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antnee's 2018 370Z


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So my story starts back in October 2017, when I started looking at what car I could get to utilise the work's car scheme as an alternative to the boring stuff everyone else has been getting recently. Lots of head scratching and CarWow quotes later, I decided to find a 370Z at a dealer to have a sit in one, with no intention of doing a deal just yet. First weekend of November I head to Sandicliffe in Nottingham who have a whole Nismo floor in their showroom to find a brand spanking new 370Z Nismo demo car sat outside. 5 mins later and we are on a test drive B) 2 days later, with another test drive done the deal was signed to buy a manual GT in pearl white - but I had to wait until March 2018 for delivery :headhurt: Not too much of a problem as it will get the winter weather out the way and it would put the car on an '18' plate too which is nice.

 

Fast forward to the end of Feb 2018 and I get a call from the dealer to tell me the car has been delivered 3 weeks early and is ready for collection :yahoo: Collection arranged for the Saturday morning. Friday comes along and so does 'the beast from the east'! Not ideal weather for collecting my first RWD car! Neither the less, crossed all my fingers and delayed collection for a few hours and everything cleared up enough.

 

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I was properly chuffed with the car and a little bit over-whelmed by it, so the 50 mile drive home was very steady.

 

Got acquainted to the 2nd home straight away,

 

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Got it home safe and sound, no dramas luckily

 

40556827302_0a33a591e3_b.jpgIMG_20180303_174353862 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

 

Went out the next day and took a couple of photos, you can see the weather was still miserable so the car is dirty!

 

41171036822_e4ce911951_b.jpgIMG_2917-01a by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

40501631244_98bfd27e7a_b.jpgIMG_2926-01 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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I wanted to get it run in ASAP to really start enjoying it, so the following weekend I had a trip to my parents place out in Norfolk which put just shy of 400 miles on it. Quick snap while there

 

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Took just over 3 weeks to get the 1200 miles running-in complete and loved every mile. The car is exactly what I wanted, it is usable but different. I can take it to work but the journey is much more fun. The noise is addictive.

 

It did take me 4 weeks to get the first wash completed though, the car had been a lot dirtier but some rain had taken the worst of the muck off for me. I had already taken a trip over to my mate @ ATD Detailing in Derby for recommendations on some cleaning goodies, then popped next door to his mates @ Shop n Shine to buy them. Snow foam, decent shampoo, wheel cleaner and a sealant should help me to keep it white.

 

Anyway, pre-wash it looked like this,

 

40501640134_4cc0fb57e0_b.jpgIMG_20180401_135740758 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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Fall out removed applied,

 

39405995990_eeafa968d8_b.jpgIMG_20180401_142703619 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

While cleaning it, I noticed loads of marks like these below. It looks to be left-over adhesive from the protective plastic wrap they put on cars in the factory for transport/shipping. Some polish got rid of them thankfully

 

40502141454_738cbf90e1_b.jpgIMG_20180401_145848224 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

Finished result,

 

40319580935_334b22be40_b.jpgIMG_20180401_163159344 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

41216364471_2d26586ce5_b.jpgIMG_20180401_163214866 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

 

 

That puts us up to date, car is now sat on around 1400 miles after a month of ownership :yahoo:Not sure on any plans to modify as I am really pleased with the whole package as it is currently. I think a few small cosmetic bits could be done, we will have to wait and see though.

 

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Stunning mate and congrats on the purchase. Presume the exhaust on the later 370's still suffer from being to quiet? 

 

If the zorst is quiet then get one on quick and I promise you that you won't regret it. 

 

Going to Japfest at Silverstone? 

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Thanks guys.

 

@Humpy It is fairly quiet at lower revs but opens up nicely at the top end. I do have an idea in my head about improving the volume levels though ;) I like that it is fairly quiet on start up, so it doesn't annoy the neighbours when leaving at 6am for work. I am going to Japfest, sorted my tickets yesterday  :D

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I think its time for an update.

 

I got my hands on one of the most important 370Z mods - GTR STARTER BUTTON!!!!! I couldn't believe how easy it was to swap over! So much nicer, but I think I might get the GTR surround too

 

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I had it on a local dyno too, it didn't quite make the figures I was expecting - but I'm not overly fussed on the absolute numbers. It pulls very well and the it gets to the speed limit very quickly :teeth:

 

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IMG_20180428_105247812 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

Then I attended Japfest with the club, awesome turn out. I was pleasantly surprised at how much attention the car got despite it being standard. Most people seemed to be looking at the little changes Nissan made for the 18MY update.

 

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IMG_20180428_105247812 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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IMG_20180506_120933432 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

 

 

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I have also fitted another GTR part - an auto-dimming mirror. My other car has one and it makes driving at night a lot nicer by reducing the brightness of lights following you. The situation is even worse in the Z due to it being lower down, so I find there are more cars with blinding lights. It is strange that they aren't standard or even an option on UK cars.

 

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IMG_20180528_114609093 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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IMG_20180528_115910772 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

 

 

Other than those 2 mods, I have just been really enjoying the car. It is on just under 3000 miles now - I am having to restrain myself from using it all the time and to make sure I use my other car!

 

Few more pics after a recent clean

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IMG_2934-01 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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IMG_2940-01 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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IMG_2944-01 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

 

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IMG_2946-01 by Anthony Molyneux, on Flickr

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