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Parked up outside Kings on Sandown High Street. Thought might be on their way to our Saturday meet !

Just left Bristol and heading home in the baby beamer east on the M4 4ish. Passed by a black Nissan 4x4 and OR in convoy being very brave speed wise! I tagged along until we met a patrol car - they carried on . . . . . . Like to know their secret

Continue to get ' the time you entered is not valid'. Have tried 12hr clock with and without preceding 0 and 24hr clock despite am/pm. To fulfill calander requirements I have selected a 3.30pm start and 6.00pm finish for a regular weekly meet. With the message : Meet, drive out and pub chat. Gather at Yaverland car park by the sailing club. All welcome with or without a Zed + do suggest better times/locations/ideas for a meet. Could you post this on my behalf ?

Keep getting an 'oops' when info is submitted. I must be missing something - please advise.

Got the Avatar up OK - jpegs are getting the better of me ! Think I need an idiots' guide that assumes no prior knowledge. Suggestions ?

just testing

Super site - like the search options. Thank you team

Hi JO3YT Just caught up with your first post - welcome! Didn't see your Z on High park today. Zeds seem to be on the increase so this could be a good time to get an island group together. Three of us - all roadsters - met up at Yaverland on Saturday, had a bit of a drive and chat at the Fighting Cocks. We're keen to be sociable, share experiences, skills and generally support fellow enthusiasts. You'd be most welcome to join us next Saturday 3.30 Yaverland car park. Robin

Thanks for the advice - I'll give it a go.

Hi Josh Steve and I met up on Saturday - sorry you couldn't make it. Hope the repairs were successful. Have since been contacted by another island roadster owner + 'spotted' an azure coup in the High Park area of Ryde - OJ 03. I have a pic of our first meet - have tried to put it on the forum with no luck. How did you get your pic on there? We plan to give Yaverland another go this Saturday at 3.30pm any chance you could join us? Regards Robin

Hi Steve Look forward to saturday - see you at Yaverland 3.30 ish Josh - could you face being a passenger!

Sounds like a good meet already!

Hi Josh Yes, it could have been me - but - there is another on a 55 plate + panama - I've seen it pulling into one of the cliff top roads in Shanklin. I shall do a recce with spotted cards. I've a little tale about the main agent's one - so has Steve ! I'll save it 'till we meet up. My exhaust also gave out, the flange beside the rear nearside wheel had rusted through, but a nifty weld saved the day. Plan to do away with that enormous rear box at some point I'm currently favouring a Japspeed K1 unless I learn of something better at around the same money.

Hi Josh Thanks for making contact. I'll let you know through this forum when and where Steve and I will be meeting up. We're both based in Shanklin, where are you? Excellent colour btw - I have the roadster version. Hope the repairs go well

Hi Attak Z Fine, so I'm now on the runway for RAF Finningley - that was! This is obviously not going to be easy.

Hi Choosing this option certainly has an effect on the list but how do you bring up members geographical location? I'm lost on this one !

Hi SWRSteve Yes well met - perhaps we can do better than a supermarket car park next time ! Meanwhile I'll have spotted cards at the ready. Bronzee what sort of following does the Z have in the colonies?

Thanks for the advice - I have printed out some 'spotted' cards to be use as and when. Can anyone tell me about the 'location' option on the membership menu?

Hi I'm into my fourth happy year of 350Z ownership - and would like to meet up with others for drive outs, events and pooling of skills/spares/equipment etc. The 'location' option on the membership list doesn't bring up members grouped geographically - is this right? So am hoping that this request might be successful in kick starting some island interest from other Z owners/enthusiasts. How have other areas gone about it? serious metal

Replaced the original Bridgestones with TR1s - having been advised that the sidewall issue had been remedied - it hasn't. They are less immediate in their response and have reduced the amount of 'feel'!

Or an ex government employee sadly redundant !

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Thanks for your responses - its reasuring to know that this is a recognised fault, and probably fixable without main agents intervention! MartinMac - not sure what 350Z tsb is - sorry. Yes I will post some info and pics - over the hols. The 350Z is a totally standard 2005 Azure Blue with 15K miles - everyday transport is a much improved and remapped V70 T5 auto.

350Z Roadster - 2005 The roof gets stuck between the 9th and 10th operations - the 12th being when the lid closes! It has responded to a gentle push at this point, giving the impression that something is slightly out of shape or is out of alignment, but no longer. Are there any other soft top owners who have had this experience and found a self help solution?