marzman

Just picked the Range up tonight... what a car! Even for the 2.7 diesel it feels pretty rapid. Plenty of power yet a near silent drive from within the cabin. I got 29mpg on the way home too. Lots of extras on it... voice control sat-nav is a nice touch, and it's even got a fridge! It's really easy to drive too and incredibly comfortable. I'll see if i can take some pics tomorrow. I now own my 2 of my 3 all time dream cars (Zed and RRS) ... the only other car i've had on my dream list is an F40, but i don't think i'll be getting one of those any time soon.

Sweet vid...! Good to see you there Tim!

Yesterday was the first race i have not fully watched in about 5 years - simply due to this appaling tyre saving farce that it seems to have become. Im not interested in it at all.... Why cant a driver drive to the best of his ability, pushing the envelope every single lap anymore? That's what motorsport is about, not the tacticians working out how slowly you need to drive to in order to save yourself a pitstop. Load of rubbish. last year was okay but the 3 or 4 seasons prior to that were perfect.

My god, that stuff was dreadful!! I dont know if it reacted with the wax that was already on the car or what, but my clean zed turned into a hideous, smudged dull mess when i applied it! I then went round the car with a bottle of water trying to get it off, but only some propper polish shorted it in the end.... cheers for the help guys! What was it you gave me? Be good to know what was on the car already so members can avoid the combo. I use Megs Last Touch as my QD, as yet never had any probs on my or other people's cars I'd used Dodo Juice Purple Haze wax a couple of weeks ago, and most recently a layer of Simoniz Detailer Wax the day before. Both products work fantastically but the Megs Quick Detailer was shocking. Running around like a madman at Japfest! I didn't even get to see half of it - too little time! Wish I spoke to some more Z members, but I was rushing around cleaning the car, swapping to my track wheels, re-arranging track time because I didn't have long sleeve top on! Anyway - regards to the Megs detailer - it worked perfectly for me too, it definitely does look like some sort of reaction mate. Mine was gleaming! I'm guessing AmyZed had the same result?? Is anyone uploading Japfest photos to a central location? That way we can all see the photos together? Maybe a good idea! Pics are here mate. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/71099-the-zeds-of-japfest-2013/

My god, that stuff was dreadful!! I dont know if it reacted with the wax that was already on the car or what, but my clean zed turned into a hideous, smudged dull mess when i applied it! I then went round the car with a bottle of water trying to get it off, but only some propper polish shorted it in the end.... cheers for the help guys! What was it you gave me? Be good to know what was on the car already so members can avoid the combo. I use Megs Last Touch as my QD, as yet never had any probs on my or other people's cars I'd used Dodo Juice Purple Haze wax a couple of weeks ago, and most recently a layer of Simoniz Detailer Wax the day before. Both products work fantastically but the Megs Quick Detailer was shocking.

Here's my track video from the GoPro. You can just about see BBK on the grass at 1.38. I also had a bit of a wobble on entry to the track, and i exited the session about a couple of laps early as i had a bad vibration on my front left tyre, so got a few of you flying past whilst i was going slow. Quality looks a bit crap on youtube for some reason (you can up it to 720p) but my video file is great quality.

My god, that stuff was dreadful!! I dont know if it reacted with the wax that was already on the car or what, but my clean zed turned into a hideous, smudged dull mess when i applied it! I then went round the car with a bottle of water trying to get it off, but only some propper polish shorted it in the end.... cheers for the help guys! What was it you gave me?

Yep I noticed that last night and had a chuckle.

Cheers mate, i've been reading a worrying number of these horror stories. Looking into the AA breakdown warranty which is only £71 a year, and they give you 5x £500 claims per year. But you only have access to this if you have called them out for a breakdown or for homestart. I need to do some reading to see if it's any good.

Yeh 108k miles, Diesel. Im not overly concerned by the mileage... i'll be doing about 8-10k a year in it so i should get at least 2 or 3 more years before it starts losing major money due to the mileage. There are loads for sale with 140k plus so i dont believe there are any questions about longevity. Also the rate of depreciation with these is scary, so buying right at the bottom of the market should limit my exposure to that. I honestly think this guy has under-priced this car... he paid £19k for it in Nov 2011 with 85k on the clock and im giving him £13.5k. It's got a full landrover service history and compared to others i've been looking at i think this car could be worth up to £15k. The tell tale is that the guy said it had only been for sale for 1 day when i got in touch!

Agree... it had to be a black one. Nope... the Zed's going nowhere!!!! Im never selling it!

What spec is the car? Does it have leather and Brembos? If not then it may be as low as £4500.

So my track video is uploading to Youtube... its an estimated 4 hours until it's complete Here's my pics though.

Thanks fellas, im really pleased with what i've seen of it, and as you say Taddy, it does appear to be a bit of a bargain. To be honest i wasnt in the mood for going to Japfest once i'd seen the weather, but i absolutely loved it and im glad i did. It was great to see everyone again. Then similarly i thought about not bothering with the track session but im glad i did as it was absolutely great - most i've ever enjoyed a track session.... so after that i was thinking.... 'what do i need an RRS for, maybe i'll not bother going to see it'.... but i did and... im glad i did

If Carlsberg made Saturdays.... So after a 3.30am start and a great day out at Japfest, i had an appointment to go and view a Range Rover Sport in the midlands on my way home. 45mins later i had agreed to buy it and paid a deposit I'll be picking it up one night in the week... very excited! ...and then whilst driving home i saw that City lost the cup final. GET IN :lol: Here's some pics:

Track footage I hope Chris? I may have a bit of it... not sure yet. Just uploading now. Hows your front wheel buddy? Yeh totally fine cheers, no after effects so it must just have been the excess rubber that i'd picked up making it wobble. Thanks for finding that wire stuck in my tyre afterwards too - that could have been a disaster waiting to happen

Track footage I hope Chris? I may have a bit of it... not sure yet. Just uploading now.

Im done... only a minor maintenance wash as i gave it a full detail the week before last. Also fitted my RareJDM Engine Cover which has been sat in my garage for a month. Also decided where to mount the go-pro... think im going for inside the car on the rear window.

:lol: ...;and my wife-to-be is black so i'll definitely look like a dealer (it's not racist, im allowed to say it!)

I'm going to see this at 4pm on the way home from Japfest tomorrow. It's going to be a loooong day for me! My money is sorted i just need to find the right car. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201305026569435/sort/default/usedcars/model/range_rover_sport/make/land_rover/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/sk102hx/page/1/quicksearch/true/radius/1500?logcode=p

You can fit whatever sized plate you want - as long as you're willing to cut the plastic back plate to suit. I cut mine with a jigsaw and then neatened it with a dremmel.