AndWood

Are you staying just off the 192 near medieval times?

I am at the Hard Rock Hotel at the moment then moving on to the Disney's Beach Club Hotel and then the Polynesian but I know the 192 well, why do you know of a place for me to visit

It's got me thinking now does anyone know of any 350z parts stockists in the Orlando area as I am thinking of lowering mine and the springs can't be that heavy can they.

On holiday in Florida at the moment popped down to Walmart today and stocked up on some Mags cleaning stuff but could not believe the prices.

Meguiar's Smooth Clay Kit- $15 =£11 £23 at Halfords

Large Meguiar’s Gold Class $6= £4!! £15 at Halfords

Meguiar’s Wheel Cleaner $5.64 = £4 £9 at Halfords

The wife is not too pleased I am taking up all the luggage allowance!!

It sounds like the fan is broken and when it over heats it cuts out thats why it lasts longer when you first switch it on.

Took this one at Epsom downs which is 20 minutes from my house when I left my home there was nothing but blue sky and when I got there the sky was like this

Looks over priced to me you will find much better and

Did you get your deposit back?

Hi Dave and

I had a 55 premier EP3 before my Z never thought I would say this but I have not missed it for a minute since swapping for the Z. There are loads of people on here that moved across from the Civic.

I had my p1 done at Wilsons Epsom yesterday

 

took my own oil and they cleaned my Nismo cone filter £160 with vat back voucher

 

how does the price compare to others down south

 

 

This is what gets me when I called them up they wanted £240 for a P1 in April and when I said I would supply my own oil the guy said we don't allow that!! Now you go there for the same thing and have no issues using your oil and get it for £40 less, I ended up going to Bishops in Guilford and had £750 of other work done with the service and they gave me 15% off the bill. So some numty on the phone cost Wilson's a nice earner

 

Sorry to hear of AndWood's experience. I am no fan of Wilsons generally and have heard some sorry tales - the fact they are running several franchises, with Peugoet/Renault in particular, dosen't help in my view. However, as I want the official Nissan stamps to ensure no quibbles over any warranty issues on the ZEDS I have owned, and they are in walking in distance, the 'Nissan' section has so far been OK and I have had no issue with their servicing and they have been quite happy to use my (Opie supplied) oil. The big grumble is the charge they and other Nissan garages make in and around London so if we can get them to drop prices noting the 'competition' might be taking their trade then that's good for us.

 

On my previous ZED Wilsons sorted out the well known tyre noise issue I had with Nissan, resulting with two new free front tyres (after 17k miles on the originals) and tweeks to the suspension geometry, and after I drew their attention to it being a known issue having learnt from this forum.

 

I have always made a point of personally thanking the mechanic/technican concerned on finding the car returned unmarked, and as best as can be checked, that all the work has been carried out. If you know you are likely to go back that does pay dividends and no doubt ZEDs are a welcome change from all the run of the mill Micras etc they normally get. When you are seen to be a true enthusiast with some knowledge of the car, in my experience it does seem to help ensure everything is done as you would expect. So far for me that is the case and the reception guys now know me as a customer who has no reason to give them an earful, rather the opposite.

 

That is not say that if there were a local ZED specialist, I would not hestitate to use them - certainly post the warranty period. But the thing using a distant specialist is that if you do have problems that can mean you have to resort to somewhere local and if you are not a known customer then that is when I have found in the past that you end up taking a chance things will be sorted and at a fair price - not always successfully.

 

Perhaps I have been lucky with Wilsons, but I can only suggest that if you have any issues with servicing/repairs there is to make yourself known to the service manager (John) who I have found to be fair and helpful given the constraints he is probably working under in an otherwise impersonal organization.

I just probably called at the wrong time and spoke to someone who didn't have a clue, I dare say there are horror stories about every dealership in the UK. They are the most local to me so I will more than lightly end up back at Wilsons at some point.

Gutted I can't make this one as I will be on a plane to Florida that day so that is a bit of a consulation.

I had my p1 done at Wilsons Epsom yesterday

 

took my own oil and they cleaned my Nismo cone filter £160 with vat back voucher

 

how does the price compare to others down south

This is what gets me when I called them up they wanted £240 for a P1 in April and when I said I would supply my own oil the guy said we don't allow that!! Now you go there for the same thing and have no issues using your oil and get it for £40 less, I ended up going to Bishops in Guilford and had £750 of other work done with the service and they gave me 15% off the bill. So some numty on the phone cost Wilson's a nice earner

Wouldnt use them even if they were paying me to use them...............

+1 They refused to use my own oil

Bang it in now before everyone including me goes off on holiday

You even managed to get the flag pole ariel in Hope you had a great time.

ROFL I was on the first floor waiting for the Lift, and caught sight of this Zed!

Was it you Andy?

 

Jerry

No not me although I am tempted to drive into Croydon and see if it takes less than an hour to be spotted by you

Jerry do you actually work or do you just hunt 350Z's around the Croydon area

My best mate has a E46 M3 his last service was £1100 and the tyres £250 each he is not that fussed about cars but does not stop going on how nice the Z is when ever we meet up. Forgot to say he has had two M3's from new and both of them blew engines in the first six months although BMW did give him a brand new car the second time.

I can't do the Sunday either, sorry Mark

Ebay do seem to be making it up as they go along these days but I guess this is what happens when you have no compertition

i have taught dreggs like that before, and its infuriating as a teacher that you can't bash there head into a wall. try keeping you patience when deasling with said scrote. They believe they are untouchable especially in school, and to a point they are right.

 

i lost my temper once and told a kid that i might not be able to hit him (which is what he wanted) but one day in the real world he'll p1ss the wrong person off and learn the hard way. and when that day comes i hope i'm there to see it.

 

something i know i should never have said, and pushed the boundary of acceptable behaviour. but by god he was an utter sh1t bag.

 

i have worked with kids that are rough around the edges and alot of them do show a glimmer of hope and you can ge tthrough to them. for others its just too late, and they are too far gone where no one can help them. sad really, all that lost potential.

 

at the end of the day it all comes down to parenting. kids with good parents don't turn out this way.

 

maybe a national sterilisation of the chav nation is required, especially as they seem to breed like rabbits from the age of 15. (only joking please don't think i'm serious )

Did you see on the news today about the teacher that attacked one of his pupils at a catholic school, the kid is in intensive care? You do wonder what made him snap to do that to the kid

I know someone who was offered £8.5K for his 04 plate 18K miles Zed, SHOCKING

I hope that wasent you!!!

Does anyone know for sure if the connection to be able to move the seats is already there, even though it is supposed to be easy to wire up plug and play is more my kind of thing.