brillomaster

My god porsche are the most boring car company ever. DESIGN A DIFFERENT CAR! The cayenne is a 911 on stilts, the Panamera is a 911 on steroids, a Cayman is a 911 before it reaches puberty.

Welcome! To be honest if they bought the 300zx out new now, with a modern twin turbo v6, id have it over the 350z... it is the handsomer car in my opinion, nothing beats the side profile of a ZX. But as you say, reliability and im guessing rust is slowly but surely eating away at your ZX? Thats whats happened to mine

cruise control is my biggest desire for spec, even though id only use it very occasionally! Something about the lure of feet free motorway just feels right on a sports tourer. After that, some kind of leather, and then RAYS wheels. Am i right in thinking that while almost everything else was an option elsewhere, cruise control was ONLY available with the GT pack?

Anyone else rather enjoying the warm weather at the moment! Doing anything out of the ordinary to celebrate? Its just a small win, but yesterday walked down our local and had a pint in the afternoon sunshine after work - and might even wash my car if it stays like this at the weekend

might as well fill up halfway for round town, and when you do brim it for a motorway drive, the increase in fuel economy will offset the decrease due to extra weight. And if you're worried about weight, the spare wheel and jack is a good 20kgs - again from the rear of the car, so that'll balance out the heavy fuel... although say half a tank is 40kgs, thats only 2.7% of the weight of the car - might make a small difference off the line and in corners, but at motorway speeds surely the drag coefficient is the biggest factor.

hmm, spinning the wheels in 3rd in the dry is a big worry! I'd p'haps check the pressures as well... only time I've spun wheels in third is when the turbos kicked in in my old 300zx, but that was in damp conditions and on Ling Long Happytime tyres! Loving the plate by the way!

also, the only way to have a relaxed drive on a motorway is either to be the slowest thing on the motorway (gf did this on the way back to wales - did an indicated 50, and never over took anything) or the fastest (cruising along at 85-90 - never have to move out the fast lane) Its only if you're caught up in the middle that you'll have to deal with other motorway users!

that and the number of posts stew has! I wouldnt have thought raising the limits would have caused that many cars to cruise at 90... certainly smaller hatchbacks and the like are pretty unsociable above 70, as to sustain 90 they'd be screaming along at 5000rpm in 5th, which would begin to grate after a while. My number one gripe is lane discipline on motorways, especially those who hog the middle lane so there is a queue of cars in the outside lane overtaking it. I am guilty of cruising along in the outside lane, but normally thats because its a fast cruise, and im always watching mirrors to see if someone going even faster wants to get past. how accurate are most cars speedos these days? because if the usual +10% +2mph is kept, cars would have to doing a true 90 before they were stopped, which with speedos normally being wrong by a fair few percent, would be an indicated 95-100mph?

mmmm another reason to buy... i like a warm car!

looking forward to seeing the finished article!

mmm thats a move im hoping to make soon! A vtec'd civic is good, but not particularly torquey. a bit of lowe down grunt would be better. Considered an s2000, but that suffers from relatively low torque as well - would have to be driven hard to extract power. a 350z is more of a sports tourer. Does it have any goodies? Can make out the tan leather, very nice!

Welcome! if its your first rwd car and you're a keen driver, i would recommend getting some driver training to be more aware of controlling a slide should the worst happen. Or alternatively, take it down a track, turn the ESP off and see what happens. Other than that just take it easy in the wet - go into corners slow, neutral throttle round the corner, and then feed in the power once you're on the straight. its obvious really, but i managed to spin my first rwd car within a couple of months of ownership as well. havent spun since, so its lesson learned!

god i would love one of those... if i could afford the insurance and the petrol and was man enough to drive one, that would be a dream car for me! definitely a weekend/ summer car though... maybe when i'm older i'll splash out on a Griffith 500

im guessing budget is a factor here? Quick search on autotrader revealed 48 blue zeds for sale at the mo? hows about this one? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201135412579950/sort/priceasc/usedcars/colour/blue/model/350_z/make/nissan/radius/1501/page/1/postcode/cv313bf?logcode=p

darn it, wish i wasnt having a flat warming that weekend! £40 for dyno runs is cheap as chips, plus you'd be in good company with a few porkers! Wonder if my friends would mind if i snuck out for a few hours?

Poor Evora! somewhat creamed by the other stuff, its not in the same league, bless it.

i didnt think it mattered, after all, the front and rear discs are completely different sizes and number of pistons. The front does a lot more braking than the rear anyways, hence the size difference. only problem i can think of is different pads would get to optimal operating temperature at different times if the compound differs a lot?

yeah, fair point on the b16s... even with two of them thats only 220lb ft, even if it is 320hp. 220lb ft wouldnt move a hefty camaro very quickly - i just thought it would be amusing to try and run them in parallel in the same engine bay! That V16 hot rod is immense! Loving the pipework, and how low it is!

could just be the dealer trying to make you buy new rear tyres? Look at Falken FK452s, a lot of people rate them as decent but low price tyres, and from my experience with them they seem pretty good

i presume people have already seem the e46 m3 v10 thats been kicking around? thats a bit more conventional (still bonkers) must say, v10 in a subaru is a prettyfaroutthere engine swap - if i was swapping an engine, i'd take the heavy chevy V8 out of a camaro and see if i could squeeze in two B16a2 engines from some honda civics lol

Niiiiice! Now thats a sleeper, liking the way its looking fairly standard on the outside, and you wouldnt even think it a turbo as it doesnt have the bonnet scoop or an FMIC. Looks hilariously fun drifting as well!

as said above, you've done well to get such a good car at such a young age! did you buy it outright or on finance? still fair play as for insurance, have you tried masively limiting the mileage or increasing the excess to a high level? Thought about Advanced driving courses or fitting a tracker? at your age the cost of the course or tracker might actually offset the insurance difference maybe?

want!

that is very nice indeed! Theres a lot of good stuff coming out of gaydon recently - and a supercharged V6 in a smaller lightweight package, plus a little electric engine to quell the enviromentalists. guesses on the price? im pitching at £75-80k...

any of these any good to you? http://www.madmotors.co.uk/bodykits-spoilers-14000/body-kits/nissan/nissan-350z.html?limit=50 The N-1 seems to be the one you're looking for?