Gus

I agree that Sunday afternoon would be best for this time of year.

S. Queensferry very handy for me, but happy to drive a bit for any west coasters.

The front down at SQ gets very busy on a Sunday, may have trouble getting parked together, would be it be an idea to meet somewhere quieter ( although would undoubtedly be less scenic ).

Route for a drive - don't know the roads in W Lothian that well, but Derek or Chris must know some decent roads out by Linlithgow, etc ??

Derek - last year's drive was good, should have had another one during the summer ! Do you know if Gordon has sold up, or just stopped posting ?

Gus

What a waste of 20 minutes of my life that was

Don't agree with some of the comments and censorship on the oc ( although as some posts have been deleted then I can't see what they were ), but it also appears there were some people who were more than happy to stir it where appropriate , you know what i mean.

I agree that if you don't wan't to read/comment about bmw's then don't read the "other Cars " part of the site - some people are just too easily wound up .

I have to say that Snake's record , on a 350Z site, sounded broken after the first few posts though.

Gus

Haven't missed one yet

Two with the old club ( 2004 & 2005 ), one with the Ownersclub, and one with here

Gus

Twas a good day

Got some great photos as well.

I also wondered what happenned to Ian ( proteqimius )

Gus

ps Do you think Joe will go to many AMV8 owner meets

I think my Carbon Fibre B-pillars look - fairly cheap as well

Gus

Val,

I'm pretty sure it's Interlagos, see http://nissanofgardengrove.com/2006_Nissan/Z_OptionsNew.htm

They don't do Brickyard on the MY06 either

Gus

Edit: Ah, Val you've edited your post, so mine doesn't make sense anymore

The Nismo exhaust failed some EU noise level tests, so Nissan couldn't sell ait as an official accessory ( they were originally planning to )

Gus

Sarnie,

Are they sure it's 2005, that the MY06 model ! Maybe the MY06 came out in 2005 in Japan of course ??????

So you are going to be unique yet again - first you have the only 2005 GT4 on an 06 plate, and now your thinking of getting an MY06 on a 55 plate - again probably the only one

Interlagos Fire is a nice colour - you don't think it's a bit girly do you ? Would be the only thing to put me off

Gus

Good to see they've finally dropped the quarter steering wheel trim, when ordering Alezan - I personally always thougt that looked particularly cack !

They just need to do the same with the knob and they may get a few more sales - although saying that, it is relatively simple to fix that one tourself with a nice Nismo Titanium one

Looks fantastic mate

Gus

That's the US version, I have the European version if anyone is interested

Again, not sure how much difference there is

Gus

Anyone got a piccie of the early NISMO show car handy?

This one ?

If it's the UK version you want, then I have it in pdf format ( 2.2Mb ) and can email it to you if you PM me your email address.

I've no idea what the differences are between this and the Jap version though.

Gus

ps If I email it to a mod, is there anywhere it can be hosted with a permanent link from somewhere, eg FAQ ?

I've got a Snooper Indago that works no problem sat in the cubby without an additional aerial.

Some of the older Sat Navs didn't work very well in there, but most of them are now using some new internals ( someone will probably know the correct name ) that means it acquires the signal a lot easier.

So, in answer to the question, if buying one of the premium brands new - yes should work, if buying an old one second hand, or perhaps some of the budget ones - possibly not

Gus

100 miles - 4 gallons, approx £18.

Travel is cheaper ( excluding time )

Gus

ps Can us members PM you and paypal you £6 for a HPI check

Plenty out there at the moment mate ( compared to a couple of years ago, anyway ) , keep looking and you'll find the right one.

Gus

Even the 1200 is conservative.

A mixture of driving styles is better than say a steady few hundred miles at a constant mway speed.

Don't be afraid to red-line once over about 500 miles - it's good for the engine !

Dorian, you're joking right

Firstly, this thread is not in "Other Cars", it is in "350Z General" so if you want it to be only about Kev's new BMW get it moved to the appropriate section. As it is in the 350Z section, I feel it is entirely appropriate to talk about a 350Z.

Secondly, you're saying that everytime somebody talks about something that wasn't mentioned by the original poster, then it is off topic

This is a forum where people discuss things, discussion means you introduce new ideas/suggestions/observations, relevant ( I agree not off topic ) to what is being discussed.

Anyway, given your criteria, then in this post alone, why have you chosen to single out my remark ( which as I said was on-topic with the previous remark ) when the following have also been made :-

Digsy and D4V3 GT4 - both mentioned test drives in Z4M Coupes

Kev himself mentioned selling Zed bits

Chesterfield talked about fitting a Grounding Kit to a Zed

Baptist talked about how fast a M6 was

A zillion more examples on this site, if you really want some more let me know

Gus

A mate of mine has just got a spanking new black M6, jesus christ, does that thing shift. One of the quickest cars I've been in. Lovely thing.

Jon,

 

At 499 bhp and 384 lb/ft for the M6, your shiny new re-built twin will pi$$ on that - yes ?

 

And just think, you won't have spent £82K ( yet ! )

 

Gus

 

Quite; Off-Topic and I doubt it

Not any more off-topic than 90% of the other threads on here - Jon mentioned the speed of the M6, I followed up on that, relating it to Jon's car - how exactly is that off topic ?

Car was designed to be a coupe, not a roadster - the looks of the roadster with the hood up emphasizes this IMO.

Looks OK with the hood down, but I personally wouldn't have the hood down very often.

Roadster is also slower than the coupe

Each to their own, though mate

Gus

As you can see from the date on the photos, this guy has been trying to sell these for about a year now - really love this wheel, but in bronze would only suit certain colours, would look really good on a white car I think

Gus

A mate of mine has just got a spanking new black M6, jesus christ, does that thing shift. One of the quickest cars I've been in. Lovely thing.

Jon,

At 499 bhp and 384 lb/ft for the M6, your shiny new re-built twin will pi$$ on that - yes ?

And just think, you won't have spent £82K ( yet ! )

Gus

This was mentioned a couple of years back on the old site - can't recall if anyone confirmed whether it worked or not

Gus

The BBC ain't ever wrong on these sorts of things mate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_jack

 

Unless you're a vexilloligist of course

 

You might want to re-read that Gus - you just proved Stephen's point.

 

BTW what the f88k is a vexillogillollogillist?

David, you obviosly didn't read all that page, so I'll paste the specific bit I was referring to, ie about the BBC "The BBC website disregards the term "union flag" because of its "great potential for confusion", preferring union jack"

Gus

The BBC ain't ever wrong on these sorts of things mate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_jack

Unless you're a vexilloligist of course

its split mint id love it, finance says no though lol

 

wtf is 'split mint'??? Something like a polo?

 

I must be getting old.

Glad you asked - I'd no idea what it meant either