chrispr99

Woohoo! Some good news at last! Maybe I should just live with it then. It is a fantastic car, and perhaps it was a genuine fault by the seller

It was a private sale on Ebay. I still have the advert, what would you lot recommend I do? I paid around £5k or it and apart from some brake vibration from high speed everything seems sweet on the car. I did a MyCarCheck.com before purchasing the vehicle and it showed up as 81000 miles recorded on 13 Sep 2010 and 8000 miles recorded on 21 may 2009 I also did a check via VOSA for previous MOT's and it showed the mileage as March 2011 - 84438 Miles March 2010 - 77753 Km March 2009 - 71127 Km March 2008 - 58909 Miles October 2006 - 35610 Miles April 2006 - 28849 Miles (Imported certificate shows 29000 Kms (18020 Miles) at this point) The problem is, there is no receipt for CamBelt changes needed at 60k Miles, which means it is way overdue.

Hi all, Took posession of my JDM Fairlady Z last week and still loving it. The question I have is that the seller sold it as 84595 kilometers (52500 miles) on the clock. Simple sums show that he has divided the odometer reading by 1.6 to get to the mileage figure. However.... I have just carried out a quick test and the odometer is definately reading in miles (Got the missus to drive behind me for one mile). So based on my research from this forum, the car has to be imported and converted into miles on it's day of arrival in the UK. This was completed back in 2005. The recorded mileage at that point was 29000 Kms or 18020 miles. Now, to get the true mileage I would use the current odometer reading of 84595, subtract the 29000 kms from when it was back in Japan and add the 18020 miles. To get me to a figure of 73615miles, which is substantially more than 52500. The car appears sound, but the service histroy is way out if the mileage is this high. For example Cam Belts, P1\2\3's.... Does it sound like I have been fleeced? Has anyone else encountered this problem with a seller? Cheers

Thanks all for the replys. I am tempted to get a hammer to it, there ae some nice double din cd players going for £130 in halfords at the moment. Popped over the the local Nissan dealer on Saturday and discussed costs £1200 for new discs and pads all round (He quoted for Brembo but I believe imports dont have brembos) £300 for spark plug change??????? £500 for a P3 service Do these seem about right? Also where would be the cheapest place to get a new key cut for the Z? The owner only had one key, so I need to get another cut. Nissan quoted £250 :-( Cheers

Hi all, I took possesion of my first 350Z yesterday..... I have never smiled to much in my life. The car is beyond amazing. There are however a few minor faults on it. 1) The Bose 6CD autochanger refuses to eject (or allow anything to be inserted). When I press the eject button it creates a series of clicking sounds. So I am stuck with the radio at present and tape player (Who uses tapes anymore?) 2) Braking from speed creates a lot of judder, it is fine at low speeds around town. It has 19" aftermarket allows with standard pads an discs (Not brembo). The car has been standing at a garage for amount 2 months, and the seller insists it was not like this when he locked it up. Possibility of brakes seizing up or debris on the discs\pads? 3) It also has a sat nav touch screen system, which is a very nice touch. It works well but the sound does not play through the speakers, it appears to have it's own speaker built in behind the touch screen. Bit bizarre considering the touch screen system can play video and mp3?!?!? Anyone know why this would not be playing through the stereo. The car was first registered in 2002 in japan and hence is an import. Loving this car... Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers Chris