jamesyj

Hope this isn't a repost.

I wikipedia'd this the other day. Kuro means black in Japanese.

So I have a 350z in black black. Nice work Nissan.

I don''t really want to get rid of the Z, so I bloody won't. I've had her for nearly a year now, and I'm still deeply in love. It just ticks every box I need it to!

It sounds mental, it shifts when you want it to, it looks gorgeous and above all, makes me smile!

It's technically twice as practical as I need, I'm "in between girlfriends" (i.e. single) at the moment, the passenger seat/footwell easily fits my lunchbox and coat in it.

I'm really not sure what's next, we'll see what I need from a car come 'new wheels time'. That's assuming I do for some reason get rid of the Z.

If I was going for performance, I have a shortlist.

TVR T350 Coupe

Nissan Skyline R34 GTR (can't stand R32 and R33 interiors)

996 GT3

For a family orientated ride.

Nissan Skyline R34 GTR (it's a 2+2 so it's practical in my book)

535d

I quite like CLS' too.

But then again, I'm 23 so we'll see!

Vauxhall won't be doing any more of these. They have no plans to get any more. The HSV Clubsport R8 has been out for quite a while in Australia, nearly time for them to have a new model, we'll maybe have those in a few years.

About a month and a half ago Vauxhall had circa 120 sat at their holding compound and at various dealers.

The deal took off and after two weeks, all the manuals were gone (that's the cheapest one, auto is a £1,395 option).

Now we're struggling to get hold of any auto's. We've (my dealership) have got the last one we can get our hands on. It's a Bathurst in Red Hot (not a Bathurst S).

We were selling manual VXR8's for £22,888. When they'd all gone, Vauxhall gave us a bit more money off the auto's and we were able to do those for £22,500.

A hell of a lot of car for the money, I was highly tempted when the deal first came out but I decided against it.

A VXR8 just isn't me, far too practical, and IMO, it's not a looker like the 350 is.

It seems to me that it's one of those cars that's fast, and that's it. It doesn't make me go weak at the knees. With the 350, you don't have to be going fast for her to put a smile on your face.

Stick with your 350's people!

She's absolutely beautiful dude!

Maybe one day I'll get to answer the question "What do you drive?" with "Oh, I've got an Aston Martin".

Possibly the coolest phrase in the world!

Top work mate!

Has anyone done a version which are wired to the side/headlight indicators so that they work in time with those?

I think that'd look quite smart.

Got mine when I was 23, still 23.

Paid £200 ish loading on the policy to change from my Celica GT (that policy was circa £500).

Just had my renewal through of £715, a little bit of banter on the phone and my renewal is now £615. Not too bad I guess with 4 NCB.

I'd quite like an R34 GTR or TVR T350 next but I be-grudge paying over £1,000 to insure a car. We'll see!

If someone had a 'Stage 3' Astra VXR, I'd shy away from it, it'd pull away from a 350.

Astra's are just frenetic to be in anyway with standard power, they're never really an 'animal' to drive as they're pretty FWD, more like a cat with a bit of a temper. They're still a bit 'oh crikey' but they won't kill you.

Corsa's can be reasonably quick. Circa 210-220bhp with a re-map, more with an exhaust. Regal do a 300+ bhp kit I've driven a re-mapped one, felt standard to me....

There are quite a few Astra's which are 310- 330bhp, not uncommon. 400bhp has been done but it's a Regal Demo car I think.

I'm told that the Corsa VXR has a faster 30-70 time than a Golf R32.

And don't pay £18k for a Corsa VXR, come and see me, you can have an Astra for that with much change.

Meriva VXR's are no more, discontinued from 2010MY. Zafira's aren't that bad to drive, just, if you need a people carrier, you could at least get one that's a little more 'grown up'.

Vectra VXR's aren't fun, VXR8's are.

Oh and the white Astra's are Astra VXR Nurburgring Editions. They come with a Remus, un-officially power is around 260-265 bhp.

And if you've got a harness on when just pimping around the streets, they become very annoying, very quickly.

It's looks really small? In reality, probably the same size as my Nismo chome one, but it looks smart. It's not the size, it's what you do with it that counts

Oh bloody hell, you get all this shiney lightweight stuff in when I've got no money!!!

Awesome, I'll give you a tinkle when I'm flush with cash!

Will the 19" GTR's be stocked sort of 'forever' if you know what I mean?

It's just, I want a set of these wheels but my standard 18" tyres are fairly

new and I'd rather wait a little til they're about done.

And at the minute, I'd really miss £1,300 out of my bank account!

I'd be gutted to miss these, but if they're an on going stock item, I'll just grab a set a little later!

Rota's in 19's? Am I reading this right?

They look spot on!

How much monies?

I'm really not a fan of diesels.

I dislike;

The smell

The way they deliver power

The sound

Having to start one

I'm just not happy about 1,500-2,000 RPM of power and then literally nothing.

But I recognise that they're good and can be very quick, I just won't have one.

BMW have done a good job disguising the diesel noise. Car manufacturers are getting much better. I work for Vauxhall and the pick of the engines (aside from the VXR 2.0T) is the 1.9 CDTi 150PS. Likewise with the Insignia, the 2.0 CDTi 160PS is the one to go for.

The best engines in the 'normal' (not VXR) cars are the diesels, they just feel so much more pokey. But then again, there is a bit of a premium to get a diesel over a petrol model.

I recently drove a Mondeo with the 2.2 TDCi, stonking engine, much more refined that the Vauxhall units I'm used to.

But luckily, I'm not bothered about the above. My heart sinks a little, I feel cheap and disappointed everytime I get in a car and the redline is at 4,000 RPM.

And Prius' are worse by a mile.

But then again, if we're all pimping about in our 3.5 litre planet killer, at least they're saving it for us. Shame their car is that economical, or does much to save the planet.... Bless!

I wash mine at least once a week, twice if weather permits.

I'll wax it maybe every other time I wash it, time and weather permitting.

I find it quite relaxing so I dont mind.

If I get a full session in, I can easily spend 5-7 hours on it.

I do the interior maybe once a month, it never gets dirty, just a little crap on the mats, that's all. If they get a little minging, I'll hoover them and the car looks mint again.

I'm a fan of this!

I've used Collinite 915 which seems to be serious pita the take off on a light coloured car, let alone a black one.

The HD goes on fairly easily, comes off really easy. It's only slightly harder to remove than AG SRP, which if I'm honest, is easy to remove.

Beadage seems good! With a weeks worth of crap on the car, it was still beading. She's now got 3 coats on, and will continue to get a coat everytime I wash the car, mainly as it's that easy to do.

£20 is a good price! £40 is the RRP but you can find it everywhere on the interweb for £30. It's still the cheapest I've seen this wax advertised at.

My money is still on Ben Collins.

I read somewhere that Kovakinen was 'The Stig' when the Renault F1 car went round.

I did expect clarkson to take the time off the board for the speed hump rule. IRRC the Aston DBR9 went round slightly quicker

And it had less power!

It looks like they do them to fit standard wheels.

http://www.courtesyparts.com/logo-chrom ... 19540.html

Me too!

CS was entirely correct. I'm assuming they're sold now.

The link was Azure skirts for £80.

I'm slightly tempted to get a price for each single brand new component from Nissan that makes up my 350z, split it up all nicely in an eBay listing, say it's worth as a bundle £30,000??

Then advertise it for a shite load more than it's worth.

Great idea!

Oh and mention at the bottom that it only comes with 1 wheel.

I do love Rex's. My mate's got one, it's gorgeous, but it never works properly. Thre is always an issue with it, be it big or small.

"losing boost", "might have broken a tip off a rotor", "it's flooded and won't start" It's been rebuilt and all that jazz.

I'm just hoping that he's got a bad one and that they're not all like that.

If I'm honest, NSX anyday.

Get yourself a set of the Alpinestars - http://www.gprdirect.com/OnlineShop/Pro ... 34&p=44891

Pimptastic

http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/item_de ... odID=55328

A bit of a bargain if you've got an Azure?

I have it on good authority (well it cost me a donation to the raffle of the century) that the shaft is....

 

 

10mm x 1.25 thread so it appears your vernier has allowed you to come up with the correct answer

Thanks boss. You are a true gentleman, albeit a hairy one!