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Sincere condolences, Tim. Your Dad was quite a guy, by all accounts, and I'm sure you will be able to concentrate on the good memories in due course. My thoughts are with you and your family at this time.

I would have bought a car like the Z years ago if I could have afforded it. However, when I was in my twenties, thirties and forties, I had very little disposable income as a I had a family to bring up, and it was not until they all left home and I was into my fifties that I could afford a decent car. I had two Honda Preludes, which I really liked, before I decided to go for the Z. Nothing I have ever owned, or even driven, has been as exciting and rewarding to drive, and I don't think it makes a blind bit of difference what age you are. If you like driving, you like the Z, end of story. Oh, and by the way, my first car was a 1954 Morris Minor, bought for £10 in 1969 with a seized engine. I bought a donor car for £15 and swapped engines in my Dad's garage while he was on holiday! I hadn't quite finished it when he got home and he got quite a shock when he opened the garage that night. Z owner, age 56, and proud of it.

Linda. That's a pretty consistent and convincing set of messages from the members here. I would heed Mike's advice and shop around a bit more. It took me around 6 months to source mine.

As far as I remember the fuse box is in there.

£63.10 for 2 bits of plastic?!

Thanks Tim. That's what I thought.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I am still trying to get a power socket to work. The one behind the seats is dead and I can't find any blown fuses. Two questions - 1. Can anyone tell me how to remove the power socket behind the seats to check if it is wired properly? 2. Can anyone confirm the claim above that the JDM harness may have a connector wire behind the console? Cheers

Good change and choice of name, Chris. All the best for the future of the company.

Done. Good luck,

Good to hear from you Gus. Funnily enough, I saw a Virgin van outside a house near me the other day, and the guy seemed to be running out lengths of cable. I must enquire if Virgin have decided to step into the breach here.

I'm just getting the word "welcome" with no graphics. Any explanation? Quick edit - that's better - it's back now. Ta.

As the title says- where has it gone?

I hope you enjoy the Z as much as we all do.

Yes - I am in a newish estate where some houses have cable but most don't. Those at the top end, which was built before NTL/Telewest hit their financial crisis and stopped extending the cable network, do have cable access. Houses built after that, including mine, have no possibility of access to cable.

The network in the UK is far slower than many other countries. Average broadband speeds in Japan (20+mb), the USA, Sweden etc. are far higher than they are here beause the governments and/or major private providers invested in high speed systems years ago. In this country, successive governments, beginning with Maggie's, failed to force BT into upgrading the antiquated systems we are now stuck with. I wish I was in a cable area - I would switch tomorrow if I could.

I can vouch for the Comma cleaning product - it works well.

Terrible thing jealousy Admiral now do imports - I'm with them this year, for £280.

You'd be bloody cold most of the year if you actually lived on the beach at Aberdeen. I'd stick to the 'shire for now.

That's better, though Irvine would definitely have qualified if you still lived there! Oh - I'm glad to see from your avatar text that you at least know how to spell beach.

Killie?!!! Killie's not even on the coast. Your location says "West Coast Scotland" - so all this time I've imagined you living in Largs, or Dunoon, or even Oban! What a let down.

When I'm in Greenock or Port Glasgow, I can't help thinking that the best thing about them is the view across the river.

+1 I still haven't caught up from having been abroad for nearly a month.

I'm often down in Ayrshire for work, so I'll keep my eyes peeled for you.

I thought it would have been something by Beethoven Jim ?? You mean my German pen-pal, Ludwig? He did have a few hits around that time, right enough.