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17 hours ago, Rikz2004 said:

That seems pretty cheap for a hr 350z, if this was available when I bought mine I would have probably considered it.

 

The things that would put me off it would be that you have mentioned a crack in the windscreen, but looking through your pictures I can't find any picture of it. In all honesty, a cracked windscreen would put me off because it would give me the assumption that the previous owner hasn't taken care of their car. Also as far as I'm aware, if the new owner claimed it on their insurance it would affect their premiums going forward as it still needs to be declared when getting new insurance/renewing (I may be wrong about this). 

 

Looking through your pictures, there seems to be a key mark on a door and a scrape one a door too? Don't know if that's because the pictures aren't very clear. Neither of these are mentioned in the advert.

 

Also, the majority of your pictures are taken in the dark and poor quality, with some of them being blurry. I'd probably retake them in better lighting conditions.

 

If I were trying to sell it, I'd get the windscreen sorted, see what I can do about the damage and then take some decent pictures in better light.

Yeah I understand the windscreen will put most people off but if I get it done under my insurance it will cost me full price when I go to cancel the insurance after I sell it. 

I had a windscreen replaced under insurance on my old car and it doesn’t affect their premiums and you don’t have to declare it and it doesn’t affect your ncb or policy in anyway, I’m not sure if people understand that which might put them off, all they have to pay is up to £120 towards the new windscreen from their insurance company the main reason it’s cheap is because of the windscreen.

There is a scratch by the drivers door handle looks like someone has done it with a key. 

In getting some some of the problems fixed in the next couple weeks and it’s now on cats. 

I’ll try and upload more photos but seems to not like my phone when uploading so takes a couple tries

On 12/07/2019 at 19:51, Kryptek49 said:

A couple of your bad points such as the rattle & cracked windscreen could be fixed quite cheaply.  Have you considered getting this done?

 

You may also want to put the stock cats back on and sell the decats separately.  Potential buyers may not be a big fan of MOT fails.

Yeah I’m gonna get the rattle fixed. 

The windscreen is on my insurance for £90 but when I sell the car I want to cancel my insurance and if I have the window fixed they will charge me for it

I can stick the cats back on if anyone is interested and wants it like that

23 hours ago, Kryptek49 said:

That's a great deal, I'm surprised you haven't had any interest.  I paid over a grand more last year for an HR with 94k and worse specs (standard suspension, stock clutch etc.) 

 

I would have definitely have taken this off you last year if it had been available. Hope you find someone interested soon.

Thank you, it does need a little tlc but still a HR at the end of the day. Just a shame they’ve gone down in price so much 

Haven’t had no interest so reduced it a fair bit for under 7k you could have a HR. 

New TYC fans on to

Few little updates for mileage and price  got my eye on something else now 

4 hours ago, ZMANALEX said:

For what it is worth, the OEM fan shroud for the DE and HR is far superior to any aftermarket shroud out there including Mishimoto.

Also, the stock OEM radiator is a better choice than the Mishimoto rad.

Ah fair enough I didn’t know if there was any upgrades you could do

thanks for the help guys

7 hours ago, Keyser said:

Probably be harder for a standard Rad - If you have an after market rad like the mishimoto they are basically dead flat so its only a flat ally tray with 2 big holes in it, that's it. Standard Rad is a bit more "curvy" and as you say be a lot of work really.

Yeah not really worth it I’ll just get the TYC fan shroud instead. Shame there’s not an “upgrade” fan shroud for the HR

On 20/05/2019 at 19:30, Keyser said:

Have you got the fans?

Is it going on an after market Rad?

 

I don't think it would be hard to make one and you are not that far from me

I was looking at buying them but checked here first so didn’t buy them in the end. 

No just standard HR rad. 

A lot lot of effort for not really much gain isn’t it? but I spose it would be good to do and could help other members do it

42 minutes ago, SHEZZA said:

If it’s for your HR you’ll be lucky as they only make them for the DE sorry. 

Ah damn, I was reading a post that said the 03-06 fits the hr too  guessing their wrong 

Price drop to £8.3k

adding to many miles on it now  

Wondering if anyone is selling a mishimoto fan shroud?

As I’m a young driver and my insurance is high I tried for 3 weeks different times of the day and night, running around 3 quotes a day and the difference is crazy. I was first offered a good quote 1.8k and accepted it. Kept doing the quotes and by the time of the renewal I had got it down another £100 in those 3 weeks just by getting quotes at different times of the day and night. 

Same insurer with different quotes each time and every time I rang them up and they just dropped the price to match it when I found cheaper. On the phone each time was the best price they could give me but then 3 days later I would ring up again with a better price from the same insurer. 

This was 2 years ago on my rx8 and using comparethemarket. 

There’s also £25 Goodyear tyres when you buy 4 so you could get a set of eagle f1 asy 3 for around £405 delivered 

Just bought a set for my 18” rays. 

Correct sizes for £478 inc delivery 

blackcircles with a 10% discount using code: MICH10

I believe the offer ends the end of the week

hope this helps anyone looking for some 

11 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

what about the Alfa 4C? slightly out of budget though.

Nice car out of budget and don’t want to go over really. I think I’d rather have the lotus evora over that

On 07/02/2019 at 12:14, GranTurismoEra said:

so what's it going to be? 

Still can’t make my mind up, I’ve still got to wait  till the zed sells so gives me time to think. I’m gonna need a while thinking 

On 08/02/2019 at 01:07, The G Man said:

You can get a low mileage, late 16, early 17 Mustang GT for around £27K.  It’s not that large a car, sitting behind the wheel it feels large, but it’s smaller than a Mondeo.  An unmodified one does need tweaks to make it a bit more planted, such as a Track Pack or updated sway bars and coilovers, simple set of springs is not enough on its own regarding  suspension set up.  Budget around £1.5k for either, including fitting and geometry.  On the noise front, a set of axle backs or a cat back is a must, the stock is not that great.

Yeah not a bad looking car just doesn’t grab my attention but starting to realise nothing that grabs my eye is in my price range. How I love expensive taste :/ 

2 hours ago, Ekona said:

I have no idea if that's a typo or not, but if it's supposed to be a portmanteau of options and opinions then i love that!  

 this is what happens you don’t sleep properly combined with a lot of overtime at work, if anyone wants to use my new word feel free  I don’t take responsibility if you look stupid though 

Yeah was stupid times for me, was caught doing 120 on a motorway and that’s only what they could prove apparently. 

As as for the 4c it’s a nice looking car and would be good for me but over budget like the R8 otherwise I would get the R8. 

The corvette is okay just left hand drive 

Im just trying to stay under 25k and don’t want to go anymore but thanks for the optionions

1 hour ago, hmale4yu said:

  would def avoid old high mileage exotics as stated above so would go for this at £26k

Oh god lol I hate civics just remind me of teenagers in McDonald’s car parks. I know the new one is totally in a different league now but still don’t like it 

7 hours ago, R35LEE said:

My vote would be A45 AMG or M3 E90/E92

As said below I’ve heard a few times the A45 AMG is boring and I was interested in it before. 

1 hour ago, marzman said:

Handling is okay.  It is straight line quick and stops well.  It's not a particularly engaging drive and doesnt provide much feedback, and to be honest the bloody size of the thing makes me nervous to push on at too much speed.  It's a big car.  Although i guess you'd get that with a GTR or R8 too.  I enjoy caning my beat up old BMW e90 320d more as i can really push on with that and the feedback is great.  In the Mustang you're at licence losing speeds in < 5 seconds so you don't really get that much of a chance to push it to it's limits.

I would something that has amazing handling but does make me think about test driving one. I’m not scared of pushing it to its limits hence 2 speeding ban for 110+ 

35 minutes ago, Ponsonby said:

Very much the same with my RS3 which is why I am back in a 350Z and loving it. A car with soul..

But then the O/P wants a daily so the criteria may be different

A car with a soul is a good way of summing up what I want. I currently have a 350z for a daily so you can tell I don’t need much room or anything that would define a daily driver for others such as good mpg or rear seats

5 hours ago, marzman said:

Mustang? I know it's not everyone's cup of tea and nowhere near the standard of cars mentioned on this thread, but it's within your price range and probably a better car for a daily. I've got the 5.0 V8 which is about as cheap as a Mondeo, but gets an insane amount of attention everywhere i go.  Just yesterday an old fella got his phone out and filmed me leaving Tesco's.  Can get as high as 22mpg when driving sensibly on A roads, but typically get 19mpg.

 

It's also got the lairy fun factor that it sounds like you're after - i.e. i'm replacing my rear tyres now after only 6k miles from new.   It's extremely tail happy.

 

There's also a big modding scene which has been fun for me to get back into.

What’s the handling like on one of these? My mate did mention it the other day after seeing the Grand tour and got me thinking so could be a possibility. 

1 hour ago, Ekona said:

Then watch the value drop. 

 

Which suspension set is only £1500? Not OEM I bet, which again will destroy the value. 

Yeah I get the value will go down drastically. 

The suspension was aftermarket. I believe the ome suspension was around 6k for a full set 

1 hour ago, Ekona said:

Don’t think that an R8 will be much cheaper on costs than a GTR, go and have a look at the price of discs, pads, clutches, suspension etc. Given they’re a Gallardo underneath, you can probably guess on how much bits like that might be...

I was surprised when I looked as a brake set on a R8 is around 1-1.5k and the clutch was 2k. The only problem was the suspension as it tends to leek but a coil over set is 1.5k. 

1 hour ago, sipar69 said:

Unless you're a very good home mechanic, buying anything that sits right at the bottom of the price range for these sorts of cars is liable to be a false economy. 

I have my dad who owed a garage for many years and rebuilt a gt40 plus many others and all his contacts so won’t be to bad if I get into difficulty with it 

On 02/02/2019 at 18:37, LRF4N said:

Never driven one but mazza gt? More cruiser or would that fit the bill?

I do like the look of them but more of a crusier so I’ll pass on that one. 

On 03/02/2019 at 09:52, docwra said:

Have you ever driven a BMW M car? Im not sure I know anyone who hasnt walked away impressed, they are very different from the normal Bimmers. 

Tbh I’ve never driven one but it’s the same as the Porsche I just don’t see a beemer that I like the look of :/ 

the Gtr is to much for maintenance costs for me. 

Im still looking at its hard to find something as good as the R8 as it’s a sports car but good daily at the same time just a shame on the price  maybe I’ll save for another year or look for one that’s crashed and repairable just no frame damage