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Desk Calendar arrived safely day - another quality edition, although this time I can see you struggled for different cars. Maybe something could be set up when anyone posts decent pics of theirs or other cars/groups they are copied by team members into a different folder for selection and use in next years edition?

Following the latest cars that have those they do look good, I have to say. Shame is you don't get to see them yourself on the move.

Doesn't really matter what the tyre make is but I have driven long enough to know that a relatively powerful rear wheel drive car with tread depths around/below 3mm and standing water is not good news. Fine if the roads are dry then the legal minimum is more than enough to cope, but sadly in this country that is an all too rare event. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Dyno graphs are the same in the seller's pics and Horshams instagam pics Seriously getting very tempted........someone buy this please before a divorce hits me

My thoughts too, and as it mentions work carried out Horsham Developments I'm sure Jez would be able to very the legitimacy or otherwise.

I don't believe so and is typical across the industry - we have all seen car manufactures use favourite number plates and those 'press' vehicles will have been prepped in house at Nissan UK to ensure they are as flawless as possible. Quite understandable when the media reports can make or break a sales success.

Glad you posted this as it serves a warning to all ZED owners (and like most performance cars) just how important it is to have regular 4 wheel alignments done, given the state of many of our pot-holed roads, and not just in the interests of tyre longevity, but so you can enjoy the cars to their full potential .

I doubt the journos cars would be affected as you can bet your bottom dollar Nissan UK would make sure the cars were 100%+ before releasing them

The number of reports we have seen about the transport blocks not being removed is staggering and that is only those owners who have signed up on here so God knows how many other 370's are running around the blocks still in situ which clearly affects the handling that should be available. Perhaps it's about time the forum drew the issue to the attention of Nissan that there are dealers who are failing to to do the necessary in the PDIs and releasing cars onto the road that have potential safety implications.

From my 370 experience it could be the tyres. I found the Bridgestones that were fitted new were the worst and then changed to Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta which virtually eliminated the issue (and were great fun ), but the Michelin Pilot Sport were by far the best performance tyre for the car but I did notice road noise on surfaces I was familiar with became more noticeable but tramlining hardly ever manifested itself. You might want to try altering the toe-in to see if that helps when you have the alignment done.

Annoying feature and a question asked many times before, but not seen a positive answer yet. If you come across a way of doing it I'm sure many 370 owners would be grateful

Welcome back, and in answer to your question there are a steady trickle of new owners joining the forum with the current Mark11's - I'm sure a few will be saying hi soon

I was hoping for a bit more seeing the name - guess they were running it in.....

Looks fun! That is some sculpture going on there compared to the lines of the 370. Enjoy

I had some issues that included ballsing up the forum on my Mac using Safari a little while back immediately after a Safari update and my friendly IT crew could not figure it out, but took their advice to change to Firefox and the 'issues' disappeared. Damn sure they push out these software updates to cure reported issues only to create new ones and happy to let users be the guinea pigs.

Helmet/Dash cameras added by most no doubt as an added 'insurance' but can also 'bite', aggravated by the racing identified in this case.

Tragic, tragic news and fully understand why you and Jo are in bits over the loss of your friend and the impact on his wife, family and all their friends. Sincere condolences.

A wild guess. Given you mention the winter tyres being fitted, if the burning smell is since that tyre change (and not knowing what type/size the tyres are), made me think of cars on track when 'wet' tyres become hotter as the track dries out and they can overheat. If the smells occur when you have been driving perhaps quite vigorously on dry roads, could that be the source?? Do the tyres feel particularly hot after some spirited driving?

Did you get it sorted?

Noting it is a 2014 model, sadly, it would come as no surprise if the shipping blocks in the springs had not been removed given the number of reported cases on here but that said, your 'incident' makes me wonder if the rear tyres have good tread and are a decent brand? I found with the 370 that once the tread got down to around 3mm grip starting falling away quite sharply and with a potentially tail-happy car will let go all too easily if the loud pedal is exercised a little too vigorously and noting the speed and you were in third gear at the time. Also, if the shipping blocks are removed and the tyres are good, if a 4 wheel alignment has not been done that is a must in my book - every year with both my 350s and 370 that was checked and even in those timescales the tracking etc needed adjustments. Oh, and if the shipping blocks are still in place and the warranty has expired I would be taking if back to the supplying dealer (hopefully not far from you), and banging the table that they failed to do the PDI properly and hopefully negotiate a free service to avoid you raising a formal complaint with Nissan.

Zmanalex would probably know Amy

See parello9's post

Not sure if this helps - it would put me off!! http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-do-yourself/121549-diy-dash-pad-removal.html

Be fair Alex, he has had a name and car change in the process