zxrob

Ha, good debate

"bum bandit", feck me, aint heard that term for ages

Rob

Took the Z in yesterday to have new discs and pads all round and couple of belts done

Now, talking to the guy there (they specialise in sports cars, Audi, porche, Mitsubishi) and was telling the guy I liked the 3.2 boxster, his reply was, I may be a bit disappointed after driving 350Z, he recons the Z has a better chassis and handles/corners better

Guess I'll have to test drive one to compare

Mind you, he did say the Audi R8 rocks,

Rob

350Z for me all day long, the Honda just don't do it for me

Welcome to the forum

Rob

Gonna try and get to this one

Are old men in roadsters allowed

Rob

Surely the only way to know what power it has lost was to bang it on the dyno from new to give a comparison

If cars are anything like bikes, the manufacturers tend to slightly over exaggerate power

Rob

I zero'd my clocks Saturday night and went for a nice steady blast,(had the wife wit me) mostly A roads and got an average of 29 mpg which I think is good for a big heavy beast, tottering around I get on average 24/25

Rob

I find the Z, as a few have said, very deceptive, just put it down to the type of car it is

You could be in a mini doing 50mph and it feels like 80 compared to he Z

Rob

I have some renovo ready to use on the roof, just aint got around to doing it yet

Rob

Hmmm

I can smell that RD from here

Lovely mate

Rob

I was a good guy Saturday, did all the jobs I needed to, kept the wife happy, Sunday was looking good weather wise

So, Sunday morning, out with the missus in the roadster, nice little steady drive out, bit of shopping to keep her smiling ad back home

Afternoon was free so took the bike out for a bit of fun, now, why is it always fecking audi drivers that think they are the quickest thing on the road , twice in the space of mins I had to glide past showing tem a finger, pah, knobheads, I thought them RS4 were quick

Rob

Nope, mines a weekend/sunny day toy

I have a mighty qashqai for da to day stuff

Rob

Lets be fair, this a been on the cards for a long time

I blame the medling ****ng EU, keep trying to expand the "federal state"of Europe, did they really expect the Russians to sit back and offer them help, guidance and assistance on their doorstep

As for the yanks, they are ok invading places were the natives through speers back at them (just), no way on this planet are they going anywhere near Russia

Rob

Welcome to roadster ownership

Nice day, top down, lovely engine noise

Rob

Mine does the same in the cold weather

The owners manual advises 5deg for operation

Rob

Pulled up by one yesterday, feck me they make a nice sound, didn.t realise they were a V6

Looked nice in black but still ugly compared to the Z

Rob

Not got a clue on miles per tank, average 23-26 per gallon

Rob

perhaps its me but my Z sounds lovely, nice throaty burbling noise

Rob

Welcome from a roadster owner

Mine is a 05 but in beautiful blade silver

I thought mine was pretty low mileage at 37k

That looks very nice

Rob

As said above,only fair and proper way is to pay on the fuel you use

Problem is governments don't d fair

Rob

What a complete ****

Rob

 

 

both classics

Yeh, just like me, getting on a bit

Rob

I'd sell the bike and just enjoy the Zed if it was me.

 

Bikes are far too risky (imo).

Nah, cant be doing that

Here are my twom current bikes (sold my other 750 last week )

sp1 road bike

and zxr750r trackbike

Rob

Yesterday was sunny and reasonably warm by me, so, thought, ah, get the bike out, went into the garage, took the covers off and started her up, then thought, ah, feck it, went out in the Z, top down, , happy days

Rob

Surely it's all relative

I've had my zed about 5 months now, I know some cars are quicker, some slower, so what, I bought mine because I have always loved the looks and sound of them

As for being "gunned of the lights", well, thats irrelevant, most of it boils down to the driver, not the car

Rob

Not getting shut of the Z

Which model would you go for or you have had

Cheers Rob