Alpinaman

I found the actual gearbox nice,albeit a bit noisy.. The clutch pedal feel drove me nuts.... The vibration and tingling feeling was awful.

Bargain.. Mine was the same albeit it had 12k miles and a trader gave me £18,700 for it..

I have had loads of V8's inc my current car.. Jaguar XKR could just touch 28mpg on a run,around town was 16 mpg... Currently i have a Mercedes C63 with a map approx 520bhp... I did a run to Worcestershire and back a couple of weeks a go (265 mile round trip) and managed 27.2 mpg.... Its around 15 mpg around town and commute of 6 miles... I dont do a lot of miles really,and the C63 uses about £20 a month more than the 370z... That said it was £80 cheaper to insure the C63...lol...

Yes it does sound brutal.... Has hi flow cats and remap,currently around the 500bhp mark.. I picked it up yesterday and the Z will be getting sold through the dealers i would think,. Pics to follow when i take a decent one..

It was a nice ownership experience and i was sad to see it go. The car grew on me in the time i had it. Some things i disliked a lot (road noise,clutch pedal vibrations,drivers seat base,transmission noise) but on the right road on the right day it was a proper blast..Fast A roads was its best environment. I put it on ebay for a total of a month,but didnt have any serious enquiries and no one turned up to see it so i ended up part exchanging it in the end for a Mercedes C63 AMG.. Luckily enough i got my money back,so £0 ownership cost.... Im pretty sure i will have a Nismo at some point....So may return. Im involved in a few forums,but this one is particularly great...I will stay around and keep my eye on the ball, cheers..

Mine done it at 7000 miles when I bought it And still does 5000 miles later Gets right up my tits

When I bought my 370z the nsf backplate made an odd noise when going over bumps, made a twanging scrapey noise.. Pushed the backplate away from disc Solved

If your fairly sure it will need paint then that really is best to be done before any machine polishing is done.. The price for paint correction is pretty competitive now,i would guess around £300 at a good detailer will get you a long way.

How odd... Hard to find a bad review about them anywhere.. How many miles have you done on them ?

Tracking a car shouldnt cause the EML to come on.. £100 to check the fault codes is scandalous,and should only be charged if neglect can be proven. Im a automotive diagnostic technician myself,so work in the trade daily and the main dealer strategy of charging for diag in warranty is just plain wrong.

If the EML has illuminated there will be a fault code present,whether it be current or historical. I cannot really understand why they would want paying,the car is under warranty and thats the end of it. You can fault code read a Fiat 500 in literally 5 mins,and thats a scan of all systems,not just drivetrain... £100 is ridiculous. What part of Yorkshire are you in ?

Great stuff, used it a lot on various applications. If your thinking of rust prevention,then i would go for a dedicated product though...ACF 50 needs reapplication to keep the protection.

Audi Quattro turbo SWB Just a superb car in its day. Lancia Delta Integrale... Was the best of the bunch,brilliant drive. Nissan Skyline R32GTR...Just killed everything when it turned up. Mitsubishi Evo 5... Much better than the scoob,a car than anyone could drive fast... Superb A road weapon. BMW E39 M5.... Much awesomeness and probably the best BMW ever built. Jensen Interceptor FF..Blew my mind when i was a kid,proper GT car. E type.... The most beautiful car ever built ? Bugatti Veyron.. Just for being technically brilliant and very very quick. Auburn boat tail speedster... Beautiful design and exquisite from every angle

I had a few different models of 996 The C4S being the "best"... just had the lowly C2 in 997 as I thought it was a improved car but sadly it wasn't much better .. Audi invented the dual clutch gearbox, I do realise that they own porsche now..but like much else,the tech was robbed and put into the Porsche... it's a decent box with a low failure rate but I would still have a manual over it anyway... I do my own set up .. Docwra... What so great about the latest engines? What new tech has been introduced that hasn't been in a road car before ? Let's jut hope that they can hold themselves together for a bit instead of crapping themselves on the side of the road and leaving the owners with 5 figure bills I'm not saying they are a bad car, just not worth the money... As an aside I much prefer how the Cayman drives to a 911, but that could just be driving style.. Anyway... we are skewing of course rather wildly, let's just say I am not a fan of the marque, I always was until I owned them. But I haven't owned any of the new generation stuff, and I do like the new Cayman just not with the 4 cylinder in.. I will own one I guess,then see if that makes up for the years of disappointment

Maybe... But the reality is not as good as the myth. I have only had 996's and a 997,and both fall way short for what they offer for the money,all IMHO of course.. Porsche never bring anything to the table,no new tech,no new design. Some are lovely to look at,but the price tag for what you get is ridiculous...

I shall consider myself told off... And im sure you can exploit the full potential of a tyre in every situation,whereas i obviously cant .. But being a Porsche enthusiast i wouldnt expect anything else but a supercilious attitude from someone who thinks the badge is the most important aspect...

I have ran pilot sports on my M cars and on a 911 i had.. Yes they are good,but they get battered in at the same rate as a Vred,Avon,Hankook or anything else out there... Im not convinced they are worth the money,most costly doesnt mean the best.. The Bridgestones are crap,they have nothing going for them so anything must be an improvement..

So What is a good tyre for the Z ? I'm in oem Bridgestone RFT's... the cars only done 10k but they are super noisy and it's time to junk them.. I'm not a believer in MPSS, good but not worth the money

Bump Need to get some Z noise in my life and exhaust is where it's at .. Anyone ..

Issue ? Bore score,D chunk,IMS ? Which issue(s) do you mean....

Nope I just can't place it at all... I'm probably getting mixed up, it's my age ya see lol Yea, chains and tensioner replacement are rare but they do go, my friend is a specialist and he has done half a dozen or more.. Cam variators also can get sticky, usually on low milers that ain't had the oil changed. The tarnish on the variator body causes the EML to pop on Anyway, if the dealer wasn't interested then you did the best thing...ðŸ‘

I must be mistaken...I don't go on either of the forums mentioned It's unusual that the Jag dealer didn't fix the car.. Every time the EML illuminates a fault is stored, even historic faults so they knew it had been on even if they light was off..so they defiantly knew something was going on. The 5.0 isn't a complex engine, but they can stretch the timing chain, it's rare and a pig of a job.. So if that had happened they may have decided to cut their losses

I recognise the name "PH11TED" What other forums do you frequent?

Go to work in mine everyday £25 a week Tesco momentum £1.20 a litre

Mine isnt intrusive at all... Works a treat....