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Posts posted by Tommy Kaira
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Hello all,
I'm looking for a set of wing mirrors for an early Jap import to replace my veilside ones. Any (cheap) condition considered.
Thanks!
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Can you post the wheel nuts to me (in Essex). If so and they're still available, I'll take them.
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I'd go for the megane. I had an R26 and couldn't really fault it. The newer ones are meant to be a step on from that.
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My Z will still be at Garage-D but I might pop down in the S15 if I can get away. Guess I'll be shunned to the non-Z parking but added to the list anyway!
1. AmyZed S66 PDP
2. Whacky Will. K1 LEF
3. A9H-RX A9 HRX
4. Grundy - MW53 EJO
5. octet - ADY 870D
6. glrnet LR54 NKO
7. DavidZ OV56FOT - Replaced Tinyfiler
8. Will370z - OY10 PFE
9. Ebized - GU59 UNS
10. Mopedmark - PF53 0UU
11. Damiiian - SK08 RAD
12. GT4ZED - DV05MWM
13. me <---------- (you might want to put your details here unless you want us to guess your car reg?
14. flamez wv56otl - Replaced Wasso
15. OV53 - OV53 YPA
16. Davedutch KD55 ZED Replaced Shenly
17. Firemansim - HS52 CDU
18. Dedman - M666 MWD
19. Andy James -AJ07 ZZZ
20. daveyboy11 MH03 XOC
21 TheNoName MI 4CUR
22 zed 1990 OE53BJO
23. oOo csmith oOo - N15 WWW
24. ap427 NH57 DWJ
25. Chelseahst nl06 ppz
26. Dunks PHZ 4136
27. HaydnH GT07 ZZZ
28. Level 7 Boss X9 AAH
29. chirag1988 - BL08 BYH
30. StevoD fr03ahl
31. Ballardpaul - S111 XKS
32. Arran *** cya
33. Madmarky
34. DDay - CF54 VGL
35. Nismo Z33 - F4LJT
36. Nismo Z33 - TIB7010
37. parello9- GN54TZM
38. longsh07 - WN05 FUT
39. F4ABP - Y23 DRH
40. Darren-B DAZ 450
41. Scootg X20 SJG
42. TOPHOOKER OY10PDX
43. Waltzinblack OV54 XHR
44.madmikester EN51 NER
45. coldel, non-zed, baggsie the parking spot by the entrance next to the fence
46. Jmanji DX54XHT
47. GTuned - XXO 350Z
48.buster and mrs buster V80BSV
49. Mudman R6 PNG
50. FLEX GK05 UJD (Buster deleted me!)
51. (maybe) Tommy Kaira - S15 FKU
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Can you give me a price and first refusal on the brakes and the seats please.
Thanks
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Any info on these??
These are sexy:
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CMR, I'll take it if it's still available.
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Are these still available?
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Does the plate fold forward then slide back (underneath)? Do you know what make it is?
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@tommy kaira, thanks for your input. I didn't have time to reply to all the points before as I was stuck in work, here's my thoughts.
1. I'm not really "overstretched" I earn in the region of £1,500 to £1,800 after tax each month and pay out around £600 In bills. That said I don't have enough spare cash to the point of not noticing all the petrol stops as I mentioned before.
2. Already mentioned this and I agree, in hindsight I'd have rathered a one in sunburnt orange, I didn't have the time to shop around for the one I really wanted.
3. I could definitely benefit from advanced driving lessons or preferably some track time
4. Theres a good chance I will end up getting something else in the near-ish future. (Don't worry people I'll not make a third version of this post haha!)
With regards to your last comment, thats not true in my case, my old car was a stripped out and highly modded civic and it was a raw as they come, I'm not to fussed about comfort to be honest.
My mates are winding me up now sending me videos of hondas, I shouldn't have mentioned this to them
^ the guys track etiquette isn't great but it's a fun watch anyway.
No problem nowhereboy. The comments weren't directed at you personally, more a general opinion for anyone in that situation. Sounds like in your case you just haven't "clicked" with the car. At the end of the day you are clearly a driving enthusiast and if the Z isn't rocking your boat then I'd say go and find something that does. I've tried to get on with cars that I "should" have liked but just didn't (also an R32 Golf...they really are a bag of shite!). It really ruins your fun! Hope you find something soon! Good luck with the search!
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Few points that i've seen on this, and my own opinion on it (quick notes)
1) Running cost is bothering you : Every sports car is expensive, they all have large tyres, high tax, low mpg and if you mod one, you'll mod every car you own. If you can't financially afford it, which alot of people, including myself, keep avoiding and dont like accepting a sports car cost isn't affordable on a certain wage or circumstances, Don't move to another sports car. You need to get a normal car, doesnt have to be a diesel, but go for something like the 1.9diesel astra, good mpg, still sub 9 second 0-60 and cheap to run and fix. This is a solution until you can afford it financially, the cars going nowhere.
2) Bought the wrong zed. I had the same problem. I wanted blue, none availible, bought gun metal and spent hundreds wrapping it to green. Now that its gun metal again, i enjoy it. Its simple.The sporty colour just didnt look right, it needed bodykits, exhausts, spoilers, all of which i couldnt afford. If you are genuinly not happy with the zed you bought, but want a zed. Look at selling it and buying the one you want. If you are going to lose out of it, calculate your loss, can you wrap it? can you spray it? Or is it just time to accept the loss and get the colour you want, or move to the next car.
3) Doesn't feel sporty. I thought the "3 and a half litre v6 yeahhhh" would be alot more muscley than it is. Big litre, normal bark. It is definetly, to me, who is an inexperienced driver, not a good track car or street race style car. 0-60 is not the zeds strong point, I always wonder if someone hooked a caravan on while i wasnt looking its that heavy. The power surge is 50+ where no sports car for the same price will outrun or keep on your tail. There are mods you can do, i.e. turbo and s/c. Can you afford it? if yes, im sure its going to be a different beast. If no, like myself, the zed is a high mpg power car, its not your lights to lights car. Cars like a 1.4 saxo can keep up with me round, em... certain areas, because i panic about the rwd kicking out, and me blowing an 8k car down the drain. They dont have that issue. There are cheaper ways of making it feel sporty, louder exhausts are allowed on a zed, its a 3.5litre, stick whatever exhaust you want on it, no1 will complain. Short shifts, throttle controllers, uprevs. You just need to realise that maybe Big John in his fiesta ST will still be on your tail round the streets and youll think "wtf have i bought this mpg guzzler for", lead him onto a motorway and show him what the cars made of.
4) Just doesn't feel like the right car. Even if you keep looking back at your car, what are you thinking? "that would look good with a nismo bodykit", "that would look good with black alloys". I've been there tryna create a fast&furious car, costs too much. Your never satisfied and end up spending more and more that you cant afford. High end modifications are for those who could go buy a ferrari, but choose to modify a 350z. The same as the guy everyone mocks with the corsa, who could buy a zed, but wants to put a 2.5litre twin turbo in his boot. If its not the right car, test drive others, see how other cars feel, bits you like and especially, what you wont like.
All in all. We all have expectations that are over-exaggurated to justify why we bought a car that gets 1mpg, high car tax, and has 2 seats. I always thought it would be faster, not as expensive, and would beat everyone i know. But, I want to keep the car now. It's not the street racer its made out to be by everyone else, its just a high litre cruiser. If your a god damn good driver, you'll have more fun. But like i said, most things require money. Check out some other cars, test drive before you sell.
This is a great post! So I thought I'd give my opinion for what it's worth (usually very little!)
1. Totally agree! If you've overstretched yourself financially you'll never really enjoy it. You'll forever associate it with the stress of financial hardship. People only look at the cost of buying a car, never of using it how they want to.
2. True again
3. If you're in this situation, spend a few hundred quid on some advanced driving lessons. Not only will you be able to get the most out of the car, you'll be safe and find that you're using WAY less fuel in normal driving conditions. It's not as boring as you might think and you wont be lectured on not breaking the speed limit the whole time.
4. Agree again. If it's not right, get something else. A car is a car. If you change your mind again, it's not like a 350z is hard to find.
Basically, are you imagining something realistic? I've seen this before with people caught up in the romance of a race car on the road...they quickly found out race cars are horrible, loud, uncomfortable, impractical, unreliable things! They weren't prepared to accept that.
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is riding a big slow chug chug cruiser in a harley style a safer bike to ride?
Not really. Learn to ride properly and be realistic about your skill level and the only thing you have to worry about is other drivers.
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Yep, he's my best mate. It's Duncan.
You'd need to register it but you don't need lights, indicators, etc, etc like most people think. The bike in the first pic I posted is road legal and has pretty much nothing!
You could run it on the off road tyres but the front brakes can be a bit weedy for road work and you'll get insane corners with a SM set up so keep an eye out on ebay. Grab my number off Rich is you want to know anything else mate.
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Yep, I think it was that one. Tell me more....
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Nice bike. For the road you could even get a pair of supermoto wheels and swap them back and forth if you're on/off road.
djrm...Not a friend of richie don are you?
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No, it's a white and black 54 plate.
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There are a few nice roads out Finchingfield way. Used to take the bike for a spin out there in the summer. Lots of nice places to eat too.
Or a nice cup-o-tea here: http://www.finchingfieldtearooms.com/
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Thanks Leeroy.
Trim, carbon, stereo, etc. was done for a magazine and isn't too bad. I plan on keeping it for a while so not worried about selling it on too much. I could always put it back to standard and sell the gary boy stuff separately. But as I say, it looks OK actually!
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Do it! But be prepared to find cars totally boring performance-wise from then on.
If you just want to use it for fun then the GSXR600 will be great! If you want to commute go for something like a Hornet/Fazer (cue lots of "I ride my fireblade to work" comments). You can use any bike for anything but you'll be much happier on something a little less sporty for the trek to work.
Anyhoo... to convince you to get one, here are mine!
Thought you'd appreciate some eye candy rather than my ugly mug!
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Count me in. (if you don't mind a newbie tagging along) It's looking like I'll have a Z any day now!
1. Mick43
2. rtbiscuit
3. Sam McGoo (date depending)
4. daryl
5. SpursMaddave
6. midzt
7. glrnet
8. Tommy Kaira
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PS. Probert Motors for me. And they are local to you.
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Have you noticed if you type 'Toomeys' into your iPhone it auto corrects to 'toilets'. Coincidence???
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Go back and tell them you're not happy then set fire to the place using a can of petrol and a match ......... let the car burn with the premise and claim on THEIR insurance ......SIMPLES
Corrected for you!
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Thanks everyone!
Yep you read that correctly! I'm thinking at that price anything can be fixed before it's a bad deal, right?
FS: Carbonetic Twin plate clutch
in 350z Parts For Sale
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Ash,
Can you PM me price and details on your clutch please?
Thanks.