Danohosko Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, Should be picking up a 350Z tomorrow, hopefully. Bit about me? I'm 21, work as an Electrical Engineer, studying a FdSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering on day leave. Live down in Cornwall! Hobby used to be boxing, but cars, girlfriend and college took over (in that order). Going to be swapping from a 1990 MR2 Turbo to the 350Z, (insurance only £60 more) I have 5 years no claims too. Once i went Jap, i didn't go back. Previous cars: 1997 Peugeot 106, 1.1L (BHP?) 1995 Peugeot 205, 1.8L Diesel (59 BHP?) 1997 Toyota Celica GT, 2.0L (167BHP) 1995 Mitsubishi FTO (TipTronic), 2.0L (170BHP) 1990 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 2.0L (220BHP) So yeah, I've accumulated my no claims and been slowly working my way up the power ladder. Now the MR2 is a really nice car and should be easy to tune to 300BHP before hitting serious £££, but it feels its ages, all 23 years of them (older than me). I was going to have it as a project car to tune up etc, converted it to run on the Celica GT4 ST205 EFI system and ECU, to give allegedly up to 255BHP. Other than that mostly just small things. Then I was sitting there with coursework pouring out my ears, and other orifices, and decided that maybe I should get something reliable and already tuned, 350Z popped into my head, and never left since. So courtesy of finance, i shall be getting the 350Z. Edited January 12, 2014 by Danohosko Quote
RDON Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 welcome my friend. you wont regret it, one of the best decisions I made buying mine last year puts a smile on my face every time I fire up her V6. Quote
ZEUS Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Welcome, I used to have a fto, great cars . 1 Quote
Danohosko Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Cheers all for the welcome, apparently im not allowed to like them all haha. Bit of advice, the Z im looking at today is 05 plate, 54k, fsh and 12months mot. Trade price is about 5.2k and retail is 7.2k i think. He wants 8k for it, what you reckon i should be offering like 6.5k? Cheers Dan Quote
GMballistic Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Cheers all for the welcome, apparently im not allowed to like them all haha. Bit of advice, the Z im looking at today is 05 plate, 54k, fsh and 12months mot. Trade price is about 5.2k and retail is 7.2k i think. He wants 8k for it, what you reckon i should be offering like 6.5k? Cheers Dan If you get it for £6.5K I'll be surprised tbh but it never hurts to start with a low offer and then barter up till you reach something you're both happy with.I would have thought cheapest you may get it is around £7-7.5K but still doesn't sound like a bad buy for a good condition FSH Zed of that year & those miles. Quote
Danohosko Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 It went well put down the deposit, pick her up wednesday, 7.25k in the end so i got a bit off Makes my previous cars seem so cheap and nasty haha 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 It went well put down the deposit, pick her up wednesday, 7.25k in the end so i got a bit off Makes my previous cars seem so cheap and nasty haha Great news. Quote
Danohosko Posted January 16, 2014 Author Posted January 16, 2014 Awesome car not really found any problems at all yet, couple stone chips in paint is all. Windows steam up easy but seems to be a characteristic from what ive read. Also the ESP button, found stuff about TCS and VDC but ESP not so much, basically its the same as VDC which is better than TCS? Dan Quote
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