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    350z UK 2014 Ace Cafe London meet 19/04/14

    in London

    Posted · Edited by Tommy Kaira

    My Z will still be at Garage-D :cry: 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

    Arrghh it's happening again!

    in 350Z General

    Posted · Edited by Tommy Kaira

    @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!

    Arrghh it's happening again!

    in 350Z General

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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.

    Thinking of getting a bike...

    in Other Cars

    Posted

    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.

    Thinking of getting a bike...

    in Other Cars

    Posted

    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!

     

    DSCN0567-1.jpg

    Thought you'd appreciate some eye candy rather than my ugly mug!

    IMG_0792.jpg

     

    V_Rod.jpg

     

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