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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

Hello and welcome. I bit the bullet and had a second key done at the main dealer. To purchase the blade with remote buttons plus coding was around £125. Cheaper than a lock set if you loose your only key.

Cheers for this, gives me a reference point for when I speak to them

This is an impossible question to answer, unless we have the OP's address.

 

BP is fine. Tesco is fine. Sainsburys is fine. Esso is fine. Shell is fine. Gulf is fine. Texaco is fine. Anything 97 or higher is fine. Fresher is better.

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.

Can anyone tell me why the below 08 car has a DE bonnet?

 

http://www.autotrade...soc-cars-twt001

 

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

To clarify also we do sell a high percentage of our vehicles over the phone. People cannot make it down during the week and can only make it over at weekends so they "secure" the car with a telephone deposit. Like I said on the phone it could easily sell to someone else and be ready by the weekend like it could have been for you. I am able to sell the bigger picture and end product both with customers seeing the original state of the car in the flesh and over the phone and have done many times. I was giving you the opportunity to secure the car because you spent hours here and it would have been time wasted on your part if I allowed someone else to put a deposit down.

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 offered me £7200. That's 800 off!! I was a little offended by this but wasn't unpleasant to you I did not feel. You have to remember that we are a business and this is not a private sale. We have margins...

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.

 

My car in question is a low mileage, 2 owner, fsh car that I have bought because I am in the business of selling these particular cars.

 

You haven't just agreed to spend time and money getting the car up to a high standard prepping for sale.

 

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

A lot of this information is ill informed... and some of it very unfair

 

"Alezen was standard on non-GT pack facelifts" ????

 

WHAT??? I do not think this is correct!! Non GT cars do not have leather at all!!

 

A lot of the other information contained within this thread is just hear say about this other dealer... How do you know bits and pieces haven't been tidied up on the car?

 

How do you know how much the dealer paid for the car if you sold it to a car buying service? It was probably webuyanycar and they are owned by BCA (british car auctions) who auction off to the highest bidder. In theory the trader could have bought it for £8k and is making £500 profit!!

 

I think some people have a lot to learn and shouldn't stereotype...

 

I had a customer down on a Zed this morning. We have just bought the car in yesterday.

 

Car had a few issues which were all going to be put right before the buyer potentially took the car, ie couple of panels of paint, boot struts need replacing, car badly needs a wheel baring, interior pieces need refinishing on the grab handles, p3 service and MOT...

 

As an honest trader, I pointed these bits out and was more than prepared to get them all sorted. Customer decided not to buy in the end because it was out of his budget. He offered me considerably less than the asking price, (even though all bits were to be sorted and they obvioulsy aren't done for free) We have margins to make so a deal couldn't be struck

 

I appreciate that you may have been looking out for fellow members on here but at the same time I feel you may be a little aggrieved to see your car advertised for more than you sold it for aswell.

 

Main point is, not all car traders have no conscience and people should really get their facts straight before jumping to conclusions!!!

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?

Cannot believe these sort of people. Cannot even be bothered to wash the car when trying to sell it. Tells you all really.

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