Chesterfield

Received the tickets today Steve thank you very much Ive received two green passes, and a yellow sheet to put registration and mobile number on. Also a copy of the magazine and club membership form, and instructions sheet. Excellent Is there anything special required for the parade lap, any other form etc, or is it a case of turn up to the driver briefing and obtain the necessary pass after attending the breif? Thanks again for sorting this out for all us 350z drivers, its very much appreciated and should be a brilliant event for all Z owners to remember.

arrrghhh! Anyone else want to do this - otherwise I can ask my brother tomorrow morning.

They make glue remover now, discovered this after superglueing my fingers together before. Very useful stuff! Yes its the Z on the grill - now known as the "Redzed Z"

I can fully vouch for what cruel and unpredictable beasts these Z's can be. OK Ill admit it. It took me over 2 hours to glue a Z on the front of my car. Has anyone EVER found a superglue that sticks the majority of plastics? At one point I toyed wth the idea of melting the chuffing thing on. It was all the badges fault

How come I can get a sticker on first time, but couldn't stick a Z on my grill with superglue for love nor money? Its on now by the way, but I wouldnt be surprised if I left it in Europe at some point.

Pfff - dont you know anything... Its "All Star Wrestler".

Not a great deal of the stripes myself - I only like those on Vipers and AC Cobras. Are those tints legal? Look very dark to me.

I dont own a saab.

Ive still got to put my sticker in the car. A job for tonight I think Sorry for the confusion David. As has been posted before, there are actually two sites in the UK for the 350Z. There are various reasons for there being two sites in the UK (there used to be one some time ago). Although it appears people have pointed out one obvious difference already. As above, we dont mind giving out the link to the other site, and it seems that you may have been speaking to a chap who is a member of the other place so hopefully you will be able to get in touch with him if you need to. You know how in times gone by we used to ship people off to Australia when we no longer wanted them in this country. Then hundreds of years later Australia actually became one of the leading destinations for people leaving the UK for good in search of a better life? Well G'day

What can people be done for if they misuse a disabled badge? Is it just a parking fine or can their license be affected? Perhaps if people were to receive points for abusng the system it may make some think twice.

Since buying the yellow one, Ive had two "incidents" that Im not particularly proud of. I have never confronted anyone in years, yet in the last month Ive had two such issues. It really depresses me that I have allowed some numpty to drag me down to their level. I thought I was above all that, but some times the red mist comes down and I revert to some knuckle scraping neanderthal (too many nights out in Chesterfield methinks ) The latest such incident was at a local 24 hour petrol station slash mini tesco. There are about 6 parking spaces and 3 pumps. I was on my way to a meal out with friends but needed some cash - so we called at this garage on the way. I generally try to avoid it at all costs unless its some ungodly hour as I know it will be busy, usually with traffic queueing on the road just to get in. Anyway - I pull in and there are about three cars in front of me waiting for spaces, so while Im waiting Tracy goes to the cash machine. One car gets tired of waiting for a space and leaves, and the other two take the next two spaces made vacant during the next minute or so. So now ive moved round to near the cash point and I am the next in line for a space - as it happens no space becomes available by the time Tracy has returned from the cash machine (about 45 seconds after I became the first in the queue). Just as tracy gets in the car I get a knock on the window. It turns out to be a chap tht has just pulled into the last empty pump and decides he wants to speak to me before filling his car up. So I wind the window down and the following takes place.... Me: "yes?" Merc Driver: "You are holding everyone up mate" Me: "well there are no spaces, so what can I do about it?" Merc Driver: "F*** Off" (gesturing with his thumb to the road). Of course Tracy did not take too kindly to that kind of language being used for no reason. The problem was, the tirade of abuse that was about to flow from my mouth was going to really upset her Before Tracy could finish saying "There's no need for that", I had turned off the ignition, knocked it out of gear, taken the seatbelt off, and was out of the car. Having a go at me for no reason is one thing, using that kind of abuse for no reason whilst Tracy is in the car is quite another. I made it pretty clear that saying that to my face now I was out of my car would perhaps not be in his best interests, unless of course he felt looking fo his teeth under his car was an appealing activity and that by taking that action he was actually holding the traffic up even more, as I was no longer in my vehicle to move it. I was dissapointed in myself that I acted in such an agressive manner, but he just caught me at a bad moment and was completely out of order. I then spent the next half an hour wishing I had just responded with some witty retorte or put down, and kicking myself that I dragged myself down to his level. Grrrr... Im sure it was the pure fact that it was some young (ish ) lad in a bright yellow sporty car with a loud exhaust that made him act in that manner, and I would hope that had it been Tracy in the Altea, he may have chosen a different course of action.

It is very annoying - Tracys Dad has a blue badge because he cant walk further than about 100 yards due to a knackered knee. Really annoys me when you see people who are clearly using a friends or relatives card to get round any parking. Having said that, we may be prejudging the 430 driver, he could be just like Tracys dad and have a bad leg that prevents them walking very far - not a practical car for someone with that sort of disability, but perhaps they always wanted one?

Hopefully we have drawn a line under the recent issues, so I trust nobody minds this being locked now.

DONT TWIST IT !!! Its actually a little more involved. http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/Shift_Kn ... eplacement As I couldnt be bothered to go through that whole process, I simply cleaned up the top of mine with Autosol instead.

On a more serious note - please dont use the forum name or logo in any corespondence with these people. Its taken me quite a while to put what appears to be a stop to the spam posts that kept appearing, including some rather adult material that we would rather not see on the site. If you are going to prod these animals with a stick, please dont cause them to run in our direction. Ta, Chris.

You certainly arent being cheeky asking for help - thats one of the main points of the forum. There are plenty of import owners on the site, so they will be able to advise what to look for (documentation etc). Other items to look for common to all Z's are in the FAQ section.

Also got a wave from a Sunset on the way over - dont know what road it was on, I just turn where Tom Tom tells me

For what its worth, I have posted my thoughts on the other thread which no doubt was the catalyst for this very thread. It would appear that what needs to be said has already been said on this thread. As for personal issues and the arguments that may occur from time to time on the forum, lets try to rise above them. Although it may be hard - take a look at this, it may help:

Bloomin eck, just come back from an evening out for drinks with two friends Ive met thanks to this very forum, and the first unread post I read is this. I do hope you will reconsider beavis, and Im sure you can bend my ear at the karting about how you feel, though obviously its something that you feel strongly about. From my personal perspective and experience I can say that there will always be personality conflicts within internet forums - as the number of members continues to rise, the chances of experiencing one of these conflicts increases also. There have been times when my comments have caused upset to other people, and also times when other peoples comments have caused me upset. While most of the time I have bitten my tongue, there have been occasions when I have perhaps let my emotions rule and I have entered into heated "debate" which has probably not been the wisest course of action. There have also been times when I have had to try and play United Nations and mediate other conflicts that have arrisen - whether thats part of my role here, or just my nature I dont know, but its something I do, hopefully successfuly. Beleive it or not there are sometimes minor conflicts within the team of people here - and I believe working through any that arrise is what makes us stronger and hopefully work better together for the benefit of everyone here. It is a shame when people become upset with others, but as I say, its going to happen given the number of personalities on the forum. Perhaps we can all take something from this and consider just what we post on the forum, and what can be sent by PM, there is an awful lot of chat that could perhaps be better placed in Private Messages, and although we would never wish to see the forum become clinical and strict, the balance seems to require addressing and bringing back on track. Beavis, my PM box never gets full (admin perk I suppose ) feel free to send me one if you want to bend an ear. Sarnie, the same goes for yourself - feel free to send me a message if you feel there is anything I can help with. Heck, my inbox is open for anyone if they feel they want to chat about the issues raised within this topic. Chris

Great pics! Sounds like a very reasonable dealership too. Bit unfair to take advantage using a little fib, but still - they have some nice pics there, and on a website getting an awful lot of traffic from owners and owners in waiting I can imagine the looks that thoese two get in convoy!

Very useful info Gus, thats a great help for people. Stickied

Pah - dont do much with them Im going to sort my Z badge out now, then Ill be using that server access later to sort out some more links on the main page and try to sort some other bits and bobs. As Val says - no difference or heirachy at all, just the admins have access to configuration control panels so we can change the forum around or users profiles etc, moderators have access to the standard tools that are used to keep the place tidy. We could just have every one of the team as an Administrator - but it may then look a little overbearing when people are used to a heirachy structure with Admins as the top level, maybe we could all just have the tag "350Z-UK Team" or something?

If the kids did that round here, Id sneak up alongside the fence and chuck a couple of housebricks over. They can go of crying to mummy and daddy, but daddy better be a big bugger if he plans on coming round and having words. Since the incident where I stabbed a football with a carving knife, the kids steer clear of our house - they even walk on the other side of the road. I assume they regard me as some psycopath Victor Meldrew type. Which is fine by me.

Oh yes - its storing the name you say it twice, and once for dialling

Once you have said the name for the second time, it should repeat the name to you (in your voice) - it is then that you say "dial".