Sam Mcgoo

Well....................................................... I know its not the v8 I thought I'd be getting, but after driving one I knew I had to own one at some point. My theory for doing it now over the others is; A. Because its fu*&ing awesome to drive! What a machine! B. Getting a decent Maserati Granturismo 4.7 MC shift would have been a bit more of a stretch financially right now. C. I'm still not 100% safe from redundancy at work and I reckon the GT-R will be much easier/ faster to sell should the worse happen and I need to get rid in a hurry. Anyway I picked it up on Friday. Its only a Litchfield stage 1, but my god it goes well. I forgot how much I love the mid-range torque of a turbo, pulls like a train! I will get the Granturismo MC as my next car if finances allow and I've still got a job but in the meantime I'm very happy with my purchase.

Unless she's paying for it, she doesn't get a say This is true but the benefit of having her on board, is that when things go wrong and I'm spending ££ she can't say "I bloody told you not to get that stupid Porsche/TVR! "

I'm still totally torn what to do! I'm getting frustrated now as I hate not having a car! My situation is a little different as I work away for a few weeks at a time so will be in the garage, then when I'm home for a few weeks would need to be usable daily. That rules out a classic for me, or I would seriously consider a 67-69 Camero or 240/250z. It also rules out Cobras etc as it needs to be usable all year in all weather. Investment wise it'd be a TVR or Porsche 911. but the missus hates both of them unfortunately. Yesterday I test drove a Stage1 GT-R and I have to admit I was blown away how good it was! I really didn't expect to like it as much as I did and I'm now VERY tempted by one. A few days before I drove the Aston 4.3 V8 Vantage. It was lovely, really classy, lovely nose (of course), quality interior and handled really well on the b-roads. I was impressed. It felt really special. However, it definitely lacked some low-end torque but I thought I might be able to live with it as having to rev the V8 to get full benefit was worth it. I wrote about my Maserati 4.2 Granturismo test earlier. My thoughts at the moment are if spending up to £35k it'll be the Aston. 35k - 45k = GT-R or 4.7 Granturismo. I just need to try the 4.7 Maser now then make a final decision. lol GT-R is winning right now though so if the right one came up I'd probably jump.

Interesting thread, very similar views as were on my thread a few months ago http://www.350z-uk.c...something-else/ I'm still totally torn what to do! I'm getting frustrated now as I hate not having a car! My situation is a little different as I work away for a few weeks at a time so will be in the garage, then when I'm home for a few weeks would need to be usable daily. That rules out a classic for me, or I would seriously consider a 67-69 Camero or 240/250z. It also rules out Cobras etc as it needs to be usable all year in all weather. Investment wise it'd be a TVR or Porsche 911. but the missus hates both of them unfortunately. Yesterday I test drove a Stage1 GT-R and I have to admit I was blown away how good it was! I really didn't expect to like it as much as I did and I'm now VERY tempted by one. A few days before I drove the Aston 4.3 V8 Vantage. It was lovely, really classy, lovely nose (of course), quality interior and handled really well on the b-roads. I was impressed. It felt really special. However, it definitely lacked some low-end torque but I thought I might be able to live with it as having to rev the V8 to get full benefit was worth it. I wrote about my Maserati 4.2 Granturismo test in my thread above. My thoughts at the moment are if spending up to £35k it'll be the Aston. 35k - 45k = GT-R or 4.7 Granturismo. I just need to try the 4.7 Maser now then make a final decision. lol GT-R is winning right now though so if the right one came up I'd probably jump.

I do indeed.

Yeah, still available.

It is a nice and well known forum car. BUT crap advert and ........seriously? 24k? about 10k overpriced.

SOLD! :-)

Wow, sad news. RIP Martin. You will be missed.

No one with ticking fuel dampers at the moment?

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Still available.

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Still available.

I met a 73 yr old member today. A very nice gentleman who regularly tracks his Zed.

SOLD!

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SOLD

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1. Vortech 3.12" Pulley used to increase the boost produced by your vortech supercharger. As new never fitted - £65 Delivered 2. Gates Micro-V Horizon V belt 6PK2358. 92"7/8ths - The belt needed to fit the above 3.12" pulley to a DE Rev1 Vortech pulley set up. Box damaged Belt is as new - £18 delivered or £15 if purchased with above pulley. 3. GTM pulley mod - A pinch roller that can be added to your Vortech setup to help prevent belt slip. I bought this 2nd hand from another forum member but have never used it myself. Requires an M10 Bolt to fit. - £35 delvered More info on all the parts can be found here - http://my350z.com/fo...-questions.html Example of fitted roller

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I got a PM @ 1.15am so he has first 'dibs' I'm affraid. He is letting me know later today hopefully. ChrisB is first reserve.

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