Chesterfield

My vote is No. A plane takes off due to how air flows over its body and wings, in a nutshel the air takes a longer route over the plane than it does under it, which creates lower pressure above the plane, and higher pressure below it. This causes the plane to lift. Its excatly what happened to the lemans car some years ago that went of the track, it acted like a plane wing, and took off. No air going over the plane and its wings, no lift, no take off.

So I tell my missus.... Just before I get a slap.

Yes yes - but you aren't feeling my presents....

Looking at that lower picture, it looks like it has an electric motor (notice the little red wire) I have not heard of, or seen that before. In my opinion the spring loaded ones are a bit feeble, so maybe this is better, but still $280 for that? Its quite expensive.

I get wind noise too.. Its also quite draughty too, can get quite cold without the heater on. If I put the roof up though, it cures the problems. Seriously though, I can only compare the wind noise to a previous convertible, the MX-5. The wind noise on the Z is far less than the MX-5, and very good for a rag top. With the roof down, its similar, but the exhaust note is better!

Only speed issue I have seen is down to my broadband at home - which fluctuates between half decent and none existent! Ruddy BT

I think it is a matter of personal prefference. Im not too bothered about blanking out my number plate in pictures etc, or people posting my number plate.. Others though, do wish to keep it private on an internet forum. I think the suggestion is to not post the full number plate of a car that does not belong to you, just in case the owner is one of those who would rather err on the side of caution. As I say its just personal prefference.

I haven't experienced that, mind you I haven't got it sideways yet. You are certainly a braver man than I !

I have to say I'm impressed with the flexibility of the company - and a warranty! Cant say fairer than that. Its still not something I would personally go for (as Im a scaredey cat) but for many the flexibility of being able to do it on finance and still have a warranty has to be good. The more options there are into the tuning market, the more popular it will become.

Agree with the above - black looks stunning when clean and waxed up. But is a bugger to keep it that way for long. The lighter colours never seem to have that deep shine, but they have the advantage when it comes to not showing the stone chips. Mine is only a few months old, has less than 4,000 on the clock and the stone chips on the front are already annoying me. You have to go for the colour that you like though, there is no point in going for a colour you arent very comfortable with just for the sake of a few marks, or because it may not shine as well as the others.. Whichever you go for, its a Z, and that will be enough to draw the admiring glances, no matter what colour it is.

Steve Jones is our resident Ice Guru, perhaps he has some information that could help - maybe a PM?

I think too many started to be run into trees and other cars rather than into the ground... It was when the late eighties and early nineties that they started churning out mums shopping cars with bigger engines but the same brakes and safety gear (which kept the cost down). They were cheap enough for kids to buy, but were easy to smash...

Hi Dom, Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy the community here as much as we enjoy bringing it to you. We should be organising some meets very soon. Now where is our meets organiser.... He is around here somewhere..... lomoto is his name.... On a serious note, there are quite a few members in and around the Midlands area, so we should be able to organise some well attended meets, and I personaly look forward to putting a lot of names to faces. Chris.

Only issue I have is the short ramp/kerb up to the drive. If taken slowly its fine, butat more than 5mph and you will scrape the front, at 10mph I can scrape the front of my standard mk-IV golf.

14K a year! What is your age, if you dont mind me asking? Mine costs just under £600, its in the missus name with me as second driver, as I have to insure the company car in my name. Its got a limited mile policy (set at about 5k I think at the moment) but whether that makes any difference I dont know. Im 27, Misus is 32. Live in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

At the weight of the car its got to be approaching/overtaking supercar territory.

Same here, at the moment once every couple of weekends, looks pretty filthy, but come the summer, she will be treated well...

Hi, welcome to the site! Glad to see you enjoying the Z experience, Im a relative newbie myself, having only owned the car a couple of months, and doing only about 500 miles in it myself (the missus has it as a daily drive) Thanks for taking the time to join up, I hope you enjoy the community here!

I also thought that the standard speakers were low resistance - 2 ohm I think, where as normal speakers are 4 or 8 ohm I believe? This means you are seriously restricted when doing a like for like swap. I think...

And I thought it was only Rover who just churned out the same car over and over again with little tweaks... Rover 200 - Rover 25 - MG ZR... That is an elise with a roof, and other bits stuck on. Notice they still havent done anything about the crap ergonomics of the 10 inch wide sills you have to climb over... If people want their missus' flashing their knickers at everyone when they get in/out of this in the summer, its great - other than that, its one of the worst cars I have ever had the pleasure of getting into, and "trying" to get out of. /2p.

They dont do it at my local Tesco's, I sent them an email saying that they were missing an opportunity.. In Chesterfield we have one station with Shell optimax about five miles out of the centre, one garage that does BP ultimate in the town centre, which is quite arkward to get in/out of. Then a couple more out of town BP stations. If our Tesco did 99 RON it would almost certainly be the most popular place for all performance cars in Chesterfield to fill up. As per usual from Tesco - no reply.

yup, its a clarion manufactured unit. Bose speakers and subwoofer amp I think, rest is clarion.

Sorry guys, I was hoping to make this, but Im in Vegas on this date now..

Hi, My dealer is Gordon Lambs in Chesterfield - they seem to be quite helpful. I have only had my car about 5 months, and touch wood have not had cause to use them for any warranty work or anything yet, though the staff do seem very approachable.. You could always give them a ring before making a special journey over and give them the whole story - they may be able to help? Think of the positive mentions they will get on here if they help you out....

Got my brother looking at it now too.. You bugger. I can feel myself being drawn in....