Sarnie

I thought all zeds needed the clutch depressing too?

Yep. Hence why my money stayed in my pocket. I'd buy a GT-R but not until they are here in the uk, the service centres are set up and the car has all its problems ironed out, via warranty or not. Nissan are dipping their toe into the supercar category but still mugging people off like its a £3k Micra. People with £60k to spend won't give it to Nissan if they carry on like this. Interestingly early G's are hitting £60k now.....................

If they are going to launch a car with a 0-60 time quoted as 3.4 but the only way this can be done is by using launch control, I would think it a little unfair to void peoples warranty for using launch control in order to have the car perform as advertised. Having said that, I dont see anywhere in Nissans own litterature that this 3.4 figure is quoted. I can see the clutch being wear and tear, but voiding the warranty on the transmission for using a feature of the car? Sounds like a chocolate gearbox to me. Reading the forums in the US, there are more and more of these transmission failures appearing. I would still be interested to hear peoples views on the second hand market for these cars. Would you buy one 18 months old? How would you know if the VDC had been turned off or not. You could be buying a car with a box about to let go, and effectively no warranty. As for running costs, there are more details appearing in the US as people go over the various milestones... With the habbit of rip off Britain, what do people reckon to the $1000 transmission fluid change at 6000 miles? http://www.nagtroc.org/forums/index.php ... 2947&st=40 As you say, the 3.4 0-60 is not a Nissan quoted time, its just what the press have been achieving and its been taken as official, when its not. The thing is, launch control wasn't supposed to be a feature of the car. It was discovered by journalists via a 'leak' from Nissan. If it was a feature to be included in the cars spec it would have a button/switch on the dash or steering wheel like the 430. With regard to buying a 2nd hand one, you should be able to take the car to a HPC and have them hook it up to their systems for a pre-purchase check up, like lambo do. £500 is reasonable for any service on a car of this price and performance, that £500 will more likely be £800 or so in the uk. It all depends on when the next serice is due and the cost of that........

So where is he?

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Sounds quiet...............

PS: Car needs lowering and spacers :lol:

my sense of humour is fully intact, I just can't get round all the posts these days.............although i do try my hardest.....

Well their is no launch control on the G. There is on the 430, not sure about the 360. Also, the clutch is a wear and tear item unless defective. The lambo clutch issue was that the first 4-5 revisions of the clutch were **** poor and not down to people hammering their cars. Dom at Lambo Brum said its very easy to get a read out of your driving style to determine if you or the clutch was at fault. The point here is whether the clutch/tranny is defective or weak or if the driver is at fault. If you turn the VDC off in a GT-R and engage launch control, then surely your at fault for fooking up the tranny, clutch or whatever else? If I was Nissan I wouldn't pay out on these claims either, why should they?

He said V2 spoiler mate

I've mentioned a fair few of these points in past posts. The initial costing of this car is what's decieving a lot of potential buyers and that allied to it being 'only a nissan'. I read about 6 months ago the costs of parts in japan, with OEM brake pads and discs being well over £3k......set alarm bells ringing for me. I also hate all the stupid secrecy. Why not tell us when it'll be released? When can we pay deposits? When will they be delivered? How much will servicing be? How much will they cost? Will the first few years servicing be included in the cost? What will the warranty cost. If you go on the GTR forum there are lots of people with orders down and no idea what they are getting for their money. Nissan have recently sent out confirmations to people expecting 2010 deliveries 6-8 months early so that their £3500 deposits become unrefundable. All still without publishing service and parts costs. What if they take your money and then announce next years services are £2k each every 6k???? The warranty issue is typical really. I never put any weighting on wanting or needing a uk warranty which is why I looked at importing one at first. If it had been financially beneficial to import one I would of done so. To be fair even Lambo used to replace clutches under warranty. No car is bullet proof, so if owners think they can abuse their car and it'll withstand everything then they are stupid. And even stupider if they think Nissan will pick up the bill for them frying their own clutch and tranny. However I would like to know if, I fry my clutch or the tranny with the VDC ON, will they cover it under warranty? Nissan will never convert the doubters who choose other prestige marques over Nissan whilst these pathetic issues exist.

Are you thinking the nismo mud guards to compliment the nismo front? Thats what i would do mate. If you bought Nismo side skirts you'd then have to get a new rear bumper or spats as well. New Nismo bumper and OEM mud guards to keep that OEM look

Thats not fair!!

That's why it's funny. yes you did Actually, Sarnie said 'I'd be rich without this place' Mike 15 luv to Sarnie I think.. To be fair, hardly anyone saw what i originally typed as Mike changed it sorry sarnie I couldn't resist it's ok, I deserve evrything I get

Thats been for sale for sooooooooooooooooooooooo long............I can't think why?

+1 on all points So that means Sarnie wouldn't be able to sell any car on here? Anyone can post 15 posts in a matter of hours commenting on threads etc. 100 would mean, more than anything, that they have to spend a fair amount of time on the site and can't just come on here and take advantage of the users and resources that people on here have spent a lot of time and effort to build.

Dave, I'll give you £10k for your zed now its 'Damaged Repaired' :lol:

Lowered? It looks like a 4x4 :lol: Completely wrong tyre size.............

The benefit is that the car doesn't jump forward when the car is started Dave, get the Nismo bumper and some oem mudflaps like the black one that Jamie owns in Jersey (can't remember his username!), very cool and still oem

Prices of these cars and every other used car are falling rapidly. Big engined cars that use loads of fuel and fall into the £400 a year tax bracket will suffer for a long time to come. My one bit of advice is, if your not going to keep the car for at the very least 12-18 months, don't buy one. Marzman stated above that he has probably lost about £5k in only a few months, so if you think you may need to get out of it quick, don't think you'll do so without losing a chunk of cash.

More pics of the lady please

Thats a nice car

They don't look like ideal zed rims to me............no stagger (8.5j all round)...........275/45 sounds wrong too....... PS: Its not the snow that will damage the rims as thats just frozen water Its the salt that is put on the road to melt the snow that corrodes the laquer.....