A mates just bought one of these cars and ive fallen in love with them and i must have one but as i know absolutly ZERO about them i was wondering if you fellas could help me get up to speed :) i'll be looking for a U.K spec because of insurance and iam not to bothered about the gearbox type as i expect both types to be rare in U.K spec :cry: so what to pay and to look out for? just one last thing what year did production start and finish ;)

Many thx guys :bow:

Have a read of the FAQ area, most answers are in there, and welcome!

 

Also lots of very good members cars for sale in the cars for sale area, best place to look first for buying.

very helpfull thx.Just a few things i couldnt find.

What colours there are

Whats the power output (standard)

What can you get for up to £8000 (u.k spec)

Just any rough ideas from anyone will be of great help thx :)

with prices as thy are, £8000 will get u a very very very nice car ;)

Hello mate, welcome.

You'll get a beauty for £8k!

Power: TT around 300bhp, depends on auto/manual.

Main colours are red, black, silver. But there are other

colours out there, just gotta look!

Production (well, sales) were 89-94 in the UK. but it was sold as late as 2000 (I think) abroad.

But dont forget to save some cash for Insurance !!!!!

Welcome to the font of (300ZX) knowledge..... ;)

 

As already said, UK cars were '89 G (although rare that year - 1990 H was when sales really started) through to '94 L (and sometimes M). Most will have covered high mileages now, but there are still some nice low mileage UK cars around. In Japan they were indeed sold up to 2000

 

UK cars were sold in fewer colours too - red most popular UK colour (and it is the "designer's choice" BTW :D ), black, white, gun-metal, yellow and met. blue. If you want silver or any of the pearl colours then they are import only.

 

Don't be put off by import insurance, there are some specialists (eg Houghton's in traders section) who do not charge more to insure imports. You just need to shop around - the only advantage with insuring UK spec cars is the number of companies willing to insure you.

 

For £8000 you could get a late import, a top low mileage UK car would probably run to around £6K (maybe £7k from greedy dealers).

 

Good luck with your search

 

Richard :smw:

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What can you get for up to £8000 (u.k spec)

 

Mine :D

Mines is up for grabs too...........UK TT, black.

 

:)

 

But it won't cost you £8,000!! ;)

 

Pics in the rides section under 'Matty'........:D

 

Matty.

:p Thx for the offers but iam going to get to grips with the ZX before i go looking at one as i would only end up wasting the persons time trying to find out all the stuff i dont know instead of just trying to buy the car ;)

So just out of interest whats it likely to cost me on insurance for both import and u.k cars iam 22 licence for over 4 years with 3 years NCB no points or anything like that thankfully and i live in a very low crime rated area in a village in leicestershire.

Hope iam not asking for to much :slap:

Another Leicester lad........ :dance:

 

Were taking over i tells ya!!!!

 

If you fancy coming to the fortnightly meet we have held at the Milestone in Hinckley on the A47, Im sure there will be plenty of People that can inform, show, take you for a drive (or a spin a sarge;)).

 

If your not sure of the directions gimme a call 07788838600

 

And welcome BTW :duffer:

Top stuff :hyper: hinckley is just a short trip down the A5 :dance: so whens the next meet i could bring myself along to that and have a snout round,just have to hide the trusty polo round the corner before i turn up :rofl:

Next one is this thursday

 

Details.........

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=38239

cool, another leicester zedder

 

woteva u do dont buy a black one, ul only encourage th "darkside"

Darn working thursday :mad: gonna get myself along to one of the meets thats for sure :)

ya5een your lucky i dont like the black ones so so no need to worry about any bad driving skills :D