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Haha, but I bet Tere wouldn't mind Mr Cruise's pay packet.

Those bits of CF look awesome. I especially like the CF bit on the back pillar. Good to cover that bit up you really can't much on the stock surface and make it look nice. Well done.

Drove my brothers XJRS today, not driven it for a while, very heavy, solid, and sits on the road the way a Grand Tourer should, and did I mention double 6, thobbing torque, absolutely beaufiful. The new ones are nice, but they've slightly lost the Jag class and become a bit more generic. No offence, difference strokes for different folks. Now if you're talking Jag, then maybe XKR. http://www.jaguar.co.nz/nz/en/xk/galler ... graphy.htm We had a display earlier this year at a very noteable car show, needless to say they had to drag me away from the XKR display, and then only to dragged away from the Bugatti.

WoREoD, it must be one of those little places you go through, blink and you missed it. That area is about 250kms or so north of where I am and not a route most would take north, off the beaten track. Hehe Tere you're such a geek, you've been on Google Earth again. Nice. Tiny little town, only a few houses. Oooh, you bet your life! Only 4 million of us in a country roughly the size of the UK, and nothing much between the major towns. And lots of stunning scenery to look at as a dudette drives.

Gidday cobba, oh that's right I'm a Kiwi. Gidday mate, thanks for all the warm welcomes.

Welcome Pudding. I'm with the, sounds to be either alignment out or a rim out of true. When you say the car shakes, can you pinpoint where the shaking is coming from? When you're driving turn the radio off and turn the aircon off if possible, as you'll be able to hear more and pinpoint it more easily.

Welcome Pudding. I'm with the, sounds to be either alignment out or a rim out of true. Have a couple of other ideas, but have those checked first.

Welcome and congratulations Dave. Looks almost the same as mine, bar the rims. What year is your Zed???

Hmm, does 90 Mile Beach sound right? Might be around here. I'm really curious now. http://www.paradisenz.co.nz/tours.htm#hokianga Right up the top end of the North Island.

Where abouts in the North Island does your business partner head to???? Hehe, I think he's pulling your leg. 50kms or sometimes 60kms in built up areas, and 100kms on the open road. Such a pity because we have some great scenic roads to drive on. Otherwise only time you legally go nuts is in a closed road rally, that is very expensive to partake in or at the track or at the drag strip.

Aaaw, Zedrush, hehe, I've had some lovely summers in the UK & some very cold winters in Wiltshire, IOW & London. You'll all be putting those 350's on ships over to NZ soon. Hehe, they breed us cheeky in Kiwiland & it's even worse being part Pommie, that's why the cheekiness.

That new SMB (san marino blue) is very close to the old 300zx dark blue. Although I'm glad to see they haven't carried through the blue interior as they did the 300zx, I think that would be a bit too copy cat from the old school Zeds. Hehe, even in Winter we had a 20 degree day, so off the the beach we drove.

Wow you guys have clearly got lots more 350's in the UK than NZ does. Look at all those 350's!! How could any newbie not feel a part of things.

Welcome and congratZ Mark on the Daytona Blue. Am I correct to presume it's an 07??

Pretty common issue. I think most of us in NZ have their handbrake tightened each service. Sigh.... Seems to be pretty common issue with 350's in US too. Oh to have the handbrake my Spec R-S15 had.

I've noticed the hazard light switch in the 07 has been moved to in front of the gear lever. But I know what you mean. Under elbow space isn't a good place to have switches. Hehe, then you move to an 07 an it's heavier again. I guess what they call a "base" or "enthusiast" model in Japan/US is a better option for a light Z. If you have the Bose head unit, you can program the time to display there, presuming the presets are the same in the UK. Some of the things that drives me most nuts about the design of the older models like my 04 is the crazy wonky dipstick, impossible to get a decent reading off and to get back in. I'd also like to see the door, rest area a little less bulky for the reason being, if some lovely person parked a tad close, it's almost impossible to get back in, even doing gymnastics. The useless handbrake.

So Chris, have you decided what your doing about replacing tyres? I can't remember your road laws in the UK. Are you required to have the same tyres with equal tread depth on an axle as you are in NZ?? Please, please for your sake don't mix tyres. As they others have said, which cause havoc, & if the very worst happened, insurance companies wil use anything as an out of paying up. Have we all succeeded in putting you off mismatching your tyres yet? Lol.

Well in NZ a brand new 350 has always been about 74-76K NZ$, so it was usually late 20's through to more senior 350 driver in our clubs is 53, most of us have had our Z's since new. In the last 2 years with the influx of the 2002 & 2003, the youngest is 21. USA brand new owners seems to be anything 16 years old, to the other end of the scale, which I believe is 70 years old. And a delightful chap he is and actually gets a bit of respect from the very young ones. Oh, and I should qualify in NZ an average priced car is in the mid-late 30K range.

Are your 07 350's just arriving now??? If this pre-orders or available out of the showroom???

Hi guys, now I see you do a few things similar to us over in NZ. We have little business cards with all the club contact details etc. Do you guys send flyers/letters to the people that you get registration plates for, and how many of those people join the club????

Welcome Schrodinger, and your Z looks gorgeous with the Nismo wing. Wow quite a few LMS (Le Mans Sunset) 350's in the UK!! I can't get over that, considering there weren't that many LMS's produced in comparison to other colours. It's about the 4th most rare colour after; Interlargos Fire, Brickyard, Ultra Yellow and then Le Mans Sunset.

Welcome Hawkeye. I personally recommend taking a few for a test drive. They're cool cars, and each ones has it's little quirks, like any car. I've driven 16 x 350's thus far, different specs, and I'll still jump in the drivers seat if I have the chance to drive another one.

Hi Bronzee yep it's a commun point on international forum thread of girl mak a lot of pages Hehe, I'll stick to keep 'em guessing.

Haha, you guys crack me up. Thank you for the welcomes. Nice LMS's too, very very stunning!! LMS = Le Mans Sunset , colour SO = Solar Orange SMB = San Marino Blue DB = Daytona Blue UY = Ultra Yellow MB = Magnetic Black CB = Carbon Silver you get the drift Hehehe, I spend too much time looking at some of the big US forums, everything is acronyms in the US. At least I can use the Queens English on this forum and not be corrected with the American English. Helloooo Tere, the old net makes the world such a small place. If any of you are over in New Zealand, let us know, there are always Zed events happening. We've already had a few English Zed visitors over here. Check out our little forums: http://www.zclub.net.nz (all of models Zeds) http://www.300zx.net.nz (with 350 subforum) No more sunny photos for you guys, you'll get too jealous of our weather. Still Winter here, today beautiful sunshine and 20 degrees.

100% due to the extra weight mate. Try the 2p trick (insert 2p coins at the bottom of the black springy things attached to the boot) that could help. Also get rid of the extra weight bolted on the tailgate (access it by removing the plastic cover and you'll see it easily. Lastly, get your delaler (if the car is under warranty) to mount uprated boot struts like I have done... Nismo spoiler is an official item A few guys in the US have tried the penny trick, a few having put too many pennies in, and dented the hatch.