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Not sure if these garages are still open as seems to be an older post:- http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/65527-independant-garage-in-cornwall/

If it is bad maybe you can claim on insurance?

Holy moly, that sucks. Hopefully it is not something too terrible bud

not sure, but service book will tell you.

If it is too good to be true then avoid. Who would ever sell a good car so cheap, unless they feel like being a charity.

2004, 53k daily driver, replaced exhaust when bought couple years ago as was split and blowing and got Scorpion on there which is so much better. Only other "repair" I needed was wheel hub bearing as that was an advisory when bought and replaced the boot struts as they failed with spoiler I put on. Apart from the usual replacement pads and discs when needed, undersealing and a few mods I wanted it has been really great.

Was this the cut and shut one??? Haha just kidding, looks great! Hope your enjoying ownership again

Welcome! SGS shipped mine super fast, got them next day. Just get some mates to help you fit them as the boot weighs about 7 tonnes when you remove the struts!!

Few nice comments and a couple of aukward ones...."Nice Porsche" and "Oh is that an Audi TT"

double de clutch is when you are changing gears in old cars:- you dip clutch, take out of gear, raise clutch, dip clutch and then rev match and put it back in gear then raise clutch!! Basically it's when cars didnt have a synchro so you had to match the revs to the gearbox speed thing (im not mechanically minded!), if you didnt it would crunch the box and not go in gear. Rev match (with syncro on modern car) is just matching the revs with the gear box speed (not sure if that's the right way of saying it) so that is smoother going in gear and the car doesnt lurch from having to cope with a lower gear and hgher rpm. With the latter you dont have to do this to change gear, the former you had to double de clutch to change

So can we all just clarify if it's a good idea to heel toe or not?? Just tried to heel toe mid corner and almost binned it....I blame you brillo!!!

Definately from the pedal and not from outside the car? Not sure if it's sticky caliper or pad. Could be the calipers moving a little? I get the same as grundy every now and again when I leave the car for a while (and bad weather seems to be a connection), when wheels first move after I take handbrake off there is sometimes a clunk from outside like handbrake was slightly sticking on wheels or something. Just put it down to the handbrake on the Zed being totally useless!!

here is the link on how to do the pedal dance so you can read the codes as well as the list of codes so you can find out what is the problem. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/45371-cel-light-on-safe-to-drive/

Cant't understand some people like this. The only time that I have ever been tempted to step out the car and shout at someone was when this young lad in a Punto slammed his brakes on when we were both overtaking a lorry on a dual carriageway and I was behind him. To this day I have no idea why he did it, I was in no way tailgating him. Just have to be aware that some people react in some crazy ways just because of the car you drive. Wouldnt have cared that much but the Mrs was with me, it scared her to death!

Give it a good service and get ALL the fluids changed along with belts, that's what I did. Put some molyslip additive in with the gearbox oil as well as this will help smooth the shifts. Just be a little sympathetic with 1st to 2nd when cold and blip the throttle. O2 sensors seem to kick off quite a lot on these cars, might be the crack on your exhaust.

If you squirt car shampoo on your car then it cleans itself with the heavy rain anways!!

Yeah just slap it through the car wash. It's not as though we spend a lot of time or money buying a nice sports car and need to look after it. If I am in a rush I can prob wash my car in about half hour. Just get some good shampoo like dodojuice and it lifts off the dirt really well. Sorted in no time!

Can recommend Wheel Specialst in Birmingham if you dont mind travelling. They do same day service and did a great job on mine. Check their website for the finishes you can have, you can even get polished lip etc. Might be hard to imagine a finish that will suit a Zed if you are comparing it with a Gallardo though!!

who wants good mpg with a 3.5 v6, it's all part of the package!! Plus wouldnt you have to sacrifice your boot space for the tank? (which could explode !! )

Might be best to go pre 06 with the budget, but all depends on what you find out there. Just go drive some and see. You might test drive the Z and find out you hate it.... I wouldnt consider any cat d or simular but that's just me. I'm sure they are fine (most of the time) but never wanted that risk or trouble when trying to sell again.

This happened to me when my mate gave me a copy of the 350z Haynes manual and I put it in the passenger footwell, which then slid under the passenger seat causing it to knock a cable and flashing light. ....Some sort of irony in there somewhere!

Slap at least £1k on top of your budget for all the mods you will buy!! Exhaust, Pop charger, Wheel Spacers, Window Tint, Wheel respray, spolier, front lip etc etc

Sheel V Power Nitro all the time. Pretty sure the Nitro bit gives you a 50bhp boost......maybe....

scrap that, I missed the post on key insurance!! sorry I will go back in my box!

Check you home insurance mate, you make have a section on replacement keys and these costs could be picked up under the policy.