hughesy

Thinking about it, I'm normally snug in an xl size, despite being a slim build. Plus I'm a little over 6ft, will this fit?

I'd be interested in this. You anywhere near London as if so I'd do a pick up?

FWIW I've just sold my 54 plate, completely standard GT model with the same mileage as yours for £7k on the nose asking price. FSH etc. Mine was a very well looked after example and the guy saw three on the day he saw mine and so had a good steer (scuse the pun). He was the first person to view mine actually. Was on autotrader for three weeks at 7,350 and no interest, then dropped it and sold within a day or two. I've personally never understood the 3-4k premium on the HR model against DEs with the same mileage and condition.

That's a shame, I'm down in London, couldn't get much further away.

Whereabouts are you located? Wasn't even looking for a new 350 but that looks the nuts and so might be tempted to upgrade

Could this be easily sprayed gun metal grey if done correctly?

I was ringing up about this car when I was looking about two months back. Got a dodgy feeling about it tbh. The guy claims he spends his time between the cotswolds and London, it turned out I lived half a mile from him in North London. Long story short, I never even got to see the car, lots of last minute cancelled viewings with reasons such as working late etc.

Any reason why bhp had dropped as low as 225? Surely that can't be typical?

Thanks for the welcome all Cheers for this, gives me a reference point for when I speak to them

Fwiw and based on standard unleaded only (when I had my fiesta st), I found sainsburys fuel quite poor for economy. Also, I used a local independent on two occasions out of necessity to fill up and the car always struggled to turn over in the mornings but was otherwise faultless with other fuels

Resurrecting a very old thread I know, but has any firm solution been found in terms of getting new keys aside from going through nissan? I bought my zed on Saturday with just the one key. I know a code is needed, but I seem to have a four digit number on a random piece of paper, five digit code in the back of the owners manual and some 8/9 number code on a card with a nissan logo saying use this if a new key is needed. All very confusing

Having bought my 350z only on Saturday morning, big thanks to the forum for all the guides, advice and informed comments that steered me to hopefully a great example of the car (also thanks to whacky will for him letting me chew his ear off). It's a 2004 model, grey, standard aside from a filter, with 50,000 miles, Full service history at nissan and then abbey motorsport so all the signs are good. I know the seller lurked on the forums for advice and owned the car since 2008 so again seems to be solid. Picked up the car first thing Saturday and drove it straight to the cotswolds for the weekend, loved it, big step up from my mk6 fiesta st. Very planted on the road, balanced response to the handling and although not a rocket very consistent through the revs. My only questions are, since I only have the one key, is nissan the best place to go for a new one, rather than risk coding one off ebay and wiping the original? Also, are there any easy things to do to get back to stock bhp? Knowing the car is 11 years old and low mileage for age, i imagine it will be 15bhp lower than out the factory. I will get some pics up later tonight

Lovely white 370 heading from Stroud towards Painswick in the cotswolds. You were first zed owner I've seen since I picked my car up yesterday and you flashing me gave me a big grin.

Ok that's a DE rev up facelift model though why it's on a 08 plate I'm not sure ! Were these not phased out mid 07? Is it a late registered model or not actually an 08 car?

Can anyone tell me why the below 08 car has a DE bonnet? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/nissan/350-z/used-nissan-350-z-3-5-v6-2dr-chester-fpa-201502251242990?atcido=soc-cars-twt001

You told me the car was in the garage having the work done until at least Saturday. Putting a deposit down over the phone meant I had no way of getting a receipt for the agreed works such as the wheel bearing. I highly doubt anyone would put a deposit down on a car completely blind going on just your word, but that may be me being naive. As i said, I felt you tried to pressurise and intimidate into putting a deposit down there and then threw your toys out the pram when i didnt You asked what i would like to pay for the car, not what my final offer was. I apologise for not immediately ceding to your asking price. Making sure a car has legal tyres, a tailgate which won't decapitate you and no issues with the wheel bearing is now considered a high standard?

What's not up with it out of interest? I saw this on pistonheads earlier and would be interested although it seems cheap for a hr with just 25k

I was the customer referred to above and find some of the comments rather amusing, particularly following a subsequent conversation today. The car in question was the orange 350 at tradelink with 47k on the clock. The bit about pointing things out is fabrication, it was actually the other way round. The only things pointed out to me to be done to the car were a valet and a removal of the dent to the rear. After an hour or so of me looking over the car, I noted the tyres were on and below the limit and so would fail the MOT. I asked would these be done before sale. The reply was they would pass comfortably (definitely wouldnt) but these would be replaced with part worn premium tyres and a full MOT issued. The issue about the boot struts, I also pointed this out and was told it wasnt normally done but they would take the struts off another car for sale and swap them over. Anyway, after pointing these things out I was interested in the car and long story short, a bit of negotiation but he wouldnt knock more than £150 off the asking price. This was justified by having to do the wheel bearing, tyres and gas strut. I disagreed with this as I thought they would have been done to put the car in a saleable condition, but left it saying if that was the lowest he would go I would go away and think about it. It was nothing to do with budget, more me getting a fair deal with lots of zeds out there. I slept on it and this afternoon made my mind up to buy the car. I phoned up ahead of going and just asked if he would drop the price by £100 to £7750, this was rejected. Then I asked for a full tank of fuel, this was also rejected. I said I would still be interested but as the place was shut, I wouls said I would come in the week. He said that the car will go in for the bearing etc and so not be ready until next weekend. This was where the pressure tactics came on. I said in that case I'll phone up Thurs to see if it is in a saleable condition by saturday. The reply was just put down a deposit now if you want it. I said I'd rather wait as it will be in the garage all week so unlikely to sell. I said I'd take the chance but am still interested. The reply was I sell 80% of my cars over the phone and it'll probably be gone so put a deposit down. Again I just said I'd rather not, so it was left with "You know what, I wont get the work done after all, I'll take the exhaust off, put a standard one on and put it up for £8,500." A couple of other points, he said ignore people on the forums, half of them dont know anything and the other half dont exist (whatever that means). He kept asking if i'd met these people in real life. He also said using 95 ron fuel is perfectly acceptable and anybody saying otherwise is talking BS. Tradelink seem to have a good reputation on here and tbh I really dont know how. I'd sooner take advice from a forum of enthusiasts than a charlatan using pressure tactics to flog a car.

Really appreciate the honesty, especially for someone like me who is itching to buy one at the mo.

I'm in the same position as you it seems, on the lookout for a zed and trawling through all the adverts every few hours. I'm interested what you mean by fuel starvation, do you mean running on 95? Also, how do you tell the discs are warped, is this visual or when driving?

Forgot to mention, it's a trader selling it too

Quick update: I've just been to view the car and my gut reaction is poor. The "FSH" history stopped in 2011, but this was done all at Nissan aside from the first service (WLMG in High Wymcombe if anybody knows about them?). The last two MOTs show it registering about 3,000 miles over two years, which seems odd as it covered 45,000 in the first five years, all by the same owner. No receipts with the car, the clutch bites so high my knee is touching my ear, there some chips and marks and the alloys are kerbed generally, so it doesnt strike me as a well cared for car. Add to that it was filthy inside and out. It also has a tragically chavvy aftermarket exhaust, dont get me wrong, I know 350z's are loud, but I will have to use the car on the odd work assignment so couldnt live with that. Maybe the biggest thing for me was that it felt rather pedestrian on a test spin. I know this was a drive around N London at 6.30, but jumping into my fiesta ST straight after, I preferred most things about the ST and barely noticed the difference in acceleration. I'm going to the ACE cafe meet up tomorrow so hopefully that will change my mind.

I asked but he's not up for Will's suggestion to run it to the Ace cafe

He wants to meet in an industrial estate in Tottenham to view it. I don't know much about buying cars but it sounds a bit iffy and I always understood you should view a car at the owner's house