rabbitstew

You have 2 350z`s!!!! Now thats just greedy!

I actually ordered some plates from these guys earlier in the week. Never used them before. I was expecting them to take a few days but the plates arrived next day in the post! Just need to wait for my car to come back from the tuners then I can stick them on.

Good stuff! Back in 2003 I bought totally original barn find "Sit up & beg" Ford Pop like this. Mine was a 1958. Having a Ford Pop hotrod was something I had dreamed about since I was a kid when I used to buy Streetmachine and Custom Car magazines every month and drool over the cars. The way everyone did pop`s back then was viva or triumph front end, jag back axle & a rover v8. I had it sitting in my drive for ages and ages until I realised that with a wife & young kids I dont even get time to wash my daily car, let alone work on any project cars so I sold it off. Was a shame really as whilst the engine was seized and the wooden floor was rotten, it was complete and had all the original parts/glass etc. Its still something I want to do one day, but god knows when I will have the time.

Cool plate! I always seem to get a really puzzled look from other owners when I wave at them. They look at me like im some sort of axe murderer.

If it passed the brake test on the MOT and doesnt feel weird when driving I would leave it. All brake discs tend to rust/pit anyway as they get all the crud off the road on them. MOT advisories are purely based upon the testers opinion on that day. On one of my previous cars I had an advisory 3 years in a row for worn rear subframe bushes. I never did anything about them, then on years 4 & 5 the same garage never listed them as an advisory at all! Problem solved!

Interesting. I just tried to get a quote for my 911 turbo and after filling in about 100 pages of info they came back and said "sorry, we dont insure this type of car".

My old zed roadster was the same colour. Lovely colour and looks amazing once polished up. Although mine was an 07 HR model.

Woah... ZXR750RR ?? I always wanted one of them, ive still got my 1994 ZXR750L2. Unfortunately only RR bit on it is the exhaust hanger.

Good point. I have done 17,000 miles on my MP4S`s now and im still very impressed with them. The car handles like its on rails and its looking like i`ll probably get another 6000 miles out of them before they need replacing. Very good compared to the 16000 miles I got out of my previous Pirelli`s under the same use. As a side note, when I was at CG earlier in the year they were staggered at how well my car handled when they unsuccessfully tried to get it to mis-behave by taking very tight roundabout at a speed of double what you probably normally would. They were surprised until they realised the tyres were MP4S and said that would be why!

Those pix! wow, nice bit of engine failure there!

I did exactly the same! Had 8 or 9 years of driving rattly diesels and decided I just had to get back into a quick petrol car. Lovely looking car.

Amazing how cheap they are now to insure. When I first got my zed back in 2010 I struggled to find anyone who would insure me. In the end Adrian Flux insured me at a cost of £1200. I had a clean license, lived in a quite cul-de-sac full of retirement bungalows, had 18 years NCB on my car and 15 years NCB on my motorbikes. The only "reason" they gave me for the high premium was that whilst I had many many years experience of riding high powered superbikes, I hadnt recent experience of driving high powered RWD cars. Which was clearly a load of bull as I was getting quotes of £400 to insure an M3 and £500 to insure a Lambo Gallardo (although 4wd but was worth like 5 times the price of the zed).

I had a K1 on my 350z, bought it 2nd hand for £150 which seemed to be the going price at the time. Fitment wasnt great on it, and my god it was loud, but for £150 i was more than happy with it.

White looks good but would be a nightmare to keep clean!

You can apply to DVLA for the logbook yourself. Ive done it before. They apparently write a letter to the current registered owner and if no reply happily issue you with a v5c. Then when you have that you can scrap it. Most scrap yards wont take it without the v5c, but who knows, maybe you can find someone who will take it. Maybe put out a message on your local facebook spotted page. With regards to tax/SORN dont worry about it. If its been sitting there for ages, then they wont chase now. Ive a couple of cars ive not SORN`d for years and had no problems. As another option, you could just stick it on ebay!

Usually the chipping happens when people are taking the wheels on/off. My 350z had a few chips on the calipers.

Good stuff! Although braver man than me doing a hill climb in the wet.

Spotted this morning driving through St Neots, very loud grey 350z coupe. Had single sided exhaust on it. WM** HDL

Thats why they are rare, noone liked them. I had the Alezan ones in my Twilight Grey HR and they looked awesome. The gearknob however looked like it had done 80k miles when the car had only done 20k. They didnt wear well.

Rare seat colour too!

I had the same thing happen with a brand new Ducati 748S back in 2000. Only 600 miles on the clock too! If you have been riding Ducati`s for the last 13 years, getting on a screaming 4 pot will be interesting! I actually have an R1 and a Ducati 996 in my collection and have to say I love riding them both, but completely different characters. The R1 just screams and screams when you rev it. You can wring its neck and its so quick. It just accelerates and accelerates until you think "woah, id better stop". Whilst the 996 is a heavy old Ducati, the R1 feels just so much more nimble. The Ducati however has the sheer character, noise (open clutch & race termi`s), more extreme to ride and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up everytime you open the throttle. In general with the Ducati I find myself being lazy and keeping it in higher gears rather than change down, whereas the R1 im working the box a bit more. Ive had a couple of kawasaki`s, nothing new though, but they used to be great bikes. I did 40,000 miles on my ZXR750L2 which ive still got, and had a ZX6R for a while. Build quality was good and I never had any issues.

Large blue one for me too.

Thats low!!!

Your right, the brother in law has a 3.0Tdi A6 Estate as his daily. Its pretty quick, really nice interior & gadgets, handles like its on rails and returns a half decent mpg. He still wants an RS6 though!

Nice family cars, but I think the mpg would kill me.