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Whatever you do, don't be tempted to knock the TCS / VDC off. You'll end up in a ditch or worse trying the same trick again.

Fair warning.

Incidentally, what diameters are you running front and back?

This was a good year....

 

It was. I bought about 20 copies of that track haha.

I'll use this opportunity to push some of my own musical tastes on you all. Looking forward to see if any of you listen to the same bands as me.

You'll note not a single Xmas one between them

Nostalgia & being unable to comprehend a world where Noddy Holder doesn't get a Royalty cheque.

Absolutely. I honestly don't take offers seriously from people who haven't even seen what you're selling in the flesh - I might be wrong, it's almost always people looking to flip what you're selling for profit as opposed to someone looking for the best for what they can budget for.

I haven't previously thought much about the psychology of it, but It takes longer for genuine buyers to find what you're selling because they have a lot of ground to cover with regards to ensuring the vehicle isn't a rotbox, stolen, dangerous, poorly maintained etc.

Chancers & flippers actively look for things to low-ball - for them, it's a numbers game, the more low-ball offers they get out in a day the more chance of hooking a desperate sucker there is. Would I being a lazy stereotyper to allude than maybe these kind of folks don't have a regular paying vocation? (i.e. a job)

That's maybe why there seems to be more arseholes offering peanuts for your car than genuine sellers.

Our Convoy was spotted by a random in Dundee in 2015 - good show of cars but missed the DC5. We've since added a replacement R33 GT-R, Jeff's Z33, a mk IV Supra, another S15, Sil80, 2 x 180sx's, an R34 GTT & of course my new Zed.

Rant on mate!

It's par for the course in this country, the missus tried to sell her old Micra for £750, was worth that all day long, she had no end of chancers sending messages with nary a hello, just a figure we'll below what she was asking for. She eventually sold it for full asking but she had to wait for it.

I got the same to a lesser extent when I sold the old Z, but as I'm a bit less... Friendly, shall we say than the other half I didn't entertain any shite.

If you're after a reason for it, blame the dog eat dog world of everyone for themselves. Del Boy might have been a cheeky geezer with a heart of gold but this worlds full of arseholes who would sooner slit your throat that pay anything near the asking price for something.

(been waiting ages to use that emoji)

Ha ha ha, love it when this clip makes the rounds again

It's the old Saaf'ampton and 'Eafrow

It's all about pronunciation and where you come from, for example if you are in the habit of dropping the H then you would say "in an hour" or I'm staying at an hotel" but you wouldn't say an Hare or an Habitat because you wouldn't drop the H. Like I say, this is quite a regional thing and there are individual variations. Like I would use an in front of Hotel, hour but not in front of house. It's a similar thing with words beginning with U, it's "a Unicorn" but its also "an unbelievable event" or "an umbrella".

 

Having said all that, if you are writing say on a forum then you should not drop the H and use the correct written grammar, a hotel. etc.

 

Pete

pps its definitely 'a hotel'. and 'a hospital' and 'a historian' about the only exception for 'h' when its not an abbreviation is 'an hourglass'

I already wrote "an honourable mention" but an honest man is another.

Depends on what your brain says when you read Xmas. I read "Ex-mas" so I habitually use an. If you read Criss-mas then you would be using a.

Is it a XR2 or an XR2? Is it a RX8 or an RX8?

an both times for me.

Stu is correct - if the word starts with a distinctive vowel sound, you use an. "An honourable" mention would be "an NHS" nurse.

Yeah, that's a big issue like, need to get those solenoids firing or else your insurance won't pay out over any accidents you have. I also had issues with a wheel bearing that made my ABS kick in whenever I was slowing to a halt. Worth looking at also.

Lot of chatter in Japan that the optional 3.0 TT engine in this will make it into the next Fairlady Z incarnation (no pun intended). Nissan can't ignore the efficiency of usingTurbo's in their sports cars anymore so the NA route is looking decidedly endangered.

I personally think this engine in a two-seater coupe would be fantastic. 475 N.m of Torque in a lighter body would have this thing competing with the GT-R performance-wise which is why some people think it won't happen.

Yeah, that atomic teal Z was a members car at one point.

Top tip, perform an emergency stop in the car and make sure the ABS kicks in. The ABS sensor in my old celica was replaced but the fault light persisted. One emergency stop later it cleared.

The Zed does attract this kind of shite, but no more than any other Japanese sportscar with a reputation. I once got raped by a Carerra 4 in my old DE and it wasn't even close. I took note of the guys license plate in case I ever saw him again and as luck would have it, I made a complete fool out of him with the 380.

Cautionary tale about identifying base models but racing unicorns.

My Z has some photos here

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/106934-introducing-my-new-zed-fairlady-z-version-nismo-380rs/

I have two good friends in Aberdeen who are SXOC regulars, one has a 370Z stillen supercharged and the other a rare as fook Sileighty.

Tom & Jamie, you know them?

I thought I recognized "Sports Resetting" - it's an aftermarket package offered by Nismo to tune up Nissan cars with a more aggressive but safe map and accessories. Something we'd definitely not get access to over here.

http://www.freeplanets.jp/FairladyZ/Z33SportsRe.html

http://www.nismo.co.jp/omori_factory/original_menu/engine_m/sr/