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I just got a phonecall saying that the car is ready and will be delivered 2moro morning. Nothing else can go wrong surely!!!

On checking the service book on BT58CPU the 1st P1 service was not carried out until 12.500 mls hence invalidating the warranty. It was given a service but they can't remember which one it was before I took possesion of it at 25.300 miles. Bottom line is I feel I have been shafted by Nissan franchise dealerships who appear to be after making a quick buck. I echo the sentiments of the guy who said that Mercedes are buying out franchises in a bid to clean up the image which is showing in poor car sales and they are being blamed for these cowboys. I am exhausted and so mad I was in hospital for a few days and discharged myself as l was climbing up the walls with frustration. Peter

It is on the LOG Book. at the bottom on the front. How I missed that i will never know. They put 2 brand new bridgstones on the front At the end of the day I said NO hire or lease cars and ended up with one! It is a sound car though and by far the best 350 I have ever driven and I drive Astons and ferraris in the course of my escapades! peter

The annoying thing about that issue was I insisted that they were the ones to use to the 3rd party insurance Acromas/SAGA who is footing the bill. At least the lady who i spoke to laughed about it. I will see what happens Friday and try to keep my replys clean and within the law!! Once again thanks to everyone for their imput and there is no fool like an old fool. or in my case a sick fool who is on high dosage of steroids!! Peter

Just saw this. Thanks for the heads up. I thought a lady had driven it as the driver's door electric window control panel was all chipped which is usually a heavy bracelet. Regards Peter

Yep

Log book was not available for some reason. And it was changed to disabled use hence the delay it getting it back.

You never know, I might even get to have a decent drive in it before the next disaster.

Just woundering how many of you have had bad dealings with Swansea DVLA? Shall i duck now??? It's just taken them 6 weeks to send my log book back after 8 emails 3 hand written letters one of which was recorded and 6 phonecalls. Normally I send stuff to the Truro in Cornwall as they are very quiet and turn most things round in 4 days including log Books but the dealer where I got my Zed went and taxed it at Boreham wood. It is a good job my car has been of the road with all the agravation as I was intending a road trip to Spain and I am led to believe that you need all the paperwork for the car when visiting this country. Certainly from my coach driving days we had to have the COF and registration documents but had no idea this was for cars as well? Anyway to the main point. It says on the log book "Number of former keepers 1" which is what I knew but has not named the former keeper. Now I am locked in battle trying to find out who it was as I stipulated that I did not want an ex hire or lease car? And the log book does not confirm this? I always thought that it had to show the history. If anyone can help or knows the History of the car I would be obliged. The reg number is BT58CPU. Thanks Peter

I think you guys are right. I am for better or worse a disabled ex Squaddie and as such after years of fighting for betterment for all do not suffer fools gladely. I do like to deal with people I know and even now I am living in Morden I still prefered to deal with WLMG purely because I knew them. I was looking through the forum to see if there was a Nissan dealer over this way and it came up with Epsom and South Croyden. (Ancaster) So I think based on what you guys have said they are worth a shot. I have had the hire car since 27/03/2011 which to my calculation is 50 days @ £160 + vat a day = £9600. I could go to greggs and buy a lot of cream buns for that:) Peter

I also take back what l said about ARC Having the best workman For the job. It transpires all the craftsmen are down at Slough and all the wannabes Are at Park Royal. I believe there are some reputable Nissan Dealers in South Croydon called Ancaster? Does anyOne know if they are any good?

Mill hill is the hub for the performance cars of WLMG. they sent me for a test drive in a 55 plate that failed it's safety inspection. Failed it's mot. Needed 3k for new disks and pads and exhaust Box. Plus the 2 front tyres were below legal limit. Had someone crashed into me and been killed all cars involved are impounded and checked by police safety examiners. I as the driver would have been charged for driving a vehicle in an roadworthy condition and could in a worse cash senario been up on manslaughter charge. it is one of many ongoing things that is going On between WLMG and myself at present. It would appear that the company buyer purchased the car cheep off the internet then shoved full dealership price on it and only sent it for mot inspection when a punter comes along to buy it. It's an adoptive policy of repair maintenance as opposed to preventive maintenance that franchise dealerships have adopted to maximise profits. However on this occasion it backfired as they tried to sell it to the wrong guy. This 2009 plate I got of them is not that much better. I hate WLMG and every lying conceited trickster who is Trying to lie their way out of their obligations. Bit off topic but they are champagne prices for servicing and cowboy workmanship and attitude. Steer clear

Ironic really. I purchased it on 21st march. Recieved it on 25th march drove 40 miles in total and was damaged on 27th March. Think it's some kind of female conspiracy. I only went out because A woman contacted me re purchasing my narrow Boat that was for sale at hampton Court. She never turned up. On the way back a woman drove her car into my side. The Repair centre is owned by a woman? Peter

Well folks 5 weeks on and I still have not got the car back. It did arrive 2 days ago and I sent it straight back to the repairers in Park Royal who I recommended to the insurer? They had forgot to do the front bumper yet the insurance agreed 7 hrs R&R. The car was washed and polished!! But somehow on the 9.5 mile drive from the workshop to my place it got covered in rubbing compound and polishing machine swirls. The inside was covered in dust and there were dust hand prints all over the dash and sat system. The leather was not much better and the Bose woofer I think is supposed to be black? In fact I have seen cleaner barn finds. I have had a mercedes hire car from the 3rd party insurers at a cost of £160 + Vat a day x 38 days = £6210.60 and rising. I could get a nice little Zed for that. Total bill will be over £15k easy. The happy chappie is the car hire owner!! Peter

Can't find me passport!!:)

I agree with not posting the plate without the owners permission. A lot of cars on auction sites have there plate covered up. One reason is you can get applications to see the name and address of the registerd keeper. So if they posted on here they are off on holiday they could be burgled. The one that gets me was a neighbor of mine upset someone and they had identical cars. 2.8 granada. The upset guy got some plates made the same as my neighbors and would put them on his car and speed through gatso's and hit over 100mph on the Motorway. On one occasion he filled up the car with fuel and did not pay from a local garage. Just imagine the inconvenience. It has to be up to the individual plus number plates are covered by the data protection act as they expose private details:) Peter

Well I am glad they never churned up the turf:)

have bought a roll of acoustic capret 12mm thick. Am going to take the boot mat out and use it as a tenplate. Spray glue it to the underside of the boot mat then put an anti slip rubber matt on top of that. maybe the same for front floor pans. I am a bit peeved because why on earth they did not intergrated the system like the Pathfinder Adventura I just do not know. The only reason I could think of is that all the Zeds had a bluetooth module fitting and the sat nav was an optional extra, They have kept the 2 systems seperate. Bit of a sod when I want to dial out as l am a member of the "Shoot on sight brigade" of people all those who drive and text use phone other than hands free when driving. Surely there must be a way to sort this voice thing out. maybe the mic is to sensitive? Or should Iearn Japanese. I think japanese for I love you is Anata ga suki desu! wonder what pardon is!!! Peter

It's the rottwieller syndrome. he who barks the loudest gets all the attention. Must be at least £200 claim for day off work and a proffesional bodt valeter to clean that up. But then I am an antiestablishmentarian and have nowt else to do except champion the cause of the underdog dadadada??? Peter

Well confused.Return button? Apparantly I cant enter the phone book manually. I have to say phone entry. she says name please. repeat name please. number then I say store. She says name stored. Only she doesnt she says pardon all the time sometimes very rapidly I have named her "The Bitch" !! Peter

All 3rd party have admitted full liability and her Insurance is paying for everything so it's all new stuff from Nissan and the firm I contracted to do the work is ARC at Park Royal North just of Hanger lane at Brent cross. I have used them before and there workmanship is beyond reproach and they will of course give me a new Ray Alloy. Bridgstone Tyre to match the other one and will not skimp. Thanks for the offers. As for the Doctor being in the Phone. I am disabled but thought it was hilarious when the car kept saying cancell and ringing her. I think this is some kind of initiation test from you lot. You got to the car before i collected it and fed it some widgets:) Now about this phone. I have the manual and the adaptor i got of a chap on ebay. I slotted it in and entred 1234 and it talks to my Iphone 4 no problems. It's just the female voice just keeps saying pardon. and cant seem to understand what I say. English is chosen but the amount of times I was forced to use the F**K word to her was real bad!!! Any one else had these troubles? Thanks to the guys offering to help with parts. Had I been paying myself i would have been well up for it. Regards Peter (thenoname)

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Well folks I thought I would share my 1st weeks experience of being a 350z owner with you. I purchased BT58CPU last friday from a main Dealer who gave me £1500 more for my Pathfinder than I paid for it 2 years ago. Bought it home from Ruislip to Morden and lovely car to drive. Saturday late at night I went out down to gatwick just for a gentle play!! Sunday well that was it for my Z:( I was going along Hampton Court Way towards the A3 and acording to my POGO alert plus tracking system I was racing along at 17mph. Bottom line is a car turned right from the BP garage across 2 lanes blind and into my side, Result 1 pancaked nearside RAY and cut tyre just 3 days old. Front bumper damage. Needs a new Drivers Door and maybe the wheel arch. A guy I know spent 4 hrs trying to refurbish the wheel but by his own admission he feels with the amount of gunk on there the integrity may be compromised. So it will need replacing and laser alignment. The driver an elderly lady and her 2 passengers all agreed that my car was invisible!!! WEll confused now. Well the lady driver said. Your car is the same colour of the sky a dull grey and I can't see that colour car. I then looked down at the damage and said well thats not invisible is it my dear? And to add the sun is out the sky is blue forget the raining in my heart but tarmac is not blue it is black!!!. Anyway her insurance was absolutely brillient and has offered me a service that far exceeds my own AXA. Manor car hire in Warrinton (who provide premier football stars with vehicles to wrapp up in tunnels by Portugese drivers who like to pull the windows down to listen to the roar through the tunnels and then not looking where they are going pollaxe a new 430!!) have been instructed to provide me with a like for like car for as long as i like as i am not driving a bent Zed. They have given me a 1 year old mercedes grand edition CLS auto that is nearly as fast as the Zed. Not that that is an issue. However the guy said. Insurance companies tend not to see Nissan as a super car but an average vehicle even though the GTR out performs a Porsha Turbo 911 and until they do we are not treated with the same respect as a ferrari or Aston owner. And the initial fight I had to get AXA to use Nissan parts only. Not inferior parts. They say I am entitled to BStandard kite mark parts only. yet they were not paying and Acromas (SAGA) the at fault insurers want me to have Nissan parts and give me a decent car? AXA my own insurers only wanted me to have a car whilst mine was at the repairers. The bottom line is we need to watch out for budget car insurers like Swift and AXA as it pays to get a better one if you can. Also get GAP insurance like I have as it is well worth it. Another point is AXA tried to argue is that they wanted the details of why my old insurance would not insure the Zed. Purely because the CO-Op do not insure that car for anyone period. Infact out of the 250 insurance companies on go compare at least 180 do not insure a Zed. I then told AXA that I am going to get the new shape GTR and went online for a quote. They themselves along with 220 would not touch the car so i said would you like me to write down all 220 would not quote insurers!!! A lot of lessons to learn. And just to wind me up another notch l got a bluetooth module that fitted and works fine but all the female voice in the car keeps saying is Pardon!!! 3 hours to input 16 names. and the 1st name i got in was my doctors and she must have dialled it 30 times. good job they were closed. So although no one can help on the repair front It would be good if we could get some imput on Insurances attitude to Japanese technology that far surpasses our own. If Nissan bought out ferrari they said they would have a veyron eater out in a year at a third of the price? Any help please with the bluetooth witch that constantly says pardon would be nice. Kind regards to you all Peter (thenoname)

I think most of the questions have been answered. Ebay or Dealer it looks like!!! Peter

Hi all. Could ome kind sole tell me if the 350Z's came supplied with the Bluetooth Phone module or you had to pay for it as an extra? I just picked up my 2nd hand 2009 Zed with sat nav and I thought the sat nav was the same as my Pathfinder Adventura. Then I opened the arm rest and it was missing? If they did come supplied stock I might get them to buy me one:) Thanks in advance and appologies if this has been written before. Peter