sasha@lazytrips

Welcome! I love Italy and drive over periodically on trips around Europe! (Have they finished those stupid roadworks on Milan's ringroad yet?)

That somebody could have been me New data on Howmanyleft suggests that there are 368 roadster registrations between 2007 and 2009 although a small number of these could be late registrations for previous convertible models.

I have almost identical-looking Emotion nuts (also on ebay) and they are fantastic.

Those that aren't in accidents will probably start hitting the scrap heap in around 2014, 12 years seems to be the life of a car these days, by 2016 we're probably looking at 2,000 to 2,500 Zed's and by 2020 numbers will be in the hundreds Pete Will the value of 350z start to plateau as they become more limited in numbers? I am tempted to go for a 370z now but can't bear to sell it after the blood sweat and tears that have gone into it. Only time can answer that question. Some nice-looking cars plateau and gradually rise while others collapse for no obvious reason.

The big question is whether 350z's are going to go down the classic car route and eventually appreciate once the cars are 20-30 years old or whether they'll just go down to the £1k old fart territory.

Yes, but very few places would want to export a RHD drive 370z from the UK. The majority will be ditch retrievals.

Yup.

According to government statistics (through howmanyleft), there were 47 350zeds less in Q4 of 2011 than in Q3. With many approaching old age and production long stopped, the 7,598 remaining cars are likely to dwindle down fairly quickly over the next few years.

Spotted a black zed (didn't catch the numberplate, but looked like Kuro to me) parked outside the greasiest pizza in town (speaking from extensive experience).

when you look at the other photos though, there is clearly 4mm from the clip at the back to the edge on each side and the clip diameter is exactly 5cm, so maybe it is an optical illusion afterall. Sincerely yours, Mr Sasha

Sasha is the Russian short form for Alexander.

I think you should put them on and film a drunken dance for us to ascertain suitability.

Angle or no angle, in that photo it definitely looks no bigger than 53.

Am I being dim or is that not equal to 58mm?

You have two options which both end up with a similar outcome: exchange the EU license for a UK one (EU one is surrendered) or go do a driving test and get a UK one in addition to the EU one. I did the second and have two licenses which can come in handy in certain cases when driving abroad.

Red Bull look like they might do seriously well at places like Barcelona and Hungary.

+ 1 to the advice before: if it ain't broke, don't worry about. On another note, I've done the routes you talk about a lot before and twice very recently, so if you want any advice or have any questions, just ask. Stelvio pass just above Monaco is great on a sunny day as long as you're careful (a British guy in a Gemballa in front of us wiped out off the road and into the trees). Also, the road that goes along the coast from France to Italy is epic as soon as you cross the border (French side generally is underwhelming, but the Italian towns along the coast that you see in-between the tunnels are stunning and well worth stopping at)! Enjoy!

Hands up if you went on Autotrader/Pistonheads to check out how stupidly affordable these awesome cars are.

Would look nice if it was more like so:

Excuse the dirty car, but here are the Emotion nuts. You may notice a sorta colour theme going on with the exception of the brembos which will be painted as soon as I stop being poor.

To be fair, there are good reasons for it being so cheap. Import, very low spec (wheels, brakes + most likely the interior), no pictures of the inside OR the apparently awesome stereo, very weird debadging, no spoiler of any kind which looks odd, dents here there and everywhere. Mileage is about the only thing which is actually not bad at all given the age.

I'll post mine up when I get a chance - got some Emotion nuts off ebay and they look and feel fantastic.

Here is some epicness after I played the interested n00b card. This is completely genuine. I edited it to make it easier to read by removing all the standard ebay stuff Hard to argue with a clutch that gives 300% increase to torques.

Absolutely epic.