the Brembo decals worn off? If they are four pots I highly doubt they are not Brembo callipers.

The new 2015 one is, yes. Any of the old rental spec models, especially if they come hobbled with an American slush box, are slow as fcuk.

I checked them all yesterday and I've still got between 2 and 3 mm on all four corners! I've been planning since 22k or so for their replacements but they just refuse to wear out. No fluid level warnings so far for me although apart from the slight incline on my drive it's only ever parked at...

Build and dealer issues aside you've never really gelled with this have you Dave? Was the initial hype a bit too much, err, hype do you think or is it just not the car for you? Or is it that you've been stuck with it for a minimum 12 months and for someone with your car buying habits that's a...