Hi

 

I am currently looking to buy a 300ZX what are the issues I need to look out for when view and test driving etc...

 

Thanks!

Rot is a biggy. Check the rear sills, tailgate, engine bay. Bring something to jab the sills as someone may have covered it up with filler.

 

This one of mine looked 99% perfect when I bought it :no:

 

 

 

Smoke from the exhausts. How much you looking to spend?

on the low side of £3000, It needs to be a Twin Turbo UK model (import insurance is a killer)

on the low side of £3000, It needs to be a Twin Turbo UK model (import insurance is a killer)

 

Should get a tidy one for that money, check on the insurance as some people don't charge extra for imports.

(I'm 21 in 9 day) best quote i've had is £977 from Admiral (although is £500 more until the day i'm 21) but for the Import was more like £2k, the one I'm looking at is a 1990 FSH Manual

(I'm 21 in 9 day) best quote i've had is £977 from Admiral (although is £500 more until the day i'm 21) but for the Import was more like £2k, the one I'm looking at is a 1990 FSH Manual

 

Shop round, do a search on here for 'insurance' for some names.

Cheers for that, so is it pretty much rust that kills them? what mechanical things go wrong and how should I look / listen out for on a viewing / test drive?

Im under classic insurance. I was told you need to be 25 for it, but i spoke to a fella who was 21 and had classic insurnace, so shop around.

Although, £977 for a 21 year old isn't bad...

 

Look for smoke, bad starting and rot. Anything else you'd expect when buying a car too.

I was with admiral till they wanted to start humping price up so went to elephant cheap on my import gto

I was looking at quotes from Bell for a while then one day it jumped up by £200

A friend of mine is selling this one fella its a great example and he may well take an offer

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143525

 

good luck on the search

 

craig

For a 21 year old on a twin turbo i think anything under a grand is a decent price :)

 

That red one looks spot on mate. really nice looking car :)

where abouts in north wales are you mate?

Near Rhyl but i'm on 1 year industrial placement at Cummins Turbo Technologies in Huddersfield at moment, Looks very nice that red one but am I right in saying that is an Import? and its an auto

Where abouts in North Wales you from?

about 1.5hr away then. Im down on the very end nr Aberdaron and pwllheli etc

Welcome to the forum mate, good to have another local member too :D

used to work for Asda delivering shopping around pwllheli yes I know its a fair way from Rhyl but thats how far asda deliver for rhyl lol

i use to drive there vans too but around my area :)

Near Rhyl but i'm on 1 year industrial placement at Cummins Turbo Technologies in Huddersfield at moment, Looks very nice that red one but am I right in saying that is an Import? and its an auto

 

Ooooo...

 

I sell exhaust parts and silicone hoses, I know Cummins use both, any contact names in purchasing/engineering :helpsmilie::thumbup:

A friend of mine is selling this one fella its a great example and he may well take an offer

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143525

 

good luck on the search

 

craig

 

I'm surprised this hasn't sold yet craig.... it looks just mint. And as you said to me when i was at yours, it is tight as a drum.... wrong time of year i guess... bloody Christmas... Bah Humbug

Ooooo...

 

I sell exhaust parts and silicone hoses, I know Cummins use both, any contact names in purchasing/engineering :helpsmilie::thumbup:

 

Sorry mate I work in the Turbo business (formally know as Holset) which although owned by Cummins its almost a separate company

contact sky insurance im only a few years older than you(24) and it woks out cheaper than anyone by a long way.

Thanks for the help!

 

Also do any of you use their 300ZX as a daily driver? and whats it like to live with?

 

What sort of MPG do you get on a long motorway 'economy' run?

 

Thanks

I use the zed as my primary car but not for travelling back and forth to work. just too damn expensive on feul. round town ie 30 limits and traffics lights etc i get around 15 to 19 and on the motorway and fast country lanes i get about 25. mines an auto tt. i believe manual tts are a little better on fuel. and n/as are better round town but worse at motorway speeds.