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2 minutes ago, Ponsonby said:

You really want to avoid PX if you can. The 'book value' of 350's is really low and does not reflect what you can normally sell for. Although it can be a pain it is well worth trying to sell privately, you could get £000's more.

 

Before letting the road tax bill bug you into selling, have a good look around at alternative cars. There is not a lot that comes close in value for money.

I'm thinking about leaving sports cars. Considering a mark 9 Civic lol

A GT86/BRZ is tempting though

Might sell my Z this year, I love the car, only thing I don't like is paying that £570 tax every year. The insurance is only £300 fully comp but the tax just seems a rip off to me. I don't mind buying fuel since you just pay for what you use.  

Any advice? I might even end up doing a part ex eventually

47 minutes ago, davey_83 said:

I've come across this also and in people generally, what folks have done to you they'll do to more unsuspecting motorists before long so I try not to take it personally.

 

I've found of late people generally can be more agitated and short with one another and this in my thinking is due to extra stress we all are taking on from things like social media and news outlets showing more and more negativity which our subconscious soaks up unknowingly.

 

When people give other people $hit, they're not happy in their life at the moment as it doesn't make sense for a happy fulfilled individual to go round being horrible. Dr. Bruce Lipton study and understand of the above is very interesting.

This makes sense. Some good points

42 minutes ago, AntelopeSam said:

I'd say the opposite. Compared to my old Astra people treat me like a saint. I'm always being waved out of junctions and getting flashed to pull Infront of them on the motorway etc. 

 

I think alot of it could be down to the colour and any mods done to the car. Mine is a sunset with no external mods, it's not too much louder than stock also.

If it was black with a spoiler and a bodykit I double people would be as friendly xD

 

Mines all stock in gunmetal grey. stock exhaust too

Anyone else find that the Z attracts unwanted negativity/hostility?

I've owned mine for almost 3 years now and I've had a few bad incidents from bitter folk.

Like a couple of days ago when I went to fill up at Tesco. I was approaching the pumps, there was a free space at the front. A lady in her BMW saw me coming and opened her door fully, pretending to get items out from the passenger floor. She completely blocked my path so I had to brake and stop. It was so obvious she did this deliberately.

Another time while in a car park looking for a space an aggressive man came over claiming I nearly hit him. He started lecturing me saying I should slow down before I have an accident. Then proceeding to say "what car is that? 350z pffffft." I was doing about 5 mph.

This is just a couple of things that has happened recently, there has been numerous over the 3 years of ownership.

Even though I do get the odd compliment I've never had this much hostility caused by a car before.

Its not as if its a £50k luxury car. It's an 11 year old Nissan and people still get all bitter about it! 

This is the 4th car I've owned and has been the worst for bad incidents like this. I used to get hardly any at all.

Would be interesting to hear other Z owners experiences.

I had this problem a while ago, now its come back again. Got the 'disc check' error with the bose cd changer. What's the easiest way to fix this?

Thanks

Hello, I'm looking for an OEM 350z resonator pipe. Had a patent part piece fitted to mine and it doesn't fit properly, made the backbox all twisted and it leaks at the join.

I switched from a cobra back to OEM, someone sold me a backbox on here. Now its just as loud as my old cobra exhaust since it leaks! 

Its just the resonator part that is needed.

Anyone know what Nissan charge for this?

Thank you

14 hours ago, The Bounty Bar Kid said:

You do know that you have to unregister the hu from the car before you can then use it in another one. Every Bose unit is linked to the ECU. So it's not just as simple as plug and play.

Oh right. Is this hard to do?

Oh right, two months a bit too long. Thanks anyway

My 2008 350z bose headunit won't read CD's anymore

Anyone got a spare one that works?

Thanks

A member will be along to help shortly.

Ok Thanks, I'll order an O ring

Hi, I'm looking for the correct exhaust gasket to use on a OEM backbox and midpipe

I've searched the codes and the backbox gasket (20691) is showing as an O ring gasket? That doesn't seem right to me, looks like it should be a flat type gasket. Anyone have experience on this?

Thanks

Hi, I'm currently running a cobra on my 350z. Looking to go back to OEM, I've found a member on here with a backbox but just looking for a mid pipe. I found this https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/121152157321?clk_rvr_id=1557581283855&vectorid=229508&lgeo=1&item=121152157321&rmvSB=true

Would that produce the same sound as the OEM Nissan one? 

Another offer for a backbox, how comes the mid pipe is always missing?

Hello, I'm looking for a OEM 350z exhaust for my 2008 HR. Had cobra fitted for over a year and wanna go back to stock.

Need the mid pipe and backbox.

Thanks

Don't see many of these cars with 150k on them tbh.

How comes this thread has no replies?

100 miles a day sounds crazy, you must be spending alot per year on fuel!

Damn that sucks, did you find out what went wrong? You drive a HR? How many miles on it?

Had MOT on my 2008 350z today.

Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Nearside front (rear arm, inner bush) 

Will the whole arm need replacing or just the rubber bush?

Thanks

Also had an advisory for exhaust leaking at front to middle joint.

Had cobra fitted in december, should I take it back to fitter to check it out?

That is one long sentence!

Nice that its sorted

Ok so its not worth dealing with until it becomes visible?

Its a shame because the car looks in excellent condition all round apart from this!

Hi all, so I've owned my Z for just over 2 months, Theres no visible rust on the car but when cleaning I found some rust under the rear wheel arches, mostly on the passenger side.

Heres some pics of it : http://imgur.com/a/lQby8

Its a 2008 with 54000 miles on it.

I've done alot of searching and found people get the rust cut out and replaced with new metal. But is this actually bad enough to do this? Its just a few small rust bubbles as you can see in the pics. Don't really want to spend over £1000 to get it fixed. I even took it to a trusted bodyshop I've used in the past and he said "its not bad enough yet, save your money for the time being"

What do you guys think?

Do all these cars have a bit of wheel arch rust on them now as they are aging a bit?

I always hose out inside the wheel arch to get the crud that builds up under there out.

When I bought the car there was thick mud/dirt under there.

Thanks

The sound is growing on me, took my Mum out for a drive and she even said its not too bad. I just need some time to get used to it I think

Had my new exhaust fitted a couple of days ago. I went with non-resonated and its too droney for me. Is there anyway I can get a resonator put on there? Should I email cobra for a quote? Does a resonator fix the drone with the cobra exhaust?

 

Damn I've ****ed up

 

Mate you should have come to the Essex meet or contacted me for a meet up! Got the cobra resonated on mine and I love it. Loud enough for the public but with no drone!

Yeah I know I shoulda done. Still up for it next weekend or something? Now I can compare the two!

Had my new exhaust fitted a couple of days ago. I went with non-resonated and its too droney for me. Is there anyway I can get a resonator put on there? Should I email cobra for a quote? Does a resonator fix the drone with the cobra exhaust?

Damn I've ****ed up