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It makes tyres last a lot longer so is eco friendly. Peter is not your Dragon, best to pitch to Deborah and take Greta as your wingman

A young guy over on the facebook page bought it - and has 'your' wheels for sale already.

I do love the look of the Mk1 Nismo but I know if I bought one I would soon regret the harsh ride.

I'm hoping to make the meet Davey - but not 100% sure yet so won't add my name to the list. Is the Cafe open for socially distanced coffee? : )

Very nice. I used to have one, same colour too. Loved the looks but the ride was a little too harsh for me - with my slightly dodgy back. You will now spend all of your time trying to squeeze in without scuffing the recaro's, taking a wide berth from any kerbs and parking at least 10 spaces from anyone else - only to return to car to find some tw*t has parked right next to you despite the car park being empty. Enjoy : )

I owned Zed's. Then had a brief fling with an Audi RS3 which was probably one of the fastest point to point cars you can get. But it had no soul and to get any excitement from it you needed to be at license losing speeds. So I came back to Zeds.

I remember that Jay.1R and his wife had both their cars wrapped at APM Customs and found Jays response to you back in 2018, copied below. They are great people to deal with so worth going along to get a quote, see how they work, view their facilities (very good) and view some of their work. Loads of stuff on instagram, facebook etc. They won't be the cheapest but sometimes you get what you pay for. My son did some promo video's for them and I was always impressed by the cleanliness and professionalism. Hi mate, yes me and the Mrs both have ours wrapped, but just remember, any imperfections will show through, something I didn't realise how thin the vinyl is, I mean slight scratches not even that deep will, also if the paints bubbling the vinyl won't stick properly, I have had mine a year now the Mrs has had 2, the colour is like the day we got it, and the job from Apm was amazing not one bit of peeling, but both are due a front end rewrap after that time for stone chips, any questions feel free to pm, wrapping is a brilliant cheap alternative, although it will never shine like paint, if I did it again I would pay more and have it wrapped again in a clear vinyl to protect it from chips and enhance the gloss (although the quote for the protective film.for the front bumper alone was £350 !),mine cost near enough £2400 and hers was a little less at £2100, for the wraps with a 5 year colour and peel guarantee

APM Customs in Deeside. Their work is first class and wrap in a proper clean room environment.

Good choice - the Mk1 wheels look so much better than the Mk2. I love the way you are buying a brand new car but are 'showing' Nissan how it should have been done in the first place. Nice work.

Does fitting an aftermarket exhaust affect your new car warranty? I think that I would certainly get any teething troubles out of the way first. When you collect the car be sure to check that they have removed the shipping spacers from the suspension.

Are you modding even before you have picked the new car up?

I'm not too far from Oulton and was thinking of coming along to watch, and get some fresh air. Unfortunately they are closed to spectators for track days. Not sure why, plenty of space and quite happy to **** in a bottle if they don't want to open the toilets.

Its on autotrader already - nearly £9K

He needs to get a grip. I would be well made up if my other half detailed her own car. Would even take her regular cups of tea....

I would suggest contacting Bob at Tarmac Sportz in Derby. About and hour from you. Bob has vast experience with the 350/370Z and will either fix the problem for you or offer honest advice. I am on my 5th Zed. The previous 4 have all had rather 'agricultural' gearboxes, especially when cold, but nothing that I would have described as really bad. My current 370Z is a 2016 and the gearbox and clutch are really sweet. Its a GT but I'm not aware that the clutch and gearbox are any different on the Nismo.

Good car choice and in the best colour. I've got a 66 plate in white. Same wheels as yours and I love them - I think they look even better in the flesh than they do in photo's.

At my age I tend to fall out of my Zed rather than stepping out of it : )

The DE Revup has the improved interior, same as the HR. The redline of the Revup is only 500 rpm less than the HR, I suppose some people like to 'redline' but not everyone. 'Some' Revup's burnt extra oil (not a problem if you keep an eye on it or have previously owned RX8's) but not all of them. Lots on this forum have never had a problem with excessive oil consumption. Some HR's have had oil gallery gaskets fail but no-one seems to say not to buy an HR. The most annoying thing with the Revup is the high tax (as HR) but the upside is the better interior.

The shape of the front end does 'attract' stone chips just like any other coupe. I have never had a stone chip go rusty because I regularly check and touch up. Most modern cars have crap paint compared to how it was in the good old days when they were very solvent based. My other car is a 2018 Kia and my daughter has a 2018 Renault, both low mileage and both shocking for stone chips so I don't think my current 2016 370Z is any better or worse. If you are buying a 2018 370Z Nismo then you really don't need to worry about rust. Just regularly check for chips and treat and touch up and you will be fine. For chips I usually use a no.1 artist brush (very fine tip) and just touch in carefully. Each chip may get two or three light applications so it is level with the rest of the paint which is far better than the 'blob' that many people put on.

I was really lucky and realised there were 'issues' quite early on even though I had none with mine. I suspected that used prices may fall dramatically so decided to let it go. There was a bit of a waiting list when I sold mine so advertised it at a pretty high price. Couple of old folks turned up to look at it on behalf of their son who worked abroad. He was due home and they had been instructed to just buy it. No haggling and they didn't even look at it properly. I did buy another a few years later for a bargain basement price when no-one would touch them and again had no problems at all.

They look great but photo's never quite do the colour justice. It really pop's in the sun.

I have waited 18 years to buy my son his first pint. His birthday was last week and the bars are closed so I decided that if we cant go to the bar then the bar will come to him. Managed to recycle some stuff from the garage and created this:

I had always been a fan of the 240/260Z and was quite excited when Nissan launched the 350Z. However, as I was considering purchasing one, Mazda launched the RX8. I was completely smitten with the RX8 and purchased a brand new one, probably one of the first in the country. I had never previously been tempted to buy a brand new car. I kind of forgot about the 350Z for a few years until I was looking to change my car and my young son spotted one for sale close by and talked me into going to have a look. I went along to humour him but the car was very eye catching and in immaculate condition – when I say eye catching it really was, being a Temper Orange 350Z HR. I took it for a test drive and loved the sound, performance and handling but was a little put off by the lack of visibility – it was fitted with a Nismo rear spoiler and really heavy tint on the side and rear windows. Felt a bit like driving a van, only using wing mirrors. I could live with the lack of visibility but the question I was asking myself ‘was I too old for a bright orange car’. A few days later I collected the car : ). It was a good price and I decided that if I didn’t like it then I could probably get my money back. Obviously I loved it. After the Temper Orange 350Z I decided to upgrade to a 370Z, a natural progression. I found a nice white GT Edition, 7 speed auto. This was a really good car, the GT Edition has additional sound proofing and suspension tuned for UK roads. I did find myself missing the manual box from time to time but the auto box with paddle shift was pretty good. In hindsight I should have probably kept this car but was being tempted by another… Next up was what I thought was the pinnacle, a 370Z Nismo, again in white. Bit odd this one because it had done very few miles, was described as immaculate but was being sold privately for less than the We Buy Any Car price. It was quite a distance away but after speaking to the owner who sounded very genuine took a train to look, and buy and drive back, if as described. It was. The seller had been trying to P/X it so can only assume he had been offered a daft price and was crap at negotiating so had priced the car based on that. Although there was nothing wrong with the car itself it really was not for me, especially on the crap roads around where I live. I absolutely loved the look of the car, the Nismo really does look fantastic, but found it way too skittish unless on perfectly smooth roads (hard to find). After the Nismo I decided to try something different and bought an Audi RS3. These cars are awesome, very few cars would be faster A to B on any road type. It was quite an experience but they don’t really come alive until you are doing stupid speeds and I feared for my licence so that had to go. Nice thing about the RS3 is if you buy one a couple of years old they really hold their price so no financial loss. I was missing my Zed’s but since the next one was just for weekend fun I decided to get another 350Z. Came across an immaculate, super low mileage 350Z DE revup. I really liked this car but since my son had now passed his driving test it was my wife who would be coming out with me and not him – and she hated it. The 350Z is a lot more raw than the 370Z and despite the low miles it still crashed and bumped its way around. Probably didn’t help that I had fitted it with a Cobra exhaust so it was noisy too. It was great for solo trips but not with a passenger. So after 14 months ownership it had to go. I then toyed with the idea of a Porsche Cayman but since it was only going to be a toy, the purchase cost and ongoing costs put me off the idea. Also found during the test drives that they did not really excite me any more than my Zed’s so just settled on the idea of another Zed. I found a 2016 370Z GT manual (in white again!) at a Maserati dealership. Very low miles, immaculate condition but it had sat in their showroom for nearly 12 months. As with the Nismo it was priced really low. The sales guy was very honest and showed me its pricing history and it was now up for sale nearly £9K less than they had started. He even showed me the paperwork to show what they had paid for it. It drove well, was pretty much as new so I bought it. Covid-19 had put paid to me putting many miles on it, but so far it seems to be the best version of Zed for me. It is far better behaved on the crap road surfaces than the Nismo and does not crash around like the 350Z. I am getting older so the ‘softness’ is probably better suited to me.

I'm on my 5th Zed now and 3 of them have had rather 'agricultural' gearboxes and one was an auto. My current 2016 (12K miles) is very smooth into all gears even when cold - I think it must be broken : )

If the Nismo ones are too expensive, Zmanalex has some GT Rays for sale. These would be a good upgrade over the non GT wheels.