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Love your car Headphones, and have done since we met you at Cars and Coffee Chester. Not looking to upgrade yourself are you? I am on the hunt for another Zed to pamper.

Following a brief interlude to an RS3 I am now looking to get another Zed. Looking to spend up to £15K. Am interested in either a 370Z or a 350Z. It will be a toy to be used when my sometimes dodgy back feels up to it. This will probably be my last sports car so has to be a good one : ) Must be in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition although I accept that stone chips are unavoidable. Must have service history, not necessarily Nissan, and the lower the mileage the better - although higher mileage cars considered with proof of works done. Car should be standard but will consider cars with exhaust / air inlet upgrades so long as it is not ridiculously loud. Most colours acceptable - not keen on black due to the maintenance it requires, unless a bargain and then I can pay someone to keep it clean : ) I am located in Nantwich, Cheshire. Willing to travel a little to view but would appreciate honesty as to a cars condition. If you are looking for a good forever home for your 'garage queen' or 'pride and joy' please pm me with the details. Thanks, Chris

I found mine to be pretty harsh and unforgiving, especially over knackered roads. The GT Edition I had before that was far better ride quality. The Nismo did however feel more of a 'sports car', more 'immediate' in every sense. But being an old git with a sometimes dodgy back I would go for GT Edition next time - or should I say this time since I am on the hunt for my 4th Z

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Many of us have travelled to view and buy our Zed's so don't worry about your location. Stone chips are expected and unavoidable and you can source a new reflector easily enough.

Why on earth did he sell it to them then? They do knock money off for kerbed alloys, dents, scratches but if the car is A1 they pay what they offer online - in my experience anyway.

Blocko - put some more details and pictures on this forum and I sure that others will help with a sensible valuation. I would then advertise it on here for a few days before putting on autotrader etc. Less likely to be messed around by a forum member or someone who comes on here specifically looking for a 350Z. My 370z GT Edition sold privately to a very nice chap, no messing around - the only hassle was counting the money because he brought cash : )

I have sold a couple of cars to WBAC, including my HR 350Z, they were offering more than they were going for privately at the time. Currently have an RS3 and thinking of moving back to a Z for weekend use only. A few months ago when I bought it the WBAC valuation was £3K less than the valuation I had from them today, although RS3 prices have not moved. They are very close to what I paid for it and exactly what I would advertise it privately for. Dealing with them is just fine - they will knock a little off for any damage on the car but if it is mint they pay what they offered. Payment quick and easy. The Zed's do seem hard to value, especially good one's attract a significant premium.

Have a 350Z boot mat, collection only, free of charge. Located Crewe, Cheshire. It is not Nissan, but is good quality (thick) and brand new. Never been in a car. Graphite colour and from the manufacturers 'exclusive' range. I actually ordered a mat for my 370Z but they sent me this one by mistake, has a sticker on it saying 370Z but is clearly the 350Z one - they did not want it back. It is plain, no graphics on it. Collection only, 7am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. pm me if interested. Chris

Probably the next 18 to 21 years!! Enjoy your new addition

Your car is looking good there Headphones

To be fair he was revising for his GCSE's when he edited the video, did it during his breaks, and would have got a dressing down from his Mum and I if he had spent longer. We were hoping for more drone footage but his friend was flying it and was rather 'enthusiastic'. We wanted a hot air balloon speed fly bye's, not supersonic jet!

Recently sold but a nice 'departure' video made by my son. I was agonising over the sale and he made me stare at it for about 1.5 hrs while he gathered the images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cROC12jik

Hi Mitch, My old MK2 Nismo, white, is for sale at Inchcape VW Macclesfield. You can find it on Autotrader. Reg is OW65 ... A1 condition. They have it up for £25,800 if that is in your price range. Chris

Take some time to do your homework. How much is your car worth, be sensible, if sold privately. How much is the car you want to buy, if bought privately. You now have an idea of the difference in value or cost to change as Ekona pointed out. When you go to a dealer you are only really interested in this cost to change. Obviously a dealer may be more expensive than a private / private deal but there can be more peace of mind, warranty. etc. Keep an eye on the Nissan dealers especially their approved cars. There can be massive differences in prices between dealers and I have seen them drop prices quickly. Shop towards the end of the month, many are so target driven that you can get a good deal if they have not hit their targets. And be prepared to walk away if you don't get the deal you want.

Hopefully not - although I think I must have been the most miserable person buying an RS3. Probably helped with getting a good deal - the sales guys must have seen that I would have happily walked away.

I am now on my third Z and have really enjoyed ownership. Unfortunately my 370Z Nismo is not getting much use because the 2 seat and small boot configuration does not fit in with my lifestyle - plus my increasing years and morning dodgy back are not being helped by low slung recaros'. I really feel like I am breaking up with a much loved girlfriend. Took a 2016 Audi RS3 out for a test drive yesterday - rather uninteresting to look at but incredible to drive. After hooning around in Zed's I was not expecting to be blown away by the performance of the RS3. The one I took out, and bought, is fitted with the mag ride dampers and the very lairy switchable exhaust which sounds great with the 5 pot engine. It's an impressive car but I know I am going to miss my Zed badly - but I can't justify keeping it just to dribble over its looks and not drive it. Added bonus was that after much haggling I secured a P/X offer £2K above what I paid for the Nismo. So 3 Zed's owned and bugger all money lost on depreciation across all of them - can't apply that to many cars. I will always be a massive Zed fan and will no doubt lurk on the forum so I am not saying a goodbye ...

Oh gosh yes! It is a terrible affliction. The number of cars I have owned is ridiculous, and bikes... Fortunately I am pretty good at finding the good deals so have not lost too much financially. My Z's have lasted far longer than most, in fact was beginning to think I was cured, but not long had the Nismo and already started to look around. This weeks 'want' is an A45 AMG but no doubt that will change again next week.

I take it you want a black one?? There is a silver one, Polesworth Garage, at £25K with only 5K miles which is only 1 month older than the £25K one you are looking at with 25K miles on the clock. Depreciation wise this may be a better choice.

Two cars in the very long list of cars I have owned are a Xantia VTS and a Peugeot 405 Mi16. Both very good cars in their day and at the time very underrated - picked them both up quite cheaply. The Mi16 was all about the engine which was excellent. The engine never gave me any problem, just the rest of the dodgy Peugeot electrics, ABS, etc that hacked me off to the point where I sold the car.

Someone on this forum bought it and posted a pic on here a couple of days ago.

Why not collect it yourself? Take a long weekend, use public transport to get to the dealer (assuming they have it in Norfolk), then take 2 days to drive it back. You can easily do the drive in 1 day but you will pass through some lovely areas so why not take your time and enjoy .....It will be a weekend you remember. Turn the whole thing into a 'road trip' and a challenge - which it will be if you are using public transport to get from South Wales to Norwich.

I have owned an Auto and now a manual. I was more than happy with the Auto, you can always use the level to manual shift if you want something to do with your left hand. If my car was my daily and likely to be quite a lot of stop / start driving the Auto would be my choice. But mine is just a weekend plaything so manual suits me fine now - plus it's a Nismo so there was no option anyway.

Is safe always safe? Our local supermarket has some parking spots on a corner a long way from the store. Being around a corner they are extra wide and often used by those of us whose cars are 'precious'. But recently the area has been coned off because some sinkhole or similar has appeared under that end of the car park. Can just imagine walking out of the store feeling smug because your car was safe - only to find that it has vanished down a big hole Unfortunately the OP's suggested car protection device is not sinkhole safe so a redesign is required. Like others I am a little paranoid about car parks. Was sat in my car in a supermarket car park and in the distance a lady rolled up to a car with a large heavy box in her trolley. I was amazed to see her lift out the box and plonk it on the car bonnet. She then proceeded to open the boot of the car next to it (her car), slide the box across the bonnet (not her car), put it in her boot and then drive off.

I bought a new / pre-reg Xtrail a few months ago also in pearl white. When I came to wash it for the first time and got the step ladders out I was shocked to see what looked like bad scratches on the roof. Once my heart had slowed down I washed the roof and then lightly polished them off. I only removed the 'scratches' that I could see and it was on the surface and not in the paint, did not do the whole roof. Next time I came to wash, more of the same. Obviously they are not scratches at all and possibly just an area where the adhesive for the transport film has not been cleaned off properly and micro particles of dirt is sticking to it.