Dicky

You don't have to yank it out like that

 

The front part of the cradle slides forward. Using the front of your bt adapter push the end of the cradle out slotting the bt adapter in at the same time. When you let it go it should retract and push the bt adapter into the correct position

Cheers Sarnie, but if you look at photo 003 you can see why that wont work. At the opposite end to the sprung loaded bit is a plastic cover with a piece of plastic sticking out (shown at top of photo and looks to be colored silver). There isn’t any electrical connection for the adaptor to connect to. My guess is that this plastic bit should come off somehow to reveal a socket but Im a bit scared to lever it too much in case I damage it.

Dicky

it clicks into the holder/cradle, you don't need to remove anything

Is this device the “holder/cradleâ€

Just bought a bluetooth adaptor from Holdcroft but cant get it to fit to the device mounted in the centre console. Ive attached some pictures of this device but cant get anyone (main dealer or auto elec) to identify what it is. There isn’t any plug ,socket or electrical connections anywhere to be seen, other than a couple of wires going to the back of it and I cant see how even the original cradle method would have connected the device to the phone cradle.

Checked another 04 Z at the garage and its also got the same device mounted in its centre console.

At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

 

Be careful mate, they can mean more.

 

My Nan left me just £250 that she'd saved for me when she died. I bought the plate to remember her.

 

And 90% of people at work said the Zed looked better when I'd transferred it from my old car, for what it's worth.

Didn’t consider sentimental reasons. Yep, I can see that’s something I might do in similar circumstances. Sorry about your gran young man

I had lots and lots of trouble with my lying and useless main dealer and the totally incompetent customer services over a period of a year.

I finally wrote to the managing director Mr Gary Frigo at Nissan Motors GB Ltd, The Rivers Office Park Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 2WD. He offered me a free P2 service for my troubles but it was the lucky happening of ringing customer services yet again and talking to the only employee there who possess a brain. His name is Luke Seisay and he’s a go getter. From taking my call to resolution of the problem took him a couple of weeks.

Best of luck

At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

Thinking of getting some rear LED units from Holdcroft. Can someone advise how I go about getting the 350Z discount code.

Cheers,Dicky

 

You just PM one of the moderators asking for the code in question. In this case, I'll PM you the details!

 

Thanks a lot Mr Jacko, young man, . Got your mail, very useful. Cheers Dicky

Thinking of getting some rear LED units from Holdcroft. Can someone advise how I go about getting the 350Z discount code.

Cheers,Dicky

Haven’t looked at a circuit diagram but to hazard a guess. I think the ignition switch enables all of the cars auxiliary ccts, ie allows you to turn some ccts on only when the ignition's on. The fan must still have either a short cct to some other auxiliary live connection or some device in the fan cct is still broken keeping the cct permanently live.

Not much help I know but check out the wiring around where the car was damaged and look for signs of insulation damage or connections shorting out. A good guy with a cct diagram and a multimeter should be able to sort that one fairly easily as the faults always on. It’s the intermittent ones that are the buggers.

stick on thingies are OK.. hide a lot of scratches

 

 

Thanks for that picture, the part looks a lot better than Id imagined. The idea of cut outs fitting around the switches also made me cringe but it all looks very neat.

stick on

 

Chipsaway do dash repair. Have you considered them?

I didn't know that, but then lifes full of things I dont know! I'll get a quote. Thanks for your quick response.

Dont fancy the idea of stick on bits though

Cheers Dicky

Suggestions please

I’ve scratched the plastic coin tray on the driver’s door arm rest. The one with the window switches mounted on it. A new one cost around £70 from the stealers. I know its not a big deal but it really bugs me, however not enough to spend 70 sqid. Anyone got any ideas for repair/camouflage. I’ve looked into the carbon fibre bits as a possibility, by the way how do you fit these. Are they clip on or stick on?

Benfield motors Portland Rd Newcastle upon Tyne ----Crap aviod at all cost.

You do have its magnetic base attached to the screen havent you?

If these sad F--ks haven’t the backbone to confront you face to face, there are other ways to make you think twice about parking like this. I parked a bit selfishly in town once. On my return someone had stuck a ruddy great poster to my screen (about 2ft x 2ft). It took me at least an hour to pick it all off bit by bit. That taught me a far better lessen than this prates effort.

If you find him/her save one of your better punches for this Geordie boy. If its a bloke then aim about 10" below the belly button, if a woman 10" below the chin, right side or left, it dont matter to me

My advice is DON’T BL- -DY well believe a word they say. Check everything out. The Service Manager at my main dealer, told me on two occasions that the tyre noise I had was due to the Bridgestone’s fitted. I found out later from one of the techs in the garage that they have to say this unless a copy of the USA Tyre Feathering technical Bulletin is produced. Ask them for a letter to that effect, that you can show to a prospective buyer and see their reaction.

James

If this is accompanied by a louder than normal roaring noise from the front tyres then it could be the dreaded tyre feathering problem. When I think back I’m pretty sure I got a vibration sensation through the brake pedal on mine.

Each to their own, but when I see a private plate I think one of two things.

If its random, then your bothered about how old your car is. If its personalised then it looks a bit sad, especially when they cost big bucks.

Ill probably get flack for this but thats my opinion

Isn’t it a pity the tiles/debris hadn’t fallen off your roof or even if the car was in your garage and something was blown off a shelf and hit the car when say a door was opened. Maybe your house insurance would have covered it. If they did, then the act of god would be in your favour ?????

Dicky

I like yours Sarnie (spoiler I mean) what make is it and where did you get it. Im well tempted.

Dicky

Its official, Nissan now admit that the slight catching sensation when 2nd is engaged is a characteristic of their gearbox and is within normal manufacturing limits.

Got a reply from Gerry Friego this morning along with a free service offer as a gesture of good will. He also said that my local dealer, who had refused to give me such a letter in the first place, will now be doing so.

Progress at last, its only taken six months!

Had the car 2 1/2 yrs now and still haven’t got around to getting the phone system working. I’ve been tempted to buy one of the many cradle/phone deals I’ve seen on here and ebay but can never be sure which of the old style phones would work the best.

I’ve recently read posts referring to Bluetooth kits but don’t understand if there a better alternative, how they work or what bits I’d need.

Any advice welcome.

When I was 18 and got and erection I had to use two hands to bend it over! Now that I’m 80 I can bend it over with one--------

Does this mean I’m getting stronger doctor?

The old ones are the best!

Why not log on to the Paypal site www.paypal.com and be sure you’re where you think you are. A guy I work with clicked on his link to the Halifax to do some banking and discovered a short while later that someone had been into his account and cleaned him out. It had been a false site he’d gone to, made to look like the official site!

I’ve just had an email from Paypal myself asking me to activate my account by confirming my email address. I clicked the link and was asked for password etc. I DON’T THINK SO. If the hairs on the back of your neck stand up ring them or leave it. You can’t be too cautious when your hard earned bucks are on the line.

You won’t believe this but I’ve actually made contact with someone in Nissan Customer Services who has a BRAIN.

Yeh, he actually understands what professionalism means and takes ownership of problems. If he promises to call back HE ACTUALLY DOES . It also bothers him that a 350Z UK poll of dealer and customer service satisfaction, rates them both so poorly and that other Z owners are experiencing the same gear change problem I am. Before discovering this guy, Id already written a letter of complaint to one of Nissans big guns, Garry Friego, and laid out my whole sorry story. Highlighting their incompetence and the lack of professionalism shown by both their customer services and local dealerships.

My gearbox complaints been going on since May and I’m no further forward. They never call me back and I have to constantly chase them. Having blasted this guy during the phone call (I hadn’t dealt with him before, he must be the only one!) He actually called me back; he’s rang the local dealer and is currently sorting things out for me. He said that Nissan are aware of problems with 1st to 2nd gear change and if the dealer won’t produce a letter saying that my problem is "a characteristic" then they’ll fix it. I’m GOB SMACKED.

The poll results, although a small sample size, still made them think and were very useful when blasting them. Ive also included them in the letter to Mr Friego. Thanks to all who contributed.