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Are you a man or a mouse????? It's actually exercise working out your left leg! 350Z - the healthy option! its a muscle car!

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Fraid not mate, had an email from CID today saying that they can't see anything useful from surrounding CCTV so not surprisingly it would seem that they picked their spot wisely. Andy: Hope you get over the nightmare soon. Whether you will want the car back now I guess is debateable - if you do I am sure everyone on here will continue to keep their eyes open. Not sure about any 'distinquishing' features related to your car (or its reg for that matter) so a bit difficult to tell from for sale ads or just spotting on the road whether it might be your car. If you want to share more......but perfectly understand if you do not Just mentioned this as seeing cfoster's equally frightening experience he also showed lots of pics of his car with some very individual tell-tales.

As trev says really. I always suggest slowing the change down. My car doesn't do it at all. However my previous car suffered from a notchy change from 1st to 2nd. If you take an extra second to do the change it normally sorts it out! Agree with those above in general, until the oil in the box has warmed to its correct operating temp its treacle characteristic when cold will mean a more restrictive change . I usually give a small throttle blip on the change up while it still cold to help the change - once its warm the change is smooth as silk

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+1 with what xStric9x says about your Rays but I find it hard to believe that an 07 car should have that problem so soon - makes me wonder if the wheels have been changed over - does the tyre wear seem commensurate with the mileage? On the phone issue - I presume you have tried raising the volume and you are talking towards the mic (by the rear view mirror? The only other thing I think of is that given its s/h the cars phone book may be full and/or the number of previous phones tried has muddled it (that is a guess). Might be worth deleting all the phonebook entries (Page 4.38 in my handbook) and pairing your phone again with the car's bluetooth. Other than that you may well have a faulty mic in the car. The gearbox noise and even the range of clutch issues does not sound right at all. That needs a NGB inspection IMO. Hope this helps Did you have an independent inspection before buying?

Different plane Paul, this is the one that lands at Airbus That one has definitely been on too many steriods

The size of that thing it would probably take ALL the Zeds from down south, let alone a few

You had better send a pm to Scrag Meister

All in good time, just on the 22nd chapter now but now gone out for a

That haggis we had at the Applecross Inn for the lunch stop on the Hoon was real yummy - best of the ones that I tried while in Scotland. Does anyone know what it was?

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You were too quick for the vid car, only saw you for about 30 secs! But yep, can see both flame throwers were working well The white Porsche seemed to have strayed onto the track for a Sunday afternoon camber and some of the lines were, er different particuarly by the Caterham/Westie. Having watched the (ITV4) recording last night of the latest BTCC visit to Knockhill, there is some impressive sideways leaps over the brows - they do justice as rally drivers as well as racers

Zzzz seemed to get the 4th to 6th issue sorted see the link (if you have not already done so) and he might be able to help on the 1st to 2nd issue http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Mike - are you sure that it is not the exhaust expanding/contracting that's making those noises, especially being new? Might be worth going to a quiet location on a gradient and with the ignition on/engine off, coasting down to see if the noise is there when you brake? Take care doing this with no power steering or brake assist on.

Got to ask the question Alex, why does it seem it is only the nearside pipe that spits flame on the overrun - is it simply beacuse its the shorter exit?

Stay overnight at Chester so you can give the car a clean just before the run as it will be bugged up and the wheels covered in brake dust, or worse if its rained on the journey up and you will feel so frustrated after your work cleaning work back home I can recommend an excellent B&B just south of Chester with facilites to wash the car and there is a great bistro just down the road from it - well worth it - pm me if interested . Or meet up with many of the others around Hoole Road but be careful with that

Now you should be all romantic Stan and stay here in this little B&B in E - queen size 4 poster and look at the plasma you get Have to say, I was bit taken aback when I saw the decor but it went with the period property just 20 mins walk from Princes Street

Oh, its a Lnb - silly me - should have known it was the Low Noise Block (but ever so glad it has been explained ) One last question - I presume I can't use the Sky+ box for recording with the free sat (having opted out of the Sky subscription) in the meantime before the new DTR (recorder) becomes available?

Thanks Beavis - er... what is the 'Inb'? I value the record facilty/pause live TV etc options that Sky+ offers, so do I gather this is not available yet for freesat?: http://www.humaxdigital.com/freesat/default.asp

Anyone gone down this route yet?: http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page ... ation.Main Thinking of this as I really can't justify £40 per month Sky subscription as most sports I want to see are on ITV4 or Dave now. Plus the Sky hardrive has the usual voice cut outs (usually at the most crucial moment ). Where I live I can't get all channels by terrestial and there is no cable - but as I have the Sky+ dish the Freesat seems a good option now. One downside at the moment is that the recorder is not available yet? Like the idea of the IDVT Panasonic - presume you can relay off to another TV? Opinions/help very welcome

Yep nice pics - glad you had a good day - I wanna move to Scotland - best driving roads and Knockhill to boot.

Brilliant - loved the compilation and sound track - yep 500 miles seemed nearer the total than Stews 180 There is one pic in there that was not taken on the Hoon though, but as it was mine I am pleased see I have made the movies

With the ZEDs increasing popularity as one of the best s/h sports car buys and which can be picked up for sub £10k resulting in more interest and membership in this site, a dedicated sticky to help wannabes avoid buying the wrong one would be helpful. Some of the tales of woe we are seeing of late suggest that as ZEDs that are now up to 6 years old may not of had the best maintenance, or worse. Yes, we have the 'known issues' etc but I read with some concern about what seem to be impulse buys, without any serious checks, that turn out to be carrying some gremlins that are best avoided or at the very least hopefuls would have a better understanding of what they could be letting themeselves in for. Having bought and sold dozens of cars in 40 odd years of car ownership, experience has taught me some lessons that you can never be too careful. Now that ZEDs are more affordable, unfortunately not all are what they should be. I would hope that any being sold by 350-uk.com members are not in that league and if the member selling has earned his wings (entitled to his free sticker ) then as a well known participant his credentials should give a measure of confidence for buyers. That said, when I see cars bought on a credit card on the basis that you can get your money back without getting the car thoroughly checked, that totally blows my mind. Sarnie recently helped his mate to buy a used ZED - invaluable advice as someone with his experience can ask the right questions and know what to look for - probably a whole lot better than most 'qualified' engineers who may not have checked out a ZED before. So what I am saying yeah, yeah, is that if we had a sticky that provided a profile of not only known issues but with the risk/necessary factor involved for the particular item, hopefully that might help some of the members (and the lurkers) who are looking for ZEDs avoid the duds or having a nasty shock after purchase? Thoughts?

How did the day go Alex? The day went real good Colin thank you. Went through one and a half set of 888'S mind you and 120 lts of V Power. Got 84 laps in which is 109 miles. The car behaved well but still running a tad hot at 110 degrees C when really pushing on but not quite reaching boiling point. Got a bit tweaking to do to the rear rebound, gonna soften it up just a bit. The plenum stood up to the pressure today as there was no issues there, maybe that had something to do with the 6 thick cable ties that I had round the main chamber to try and contain the resonating. Adam and Kat came up so he should be along shorly to tell his tale and hopefully with a few pictures. Cheers, Alex. Looks like a good result then - look forward to seeing some pics. Do you think your cooling issue is more to do with lack of air getting to the rads or a need to extract more from under the bonnet (despite the new C/F version), or something else? I remember in my motorsport days the usual trick was to put the heater on full blast to help the cooling - not always the most comfortable, but when needs must..........