Johnny A

Try http://www.mytyres.co.uk Always good prices and they have deals with a number of local fitters to whose premises they will deliver the tyres. You can buy a fitting voucher online so you know the total cost up front and you don't have to haggle with the local place. I bought my current set of tyres for the 370z (Falken Azenis) from them and they were cheapest I could find online. They offered three local fitters in Aberdeen, one of which is a family owned garage with a known good rep, so that's where I went. All very efficient.

It was very cold in Aberdeen this morning (heavy frost) and when I started up the Z the tyre pressure warning light came on. I checked the pressures which seem fine. I've read online that low temperature can cause this to happen. Any info from others appreciated and can someone tell me how to reset the warning light? Cheers Johnny A

Stunning car - very jealous! Love the wheels. J

I have a set of spare alloys fitted with Winter tyres for the missus's CR-V. Living in northern Scotland, I usually put them on in October and take them off in March but it has been unusually mild so I haven't fitted them yet this year. Freezing today though so I'll do them this weekend. A set of spare alloys is a good way to go as others have said. By changing the wheels yourself you save paying to have the tyres swapped twice a year; you avoid having your good alloys accidentally damaged by a garage; and you can sell the spare set when you sell the car. I bought a set of cheap discounted Wolfies from this place http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/ a few years ago and they've been fine. I've fitted them with Vredestein Wintrac Extremes which I can recommend. I don't put Winter tyres on my Z. Instead, I bought a tidy 2004 Suzuki Jimny which I use whenever there's snow or the roads are icy. It's cheap to run, reliable, and has proper switchable 4 wheel drive (rear wheel, 4 wheel hi and 4 wheel lo). In 4 wheel lo it will get through anything and it's also a useful car for abandoning in town on nights out etc (which I'd never do with the Z)!!!

I can recommend the Hawk Performance HPS pads http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance-street/pads/high-performance-street which I got from Clark Motorsport (see above). These are ferro-carbon rather than ceramic and have great feel at the pedal.

Thanks guys; will do.

Anyone in Aberdeen area got any recommendations for getting tracking/wheel alignment done properly? Also, where can I find the correct settings?

Have now been out in the rain. The Falkens have way, way more grip than the Potenzas although I guess you do have to factor in that the Falkens are brand new and the Potenzas had under 3mm left.

Thanks. I've got the 275/35 ZR19s and 245/40 ZR19s. Happy so far but, despite living in Aberdeen, I still haven't had the Z out in the wet since the tyres were fitted....................and I got sunburnt at the weekend. Must be all this global warming !

Just replaced all 4 of my OE Bridgestone Potenzas with Falken FK453 Azenis. £628.40 from Mytyres.co.uk (inc local fitting). Feel good so far, but I haven't had them out in the wet yet, which should be an interesting comparison with the Potenzas!

I found both my current 370z and the 350z I had before it hopeless in snow and ice on the standard Bridgestones. I thought about getting Winter tyres for the Zs but in the end I bought a cheap 2004 Suzuki Jimny which has switchable 4 wheel drive. You leave it in 2 wheel drive (RWD)for normal use and engage 4WD or 4WD Low when the conditions require it. Great little car - in 4WD Low it can just about climb the side of a house! It's also a useful spare car for dumping in town, say on a night out. I'd never do that with the Z as I'm so paranoid about it being damaged or stolen but no problem with the Jimny - no ned would ever bother with it!

I had Hawk Performance HPS pads http://www.hawkperfo...ormance/hps.php. (from Ewen at Clark Motorsport) fitted to my Z after having terrible squeal problems with the OE Akebonos (see relevant thread on the forum). Really pleased with them; no squeal and very nice feel at the pedal. These pads are non ceramic (ferro-carbon) and won't wear as well as ceramic pads, but I can live with that!

Grundy, might be worth a try but, if it's the ones I'm thinking of, they're pretty small and you'd probably need a lot of them to have any effect! The bag I've bought has a kilo of gel crystals in it.

I run my car with the aircon on at all times but I've found that that doesn't stop condensation accumulating if the car is sitting overnight (or worse, for a few days), in Winter conditions. No problem at other times of the year. Also, if you have overnight condensation, while the aircon plus the rear demister will clear the window eventually after you start driving, it takes a fair bit of time and leaves dried water droplet marks all over the inside of the glass.

I was having a problem with really bad overnight condensation in the rear window of the Z. Checked the hatch seals etc and everything looked fine. Also, looking online, it seems a pretty common problem and a few sites recommended one of those bags of silica gel crystals which absorb the condensation in the car and can be dried out in an oven or on a radiator when "full". I thought it was worth a go and bought one of these off EBay: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e86d72254 Here's a pic of it in the car (sorry about the poor quality): Anyway, it seems to work really well and the rear window is now clear in the mornings. I haven't needed to dry out the crystals yet (an indicator strip on the outside of the bag tells you when you need to do this).