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no idea on the fuel, not without taking the engine to bits which would be expensive. got my fingers crossed the previous owners put the right stuff in mine too not sure what feels wrong for you. mine has no-name tires on and feels very stable at speed. or do you mean cornering? i doubt you'd need wings on her at this stage, not after upgrading from a 307 maybe it's bad rubber, or maybe the wheels need aligning? this is out of my depth really so you could try asking specific questions in the general or technical section of the forums. try to describe what feels wrong and i'm sure there will be a ton of advice on what to check and what to tweak. mention you're probably locked out of modding for the year too so they know what to focus on hi there faz, this is the introduction area of the forum so you'd be more than welcome to make your own thread and ask a few questions i've not looked into the automatic options, and personally soft tops are not for me. the general rule of thumb is the 350z is a great car, so just get the flavour that suits your own tastes. the only time you really need other opinions is if you want to get a car that will be easy to sell on later. if you want the wind in your hair and flappy paddles to play with then go for it!

most impressive the bog box i tried was half an inch too big for every place i tried to cram it, and i didn't want to put stress on the trim to make it work. still, the bits inside would have slotted here and there, and i could have flat packed the box to put it all back in the other side

I expect changing wheel or tyre size would count as a mod, so chances are you'll have to wait before you can do that. when you're ready though you'll find info on what sizes you can play with and what you need to do to make it all fit (eg new alloys and/or spacers and even tweaks to the body). this forum is just that awesome i think the 2 most important things to look out for are a long history of being driven on regular unleaded and also low oil pressure. once fully warmed up it should be at 30psi on tick over, and 60 psi at 60mph in 6th gear (or 2K rpm). if it's a lot lower than that then find a local expert to get it checked out. prices vary and it's worth doing a check on all the tire sites when the time comes. but a quick check on 2 show the rears costing (fully fitted for 1 tire) £163 on one site and £179 discounted to £147 on another. i think you can get it even cheaper on some of the other sites but i havent gathered a short list of them all yet. fronts should be cheaper and that's all assuming your car is running on stock wheels. hmm, another site are quoting £129 for a rear, but i don't think that's fitted

would be nice to get a sticky for places to buy from. i've seen quite a few online shops mentioned in the main tire thread, so i know where to go to hunt for them. just be a lot easier if there was one place for people to talk about where to buy from as opposed to what to buy

21 sounds good if you're doing normal driving. i do a little pottering about town but the vast bulk is 2-5 hrs on the motorway to see a client. so my ave mpg is gonna be a lot higher than most both cars i test drove showed the ave mpg at 9! not sure how those tires compare, but there are plenty of members who do know their rubber. what i've gleaned from browsing about is the Michelin pilot super sports are one of the best to aim for if you can get a good price. i have no idea how it works, but they seem to have great grip in dry and wet, and yet somehow also have good durability too. sounds like black magic to be as normally you get a trade-off between grip and durability! as i'm not used to that much grip i've put them further down the list than some of the mechanical things i want to do first (eg service and a preventative replacement of the oil gallery gasket). i think running costs in general are very reasonable, unless you contract zeditus, then you can kiss goodbye to all your money

it's easy, set cruise control to 70 and wait for the ave mpg to go up and up . that said it's been bouncing between 22 and 28 recently... i'm with first choice, cheapest offer and no mods policy. there are specialists on this forum though that will be happy to quote me next year when i have some experience in a performance car. what tires do you have? that can make a massive difference. take a read through the tires forum section and see if your tires are mentioned on there and what people have to say about them. mine has felt very planted in the dry even with these no-name tires on, and a lot more planted than my last car in the wet (despite being 0.3 ton heavier). kinda makes me wonder what she will be like when i get her a proper set of shoes

how the beep did you manage that? did you fit a tardis mod? i tried to fit a large computer box in and came to the conclusion that i'd have to take the computer out of the box to drive it to a customers site!

No definitely tested a DE. It just seem like my my one doesn't rev too happy, which is kind of strange to me. Thanks for the replies and info regarding traders - I'll ring around. I think they did a revision of the DE in 2006, though those changes clash with the GT4 so I'm not 100% on the facts. I think they did the GT4, did a limited run, then a year or so later put some of the tweaks into the rev-up DE engine before the HR was released. Original DE red lined at 6.5K rpm, the rev-up goes to 7K and the HR goes to 7.5K. So maybe you did test a DE with a different engine to yours? That said I think it's worth taking your baby to an expert.

I did my price checking on autotrader last winter, decided £7-8K was a sensible place to get a good choice of the cheaper HR's. To my shock there was not a single one below £8K when I went to check again this summer! I think that is partly due to powerful RWD cars being harder to shift in the winter, but I was still expecting to have seen some price drop after 6 months. Would be nice if their prices stabilised, but I think I do far too much mileage each year to enjoy any benefits from that. That said I got this car to live with, not to have a fling with, so I know I'll get my moneys worth

i got mine from wales, by the time i'd got back into england my face was aching from the smile that's not even prating about, just normal motorway driving and enjoying how effortless she is to change speeds, even in 6th. mpg was 32 for that trip! my 1.8 V6 did 30 mpg, it's like i get to eat my own cake! be careful with the mods for the first year. most budget insurance companies will completely refuse to insure you with any mods, performance or cosmetic! in a years time though the specilists may be interested in signing you up, and they tend to be a lot more mod friendly. i'm going down that path now which means i have a good reason to keep her stock for a year, and that in turn means i'll be better placed to notice any changes i make next year as for upkeep, take a bit of time to read through this forum, there is a metric butt ton of info on here on what can go wrong on a zed and what it takes to put it right again. that's not to say she's a problem car, it's just we have the luxury of a lot of enthusiasts documenting every issue so we get good visibility on what to look out for.

hehe, yup i thought they would freak out. my lot wanted double the premium, that's with 9 years NCB. nice that they let you go without all the fees though. quite impressed at how affordable she is. insurance is quite reasonable, 30+ mpg on the open road, even the servicing costs are fairly normal for a modern car. it's all very sensible until you put your foot down, then she can make you grin so much that your face starts to hurt

Gotta be the HR bonnet for me, though I do like to know there is a good reason behind needing that bulge. I really like the way the main curve of the bonnet gets broken up, makes for a nice view from outside and also from the drivers seat

Very nice upgrade then Did your last insurance company faint when you told them what you were buying next? Mine freaked out and pulled a very large number out of the hat, I finished off that conversation by finding out how much it would cost to terminate my policy early!

Hola

Fingers crossed for you, it's a horrible feeling driving a car that you think might be breaking and getting worse :/

hola what have you upgraded from? my last car was a 1.8 V6, front wheel drive

hola and good luck in your hunt

Just check out how many new members have signed up in the last few weeks with tales of their new zed!

gratz and she looks fantastic

Hola

Love the pic, I've got a real weakness for black cars and the HR with that bonnet bulge just looks fantastic

For the 350z HR the UK manual says the following

kinda depends on your priorities. i'm very happy with my less than perfect 313 HR as i wanted a car that would rev higher than my last car. so i've put more emphasis on the engine and the cosmetics can be sorted out later (things like a crack in the bumper and scratched door panels). i did get very lucky on the price though as most HR's start at 8K, though they might drop again to 7K in the winter which is where they started at last winter when i first priced things up. i did test drive a DE and an HR and to the untrained bum there was no real difference in speed. that said i did like how much further the revs went on the HR, but the rev up is slap bang in the middle of the first DE and the HR and will be priced much closer to budget. so, what's best? for me i'd save up that bit longer for an HR, for you a mint condition DE might be a far better choice, that's all down to personal preference. naturally a well serviced car would trump over trim or engine type, but other than that, what does your gut tell you is more important?

ahh there we are, thanks for the share

Hola, I hope your search goes swiftly. I got my zed in wales, by the time I was in england my face was aching from the smile