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I can not believe a so called mechanic/ technician (is what hey call themselves nowadays)? would even contemplate opening a rad cap after a car has been running , as for hard hoses, they will feel hard as they should be, im not sure about the Z but most will be holding around 10-14 lbs, to increase the boiling point of water. As for head gasket there are a couple of things that can be done other than the visual things you have been told about, when i used to work in motor industry, there were some dye tests that were carried out on a sample of water taken from your cooling system, looking for high hydrocarbons in the water which can only get there from engine gasses,

Another thing i used to see, was a sniffer test from a exhaust gas anayliser, they used to hold it above the rad cap , run the engine upto temp untill thermo opened, and the probe could pick up hydrocarbons as the water circulated. confirmed a good few that way in my old times. it may be completly different now tho and may not work , oh how i miss old school mechanics/ engineering i

I have just renewed my insurance through admiral on thier multicar discount added my mods, exhaust, induction kit and audio upgrades and came back with £240, only conditions are that if the car needed repair they would only cover for replacing original parts back and not cover anything higher than the original value, which i could live with, then added my missus as a driver and listed i myself as driver on hers and its come down to £188, not complaining about that.

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Perfect i will have a set, as i lost one of mine last week after tyre change pm details and i will send payment thanks

 

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Probably me, going to KFC , missus couldnt be bothered to cook , had a nice red 370 behind me a couple of mins before i turned off at junction 9

No dont know who that was but there is one regularly parked up on the a27 i see very regularly in the area

The ginger was me had to take shmbo to sainsbury`s , she has a perfectly good car herself but decided it would be better to use my petrol

Welcome Ben, i remember you from RX8 web site, from when you first started to rebuild your first rotary, and then started to buy others that had failed, fantastic reading at the time and still is, seems quite a lot of ex rx8 owners move to a Z in recent times. doesnt seem like four years ago tho

Yep im going thurs / fri / sat, hopefully get a ride in the R8 on thursday plus blag some drives up the hill in some other car marqius, no intention of buying any of them tho just good fun

My son has one of these 135I flappy paddle gearbox ( he is in the army and has tooo much money), and it is very quick, he has the convertable version, he cant leave my 350z standing but it is def quicker in the straight line,not much diff in weight but being a convertable body flex makes it move a lot in corners and i dont feel as confident in corners as i do in the 350z, but the flappy paddle shift is very quick and seamless

Find that a bit odd as my daughter just passed her test , has 2005 jazz 1.4 and only pays £1800,

Welcome , i bought mine from them in January too (i reside in fareham), they have some really nice sports cars in the showroom, Chappel sports cars i think it is trades from there, too, Im sure they have a place a few miles down the road in siddlesham too where they sell exotic stuff from

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Sorted thanks to Supastu

A big thank you to Supastu , who answered my request for a replacement Z boot badge, 72 hours later i have one in my mucky mits , at no cost, so a big thank you. and once again just proves that this forum has some big hearts here

Yes thats whats been nicked

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I am looking for the Z thats stuck to the boot of my Zed (or isnt in my case now) the satin type as its a uk car, because some lovely little B**&&d has decide to remove mine, I have asked Alex but he has none, he also got me a price £60 , from Nissan now thats exploitative, so if anyone has a spare happily buy it from them.

I had those ditchfinders on my Z when i bought it too in Jan , i didnt check what the dealer was putting on as part of the deal when buying , got carried away with the thought of owning a Z,, but as i bought it from a sports car specialist i didnt even think they would have put such crap on. I didnt notice it for the first 10 days or so as i was cautious and finding out about the car, then my first twitch on a roundabout in the wet, less than 20mph with reverse camber and it stepped out , just got more nervy after that, and the fact that the traction kept kicking in under mildest of pull aways and the fronts constantly activating the abs, under moderate braking , i lasted 3 weeks before getting hold of new wheels with falkens on even with around 4mm tread it totally changed the handling and confidence in the car , really started to enjoy it and the twitchy bits went away, even to the extent that sometimes i push it on purpose when having a blast, its so predictable before it starts to lt go and a bit of lift off and it comes right back into line, when it does.

Hi and welcome, im just along the coast from you in fareham , theres about 4 in fareham that i know of,

Hi And welcome , im from Fareham area too, Funtly about 2 miles from Knowle village, Sunset Orange, theres is also another sunset in fareham in catisfield area, so that makes about 5 in 3 square miles, Hmm i wonder why so popular on the coast

I was there this morning in the car park ,it was the Sunset one Benjy88 saw, always get in that car park if you get there early enough, before 8am will normally get you in there, even if your not themed they let you in if your car looks the part, much to my sons disgust. This morning he followed me and a few from our local club in through the main entrance, Z, 2 x rx8`s, mx5 and an old school golf gti, with him in his landy and, he got turned away and told to park in the public area further down the road, he was not happy

I have had 2 of my cars on the grid in the last 3 years , normally you have to get an invitation, from when you register interest, but if your early enough and have the right car you can still get on the grid if the marshalls on the gates think its suitable or you get sent to the paddock area, hoping to get the Z on this year i registered same day as the dates were announced for the sushi sunday