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Had a quick look through the AV section of the 370z manual today - theres quite a few in there

Even down at the Nissan level - the service I had from West Way Basingstoke and WLMG Slough are like night and day. Took a test drive with Basingstoke, totally uninterested (but quite attractive) sales woman took me out in the car for a spin. Asked them about this "connect premium", and touch screen update, they knew nothing about it. Told me they'd get back to me, never heard a thing from them again. Did the same at WLMG. Got an call a day later to say they are talking to NMGB about it and will report back. Day later, NMGB email me with the details and answer all my questions. They were very helpful and as such secured the sale of a new 370z. Even yesterday, WLMG gave me a quick call to see how I am getting on with the car and is there anything they can do for me. I reiterate, its very much is up to how good a dealer is, but when they are crap the manufacturer should step in and give them a kick when they are informed of such a crap dealer.

I sat on my hands - must not buy more stuff

370z parts are likely few and far between. Breaker yards are likely your best bet, but given the lack of these cars on the road, I doubt there are many around in yards. You can try PMing ZMANALEX and R35LEE, they both have good contacts to getting spare parts. Hope you got the car really cheap as it will likely cost a fortune to fix

Bloody hell Liam, when did you get so mature? At the end of the day, people will have an opinion, you cant say its right or wrong, as its their opinion. The tale of Chris and his Jag is an unfortunate one, and in some ways does deserve the press it gets as it was soo easily fixable, but neither the dealership (who are really the ones that should have sorted it) nor JLR gave a toss. Quite frankly, if a dealer is acting up, its up to the manufacturer to at least give them a kick. But the story is a bit of a running joke now, and I doubt any ranting or raving will make it go away any time soon. All these threads do is re-open the wounds. As Chris says, he hasnt posted anything (unprovoked) for a while, its others who have heard his story that do. I bash Basingstoke Nissan for the crap service I had when I got my Zed. Thats not to say they are still useless - and actually their service dept is pretty good, just a bit pricey - but it should serve as a warning that anyone using them walk into it with their eyes open.

Yes comes on with reverse, and draws the grid lines, I'll take some pics in a bit. Harness arrived last night, so I got straight to fitting it. Pretty straight forward given the cables were already run to the arm rest from the rear, so whipped the centre console off and removed the monitor. Will do a writeup at the end of the week, have a day off so going to sound deaden the boot, so have to take it all apart again then.

That kind of statement is bound to start a pissing contest TBH I don't think there's much to sqeeze between Canon and Nikon, but for a beginner in particular Canon may be more appealing because all EF lenses work on all of their bodies, whereas with Nikon you need a higher-end body to use non-motorized lenses. Oh, and you have to pay for Nikon's RAW software too. I decided not to bite on that one

I'll 'ave a word with the bosses and see what they say

Where abouts are you based matey? Maybe a member could jump in and test it for you

See Colins suggestions, worth one more go, leaving it overnight supported by some wood pieces. Maybe go for a rag around also before leaving it to set, get the car nice and warm, it will give of heat for a while

do you want me to change it to a 370 tag?Yes please EDIT: btw its 370z-uk.net not .com To buy all the people on the above list a set of car decals........ That really doesnt sound like something I'd say Maybe if they all came to Wales I'd get them a sticker if we could get some more Evo Triangle ones

Chop chop

Alraldite Rapid FTW Better hope the next owner likes the mod too if thats the case! TBH, I would imagine that it does need to be kept at somewhere near room temp while it cures fully, that will give the best bond. It really isnt the best weather for doing this atm, not what you want to hear I'm afraid, but its true

But we want pics now

Remind me again what I put my name down for

Such a shame that this doesnt seem to be sticking. Hope it is indeed the weather and not because of the shape. Unfortunatly due to the strength of CF, it might be that the mold isnt quite the same as the bumper, in which case the tape needs to be strong enough to deform the bumper slightly to keep it held to the CF. Ideally you need to keep the CF and bumper warm on application and keep it in place under pressure for as long as possible. Not easily done where it has to fit

How are the Satin ones holding up? Dont know if my black ones were particularly poor quality or if they are all like that Guess you can always put the silver burgers back on again if needs be, its the lettering that is more difficult.

You'll be fine using a hairdryer on it. Infiniti told me they use full on heat guns to get the paint warm to activate the resin in the clearcoat. What badges are you changing them for? I learnt from my 350z not to buy cheap badges. The black pearl ones lasted all of 3-4 months before looking cack, wished I had kept the originals.

In that case, given you are highly likely to get back into it (its all very similar to 35mm days, all the setting and setups are mimicked anyway) - I would suggest the 500D or the D3000. As I have a 350D, and I ultimately get on better with Canons, I will vote for the 500D. Get ready for some lense lust when you get back into it And for the record, the bit about auto mode isnt tosh. If you look at the factory setups for SRLs and P&S, P&S "look" better to most people as they tend to crank up the colour saturation and sharpness. Doesnt mean its a better pic, but it looks more pleasing to most people. SLR will have very neutral settings out the box in auto mode, which can make them appear washed out and soft. I say they look better to most people, as most people like bright colours and overly sharp pics otherwise manufacturers wouldnt set them up like that

Not meaning to sound rude, but if you are not a photographer, are you actually interested in getting into the technical aspect at all? The reason I ask is that an SLR in a non-technical minded persons hands, on auto mode, will infact likely give you worse results than a point and shoot camera. SLRs are designed to be set up and used properly, they dont focus on making auto mode particularly good. Also on the SLR front, you will need to be dedicated to buying better lenses if you want really good results, the kit lenses arent the best usually. You might be better off with a hybrid or normal point and shoot. My Canon G11 is a good as my SLR in quite a lot of circumsances and handles most stuff in full auto just fine. Sure my SLR gets better pics when I set it up, but both on full auto, its hard to tell, with one being worth 2x as the other

Looks like another great adventure Andrew! Having "only" had to climb to ~500m up Grisedale, I dont envy you at all having to go another 200-300m! Bet it was fun coming down. We didnt get out this weekend, but I'm itching to try out my new Garmin next weekend

Very nice matey, good little run around, and its a great road for a little car that you have to drive. Assuming its a turbo lump, you may be able to get a remap for a reasonable amount of dosh which will make it feel great

Yeah doesnt make much difference, the car learns on its own as it detects knock. Wont hurt to do it though.

Works quite well via the AUX connector (apologies for the crappy iphone pics ) Just need RM to hurry up and get the proper harness to me so that I can use it properly with the guide lines etc.

There wont have been any problems if the previous owner had run 95RON, the car will happily run it, you just dont get the most out of it