Hi lads,

 

Currently the owner of a 1995 MR2 N/A import.

 

Some day though, I hope to get my hands on a 300ZX. Beautiful cars. Shitty economy I'd imagine - probably make the MR2 look cheap to run - but who cares?

 

Anyone else up here in Scotland?

Welcome, there are a few on here from Scotland have a look at the Scottish section for a better idea.

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=93

Welcome to the club Shifty.

welcome mate plenty scottish owners on here

Welcome to the board!! hold on there you will get a nice one!

Haha, dunno if I'll start looking just yet... Still a student...

 

Do you guys hold many meets? I see there is a December meet. The MR2 guys have one in Scotland every Thursday! I suppose it's maybe a bit bigger club though? Regardless it would be sweet to come along and see a 300 in the metal, so to speak.

Welcome matey :)

Haha, dunno if I'll start looking just yet... Still a student...

 

Do you guys hold many meets? I see there is a December meet. The MR2 guys have one in Scotland every Thursday! I suppose it's maybe a bit bigger club though? Regardless it would be sweet to come along and see a 300 in the metal, so to speak.

 

Every Thursday eh!

 

Getting all our zeds in one place in a month is hard enough !!

 

Lol

 

Although I'd be up for more local meets !

Welcome along matey.

 

im sure ive seen your MR2 kicking about the city centre.

I'm usually in Edinburgh on a friday night.

 

Gives a flash if you ever see me, more than happy to take you for a spin.

easy bud,

 

quite a few members with/had mr2s on here. Its another underrated Jap star!

 

probably a good idea to get up close and personal with a zed before buying one - let yourself know what you're in for!

 

Nice ride by the way.

 

Cheers

Hahaha, having lurked around a bit, it seems they're not terribly reliable?

 

Jap car in unreliable shocker.

 

Thanks for the compliments, really. shrek - don't think I've seen you! Whereabouts do you frequent in Edinburgh?

Its more often than not neglect and age thats getting to these cars now which makes them unreliable.

 

Quite often they are bought because they are cheap, but people dont always quite realise that they do need looking after.

 

I have to say, I have had two of them now over a period of the last 4 years and neither broke down once, ive done 16k or so in them and no dramas. If you get a good one and look after it you'll be laughing.

 

Since no one answered your question, typical figures for economy are around 15mpg for runnning about and 20-22 on a run. You can do better (28 some people have seen but i think thats more with careful driving) I dont believe there is a huge amount in the fuel consumption between the NA and TT's. However it will drop to single figures if your having fun! Autos will drink alot more juice, my first one was an auto I had converted to manual and the difference per tank was startling!

Vpower/ultimate etc only!

Thanks for the compliments, really. shrek - don't think I've seen you! Whereabouts do you frequent in Edinburgh?

 

I'm usually up the hill with the Edinburgh Cruise lot or down at Meadowbank.

Hey Shifty welcome, Im only 20 but im not a student, and its my only car im paying £1910 on insurance lol and i think its worth every penny just for the head turns you get, and also like quavey said maintained they are a dream, but still just maintaining them is a wallet shredder.

 

Hope you get you hands on a decent one,

 

Hollings.

Hell fire insurance has got dear it seems, when I was 20 i paid £1100 for mine!, now im so old (23/24) its dropped to 700 fully comp!

 

Gives a flash if you ever see me

 

Now that's just asking for trouble :lol:

 

 

Welcome to the Forum Shifty :)

Welcome to the forum mate :D

welcome along mate.

welcome along mate.

Haha, I think I'll keep the MR2 for a bit! £2000 on insurance?! :O

 

I'll go in stages. MR2. MR2 with V6 swap. V6 TT 300!:devil2::devil2::devil2: