pjf1985 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 This week I used the button that folds the wing mirrors for the first time.That's was a cool moment. I've only had it a week so little things like that are still great;) It took me 3 weeks to finally notice this switch haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easty Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 A random little fact. . . If another car decided a not to stop for a mini roundabout and hits you at 30mph and damages the passenger side door, rear quarter and sill the airbags will go off!! Also as the insurance has just told me it Will be a write off!! Who'd of thought that!! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 If when you turn the engine off you get a rattle try doing it with the clutch pedal pressed in. Rattle may go away. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk If you hear what sounds like a little disturbing noise coming from your engine while sitting at a redlight, or otherwise still with the car on -- Try pressing in the clutch,. it may magically disappear. (I learned that really quick ) Our (for manuals) clutch/flywheels/throwouts etc are quite noisy .. and they were designed this way. (If you don't believe me, go park next to a big wall (preferably metal lol).. and release the clutch pedal in neutral.. with windows down.. if you DON'T at least hear your throw out bearing.. something is odd. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 This week I used the button that folds the wing mirrors for the first time.That's was a cool moment. I've only had it a week so little things like that are still great;) It took me 3 weeks to finally notice this switch haha This "feature" wasn't on US market cars -- I was like, no kidding?? I'm going to find that button now lol.. then read a little and found out it is a Japanese feature that is also avail to UK cars.. but not US. Le sigh.. I like the folding mirrors.. I'd really like them to correspond with when the car is locked and unlocked.. IE: Lock folds mirrors in.. Unlock folds them out -- Or even coolor.. Lock folds mirrors in.. unlock keeps them in.. but, starting the engine causes them to unfold Wonder how much those kits run to make a US car fold auto? tsk tsk.. So I guess the fact here is US cars do not have the folding mirrors! But UK/Japan vehicles do (I don't think ALL models do in UK, but probably most.. it may have been an option of some sort.. but maybe they all have them.) --That said, not sure what is special about Europe that requires folding mirrors that the US wouldn't lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyG8nby Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) pjf1985, on 27 March 2014 - 16:37, said: Robothobo, on 24 January 2014 - 22:44, said: This week I used the button that folds the wing mirrors for the first time.That's was a cool moment. I've only had it a week so little things like that are still great;) It took me 3 weeks to finally notice this switch haha This "feature" wasn't on US market cars -- I was like, no kidding?? I'm going to find that button now lol.. then read a little and found out it is a Japanese feature that is also avail to UK cars.. but not US. Le sigh.. I like the folding mirrors.. I'd really like them to correspond with when the car is locked and unlocked.. IE: Lock folds mirrors in.. Unlock folds them out -- Or even coolor.. Lock folds mirrors in.. unlock keeps them in.. but, starting the engine causes them to unfold Wonder how much those kits run to make a US car fold auto? tsk tsk.. So I guess the fact here is US cars do not have the folding mirrors! But UK/Japan vehicles do (I don't think ALL models do in UK, but probably most.. it may have been an option of some sort.. but maybe they all have them.) --That said, not sure what is special about Europe that requires folding mirrors that the US wouldn't lol.. We have smaller parking spaces! Lol Edited March 28, 2014 by AndyG8nby 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjf1985 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 pjf1985, on 27 March 2014 - 16:37, said: Robothobo, on 24 January 2014 - 22:44, said: This week I used the button that folds the wing mirrors for the first time.That's was a cool moment. I've only had it a week so little things like that are still great;) It took me 3 weeks to finally notice this switch haha This "feature" wasn't on US market cars -- I was like, no kidding?? I'm going to find that button now lol.. then read a little and found out it is a Japanese feature that is also avail to UK cars.. but not US. Le sigh.. I like the folding mirrors.. I'd really like them to correspond with when the car is locked and unlocked.. IE: Lock folds mirrors in.. Unlock folds them out -- Or even coolor.. Lock folds mirrors in.. unlock keeps them in.. but, starting the engine causes them to unfold Wonder how much those kits run to make a US car fold auto? tsk tsk.. So I guess the fact here is US cars do not have the folding mirrors! But UK/Japan vehicles do (I don't think ALL models do in UK, but probably most.. it may have been an option of some sort.. but maybe they all have them.) --That said, not sure what is special about Europe that requires folding mirrors that the US wouldn't lol.. We have smaller parking spaces! Lol Oh wow didn't realise the US version doesn't have them. It's a nice feature, although it would be better if they folded when the car is locked and unlocked as you said. I did notice last night however, if you fold them in and switch the switch back to the unfold position once the engine has been switched off, they will fold open once you start the engine. And you have smaller parking spaces!? They were mahoosive last time I visiited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) pjf1985, on 27 March 2014 - 16:37, said: Robothobo, on 24 January 2014 - 22:44, said: This week I used the button that folds the wing mirrors for the first time.That's was a cool moment. I've only had it a week so little things like that are still great;) It took me 3 weeks to finally notice this switch haha This "feature" wasn't on US market cars -- I was like, no kidding?? I'm going to find that button now lol.. then read a little and found out it is a Japanese feature that is also avail to UK cars.. but not US. Le sigh.. I like the folding mirrors.. I'd really like them to correspond with when the car is locked and unlocked.. IE: Lock folds mirrors in.. Unlock folds them out -- Or even coolor.. Lock folds mirrors in.. unlock keeps them in.. but, starting the engine causes them to unfold Wonder how much those kits run to make a US car fold auto? tsk tsk.. So I guess the fact here is US cars do not have the folding mirrors! But UK/Japan vehicles do (I don't think ALL models do in UK, but probably most.. it may have been an option of some sort.. but maybe they all have them.) --That said, not sure what is special about Europe that requires folding mirrors that the US wouldn't lol.. We have smaller parking spaces! Lol Oh wow didn't realise the US version doesn't have them. It's a nice feature, although it would be better if they folded when the car is locked and unlocked as you said. I did notice last night however, if you fold them in and switch the switch back to the unfold position once the engine has been switched off, they will fold open once you start the engine. And you have smaller parking spaces!? They were mahoosive last time I visiited! Andy somehow jacked up the quote system lol.. So everything I wrote seemed like it was what he wrote unless you were paying attention. He said the UK had smaller parking spaces, as opposed to the US. Which makes sense given the land mass. Even with our 320 million people, the US is absolutely Huge, and the UK can fit within one of our larger states quite comfortably.. But that's cool about the switching and opening on engine start.. does it remain this way, or do you have to fold them in everytime you shut the car off ? I mean it's not a big deal.. my mirrors fold by hand if needed -- It'd be a total cosmetic thing/cool factor -- If it were $100 or so to mod it up I'd go for it, but I'm thinking it's likely not going to be anywhere near that cheap. I have seen some posts about people who have added it to the US cars,.. but don't remember the costs. Here's a fact about the 350 -- Aside from 2008 .. they made them in 2002.. about 13,000 for the US,.. extrapolating this,.. the 2002 year of production makes the 02 manuf. models the second rarest year.. the rarest year is the 08's due to being the last production model before the switch to the 370. Here's a breakdown of the US made model production numbers by year for the 350 Zed.. I think these numbers can be roughly extrapolated to give an idea of which years , worldwide, were more popular than others (in sales/production numbers anyway). As I suspected the 2003 models are the most popular (more of them exist than any other year)... Seems you find a TON of '03's for sale, and many people own them. You can really get a great deal on an 03 now.. I'm afraid we're going to have teenagers buying up high mileage 11 year old Zeds for a few thousand dollars or so.. and doing very bad , bad things to them Edited March 29, 2014 by Chromatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjf1985 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Andy somehow jacked up the quote system lol.. So everything I wrote seemed like it was what he wrote unless you were paying attention. He said the UK had smaller parking spaces, as opposed to the US. Which makes sense given the land mass. Even with our 320 million people, the US is absolutely Huge, and the UK can fit within one of our larger states quite comfortably.. But that's cool about the switching and opening on engine start.. does it remain this way, or do you have to fold them in everytime you shut the car off ? I mean it's not a big deal.. my mirrors fold by hand if needed -- It'd be a total cosmetic thing/cool factor -- If it were $100 or so to mod it up I'd go for it, but I'm thinking it's likely not going to be anywhere near that cheap. I have seen some posts about people who have added it to the US cars,.. but don't remember the costs. Here's a fact about the 350 -- Aside from 2008 .. they made them in 2002.. about 13,000 for the US,.. extrapolating this,.. the 2002 year of production makes the 02 manuf. models the second rarest year.. the rarest year is the 08's due to being the last production model before the switch to the 370. Here's a breakdown of the US made model production numbers by year for the 350 Zed.. I think these numbers can be roughly extrapolated to give an idea of which years , worldwide, were more popular than others (in sales/production numbers anyway). As I suspected the 2003 models are the most popular (more of them exist than any other year)... Seems you find a TON of '03's for sale, and many people own them. You can really get a great deal on an 03 now.. I'm afraid we're going to have teenagers buying up high mileage 11 year old Zeds for a few thousand dollars or so.. and doing very bad , bad things to them Haha my bad, wasn't paying attention, long day at the office I was thinking the statement about smaller US parking spaces was wrong lol. If you fold them manually in and leave the switch of the mirrors in the open position it should fold your mirrors out when you turn your key. Works the same if you fold them in with the switch, then turn off the ignition and then put the switch back in the fold open position before you leave the car, then it will be all ready for when you set off. Hope this makes sense lol. I'm not too bothered about the feature either tbh, but its pretty handy especially if you get in the car and are about to set off and remember you haven't unfolded your mirrors Interesting facts on the most popular model years. Guess its no surprise there are less sales nearer the end of its lifecycle but I would have thought initial sales would have been higher in 2002? Edited March 29, 2014 by pjf1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4blo32 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Don't bother folding your mirrors in if you know it's going to be frosty the next morning... The motors won't fold them out again unless you de-ice them first. Or you can give them a gentle nudge, that works too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Driver Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Re the LCD information 'gauge' that displays dte, temperature, mpg etc, there are obviously two buttons - one to cycle through the different displays (on top) and one to reset information such as mpg and trip meter (right below it)- if you hold the top button for 2 seconds it brings you back to clock - save you having to scroll through all the options! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 ^^^ re-post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 ^^^ re-post lol.. -- This happens in extremely long threads where it's not always likely someone read every post fully. =),.. But you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraziekatz1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Glove box is behind the pax seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraziekatz1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Glove box is behind the pax seat Oh, that is so odd I did find a pair of leather driving gloves in there when I bought the car......370Ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Glove box is behind the pax seat Oh, that is so odd I did find a pair of leather driving gloves in there when I bought the car......370Ad Ding Dong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraziekatz1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I did notice one particularly useful feature on my Z...... On approaching the Z with a view to entering the car, depress the open door button on the key fob just once. Enter car and engage engine, this works particularly well if you have a rather loud after market exhaust system installed, look straight ahead and drive off. If you glance in your rear view mirror you may notice your other half standing in the driveway looking angry.....but believe me it's worth it to avoid all those negative comments about your driving 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 ^^^ :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraziekatz1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Glove box is behind the pax seat Oh, that is so odd I did find a pair of leather driving gloves in there when I bought the car......370Ad Ding Dong Haha.....and you've still got those shoes Linus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Have you all found the secret document holder area, never knew that existed until recently. Under the glove box? Found this when fitting the phone kit. Glove box???? Glove box is behind the pax seat Oh, that is so odd I did find a pair of leather driving gloves in there when I bought the car......370Ad Ding Dong Haha.....and you've still got those shoes Linus yes and I am keeping them but you can have your scarf back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeco Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Don't know of this is just a feature on mine, but If your subframe makes contact with Tarmac at 70mph you will throw sparks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisday1990 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 If you happen to have a HR your twice as likely to write you car off if you drive through pond at speed. (horror story from JAPEX Performance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Rt biscuit. I,m 66 does that make me a you gun too ! My insurance £260 and is a second car with 6 years NBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Indicators on HR's have a different self cancelling point than prefacelifts. . Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisday1990 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 LV insurance want £620 to insure a 2008 M3................. worth 25k and want £750 to insure a 2004 350Z worth £6k......................... LOGIC??????? not much here!?!??!? I had a quote 2100 on and m3 but i got the z because it as 700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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