linkster

you may have to pay import duty so take the cost of that into consideration.

 

Otherwise go to Holdctofts, you can also get forum discount form them

 

Think there is a £150ish import limit now so its worth while on the small stuff.

 

But then buying in the UK will make it easier if there is a problem.... Not that there should be with a cargo net!!!

I import a lot of games and movies and sadly that is not true - got stung for £15 on a £30 order from Amazon lately.

thanks mate!

ooh, thank you. I was leaning towards the tonnau, pricey though it is, but may try the net in the first instance if you have someone reliable for delivery?

Thanks all, can you recommend any places to buy such nets and covers? (or there's always Holdcroft..)

Is there any way to secure this in place? I can't see one, don't know if it's been damaged and replaced at some point but very annoying to find anything I put in there slides around like mental cos the carpet isn't attached.

Or just another quirk of the car?

I just bought a Carcomm kit for my Blackberry 8800 which can either be suctioned or screwed into the dash. I'd rather do neither - anyone know of a good universal clip to which I could attach it to say the air vents?

Ordered. Thank you for all the help everyone!

According to the discounts section I can get a 20% discount from Holdcroft if I PM someone, does that include you?

Just to clarify - bluetooth requires the cradle in the armrest plus the bluetooth adapter. Pre-MY06 cars may have the cradle which will have had a phone-specific non-bluetooth adapter fitted eg for a Nokia or Seimens. To convert those cars to bluetooth, the phone specific adapter clicks off the cradle and the bluetooth one clicks on.

 

The bluetooth adapter does not hold the phone and does not charge the phone.

 

Here is what I have in the arm rest

thank you!

I refer to what I said earlier...

 

there should be a cradle in the armrest. The bluetooth adaptor sits in this cradle. Cars from MY06 onwards came supplied with the bluetooth adaptor. Z's before this date, owners would have to buy the adaptor separately.

 

If the car hasn't got a cradle, insist in having one fitted.

 

Many owners will sell the bluetooth adaptor separately after selling the Z.

 

 

 

 

 

You only need to get the bluetooth adpator and not the specific phone type ones. They are the old style aren't bluetooth. They work by actually sitting the phone into the nokia or seimens cradle.

It has the cradle, so I just need to buy the adaptor from somewhere and then pair my phones with it?

I misunderstood your earlier post, I thought when you said those cars were not bluetooth enabled that it was more than just a simple component to be added. Thank you!

Which is cooler?

I've only seen the round ones so far.

Anyone got a spare and care to name a price?

I'm confused now by the earlier response that said quite clearly that a pre 06 car was not Bluetooth enabled as there are a couple of other threads active right now which seem to disprove this. This one for example

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11848

Perhaps the chap meant that it didn't come with a built-in Bluetooth adaptor, but that wasn't the way I read it.

I am looking on the THB site and have found cradles for both the phones I use most, if I buy one will I then be able to use Bluetooth in my 54 GT (UK)?

MY06 is the model which features in ALL GT cars or just particular years? I was rather hoping for a bit of iPod action.

 

All AFAIK.

 

I would imagine so, but I can only go on my particular car.

 

 

And to top it all off I purchased one of the cassette-type adaptors today as I didn't fancy mucking around with FM transmitters, only to find that the Bose stereo just spits the thing back out at you! So, to add to the above, cassette adaptors DO NOT work either. This is getting expensive, this music in a car lark.

 

 

 

I'll have to get an FM one now, so I'll have a quick search on here and see what everyone is using.

 

 

Dan

Seriously, don't, they are all rubbish.

I've mailed a few car audio places asking about potential solutions, there must be one out there.

Oh man, this is just taking the ****. Look at the image they use to illustrate iPod - yet click the link and it's not an option!

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/categor ... _c-415.htm

MY06 is the model which features in ALL GT cars or just particular years? I was rather hoping for a bit of iPod action.

Don't start me on carbon footprint, I think I had 30 flights last year..

Most different airports in a week in last 5 years was 9 different ones;

Most long haul flights in a year was 23, 17 Trans Atlantic being the shorter ones, plus a host of local Europe stuff.

Longest trip for shortest stay was Melbourne return flight for 34 hour stay.

All very very , last few months only 4 flights all European, much better !

OK, let's see..

Last year I did

Los Angeles 5 times

San Francisco (domestic) once

Germany twice

Milan

Amsterdam

Madrid (twice)

Helsinki

Bordeaux (three times)

Paris

Milan

Glasgow

The fuel consumption isn't going to change the way I drive. If I want a bit of fun on twisty stuff then it is all condition/traffic dependent. That said averaging just over 25 mpg according to readout, when it gets below a quarter tank I fill up at next better priced garage, mostly 95 but every 4th fill is 97, not sure if that is better/ worse but makes me feel kinder to pocket and car.

Last 6 weeks I've done 3,250 miles and I am not going to look at the petrol bill, that wasn't the point of getting the car. I'll have lower mileage in coming 6 weeks as a lot of flying around coming up, so still a fairly large carbon footprint but in my case much much lower than in previous years.

Don't start me on carbon footprint, I think I had 30 flights last year..

I get 350-400 miles to a tank and sad for me to say that it is nearly all motorways (no fun!). I got to Sunderland from home (350miles) on a tank and had a fair bit left, so guess if you can sit on a motorway at a constant 70 all the way you will break 400 comfortably. This should not be expected and is far from the norm though.

 

Fuel is only fuel though, so go out and get the best you can afford and go have fun! If you need to count the pennies for fuel then this may not be the car for you

Yeah, that's a fair point, but it's just a culture shock from the cars I've had previously. Maybe I'll get over it, maybe it'll prove too much, time will tell, but I'll certainly have fun in the meantime!

On my regular 370 mile drive it leaves me enough in the tank to go 30 miles to Tesco and fill up. You need motorways to get the higher fugures.

 

Agreed.

 

I can easily get more than 400 miles during a motorway cruise, in fact I got nearer five on the way back from the Ring last year. (seriously effective aeroynamics on the Zed)

 

If I have a 'poor mpg month' and spend lots of time queueing, and driving around towns and cities, I usually get sub 350. In the summer (and hence usually more enthusiastic, a bit less!)

 

I find the Zed to be hugely economical for what it is, however, you need to be driving to it's eco strengths (i.e. the motorway) to realise the economy.

 

I guess that's why I am asking - I never queue, I live in the middle of nowhere. Even if I'm stuck behind someone, I'm doing 40. There are maybe 5 junctions between home and work (15 mile drive) where I have to come to a complete stop, just before pulling out.

 

There's a big difference between a constant speed with no gearchanges on the motorway and your B-road commute where you've indicated that there are plenty of gear changes, plus you're covering the miles slower. That's why you won't get motorway MPG.

Well yeah, but I was referring more to that fact that a bad MPG for him, in towns and queuing, is 350, although to be fair he didn't specify if that was running it dry or just to when the light comes on

On my regular 370 mile drive it leaves me enough in the tank to go 30 miles to Tesco and fill up. You need motorways to get the higher fugures.

 

Agreed.

 

I can easily get more than 400 miles during a motorway cruise, in fact I got nearer five on the way back from the Ring last year. (seriously effective aeroynamics on the Zed)

 

If I have a 'poor mpg month' and spend lots of time queueing, and driving around towns and cities, I usually get sub 350. In the summer (and hence usually more enthusiastic, a bit less!)

 

I find the Zed to be hugely economical for what it is, however, you need to be driving to it's eco strengths (i.e. the motorway) to realise the economy.

I guess that's why I am asking - I never queue, I live in the middle of nowhere. Even if I'm stuck behind someone, I'm doing 40. There are maybe 5 junctions between home and work (15 mile drive) where I have to come to a complete stop, just before pulling out.

Had my zed just over a week and have just refilled it again after the light came on at less than 280 miles.

 

I know it's not exactly in the spirit of things but that bothers me a lot, I'd read up on consumption first, I have never floored it (drive it very carefully sctually as never had anythng remotely like this before) but that is simply awful for a tank full of petrol.

 

Admittedly I have a nice windy B road to work (which is basically why I wanted a fun car) so there's quite a few gear changes involved and it's mostly 3/4th but still, this thing should do more than 400 miles, right?

 

It's a UK spec, unmodified (54 plate) with 17k miles. I've been filling it with 97 octane gas - again, is this a requirement, will it actually do any harm to save a few quid and get regular?

 

Please help, hoping I haven't made a horrible mistake...

 

I'm afraid that if you think you will get 400 miles from a tank you have made a horrible mistake. What you were in fact looking for is something called a "diesel".

 

Seriously, though this is a 3.5 litre V6 sports car weighing more than one and half tonnes. What did you expect?

 

On regular B road driving (without hooning around) I get 23-24 mpg on a good day. If I'm doing a steady speed on the motorway I might get late twenties pushing thirty.

 

What does the consumption say on your computer? Also, how low did you let it get before filling up? The other night I drove with ----- on the dte for about 3 miles and still couldn't fit more than 72 litres in the tank - I think it takes 80 IIRC - so its got a mighty reserve when that orange light comes on.

 

Oh, and you can run it on 95 RON - it won't do any harm but you will lose power and blunt performance.

 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings....

OK, mistake comment a slight exaggeration, I love the car. Actually fuel light came on only from starting the car as it was parked on a hill overnight, it had gone off by the time I filled it, but still cost £65.

I did read a couple of reviews (Guardian IIRC) though which said to expect 430 miles... Thanks for confirming the 95 RON question.

Trip computer says 22.8

Had my zed just over a week and have just refilled it again after the light came on at less than 280 miles.

I know it's not exactly in the spirit of things but that bothers me a lot, I'd read up on consumption first, I have never floored it (drive it very carefully sctually as never had anythng remotely like this before) but that is simply awful for a tank full of petrol.

Admittedly I have a nice windy B road to work (which is basically why I wanted a fun car) so there's quite a few gear changes involved and it's mostly 3/4th but still, this thing should do more than 400 miles, right?

It's a UK spec, unmodified (54 plate) with 17k miles. I've been filling it with 97 octane gas - again, is this a requirement, will it actually do any harm to save a few quid and get regular?

Please help, hoping I haven't made a horrible mistake...

Not on the roads I use!