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ALERT******NO LONGER FOR SALE******

With deep regret, I have my pride and joy up for sale. Finance clear.

£13,995 ono

Owned by myself since new, in December 2003, the Zed has provided long and faithful service. There is no outstanding finance, and no accident damage. The Zed is UK supplied, and probably the best value Zed on Ebay! Moving jobs has meant I have to sell the car. The car is taxed until the end of November 2008, and MOT'd until December 2008. Every conceivable extra has been fitted. The car comes with RAYS alloy wheels, Alezan leather upholstery, Alpine DVD satellite navigation (with the very latest DVD update (NVD Z004), hardwiring for an Origin B2 safety camera system, Digital Television (not analogue), Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Phone system (integrated into stereo), Alpine stereo system (DVD video, CD, IPod input), JL Audio amplifier, Infinity Kappa Perfect speakers, Nismo stainless steel exhaust (fitted 2007), KW Variant 3 suspension (fitted 2008), DBA brake discs and Ferrodo DS2500 pads (pads fitted this year). Full Hunter 4 wheel laser tracking (September 2008).

Fitted as standard: Xenon headlamps, cruise control, climate control, ABS, ESP, heated leather seats, electric seats. The car has a full Nissan service history. A major service (FP3) has recently been carried out at the local Nissan dealer. Brand new Dunlop SP Sport Maxx have been fitted in the last couple of months to the rear.

The car is a bargain, even without accounting for all the extras included.

Servicing:

(All by local Nissan Main Dealer):

FP1 (8/3/2004 @ 9,059 miles)

FP2 (10/7/2004 @ 18,838 miles)

P1 (2/12/2004 @ 27,010 miles)

FP3 (30/4/05 @ 37,362 miles)

FP1 46,621 miles (and brake fluid change) (31/8/2005); Rear Brake pads replaced

FP2 (23/1/2006 @ 53, 775 miles); Platinum spark plugs replaced.

FP1 (16/6/2006 @ 62,182 miles). Clutch fluid changed, replacement of auxillary drive belts

July 2007: DBA discs fitted all round

FP3 (14/9/2006 @ 71,042 miles); Flywheel + Clutch + Windscreen wiper arms + brake fluid replaced

FP1 (24/2/2007 @ 78,039 miles)

FP2 (3/8/2007 @ 88,796 miles); gearbox oil changed

FP1 (5/12/07 @ 99,448 miles); limited slip differential oil changed

March 2008: KW Variant 3 suspension and Cusco anti roll bars fitted by East Shore Racing. New Brake pads fitted all round (Ferrodo DS2500)

FP3 (18/4/08 @ 108,825 miles); new New platinum spark plugs fitted, new auxilliary drive belts fitted

It is with great regret that my car is for sale. The very low price reflects mileage and faults listed above, as well as the extensive upgrade to specification.

No Part Exchanges please.

Hi there; where abouts in NZ are you. I used to live in Taranaki and Auckland for a couple of years.

Looking good!

Going in May!

He does it in a GT4, normally aspirated. He can do it in under 10 minutes in a Ford Focus Diesel.

furthest travelled today was Michael who had a round trip of over 600 miles to have his suspension fitted and set up, now that's customer commitment.

Thanks for all your support

Well worth the trip! KW variant 3 fitted. Superb upgrade. Phil also swapped my butterfly valve over (got off callibration after I cleaned it)!

i went up to ESR today and share the sentiment. spent nearly 3 hours there! normally have people calling the authorities when i loiter for that long. big phil and the team were very friendly, welcoming and happy to answer my stupid questions.

 

car feels awesome now with the spacer by the way phil

Hi there, I posted about the Nurburgring times.

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... 782#173782

You're not trying hard enough!

While I was getting my suspension fitted at Big Phil's, someone from the site asked me what the benchmark ringtimes were (I said I'd look into it). I checked with my mate, and he can do it in c. 8 mins 45 seconds (He won his Zed racing on a Playstation); he said the benchmark was c. 8' 20".

No; had a timewaster wanting to buy. Added KW V3 suspension (BigPhil). Superb!

Due to a timewaster, I have decided to keep my Zed. i have upgraded her instead with KW Variant 3s!

Cheers. It already made more than £11,200 on an Ebay auction, but didn't meet my reserve!

With great regret, I am putting my 350Z up for sale. It is well known to the UK 350Z community, and was featured in magazine articles about a trip to Istanbul.

Taxed until November 2008 and MOT until December 2008.

It is for sale on Ebay (3 day listing) with NO RESERVE! Starting bid £10,995!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=014

Owned by myself since new, this is a UK 350Z GT, registered December 2003. It is Sunset in colour. There is no outstanding finance. The car has been featured in many magazines. It is in very good condition. It has been maintained by a main Nissan Dealer (regardless of cost), and has a full service history. It has almost all the possible extras including:

Entertainment and Navigation:

Alpine Satellite Navigation

Alpine DVD player/multimedia unit with Full Speed Ipod integration

Alpine Digital Television

Alpine Reverse Camera

Nissan Reversing Sensors

Integrated Origin B2 holder (Origin B2 unit not supplied)

Integrated steering wheel remote control

Sony Ericsson Bluetooth in-car kit, integrated into sound system

Infinity Kappa Perfect speakers (front), Infinity Speakers (rear)

JL Audio Amplifier

Wheels:

RAYS alloy wheels (with Michelin Pilot Sport tyres)

Interior:

Alezan Leather Upholstery, Nissan floor mats, Nissan Boot mat, Tonneau cover, carbon fibre switch panel covers.

Exterior:

Phillips extra bright headlights

PIAA LED sidelights

Mirror Finish PIAA indicator lights

Grounding Kit

Brakes:

Disc brake Australia Discs (2 piece at the front, one piece at the rear)

Ferrodo DS2500 pads

Stainless Steel Brakelines (Goodrich)

Exhaust:

Nismo Stainless Steel Exhaust (purchased late 2007 new)

Security:

Pentagon Supaglass Security Glass (Light Smoke)

Standard features:

Leather Upholstery (the Alezan colour was an additional extra), cruise control, heated seats, factory fitted alarm and immobiliser, electric windows, trip computer, ABS, ESC.

Purchased December 2003

Service History:

FP1 Birchwood Nissan 9,059 miles March 2004

FP2 Birchwood Nissan 18,838 miles July 2004

Beadles Nissan took over Birchwood Nissan (Maidstone)

P1 Beadles Nissan 27,010 miles December 2004

FP3 Beadles Nissan 37,362 miles April 2005

FP1 Beadles Nissan 46,621 miles August 2005

FP2 Beadles Nissan 53,775 miles January 2006

FP1 Beadles Nissan 62,182 miles June 2006

FP3 Beadles Nissan 71,071 miles September 2006

FP1 Beadles Nissan 80,359 miles February 2007

FP2 Beadles Nissan 89,796 miles August 2007

FP1 Beadles Nissan 99,448 miles December 2007

The car has mainly been used on the motorway. It really is a Grand Tourer, I have driven to the continent without any problems several times, including a trip to Istanbul, which was featured in some magazines.

This is a very reluctant sale.

No traders/canvassers.

No test pilots.

You are bidding to buy. It would be very difficult to find a similarly specced and maintained UK Zed for sale; certainly at this price.

Just go back from taking it to Riga. Still going strong, although the suspension is getting a little squeaky.

Excellent post for owners

 

Any lessons learned in terms of servicing plan adopted etc?

The service plan was worthwhile (interest free and covered expensive platinum spark plugs and labour for replacement).

How come you got through 4 clutches?

 

Excellent post, by the way.

My personal belief is that there was something wrong with the setup on clutches 1 and 2 (used mainly for motorway driving only; absolutely no track use). The clutch pedal had an abnormal feeling (as it did with the Nismo, but that was to be expected). I complained, but to no avail. Clutch 4 feels completely normal, and has been used on a driver training day and the Nordschleife; it's still going strong.

An interesting read but unless I have missed something you seem to have got through more clutches than tyres That aside your last line sums up what the ZED is all about - sod the cost, eh

I haven't found the costs of most of my tyres, a set of brake discs, and a few other things yet (see grand total).

Also, how come you only did 652 miles between aug 07 and dec 07?

Error on the mileage; now corrected.

Yes; no point in selling it now!

Total Costs over 100,000 miles:

Hardware

350Z GT with RAYS alloys, Alezan Leather, Supaguard and Phone Kit (18/12/2003)

£28,561

350Z Valve Caps, Car Cover (18/12/03)

£292.49

Nissan mats, trunk net (20/12/03)

£100.17

Subtotal: £28,953.66

Servicing

Nissan High Mileage Service Plan:

£1031.19

FP1 (8/3/2004 @ 9,059 miles)

Included in Service agreement

FP2 (10/7/2004 @ 18,838 miles)

Included in service agreement

P1 (2/12/2004 @ 27,010 miles)

Included in Service agreement

FP3 (30/4/05 @ 37,362 miles)

Included in service agreement

FP1 46,621 miles (and brake fluid change) (31/8/2005)

Included in service agreement

Rear Brake pads replaced (£234.41)

FP2 (23/1/2006 @ 53, 775 miles)

Platinum spark plugs replaced.

Included in service agreement

FP1 (16/6/2006 @ 62,182 miles) (oil supplied)

customer supplied clutch fluid changed, replacement of auxillary drive belts

£284.45

FP3 (14/9/2006 @ 71,042 miles)

Flwheel + Nissan Clutch + Windscreen wiper arms + replacing customer supplied brake fluid

£1615.47

FP1 (24/2/2007 @ 78,039 miles)

£87.94

FP2 (3/8/2007 @ 88,796 miles) (own engine oil and gearbox oil)

+ change gearbox oil

£231.69

FP1 (5/12/07 @ 99,448 miles) (own oil supplied)

£76.96

(+£15.39 to replace customer supplied differential oil)

Subtotal: £3579.50

Consumables and Non-warranty/non-scheduled maintainence

Nissan Clutch, cover, clutch release bearing and fitting (15/10/04 @ 23,388 miles)

£543.32

Fitting of tyres *2 rear (Hi-Q Motorway) (22/1/05)

£35.25

Supply and fitting of front brake pads, supply and fitting of rear parking sensors (painted at body shop), loan car (14/2/2005@ 32,055 miles)

£670.42

2* Pirelli P Zero Rosso (225/45 R18) (Hi-Q Motorway) (4/3/2005)

£313.21

Nismo clutch, Nismo Clutch Cover, Clutch Release bearing (Ordered from Performance Nissan, USA) (30/4/2005 @ 33,222 miles)

US$ 693.15 + Tax/Duty

£305.50 (fitting)

Fitting of 2 tyres (Bower Lane Tyres) (31/8/05)

£28.20

Nissan Clutch, Nissan Flywheel, windscreen wiper arms (15/9/2006 @ 71,042 miles) (own oil supplied)

see servicing FP3 for costs

Passenger window regulator, passenger door trim, driver's seat belt and fitting (28/9/2006 @ 71,843 miles)

£1606.99

FP1 (24/2/07 @ 80,359 miles) (own oil supplied)

£87.94

Coolant (31/5/2007)

£9.98

Subtotal £4100.81

Insurance

Estimated at £700*4

£2800

Petrol

100,000 miles at estimated 22 mpg at estimated £1.00 per litre:

17901 litres

£17,901

Special note regarding clutches:

My last clutch (an OEM Nissan clutch, flywheel and cover) is the first clutch which has felt normal in my car; it has lasted considerably longer than the initial Nissan OEM ones, and interestingly, is the only clutch I have used on a driver training day, or at the Nordschleife.

GRAND TOTAL (not yet complete, some items, e.g. tyres, brake pads and one set of brake discs missing):

£57,334.97

Current value of car (Parkers: private sale: (100,000 miles) Good Condition: excluding satnav)

£11,195

Cost over 4 years= £46,139.97

Cost per mile= 46 pence

Driving experience: Priceless

 

Am I right in thinking the fly wheel and passenger electrics are the expensive bits in that list?? 4 clutches seems a bit much.

 

Not bad at all given the mileage though. Why a new door card though??

Yes; but the clutches are quite expensive too. TBH the last clutch I have had (when the flywheel was replaced at the same time) is the only one which has ever felt normal (it is a standard Nissan clutch and standard flywheel; has lasted 28,000 miles so far), and has lasted a long time, so I can't help wondering if something was wrong with the setup. FYI the last clutch I have had has been used at the Nurburgring (*4), Silverstone and Millbrook; none of the others had; they mostly had motorway miles!

The door card (£500) got replaced as I broke some clips on it trying to mend the window motor!

Hello Sharpe.

97k? Is that the highest in the UK?

 

I think we should have a 100k party!

I think someone may have overtaken me (commutes from London to Cardiff), but I'm not sure.

Yes:

Clutch plate and cover: 4 (1st 2 went incredibly quickly, current standard one is on 28k)

Flywheel: 1

Brake pads: standard fronts replaced around every 18k, rears around every 36k;

moved over to Ferodo DS2500, front lasted 27k; rears still going (on 28 at the moment, with plenty of life left)

Brake discs: 1 full set at c.60k

Driver's seatbelt *1

Passenger window motor, regulator and door card *1

I think that's about right; i'll go through all the receipts at c. 100k

There should be a new version (NVD Z004) coming out imminently. Although a lot of sites say their systems are shipped with it at the moment, I believe this may not be correct at present.

Went to the Nordschliefe at the weekend. On c.97k at the moment.