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Hehe it's the phone bluetooth thingy (though not the actual dongle) feel free to remove

13 hours ago, Carl30 said:

I see, basically a wire from the reverse switch, I was curious to where yours wired to I've seen 2 types... one plugs in directly underneath the fixing point and the other at the left hand side of it I think I'll also need to find a loom plug to plug into the mirror 

The navara is the lefthand side it's a standard 7pin plug (I think it's 7?) I found one on ebay but they're in no way special

2 hours ago, Carl30 said:

Thankyou very much for your advice... greatly appreciate it, I assume the 350z didn't come with auto lights or wipers on any spec or as an option?, Have you got any pictures  of your mirror?, The one I'm looking at also has a compass on there too... I've noticed nismo do a carbon fibre cover and I think the mirror im looking at its the same cover for it. I was reading up on taking the wiring from the headline lights, it sounds a bad idea lol. Luckily mine has a factory fitted satnav its surprisingly good lol I may look into seing if I can update it some how.

I picked up a second hand Navara mirror which is what several people have done. Essentially they're all similar, power negative and a reverse input to ensure the mirror isn't dimmed when reversing

11 hours ago, Carl30 said:

Thank you, I've just put a post up there in general, I've noticed a notch cut out of the headline it's for some form of wiring loom, did any 350z come with auto lights and auto wipers?,If not then I assume its for the rear veiw mirror I'm looking to buy, it's an auto dim one with compass on there too, bit of a pointless thing however it's another little novelty lol, it's been bugging me trying to find out all day if these cars came with auto light and auto wipers on any models.

There's a speaker or mic up there somewhere, if you want to run an auto dimming mirror I'd recommend you take power/negative/reverse from the stereo rear and run it up the passenger pillar, it's what I've done as have others. The dome lights are notoriously finicky and people have blown fuses or even the body control unit fiddling with the dome lights and power. If you've got the headlining off then you can also pop a gps arieal or whatnot up in that space as well.

You could retro fit auto lights or wipers from other cars. Plenty of slightly newer Nissans have these features they're essentially wired to "on" with the function acting as a relay.

12 minutes ago, docwra said:

Never justify yourself for being afford a sweet car, just make sure you end up buying one

The current top end Panameras are awesome cars, I cant imagine a Taycan being any worse. Go drive one and report back  

Quite 4 expensive tyres later....

If you want it get it but best not get it on the assumption of what the price will be in a few years.

2 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

Taycan Turbo S is not much cheaper at £120,000 without many options added. Only live once. So you drive it for 3 years and sell it im sure the value will still be around £100,000. Basing that off the old Tesla Roadster which is still valued at £90,000. 

 

That old inlaws chestnut LOL.  Happy wife happy life. 

 

 

Admittedly not a fancy electric car but I've a BMW 650i GC, original owner paid £89,000, after two years the second owner paid £55,000 and after another 2 years I picked it up for £27,000. For me that's a typical depreciation curve. Now clearly although it's rare (only 13 in the country!) it's just a rare version of a common car (plenty of 6 series around) I don't see what will be a special but fairly common Porsche holding it's value much better?

32 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said:

Electric Vehicle?

Which one? The running costs are still something unless you've got free electricity? Even then no fuel and no road tax is going to save you what £1500 - £2500 a year? 

2 minutes ago, Ben–350Z said:

Oh, wow. Suddenly my 45min for 17 miles doesn't seem so bad! I have tried to convince my Dad to lend me his PDK Boxster for a bit, for exactly those reasons. He didn't seem too impressed...

Yah Cambourne to the science park :/ stuck with the times as I have to drop our son at nursery as well

2 minutes ago, Ben–350Z said:

That's the sticking point really... To get anything I've thought of so far that would be a reasonable replacement is around £9-10k. So say it manages to save around £1.5k / year (a reasonable guess for my usage, I think) that's still like 5-6 years before it pays for itself.

 

But I am getting annoyed with 350 miles to £90 of fuel, and £570 / year for the honour of sitting in traffic on Cambridge's delightfully rubbish roads. Or stuck behind some **** doing 45 in a national for literally no reason. Suppose on that basis, I should hunt down my old ZX 1.9 diesel...

 

I'll be interested to hear what I'll do next  Just so confused right now

Well Cambridge's roads are just awful atm so I feel for you, my morning commute is 45min to an hour to travel 6 miles! It's definitely nicer with an auto, I've taken the BMW to work most days to give my left foot a rest from the clutch in the 350

14 minutes ago, davey_83 said:

Yeah I know the one, brother inlaw would rather buy a 18k sports hatch that'll do 35mpg combined, than one 9k doing 25mpg

As my dad says "someones got to keep the economy going!" 

You'd have to be doing some serious miles for that to bare out.

Purchase price is always the biggest factor. I'd always get something cheaper with slightly higher running costs if I could get something nicer. It's like people who worry about the tax band, if it's a serious concern then your buying the wrong type of car. That said buying something with silly maintenance and running costs won't end but most cars available are much of a muchness.

1 hour ago, davey_83 said:

A 5k car to 25k seems like poor man maths to me.

Indeed if you own the car outright the only costs are running costs, if you look to swap to anything where you have pay towards the car then your running costs are unlikely to be your biggest sink. I doubt the Zed is costing you so much that a more economical car would be able to save you enough in running costs to put towards the finance/purchase?

I've long shaken my head at people who stump up a fortune for an economical car when a less economical one costs less even with the running costs thrown in.

16 hours ago, Cn12345 said:

That’s good to know, thank you

I've swapped my arms without having to drop the brace, you can leave it with the opposite side loose while replacing an arm and then swap, this saves you having it on the floor and lifting it up again. Bolts are nice and thick and while the nuts might have seized some PB blaster and a long breaker bar gets them off without too much hassle.

Few things gone already, sensible offers happily entertained

Having a clear out! All items will be cleaned before sending, posting from Cambridge (so happy for anyone who wants to collect)

Interior steps, a few scratches otherwise fine, all clips etc unbroken. £30 +postage

Interior trim round lower door, fee scratches clips etc all correct £15 + postage

Rear view mirror all good £20+ postage

GT de coupe spoiler (original) in chilli red all the fixings are present, no clips but the clip holders are all correct, easy enough to repaint. £40 plus postage

Torque  solution gearbox mount. I said yes yes, wife says no no. Makes shifts butter smooth and the car sound amazing (from my pov anyways) driveway DIY job to fit. 2nd hand but doubt it's had more than 1000 miles of use.

£60 +postage SOLD

De coupe boot weight £10+ postage

De standard lights turn signals etc, all working (swapped to an led pair) £50 + postage

I also have a radio unit which I removed, haven't uncoded it so not sure it's worth much? Sensible offers! SOLD

Muppets, Plenty of blame to go around here..

The GT86 clearly should not have pulled out, he could see the Nissan and the speed involved, no doubt he though he'd be able to have a "race" the biggest lack of brains available.

The 350z, why are you racing along a street lined with people? Pretty dumb.

Spectators, why are you standing feet from muppets?

The interview with the organiser sounds like he's a very level headed guy, the meet is in a carpark with speed bumps to stop people being idiots but as always brain dead morons have to turn up to try and make themselves feel special by being idiots.

Just shocking stuff, if people choose to be this way there's no wonder the police and society clamp down on it and wanting to admire a group of nice cars and have a chat then becomes some illegal activity.

I'd never ever put my life in the hands of morons around me. Everyday when I drive I'm fully aware that every other car could be driven by a complete idiot and keep the appropriate distance and try to fully anticpate that they could choose to do anything not just what I'd expect.

1 hour ago, rabbitstew said:

Nursery fees are a killer. Its like a 2nd mortgage each month. Thats excluding school trips & events etc.

Very true, you pay if they're ill or on holiday as well! 

16 minutes ago, ZMANALEX said:

You will be lucky if you get 2 - 4 weeks on standby I am afraid.

2-4 isn't an issue for me but 6-8 is definitely on the limit, at 6 weeks it's a properly spluttery slow start, 8 weeks is dead battery territory. No worries though I'll pop it on a trickle charge in the garage. Speaking of which my current charger is basically a transformer and 2 croc clips (ebay special) it works fine but I wonder if there's a nicer version people recommend?

For the past year and a bit I've been swapping between the 350 and my other car (Thwarting my attempts to get it over 100k miles)

Often it sits in the garage for up to 6-8 weeks, twice now the battery has discharged and I've had to let it charge over a few days before using it when it's perfectly happy again. In the 7-8 years of ownership It's had a few batteries so it's kept fairly up to date. 

I've no problem with putting it on trickle charge while in the garage I'm just wondering if people consider it should be able to sit for up to two months and still be able to start happily? It has an aftermarket stereo/rear camera/auto folding mirrors, rear view mirror mod but all of them should have been wired up to the correct power (ie not the always live).

It's perfectly happily not being used for a few weeks but 2 months seems to be the limit, does that seem about right? 

The fancy BMW just seems to turn things off to ensure the battery doesn't drain obviously the 350 doesn't have those sort of features.

Just curious

Similar for £1000 I really want to know they're awesome! I'm always looking for better jack's I hate using the smallish trolley one I've got!

Damn you Adrian! I'm a good few years behind on my z purchases and you keep adding cool stuff!

2 hours ago, davey_83 said:

Lots of people in the comments above don't get YouTube, it's a business. Not all shop owners own the premises. They're not classed as fronting, it's business. Most corporate companies lease vehicles not buy them, having cash tied up in a depreciating asset. 

 

If a car costs 15k in depreciation during the first 3yrs, and leasing or PCP for the same car for the same term costs 10k and you have no intention of keeping it, why pay the extra?..…....

 

People that own their car outright with undeclared mods aren't in a advantageous position should a claim be needed. 

I think most people get YouTube.... The issue isn't that he financed it, he broke the terms.of the agreement. It's not his property why on earth should BMW want him messing with their property?

15 minutes ago, coldel said:

It's a case of the 'i want this now and dont care how because I want to be seen on the internet' attitude with a large dose of irresponsible behaviour not becoming of an adult making a good decision. Sure I wouldnt read the small print of the £30 chinese go pro copy I bought off ebay but damn sure I know what I am getting into if taking on a 5 figure financial liability. 

 

What do I see? Someone typical of a generation that is desperately needy to be seen on social media as being successful, that needs constant 'likes' to justify their decisions, that clearly is ignorant of accepting responsibility when taking on responsibility and looks to pass the blame when clearly the blame lies clearly in one single place.

 

Sympathy = zero. 

100% agree, what's scary if he doesn't understand his responsibility to read some paper that clearly outlines the terms of the contract does he actually understand the responsibility of driving not just a car but an extremely powerful car? 

Why is it in these situations people defend this sort of action? have sympathy for these people or even rail against the terms of the deal. Don't like them? Don't buy the car, it's not an item you need to live. I bet he sets up some sort of donation page and gets other idiots to pay for it. Ridiculous and the rest of us who accept our responsibility and make choices accordingly get the rough end.

4 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said:

lol, we all make mistakes. All part of learning. There are other youtubers who do the same thing on similar deals. Whether they can or cannot read is up for debate. 

 

Well im sure his experience will educate others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inexperience is applicable to a skill that's learnt through experience/training/repetition he decided to either ignore or not check or assumed because his friend did something he'd be fine. That's what I call stupidity, your in charge of your own actions, the documents contain all the info needed you are fully responsible if you comply or not. If you've decided not to comply with the conditions then you've assumed responsibility for the outcome. To pretend there's some injustice here is laughable.

10 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said:

Its all related because hes asked to give back the car which gets repossessed this week if he cant pay. Point is its not as simple as not reading small prints. Its also inexperience. Hence the situation arising. 

 

Either way he still owes £60,000+ as a result of modifying and breaching contract. How he was "funded" plays a part on his terms of contract the way it was purchased. He can raffle it, sell it and try make up the rest I guess. 

 

On a different deal this may not be viral....

Inexperience? I'm confused, he didn't read or choose to ignore the terms of his finance deal that's nothing to do with experience! 

I think I have aftermarket bushes on my frame so would have to see if they'd fit. Do they do one for the diff?