Nothing much happened this weekend.
On the Saturday (21nd) Emi went to meet her mother and I was left to my own devices. I sent a lot of time playing GT5 as I wanted to complete the game so I could go onto playing the new Grand Theft Auto game.
In the afternoon a paid a visit to Autobacs and made a couple of purchases:
*Wheel spacers - have decided that I couldn't justify spending 1000 quid on a new set of wheels and tyres I wanted to still do something with the standard wheels. Nissan's tend to have very large tyre to body clearances and have the wheel set too far into the body - great for a country where people fit snow chains everytime is snows (Japan) but doesn't do much for the look of the car. I bought a set of 4 5mm wheels spacers to push the wheels further out to improve tings a little. The fronts now look about right but the rears are still set too far in but 5mm is the furthest you can go.
*The car makes many funny noises because Nissan spent all its budget on the drivetrain and suspension, leaving little for PQ (Perceived Quality - nice sounding doors when they close, sunvisros that don't make a loud banging noise etc) and NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness). As such the gearbox whines all the time - not that the gearbox has a problem, journalists mentioned this on vehicles when it was launched - and above 60km/h there is lots of road noise from the rear. Therefore I've bought some sound deadening material to reduce the noise although as I write this I still haven't fitted it!
Sunday there was not much to report either. Emi went to her mothers appartment and the only note I've made for the day was the French GP which was a disaster for Lewis Hamilton and again makes you wonder if Ferrari are running the FIA with a damaged car not being called into the pits to be repaired.
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