Azure06 Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 Dear all, after nearly 7 rather unpleasant months in Iraq, i'm home and have paid the deposit for the 2006 MY Zed. i'm getting an azure (you'd never have guessed from my name!). I will pick it up on Monday and will post some photos when i get it and stop grinning long enough to operate a camera. what size do photos have to be to go on here again? i've got a big camera so will have to shrink them down somehow. can anyone advise? regards! Quote
Jacko Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 to the place to be mate, and welcome home! You did well to get a deposit on an 06 just now and pick up on Monday? Result! Anyway, you can post decent size pics in the gallery section. Its more your signature and avatar that you need to keep down. But obviously there is only a certain resolution that you'll get benefit on here anyway. Someone will be along shortly to tell you the best to do ...... for the forum's sake I mean. PS: You picked the best colour. Just hope you don't live in the north west as I was enjoying the exclusivity! Quote
M13KYF Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 Gongrats on getting the car mate. The best colour. 640 x 480 at 72 dpi as the gallery only displays it at a certain size anyway unless you double click on the image. Chris may now the actual display size. I don't. Sorry. Quote
lomoto Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 Bet you cant wait, by the way did the DVD get to you OK in Iraq? Quote
Azure06 Posted May 9, 2006 Author Posted May 9, 2006 it is an honour to inform the assembled company that a beautiful baby Zebedee was born to me yesterday at 1pm. i am the proud father of the new addition to the family. ok so i've had it for 36 hours and can't stop smiling. already washed it as it was a bit grubby after motorway journey up to The Burgh. can't stop smiling at it when i come out of the petrol station or something. a woman gave me funny looks in the street as i took these photos but i care not about such things- IT IS MINE FINALLY! picked it up with 28 miles and i'm now on 300 miles and the guy told me to take it easy until 600. should get that done by tomorrow night at this rate! how dull it is backing off just when it's sounding fun but this car is too precious to me to mess it up! saw a silver one in new town in edinburgh and parked next to it for a sec to see differences. easiest way to tell from outside is LEDs for brake lights on the back. inside you'll find aluminium surrounds on air con. either way, it's a peach older version or new. lomoto, thanks loads for that DVD. it's been as epic as i remembered! Quote
Alex Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 azure, that wouldnt happen to be the steet behind geogre street in the background by any chance? nice combination of the rays and azure, the best choice Quote
Jacko Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Where is this "Tax free Nissan Sales" place then? Sounds interesting..... Quote
Azure06 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Posted May 10, 2006 alex, the street in question is at my fathers house on forres street, just down opposite 80 queen st pub (or drum and monkey as it was- how come you always know a pub by the name it's first called?!) jacko, it's tax free cos i'm in the army and based in germany so sorry to disappoint but you'll have to pay tax. or alternatively join the army just so you could own it (as "a friend" of mine did ) Quote
M13KYF Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Nice one Azure. Muscles in ya face ache yet from the grinning Quote
Azure06 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Posted May 10, 2006 m13kyf, my facial smiling muscles are taking a beating! i park it near the window so can look out no matter what floor of the house i'm on! came out this morning to find the biggest bird sh*t i've ever seen splattered all over the roof and rump. another £4.99 at shell then for car wash. i'm on 484 miles now so that 600 is looking good and then we'll start to have some fun! Quote
M13KYF Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 exactly car wash first thing you should buy when you get a new car is a new sponge. Not a token at the garage. Quote
neo Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 nice pictures and colour btw think the manual says to take it easy (4000rpm or less) for 1200 miles Quote
Jacko Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 exactly car wash first thing you should buy when you get a new car is a new sponge. Not a token at the garage. Nah, one of the Meguiars Wash Mitt..... much, much nicer and better getting into the nooks and crannies..... No chance of me using a car wash! ....... .brave, brave man on a new car! Quote
SwissZ Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Whereabouts in Germany? I'll be dropping into JHQ in a about a week or so with my black roadster. (after I've ragged the ar$e off it up the autobahn ) Man am I looking forward to that! Look out Hermans here I come Quote
M13KYF Posted May 11, 2006 Posted May 11, 2006 exactly car wash first thing you should buy when you get a new car is a new sponge. Not a token at the garage. Nah, one of the Meguiars Wash Mitt..... much, much nicer and better getting into the nooks and crannies..... were you talking about washing the car jacko Quote
Azure06 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Posted May 11, 2006 fear not on the wash front, 'tis not a macine but one of those places where they let a guy run a hand car wash business in the shell garage itself. think i'm going to get to know him quite well. neo, the dealers said to drive it to 3500rpm until 600 miles. i hope it's not 1200 miles cos i'm close to the 600 now and am keen to start driving "with enthusiasm". swiss Z, i live near hanover so won't be at jhq. enjoy that autobahn tho and make sure you only get V Power fuel which is the shell 100 octane stuff. i've noticed a big difference between that and optimax on the old car. haven't driven my Zed in germany yet to see how that goes. does anyone know why we can't have 100 octane fuel in the UK? Quote
l33r0y Posted May 11, 2006 Posted May 11, 2006 You can get 99 octane readilly enough - its made by Greenergy and available in most Tesco petrol stations at a reasonable price. Quote
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