Peter10

Mine goes in the little cubby hole by the hand brake as I have wired in an aux cable to the stereo so I can play music and get to it easily to change songs.

47 people so far, this is going to be mad by the time the Z Car guys come (or do we have our own stand this year?). When I went in 2011 I think I counted 27 cars total from both clubs.

Count me in, missed it last year due to work (n fact hardly been on her due to work commitments ).

1. Martinmac

2. Marzman - TRACK

3. The Bounty Bar Kid - TRACK

4. Wizard

5. WINKJ

6. Amyzed

7. Keyser - TRACK

8. Dave-350 - TRACK

9. 350Ad - TRACK - If i still have it

10. smudge - TRACK

11. x20drb - TRACK

12. jamesdean - TRACK

13. Sidewayz350z - TRACK

14. chippychip123

15. Jez - track

16 Andy james. TRACK

17. Darren

18. Kezkez23

19. PGregory

20. OsakaBen

21. ironhide - Track

22. Allan Zada

23. glrnet

24. Madhatter

25. Jam87ie - Track

26. morgs

27. choptop

28. Scootg

29. Beb - Track

30. Dannyg

31. Hennerz

32.dErZ - Track

33. Will370z

34. LewisH

35. Fxn

36. Alanm

37. Jaz 350z

38. m1ke

39. Veilside z - Track

40. Ozzy225

41. Dave_the_rave

42. Mutley88 - Track

43. WackyWill - track

44. Rajzed - track

45. Charlie Wicks

4.6 Peter10 - x1 ticket/stand pass

Nice to see another midnight zed join the forum. PS, your steering wheel is on wonky .

TBH I dont see the point in shelling out so much money to save £210 a year? Unless you just want a change?

A 135i second hand is priced between £14k-£20k depending on year and spec. I fancy a change simply because I can't enjoy the zed for what it was bought for any more (such as car shows/events etc). Also, I could do with an extra 2 seats now. I can't really think of any other cars at this price range, with this level of performance which can seat 4 people.

I mean that the 1 series coupe looks good compared to some of the other 1 series shapes. The new 5 series doesn't do it for me either.

I said on another thread that I will Get rid of my zed if the road tax gets any closer to £500 in the next year. I have a new job that most of my time is devoted to (against my free will) and I can't attend the car shows it deserves to be at.

I want a fast, fun car to replace it with but one that can take more than one passenger. I know the 135i isn't particularly fuel efficient but neither is the zed so I'm used to that. The big thing is for a 3.0L twin turbo car the road tax is excellent at tax band J (£250) so will save me £210 a year straight away. Also, it's probably one of the better looking BMW's out there at the moment.

Does anyone have any comments or opinions on this car? Anyone owned or driven one or know someone with one? I've been told with a tweak here and there it can compete with M3 levels of acceleration, but not sure if this is true and what cost it would need investing to do so.

Thanks.

It's going to keep on going up. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool as it's a cracking little money earner and if they did dump the lot onto fuel then they'd instantly become the least popular government ever.

 

I expect to be paying over £500 for the tax on the 911 next year, easy.

Agreed. I've already said if the price for my road tax on my HR 350z which already sits at £460, I'll be selling it soon later to be replaced by a BMW 135i, good value for a 3.0l, twin turbo car with over 300bhp all for £250 a year tax. Would be stupid not to really, I love my car, but after having my day off this year cancelled 6 days before Japfest, I doubt I will be attending any more shows in the near future.

Love Ali G, Live Ali G in Da House, hated Borat and Bruno. Sacha Baren Cohen is a great actor but some things aren't so go. Like him in Talledega Nights playing a gay French racing driver though, that was funny.

But doesnt super give increased MPG right across the rev range, so the extra cost of super would still be offset by the increased mpg, whatever the journey type?

 

Around here super is only 3 pence more expensive than normal (137.9 plays 140.9) which is 2.17% extra, so if you get 25mpg on normal, it would only have to go up to 25.5mpg on super for it to justify the price difference (plus the added benefits of extra torque, obviously)

Super around my area ranges in +3p through to +12p a litre depending on the day. +3p isn't an issue (I'll pay up to +7p) but after that I just can't see the point.

Been raining non-stop here in West London. I haven't washed the car "properly" once since December due to training for work. Weather picks up and the ban came in *sigh* .

Most of the time I use super, but when the prices went up last month I couldn't justify £1.62 a litre so went with regular at £1.50 which was still ridiculous.

When fuel spikes massively I put regular in. There was no way I was paying £1.62 a litre the other month for super.

I'll have it if someone drops out.

I'm looking forward to Guild Wars 2 myself personally. Never played a Diablo game though.

Someone from Abbey M/S may be able to help, I doubt there is much about the 350z they don't know...

Most aftermarket badges like the "Z" badge have the adhesive backing, you just peel off the backing and stick it verrrryyy carefully .

Back in to work today knowing it was only a few shifts till the show only to find I have had my rest day cancelled. Sadly I won't be goin this year so if anyone needs an extra ticket send me a PM and I'll sort you out :-(.

The guy with the sunset was on this forum I think. Some people were pretty critical of his car and I haven't seem him since. That picture was from Japfest I think, I remember seeing it there last year.

You have tickets?

Never seen them but as a huge Pink Floyd fan I would give it a go. The girl they have doing "The Great Gig in the Sky" is spot on too.

Meh I don't mind it. Looks like something I would have put on a pair of Converse High-tops .

Will this fit okay on a HR car? Also, do you know anyone who has had their car down to Abbey MS and what sort of results you can expect?

I'm still shown off for the day, my rest day hasn't been cancelled and if it is now I'll be on overtime. I'd much prefer to go to the show though lol.

With the increases in fuel I can't see the 350 increasing in value any time soon. Watch this space by 2015 ican see it being £2 a litre .