MickJ

My M3 never did 160 with me in it and my GSXR 1100M allegedly went to 150 when I turned round to talk to the wife, so she said!

Heading towards Coventry, going through the twisty bits by the garden centre, I was in the black 407 Coupe going opposite way.

Spoke to the lad today, although the cops said he hit 140mph they are taking the average of 107mph, it was on a dual carriageway, 70mph limit, A46 between Tollgate and TGiF (Zedman prob know it), he says he's going to Halfords to pick his next bike this weekend...........

Young lad at our place, got a 750 Suzuki, phoned in Monday morning saying he can't get to work can he have some time off, when asked why he said he'd been arrested, when he was asked why he'd been arrested for speeding he says, for doing 140mph! oh dear methinks he's right in the mire, I reckon looking at maybe 18 month ban, retest and about £400 fine. So no doubt this case will be in our local paper soon and maybe the local news as well.

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Last journey to Kent and back I got 30 mpg according to the onboard and that was at 'around' the speed limit.

As above, what a difference it has made to the look, as someone said it's 'freshened' it up, would certainly recommend doing the swap if you are thinking about it! and it gives you somewhere else to polish while the unit's out

It does make interesting reading and I have to agree there does seem to be a problem, I rechecked my oil level again yesterday and did it a few times just to make sure of the reading and mine is about an eigth of an inch from the top mark, I have done just over a 1000 miles since I picked this car up when it had had an P2 service so I am assuming that it was at the max position, so a weekly level check is going to be a must.

Just as a matter of interest, and out of all the Zed owners on this forum, how many can report they have or consider to have a high oil consumption, my current Zed has done about a 1000 miles over the last 3 weeks or so and I don't seem to have used any?

Fully agree with you on that, one of the problems is that a great many cars now have a self oil level checking system (not the 350z) and people get lazy, myself included, and just how accurate are these systems (my BMW 325se taught me not to rely on them) They all may use oil to some extent, but serious usage such as is being seen in some MY06 cars is not acceptable. This suggests a more serious underlying fault in the engine manufacture. We know that Nissan US have stopped selling certain Ultima models because of excessive oil loss leading to engine failure and worse (google it), but Nissan UK tell us they haven't got a problem? Be interesting to know where the piston rings came from in the cars that have the problem and whether they are the same batch as in the ones that are okay? If it is a premature piston ring wear problem as you suggest, the warning signs would be blue smoke behind you, this to me would set alarm bells ringing and a swift visit to the dealership and not to continue driving it until the engine destroys itself, but yes I concur there does seem to be a problem with late model oil consumption, I shall monitor mine carefully.

I bet you're not the only one that has done that - I have several favourite shop windows where I know I can get a really good reflection of the Z as I go past. Come on guys - own up! Oh, ok it's Waitrose.....

Fully agree with you on that, one of the problems is that a great many cars now have a self oil level checking system (not the 350z) and people get lazy, myself included, and just how accurate are these systems (my BMW 325se taught me not to rely on them)

Interesting, I have just stuck 'Nissan 350z oil consumption' into Google\world wide web and it makes interesting reading, I have to agree there does seem to be a valid question as to excessive oil consumption for this engine..... still I love the car and it just means I will be more vigilant with the oil level checks!

Interesting reading this re oil consumption as I am a firm believer that all engines use oil, some more than others, I have had in the region of 60 cars since I have been driving I can't remember one not using oil. What springs to mind when I had a Vauxhall Royale I bought a proper dealer\factory workshop manual for it and I remember that in it they went to some considerable length to explain that this engine (2.8Litre straight 6) it was perfectly normal\acceptable for it to use up to 1 litre of oil per 1000 miles then if we wind the clock on almost 30 years I had 3 new BMW's on the trot, 325se\330sport and a M3, for the first 6\7k miles all used a fair bit of oil, in fact with the M3 they gave you a litre of top up oil with it to keep in the boot. now the only difference over the years is the tendency to now check the oil level when hot rather than the 'old' days when only to check when cold, is this because the modern oils 'expand' when hot? (maybe the resident oil expert can confirm this or not). It happened a lot on the BMW forum that someone said that their oil level was low, but had checked it cold as against at running temperature, as you should with the Zed. So before you all start panicking that you have high oil consumption I would expect a highish revving engine like the 350Z which, come on be honest we all give some sh*t and redline it\ hit rev limiter to use oil, you just have to make sure that you check the oil weekly, be glad, if it's right what I have been told that Mazda RX8 owners have to check the oil level everytime they fill up with petrol....... This ain't to say that there wont be cars with excesive oil consumption, but were they properly run in? We have all seen these mags\TV programmes ragging a car from new....

Sometimes closer to home than you think!, I had my 5 Series BM keyed twice and my 407 Coupe once and I mainly have pensioners as neighbours, where the car is parked it would not have been done on the spur or by a passerby but they would have had to go deliberately to the car to do it, but since I have put the word round that I know it's someone local, CCTV and that I know the 'right' people and the offender would spend sometime in a wheelchair it seems to have gone quiet........ I feel for you mate, it's upsetting to have your car vandalised, I can only recommend ChipsaWay who have always done a good job on mine, cost me £188 last time which was the Pug front and rear wing

Thanks for the link, understand now what has to be trimmed back, units duly ordered. Many thanks to all for your help, much appreciated.

Thanks for that chaps, looks like i'm in the market for a pair then.

Oh bugger it was me! Yes i'm bored!

No doubt been covered before but I can't find info I want, have seen a pair of said LED rear lights on Holdcrofts', how easy are they to fit and what is this small 'mod' that they will tell about after the auction? Cheers Mick

Hi and welcome, you will find that they are a good bunch on here, very helpful!

About 4:45pm tonight, heading towards Foleshill Rd, got a couple of '7's in your reg. I didn't flash or wave as I didn't want to draw attention to myself as the loan car I was driving did that quite well thank you, 207 covered in adverts.........

About 5 mins drive from Ramsgate.

Pegwell Bay, I have a static caravan down there.

Going to give the Zed it's first good run since I bought it, so I'm off down to Kent tonight, so keep a look out for the 'custard' and I promise to return any waves\flashes, provided I see them of course So enjoy your weekend whatever you maybe doing! Cheers Mick

Hear what you are saying, but the receipt I would give to the seller to say that I had taken possession of the car for £x amount dated on the day of transaction would I think negate any chance of that, although, not positive on this, I believe the seller is legally obligated to send the V5 themselves...