Lincolnbaggie

Been a while, but I'm still alive!!

Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all the Zedders old and new, those I know and those I don't.

Have a good one.

Neil

I had regular access to a Mk2.5 1.8 Sport when I had my 350, and drove both fairly regularly. The MX was good fun for a couple of miles, but felt like a toy car in comparison to the 350. Totally different sensation. As said, the interior is nicer and there is far more room in the 350, plus the extra power. If I was going 3 miles in the summer with the sun shining I'd take the MX (or walk), but anything longer than that and it was the 350 every day for me.

I had this problem years ago - same symptoms. Had to buy a new window motor in the end as nothing else worked. Managed to get one off ebay though for £5 so a bargain. Worked flawlessly ever after.

I tried cleaning the bushes etc, but made no difference to mine. See if Zmanalex has any second hand ones knocking about?

Think I may have an inguinal groin hernia . Not a major problem, and treatment is minor surgery. However, I am currently in Portugal and would have to return to the UK to get it sorted. Is this something I should make a special trip for asap, or can I wait till my scheduled return in a couple of months time?

Basically, am I risking major complications by ignoring it for a while?

Any advice welcome

Diesel in Portugal is much cheaper than the petrol

There is a difference between P2 and P3 although it's not worth talking about, it's simply a couple of checks.

There are no additional checks on a P3 compared to a P2. Check the service schedule.

P3had coolant flush or so I was told by JAPEX

Coolant change is not part of either a P1, P2 or P3 - it is done every 3 years as an additional service item.

I repeat, there was never any difference between a P2 and a P3 except Nissan stealers ripping us off.................

_{sorry to hi- jack the thread, but can someone tell me when cambelts and tensioners etc should be changed, asuming they are not chain drive as I dont know. sorry to be a noob !!}

Chain, not belt so no worries there.

Thanks chaps

Looking forward to a relaxing day in the sun and a good nosh up tonight

Have a good day Dan

Good to see you on the forum Neil

Hi Ken

How you keeping?

I am presuming that the two channel amp you want to use has no network connection capability? the trouble is when you start to rip you CD collection depending on the format it can take a lot of space...so big hard drives are needed for large connections, ideally you need something that can have a HD plugged in via USB or LAN,

Most modern AV receivers are capable of this, and some use wifi as well, but not all are so good at music.

Yep, current amp has no network connection (or digital inputs). I have a separate AV amp, but it's not good enough for stereo music. Storage wise I'm looking at at least 2 Terabytes at the bitrate I want...

I'm guessing I need a dedicated stand-alone music server (rather than a streamer) with a decent amount of hard disk space and a decent DAC to sit between that and the amp?

Looks like this is exactly what you need. You can build a small PC for around £250, that will meet your needs. You can get a mini-itx case that will accommodate a dedicated sound card and HDD's. Something like this

http://www.ebuyer.co...se-rc-120a-kkn1

with this motherboard

http://www.ebuyer.co...d-ga-j1800n-d2h

+PSU, RAM, HDD's and sound card.

Not sure about a separate PC; it would need to boot up in milliseconds and I'd have no display to see any of the library?

Or nirvana...

 

https://www.naimaudi...g-and-multiroom

Exactly the kind of thing I'm looking at, but that is a streamer and I need storage, plus that has it's own amp built in and I want to use my existing amplification. The Olive 6 looks like the kind of thing I need http://www.digitaltr...ve-06hd-review/ but it is rather expensive.....

Have you thought about maybe ripping your cd collection on to a pc then transferring the files on to an iPod/MP3 player which you could then plug into your amp

Not sure you can get mp3 players with the kind of storage space I'd need; plus I want to use the highest quality files (HD downloads) I can and I'm not sure the DACs in most mp3 players are any good? I want my CDs to sound as good as they currently do through my Creek CD player, and any downloads I make to be even better......

Right chaps; I'm old school - turntable/amp/CD for music and 7.1 HD system for movies already acquired at great expense over the last 20 years all of which I'm keeping, but......

I've got 1000s of CDs all clogging up my space which I want to put into storage and now that HD music downloads are available I'm thinking of entering the 21st century in the way of digital music. I can rip all my CDs (it will take a while but it's possible), but I'm getting confused with what else I need. Sound quality is the most important thing for me.

I want to listen through my existing two channel amp/stereo speaker set-up (as it cost a small fortune and so I can continue with the turntable) and only in one room and only one thing at a time, so no need for a Sonos sytem etc. Also, I only have wireless internet at the moment (no ethernet ports as I'm on a dongle in Portugal) so a NAS is probably out as is streaming from the computer as that is only used for work and switched off at 6pm every day. I'm guessing I need a dedicated stand-alone music server (rather than a streamer) with a decent amount of hard disk space and a decent DAC to sit between that and the amp?

Anyone with any expertise in this area can give me any pointers? I've no idea what does what these days on the digital side of things or what equipment there is out there.

Yep, there is absolutely no difference between a P2 and a P3 for the 350 and never has been - we've all had our pants pulled down by Nissan on that one over the years. I've been going on about it for years as well

An interesting point though; assuming you should declare any mods to your insurance company what about those the general public that replace brake pads with aftermarket ones from Halfrauds, or an exhaust from KwikFit, or change from the manufacturer's fitted Bridgestones to Falkens, or their local garage fits pattern track rod ends that aren't made by the original car company. My dad's Volvo has aftermarket pads, discs, exhaust, tyres etc - not performance upgrades as he only got them to save paying Volvo prices, but they differ from manufacturer's OEM stuff; should he tell his insurance company? He hasn't and therefore, technically, they could wriggle out of a claim, but that probably also applies to 60% of the cars on Britains roads - are they all technically uninsured?

Who decides what makes a change from OEM into a modification - be interested to hear from the insurance guys on this issue as I've had the same conversation in the pub many a time.

Only ever seen two 350s over here; one was mine and the other was on UK plates so I'm guessing a tourist. Are there any others around you at all?

Great pictures Alex. Where in Portugal are you by the way?

 

Lisbon / Sintra

Shame you're not closer to the Algarve, I could have given you a hand.

Great pictures Alex. Where in Portugal are you by the way?

When I first installed my setup the sound was dreadful; removing the grille in front of the tweeters improved things amazingly. A simple thing to try to start with?

 

Hello Neil

When I first installed my setup the sound was dreadful; removing the grille in front of the tweeters improved things amazingly. A simple thing to try to start with?

A question to a sub set on here - why do ex-owners stay on the forum?

I stay because I've made some great friends and like to see what they're up to. Also still willing to offer advice to the newbies if needed.

Yep, I believe there is an inline amp for the aerial in the boot but that shouldn't be affected by replacing the head unit unless you've removed something in the boot area when looking at the bose amp?

As docwra says, joined the "other one" first, realised they were charging money for nothing and no-one used it, found this one and never looked back. Joined to get info on buying, ended up buying from a forum member and had a great 7 years with the car. Still pop on here occasionally now just to catch up with the banter and some good friends....

As KyleR says; I didn't put them on my Nismo bumper when I fitted it and it passed the MoT fine every time. Never saw the need for them anyway as all they do is wash the windscreen.....