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I have spent many an evening trawling through the VQ oil analysis thread on th my350z.com site by RESOLUTE. This led me to use Mobil 1 0W40 as my oil of choice (£19.99 +vat for 4l at Costco) see link below if you are sad enough like me http://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-driv ... -info.html If you just want a quick summary of findings here is one quote from RESOLUTE/Will Resolute Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: @7000 ft Posts: 2,016 iTrader: (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: Originally Posted by Biochem7 can we use 0w-40 in the Z? Absolutely. Check the Oil Analysis sticky right below this one. M1 0W-40 is one of the best performing oils so far in the VQ. In that same thread, there is a list of manufacturer specs for various oil's viscosities. M1 0W-40 is included, and from that you can see it is a thin 40 weight, or a really thick 30 weight depending on how you look at it. Either way, it is not so thick as to be overkill or have adverse affects for NA use if that's your concern. Besides being one of the few oils to meet Porsche's standards for the GT cars, it is also one of the few to meet GM 4718M certification- the unique spec created by General Motors for Corvette oil. It’s a high-temperature requirement that tolerates less oxidation (thickening) and volatility (boil-off) on a standard engine test called Sequence 111E according to engineer Bob Olree of GM Powertrain. It is voluntary for oil companies to let their oil be tested for approval, so there are other oils not certified that would probably qualify, but M1 0W-40 is one of the few that sought the certification and that alone is a good sign of the quality of this oil for NA use. Will

Castrol are a bit naughty. Looked at this in Costco and the label says fully synthetic "ENGINEERING" not fully synthetic oil Not all fully synthetic oils are the same either. So Tescos own brand Fully synthetic oil cannot be compared to Castrol Edge/Mobil 1/Motul etc. Saying that, I'm sure for normal use it won't kill the zed, just might be better stuff for similar money

It's the green eyed monster in him/her.....take no notice. Once had some chavs stop next to me in traffic and spit on my car laughing. Totally unprovoked. Scum can be soooo brave when there's 5 in a car As far as the league currently stands I think that puts me in the lead

Last pic is nice......shows yuor lovely lips off

Sorry to hear about your woes. Interested in a Glanza? Get down to this meet at Trafford centre viewtopic.php?f=86&t=37285 I went to the last Glanza and co meet and there were loads in various states of tune Can't make this one coz i'm at a wedding. As for a Prelude any questions fire away. Bought a '93 plate 2.3 in '98 with 55k. Parted after 7yrs (to get the zed) with 130k on the clock mainly coz I had no AC (too compromising in summer) Really comfy sports seats. Lovely low seating position. Mine never missed a beat......just normal wear and tear. Even did the routine servicing myself and I'm rubbish with a spanner

I think it highly unlikely bud. Even under warranty they try to wrangle out of a proper replacement with a regrease( which then failed again 3months out of warranty)

If the zed has an upto date service history a P1 with new spark plugs. Mine is an 05 too and in for the same this year. P1, P2, P1, P3 and back to P1 on year 5. Ps I went for a P2 not P3 last year coz as said by others the service sheet shows no difference on the zed between P2/P3

Apologies if it is a repost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uLECuGK ... r_embedded

Don't know why the apologies using the camera phone. I think the pics and colours still great

those last pics make it look as if your zed is brand new

Lovely backdrop. Bet you had a blast driving there and back

Spotted a spotless white 370Z being parked very carefully by a loving owner. Also a parked up Azure 350z. Both were very clean examples. Was in the wife's car so didn't wave to the white zed for fear of looking

After 3yrs CD was skipping. Used cassette adaptor for 2yrs. Now the cassette does same as yours. Tried everything, and 2 different adaptors BOSE NOW IN THE BIN New DAB unit installed yesturday

Zmanalex recommends a Varta blue top. About £65 from a motorfactors. DUE to buy one myself next week.

Lockwood and Greenwood Audenshaw Road Audenshaw Manchester M34 5PT 0161 301 5000 Ex Nissan garage, family run, now independant. Still get a Nissan stamp in your service book too

Good job as always Can you reccommend a bug and tar remover other than Tardis(only available in mahoosive cans ) Bleedin greenflies seem to be attracted to the black roof of our mini. In the evenings they try to "mate" with their reflections, get stuck when condensation appears and die stuck there. Then the hot sun melts and bonds them on

Many thanks to MattG for recommending Tim at Trilogy in Stalybridge/Manchester Wanted to bin the Bose for ages but feared taking the zed to a place that had no "ZED EXPERIENCE". Went to Trilogy today having ordered all the relavent accessories listed in the guide. Even brought a printout off the ICE guide in case Tim forgot how to work on the zed My fears were unfounded as he started dismantling the dash/installing so smoothly and efficiently as if he'd done hundreds of zeds. Took him about an hour including some soldering to hook up the steering wheel adaptor as the unit INCARTEC sent wasn't plug and play DAB unit works a treat. Reception is A1 in Manchester. Windscreen mounted DAB aeriel is visable but discreet but a small price to pay to recieve BBC1Xtra and CHOICE BOSE IS GONE

Almost overlooked this thread Got my vote in

Love the first 2 pics. Paint is "ON FIRE" Bumper looks more aggressive too

If you haven't decided on a colour by 18 July, pop down to the Manchester Krispy Kreme's meet to see different colours in the flesh and say hello viewtopic.php?f=86&t=36793

Black gets from me

You make "maintenance and repair" work so simple. Very envious of your skills

Lovely transformation Thanks for sharing. Most friends don't understand the buzz I get from a good detailing session. I can only describe it to them as getting that new car feeling but they still find it abnormal. Maybe I'll show them your transformation to win the arguement

Happy birthday! An easy date for of to remember in future coz it's my dad's birthday too. Post up if you treated yourself to anything interesting/zed related.

Another cause i found was the plastic trim around the tools rubbing against the spare wheel coz I didn't put things back properly