General Discussions - Non 300ZX

Hopefully getting a career change which would require me to drive from Chelmsford to Clacton Everyday. I was just going to get a 1.1 run around but my old man reckons i am better getting a 1.4 or 1.6 because the little engine will work harder to do 70MPH on the A roads and probably burn off more fuel. How true or untrue is this? also could anyone recommened a good runaround that is reliable? I was looking at another BMW as i saw a 1995 Compact 1.6i for £700 with Full Service History and MOT. any ideas what else would also be a reliable runaround for A roads? :scooter:

Having had zed off road for a while i have recently got hold of a manual Gearbox Conversion kit and the tools to do the job! i think ive been away for too long and need to start posting again :sorcerer: Not that i or many others have been missed but its time to start haunting the forums again :2guns: So here goes with a post to say..................... im back. I will start another post soon with the pictures updated as i carry out the job of making the car a "manwell" If any body wants a autobox for parts or to repair i will pretty much give it away although postage would help if you are not picking it up. I will update as i go :taz: good…

Well the poor old metro gti bit the dust recently (headgasket failure) so i had been busy popping a low mileage replacement engine in rather than faffing around with changing headgaskets and cambelts. It'll be back on the road for next week. In the meantime i bumped into an old friend and was telling him how i was struggling a bit, i'm 6'5" and the metro was never bought as a long distance car and i'm putting 400+ miles a week on it. He said he'd got his old rover tomcat coupe (1.6) sitting on his driveway doing nothing if i wanted it for £100? Needless to say it needs a little work (cambelt/waterpump/exhaust gasket/interior needs a good clean) but apart f…

The other day I was lucky enough to win an auction on ebay - boost gauge, vacuum gauge, oil pressure gauge, oil temp gauge, a pillar triple pod trim, din triple hole trim, sandwich plate, all senders and sensors, vacuum piping... for £10 + p+p :santa: woop woop, merry christmas, or so I thought. Anyways, I get a message today, reading: "This item aswell as others were being stored in a shared garage. Upon reciving payment i went to collect the item to post aswell as others, however they seem to have been taken or moved without my approval. As a result i have issued a refund. I am very sorry for this inconvenience. Should they t…

happy new year everyone think i typed the right this is my 4th try i get married this year woohoo :cool3:

aint seen or heard from him for ages, anyone had any contact from him, got a text last chrimbo but got nothing back from him was a great guy aswell

does anybody have one of these, and are they any good. my main question is do they hold signal well, i have a DAB radio at home and if you move it from one place to another in the house it picks up certain stations and looses others depending on where it is. is this going to be the same in the car, and do they work of the standard arial or do you need a new one putting into the car somewhere. cheers and happy new year

Been off since last monday,but always knew there was a chance of having to come in to unload a couple of containers.... so spoke to driver on tuesday saying i would come in from 7 till 11...he said fine i'll get there for 7,,,,,so here i am in office having coffee while the driver is still down docks getting container...going to be at least another hour till he gets here.... should of just said fook it,we'll start tipping them monday....bit pissed off. summary-lorry driver-useless ****.

i know most of you on here wont care lol but kris boyd broke henrick larsons spl scoring record tonight thats him got 160 league goals. great win tonight 7-1 bring on celtic on sunday. come on rangers

Hi guys having done a spyware sweep and registry sweep on my pc its blanked my log in here.Luckily by logging in via my wifes profile I can get on,however I have forgotten my password, who can I contact for a remider? thanks in advance. Jay

what a croc of shite, shell watches it all the time and im just waiting for someone to get up and smack the other contestants for moaning about their food now that would be worth watching anyone else have to endure this crap

ourlass is watching one of those selling channels and this came up, o know it aint much kop for having huge muscles but i bet it would be good to tone, i have walking machines and sit up machines and they do take up a lot of shape, just wondered if anyone has one or knows much about them???? http://www.totalgym.co.uk/

i have my wheelie bin cleaned once a fortnight, bin got emptied today and because we are off we have been doing some spring cleaning so to speak, now before the wheelie bin cleaners came round i put a bin liner and a joplings shopping centre bag in the wheelie bin, bin liner had kitchen rubbish in, joplings bag had magazines, leaflets, old pizza menu's and so on, if i realised the bin cleaners were coming round today i would have waited to put the bags in now the bin cleaners too the bin to the bottom of the culdesac to clean all the bins that they clean and it came back and the guy knocked on the door, payed him and i had another bag in my hand and noticed that ther…

ide like to make a toast to the fact we have increasing old faces coming back to the fold dispite there absence for a while and burning ears:rolleyes::duffer::duffer::duffer::duffer::D

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http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2009/12/20/series-14-where-were-at/ Andy Wilman has hinted that TG has run it's course and the spark has gone from the series. Now I am the biggest TG fan around and at the moment it is the ONLY TV programme I watch on a regular basis (Albeit the usual short run) However I do agree with some of his comments. The presenters do seem to have turned into a cartoon character of themselves and the same jokes are being touted each week. This may be car nut sacrilege but i think it's time to call it a day on the current format of TG. I don't want it to turn into something that was once good but is now just awful. (It s…

Like its going to be labours choice :clown: :2guns: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239325/Petrol-rise-15p-litre-Government-raises-taxes-motorists-pay-massive-debts.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo

Hows it going, happy xmas to everyone :) Hows the world of Zeds shaping up these days? I haven't seen on in months around here, which is surprising as there were a lot of members in the area and seeing a Z around was a normal event. Hope everyone is keeping well and the committee are treating you well :D:D

Christmas films on tv what a load of tat never seen one good film what ever happened to all the epic films like my favorite The Great Escape:thumbup:Steve Mc Queen at his best. Whats your favorite

what did you think of it i thought it was brill 360 has got the best games over the next few months (till mario galaxy). it looks like my PS3 isnt getting any games as the two big games lair and heavenly sword are not that great :headvswal

I am trying to get my Lad online with his Xbox 360 (3 :censored: days now) I have tried with the wireless bloody thing and tried straight to the Wireless box with a cable :hang: NO JOY. Now I am starting to think its my Router box it is a old inventel originally a wanadoo box. I read something about having to "port forward" it BUT :confused1: PLEASE SOME ONE HELP :death:

i got the sony vgn-fw11e- so know you know my spec what descent games can you recomend? the type of games i like are command and conquer flyng games. e.t.c. dont want any fighting or driving games as thats always best on a console.

now THIS is how you stop someone fleeing on a stolen moped :rockon: http://www.viddler.com/explore/failblog/videos/384/

I need some help looking for a gaming computer, I was looking at these but I Aint to sure what I'm looking for really. Are they any good or over the top?? http://www.very.co.uk/rf/vry/p.do/electricals/computers/desktop-pcs/m7720-desktop-pc?Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&groupId=644658087&Nu=this_product&SNtk=&Np=1&SN=154+4294955656+4294967138&Ntt=644658087&D=644658087&Ntk=group_search&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&thisprod=644658087&N=154+4294955656+4294967138&Nty=1&Mis_item_id=15&Mis_item_loc_id=1&product=644658087&selectedImg=A912P_SP722_63_PR09X.jpg http://www.marshallward.co.uk/quad-core-q9550-desktop-pc-with-19in-t…