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  1. I'll have to give this guy a call I think. I'm in Margate (blue roadster with a lovely keymark down one side :rant: and have been using Total Motor Care for years, but they've just quoted me over £800 for two tyres and replacing the suspension arms even though it was just the bushes that had an advisory post-MOT.

  2. So I've just noticed that both my rear indicator clusters are no longer where they should be. Either someone has knocked them out or I've got too close to a hedge or something. Can these be re-seated by just removing the rear lights or is it a bigger job than I'm hoping for?

     

    Cheers.

  3. After much searching for a black GT, I found... A blue 350 roadster! Either way, I'm loving it, so I guess this is an official hello!

     

    One niggle is the clutch pedal sticks when the engine gets hot, I understand this is an easy fix with braided lines replacing OEM pipes, where do I get some? My local Nissan garage didn't have a clue what I was talking about :)

     

    Cheers,

     

    Lee

     

     

  4. Hmmmm, seems a lot of money for a high miler with some niggles. The grinding would be a problem for me personally.

     

    Is it that its just around the corner a big thing for you? Most people who buy Zeds quite happily travel a couple hundred miles for the right one. If you ask nicely, some members will look at a Zed for you if its local to them...

     

    Nope, not a problem for the right car at all. I was in a bit of a situation with the FTO going a bit dodge, but I'm gonna patch her up until I can find the right Zed for sure. I'll keep that in mind about the members thing if I see one further up north. Thanks for the warm welcome though :)

  5. Hi all, I'm Lee and I'm looking at stepping up to a 350Z having owned an FTO for the past 7 years. I'm desperately trying to find a black GT with black leather interior and failing miserably, being located in the most south east part of the UK possible!

     

    I went and test drove a black GT with orange leather today, fabulous car but this one had some niggles and I was hoping to get some advice. I checked all the usual bits (clunking from the rear, fogged up Xenons, rust on the sills/exhaust etc), but the following bits concerned me.

     

    - There was a nasty grinding noise at full lock both ways, I worry that it's wheel bearings being shot?

    - The Bose head unit seems to have something stuck in it as there was no way a CD was going in. Now unless I'm being utterly stupid and this wasn't actually a CD insert, that appears to be screwed.

    - The sub behind the driver's seat did not appear to be working.

     

    As I understand it, these Bose systems are a pig to replace/upgrade (or downgrade, depending how you look at it!).

     

    Otherwise the car is clean, it's a '04 with I guess expected mileage of 89k. It's been serviced fairly regularly, but has been SORN for a while now. 6 previous owners, here it is in case there's any knowledge in the club:

     

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201214461495623/sort/default/usedcars/colour/black/model/350_z/make/nissan/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/ct94df/radius/1500?logcode=p

     

    The bloke that owns the garage is a complete tool which has put me on edge, he's offered to fix everything (albeit begrudgingly) and offered a 3 month warranty, and seeing as my FTO is pretty much dead I need a car sooner rather than later, but I don't want to buy a dog of a car.

     

    Thanks and hope to own one of these brilliant cars very soon!

  6. Hi all, I'm Lee and I'm looking at stepping up to a 350Z having owned an FTO for the past 7 years. I'm desperately trying to find a black GT with black leather interior and failing miserably, being located in the most south east part of the UK possible!

     

    I went and test drove a black GT with orange leather today, fabulous car but this one had some niggles and I was hoping to get some advice. I checked all the usual bits (clunking from the rear, fogged up Xenons, rust on the sills/exhaust etc), but the following bits concerned me.

     

    - There was a nasty grinding noise at full lock both ways, I worry that it's wheel bearings being shot?

    - The Bose head unit seems to have something stuck in it as there was no way a CD was going in. Now unless I'm being utterly stupid and this wasn't actually a CD insert, that appears to be screwed.

    - The sub behind the driver's seat did not appear to be working.

     

    As I understand it, these Bose systems are a pig to replace/upgrade (or downgrade, depending how you look at it!).

     

    Otherwise the car is clean, it's a '04 with I guess expected mileage of 89k. It's been serviced fairly regularly, but has been SORN for a while now. 6 previous owners, here it is in case there's any knowledge in the club:

     

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201214461495623/sort/default/usedcars/colour/black/model/350_z/make/nissan/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/ct94df/radius/1500?logcode=p

     

    The bloke that owns the garage is a complete tool which has put me on edge, he's offered to fix everything (albeit begrudgingly) and offered a 3 month warranty, and seeing as my FTO is pretty much dead I need a car sooner rather than later, but I don't want to buy a dog of a car.

     

    Thanks and hope to own one of these brilliant cars very soon!

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