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I sold my 08 HR at 130k miles and never needed to top it up between services.

I believe "Non Binary" is medical. "Sexuality" is chosen and for some people can be fluid. I like Cider but every now and then I will have a Corona. Freedom of choice. Who cares nowadays. Its normal and acceptable. I think that there is a minority of LBGT folk who miss the attention now it has become acceptable to the masses. Hence Pride etc. I have a couple of young ladies next door who live together. At least 5 years now. I speak to them regularly if they are in the garden. In that time they have never felt the need to tell me they are lesbians. Nowadays its irrelevant. I don't care if the noise from their house is a sowing machine or a sex toy. I just turn the telly down and put a glass to the wall.

When I meet someone new I know after 3 minutes I know whether I want to spend any time in their company. I could list out what values are important to me but their sexuality would not even be on the end of a very long list. I get a bit sick of this LBGT++++++ label that just keeps on getting longer. For a while labelling people went away. Now some people want to be recognised and have created a label WTF. Why don't we just label everyone as "People" and have done with it. Just tell kids "It is acceptable in society today to love whoever you want" you don't need to go into and more detail than that. I feel if you do you are in danger of influencing them. I read at some point that a female celebrity declared her 6 year old as gender neutral. How dare they make this decision for them at that age. When I was a child a boy was treated as a boy and a girl as a girl. What's the problem with this? When the individual grows and understands they can decide for themselves. Create an inclusive society but don't influence children. I have friends in most letters of that acronym so I have no problem whatsoever. I would go on a pride march no problem but it would be for a few beers in the sun and the hope to have some interesting conversation. For me I don't see any point to be made anymore. Its acceptable now as it should be, get over it. The whole thing has become more complex than it needs to be. As an example. A friends son at the age of 16 has labelled himself as gay. My friend wanted to chat with me about it. My advice was "just let him develop, he will become who he wants to be". I went out for a pint with my pal about six months later and he brought his son and partner along because he wanted to show his son it was ok other people knowing. It turns out his current partner is a lesbian. Get your head round that. I have been wanting to get that of my chest for a while. Who would have thought the 350Z forum would be the place to do it. Sorry to go off topic but I need to join two female connectors on my modified window washers. If Nissan cannot supply a suitable adaptor I will be reporting them for discrimination.

I think the extra strain on the grid is a bit of a myth TBH. The Tesla charges are actually a huge battery pack to smooth this out. Even if everyone uses their 10kw home charger at once it should not be a problem as power usage drops off during the night. Its no different to most people having a shower between 7 and 8am. The manufacturers predictions for electric car sales by 2025 have took even me by surprise and I have been looking to go that way for a few years now. I was going to bit the bullet 8 months ago, I looked at second hand Tesla Ss and a new Jaguar I-Pace. Both nice cars but for a fast Tesla the capital outlay was too much, with Jag it was the waiting list and the massive capital outlay. The performance is there, the charging is there, they just need to get a bit cheaper. Anyway I bought a 2 year old BMW 12000 miles at nearly half its new price. For now.

Binge watching this now. Interesting how the fear of superiors makes you blind to what is right in front of you. If anyone wants to see this storey but are not willing to invest 4 hours Adrian Edmundson was in a drama / documentary some years ago that was also very good. YouTube below. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775665/

I have looked through the workshop manual (available on here I think) but it looks like there is no relay. I have attached the relative section of the manual but its too complex for me. A trusted garage is probably your best bet. EC.pdf

I sold it to WBAC, they might have put it though Motorline.

I had the same thing bank 2 down stream of the CAT on a bog standard MY08 350Z around 110000 miles I think. Left it for around a year then sourced a pre used OEM sensor, this made no difference. Many months later I had a garage fit a brand new OEM sensor and still had the fault. The garage suspected a faulty relay but I sold the car through WBAC before I got it fixed so unresolved. It should be fairly easy to check the power supply to make sure it comes on when cold and goes off after a few minutes I would have thought.

I suspect that the 370Z and GTR reversals are...……. Medium Phase. High Phase. Extra High Phase. Combined. Are all incorrect. Therefore 4 out of 5 are incorrect. Of course I could be wrong and the new GTR engine has something special about. Anyone clued up? Nice work Nissan....

Got this through my door from Nissan. Looks like they are good at cars but not so good with the proof reading. Spot the errors any one? I apologise if its correct but it looks a bit odd to me. Should we have a cut and paste competition and try and help Nissan with the individual entries for each car? Only the Z and GTR obviously. Winner sends it to Nissan.

Any one seen-bought by Z from WBAC? PY08... Silver GT.

I might be talking shite here because I have never had a car with an oil temp gauge. I would have thought on a NA engine the cooling water has closer more direct contact with the main engine heat source, so would be hotter. Wait for someone with more knowledge in case your engine blows up.

Have you checked your deeds? There may be a path but I suspect the border will be in the centre of it. I live in a detached bungalow with my drive on the right hand side of my house. It looks like the whole drive is mine but it is not. The property on my right owns the first meter if I look at the deeds and I own the first meter of the drive on the house on my left. When you think about it has to be like that otherwise how could my neighbour maintain his wall without being on my property? Anyway. The stuff against your house is not good. When rain hits a brick wall the brick absorbs the water. Don't be fooled by water repellent snake oil etc. This is the way houses have been successfully built for 100s of years with no problems. When it stops raining the brick dries out. You get problem's when you do something that makes the brickwork experiences more dampness that the architect expected. Thing like a continually dripping gutter or blocked downpipes, broken tiles or missing slates. If you have stuff stacked against the wall you are going to get splashing, trapped water and lack of airflow for drying the brickwork. I would have him move it. I would not be confrontational because the last thing you want is friction with your neighbours. I would say something like "I have just had a kitchen fitted and noticed a bit of damp. The damp fixing guy suggested it might be because of me stacking stuff against the external brickwork. Any chance you can stack your sh**e against your own house? In the nicest possible way if you get my drift. Check your deeds before hand in case this does not work so you have something to go forward. Its easy to do. TBH regardless of what the deeds say, even if he owns the land right to your brickwork its definitely your wall. Does your roof line not overhang his land then? Seems to be an un-lightly situation to me. Be cool but defo get it sorted and check your gutters etc. as well.

No. But nearly. 9 years bought 1 year old. 08 plate HR GT. Loved it. 130000 miles. No oil pressure problems. But. Several suspension issues. Consentric slave failure resulting in a new clutch kit. Many brake disks. Cost of car £19500 with 7000 miles. Sold car £4300 130000 miles. Sounds good but it cost me around £7000 in failed components in that time. I am incuding brake rotors because they failed so frequently due to vibration under braking. BTW I now have an M235i. I have done the math and rather than keep a car for 10 years I can buy a fast car 2 years old. Drive it 12000 miles a year and sell it 2 years later including the extra years manufacturers warrantee with less cost per year than running the Z for 9 years. I am taking into account servicing, tires and everything else. Just a head up. I loved my Z but keeping it long term cost me.

My Z had to go because I needed 4 seats and a newer car to qualify for the Car Allowance at work. Very sad getting a taxi home from we buy any car after 9 years of ownership. Had to stop at the pub for a couple of pints. I might be back one day if the next one is a 2+2. For now I am very happy with a 16 plate M235i auto. The 8 speed auto box is mental when you punch it. Red line every gear. Probably still read the forum to keep up with the Z world.

I sold my silver 08 HR GT to WBAC 2 weeks ago. 130000 miles, engine management light on, rusty rear quarter panel and around headlamp, shabby interior, plenty of chips, broken power steering, a very loud humming above 50mph and very bad front suspension rattles. Online quote was £5000 mint. The guy asked me to start it. Checked the mileage. Looked at the body work and took notes. Punched a few details into his computer and his computer said £4360. £4301 after the £59 charge. He did not even drive it. Money in my account a few days later and a cheque for £360 remaining RFL. Very happy with that. My reason for using them is I would not have been comfortable selling the car to someone with so many problems. Just checked and the car has not been taxed yet so I assume they still have it.

After my catastrophic clutch failure I am wondering when owning my Z becomes none cost effective. At 116K MY08 HR it seems the 370Z is more of a facelift that a new model. Any ideas where Nissan is going next?

Had the car back a week now. I just wanted to live with it a while before commenting. The uprated SMF kit ZX has supplied is superb. Its a bit heavier to press the pedal but the throttle connection and feel to the rear wheels is much better than stock. It also revs faster which seems to have corrected my judder starts that I have had from the car since 7K when I bought it. Being Single mass there can be a very slight bit of chatter from the drive chain but only at very low revs <1200 in-fact. Probably me just being lazy and probably I should not load the engine at these revs anyway. All in all if your clutch goes, this in my opinion is the way to go. I would also get the uprated CSC because as mentioned the hydraulic pressures are naturally higher being the clutch is more heavily sprung. If I am honest being a tight wad I went for this because it was considerably cheaper than the OEM, but I would regard it as superior anyway. However you might get a more muscular left leg, just like my more muscular right arm............. Cheers ZX for the happy ending.........

Anyone replaced the DMF with an SMF. The price of a new DMF is ridiculous. Any disadvantages with a SMF? I am not bothered about a bit of extra harshness or vibration as long as its not too ridiculous. I imagine I will need this car for around 30k or 2-3 years before replacement. Anyone done that sort of mileage with a SMF on a HR? Either way its going to be very expensive just wondering on your thoughts.

Not being funny but..... I had this same problem the other day, even the boot would not open. Messed about for 10 minutes with hot water etc. Then I tried the key in the lock instead of the remote and turned it. Opened straight away.

My 08 has been like that since I bought it at 7000 miles. Still the same at 95000.

I have had this problem for years, 08my. I suspect this. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/54763-how-to-fix-the-inaccurate-fuel-gauge-pdf/ It started to happen within warrantee but the steeler said he would have to dismantle the suspension and drive shafts to get to the sensor so I decided to live with it. This turns out not to be true if you read the guide. Now I just brim it and drive 400 miles then fill up. I usually get between 65-70l in so there is some margin for varied consumption.

I bought the GF a Tesco Hudl2 with a keyboard. sound perfect for you. Very fast.

You are a laugh. Anything to show off your sig. Good advertising that. I can see you are trying hard as your time is limited. Tesla is the future. I am being a prick now just thought I would wind you up a bit. hahaha why would you even say that? if he wanted to show off his sig I think he would post up a new Torqen product :headbang: & if you think you are winding him up, your probably winding yourself up as no doubt he is laughing at how much of a foolish post you have just made :lol: :lol: Yep you are right, Its just one of those threads that gets my back up when most people have sympathy for a very foolish act. Back in my box now till the next one. I was only joking about the Tesla, but I would if I could.

You are a laugh. Anything to show off your sig. Good advertising that. I can see you are trying hard as your time is limited. Tesla is the future. I am being a prick now just thought I would wind you up a bit.