hey everybody. im new to your forum. im considering a 300 for my next car. would just be a weekend car. would be grateful to anybody in or near edinburgh who could show me round one and take me for a drive in it. thanks a lot, Elliot.

you can get me on 07816967702 cheers.

Firstly welcome to the forum.

 

The 300ZX is a great car which at the moment you can get for not a lot of money, but beware, if you buy the wrong one it will cost you dearly to put right so do your homework before you buy. Theres plenty info on the forum of what to look out for http://www.300zx.co.uk/tech/BuyingZ.htm is a good start. Other thing is don't jump at the first one you see and be prepared to do a lot of travelling to find one.

 

Regarding members local to you, I dont know of anyone in Edinburgh itself, but there are one or two of us not too far away (Im in Falkirk), unfortunately

i think most of the local cars are under repair at the moment (mine has been of the road for a year now), so you might struggle to get someone to take you out in one, but if your looking for advice just ask away, we will help out if we can.

cheers, ive read about all i can find about them, very useful info on this forum.

im in a pickle as to what to buy next. used to have a very clean 5th gen prelude but sold it to get another work vehicle last winter, (a nice toyota hilux), either i keep the lux and buy a cheap daily 'thrasher' :smash: for the summer ie crx, mk1 mr2 and tidy it up, or sell the hilux, get another van and buy a 'weekend car' ie a 300zx, a porsche 928 s4, skyline R32, westfield!? ah i jus dont know!! need to look at and drive a few things before the summer and make my mind up.

Dont want the usuall scooby or mr2 turbo, need something a little more interesting. want to spend about 5k and get something pretty reliable. dont mind traveling to have a look round a members 300zx.

 

whats best?, import? NA?, single T?, TT? SWB? obviously a TT is quick but insurance and reliabilty wise!? a NA one is still gona be nice and pretty fast.

 

any help guys, cheers. Elliot

an import will have less rust if at all,you only get an na or tt not a single

na,s are still pretty quick but twin tubbies,you know you want them lol

 

as seeing some i,m a member of local car club as well and we have a rolling road night on thursday the 24th in kirkcaldy so if you want to come along to that you.l see at least 2 300,s a couple of skylines,gt4,s and supras so you,l be like a kid in a sweety shop :dance:

You'd be better off waiting till near the summer and see which ones are

 

A) Still Available

B) Haven't Broken Down

C) Haven't Been spun of down a lane or round a roundabout

 

:rofl:

mine will be up for sale in summer

 

1991 uk tt

60k

grey

 

currently getting 99spec front bumper fitted & 99spec rear spoiler

pics etc when finished

 

will resubscribe when it actually comes to selling ;)

hey everybody. im new to your forum. im considering a 300 for my next car. would just be a weekend car. would be grateful to anybody in or near edinburgh who could show me round one and take me for a drive in it. thanks a lot, Elliot.

you can get me on 07816967702 cheers.

 

 

Hi,

I'm in Livingston and you are welcome to come and have a look.

Not today though - it's snowing and zed's aren't much fun in the snow!

Hi ferobert and welcome

Like you i was unsure but i am so glad i went for the zx i have had it for 2 weeks now and i love it

Ive just been out in the car trying to fit a 7" dvd player into the dash and while i was sitting there i just thought to myself even though its pishing snow outside what a nice place to be,the dash seems to wrap around you, it feels so snug it also has a solid feel to it and as a sports GT you cant fault it

 

I am in the middle of fitting the dvd player and i am just about to fit a new exhaust but if your not in a rush when the better weather comes i will certainly let you get a gander at mine where about in edinburgh are you

 

Jim

hey everybody. im new to your forum. im considering a 300 for my next car. would just be a weekend car. would be grateful to anybody in or near edinburgh who could show me round one and take me for a drive in it. thanks a lot, Elliot.

you can get me on 07816967702 cheers.

 

Im in edinburgh quite alot. Not getting my car back until the 26th of january though! If your still wanting to go out for a drive, i'd be happy to take ya for a spin (not literally!!!!) when the time comes!

 

As for reliability, try and buy one off of here. That way there's some sort of resemblance to a history of it. In fact im sure that Stella is selling his after putting a wide arch kit on it, and its within your price range!!!!!! :p

 

Just a quick question......how old are you?

Im 22 and the insurance, when i checked it out, wasnt that much different between the N/A and the TT.

mine might be up for grabs then

thanks for all the responses guys. once the spring is here and it dries up a bit ill take up your offers of a demo round one.

Ive just today picked up a honda CRX, snapped cambelt and it and needs tidying up so should keep me busy till summer.

Im 21 but have fleet insurance for my work vehicles so thats not a prob.

Rolling road night sounds good, where abouts and what time?

thanks, Elliot.

its at star performance at 5.30 thursday 24th

star performance is at the old police headquarters in dysart if you give me a call i,ll give you directions if you want , star also has a website if you google it

cheers tom(0770 4491316)

is at the old police headquarters in dysart

 

fook thats a while ago! the younger members won't know those directions...

best describing it as on the south east escape route out of Kirkcaldy :D.

ah not checked on here for a week or so so missed that post about the rolling road night. shame. thats the crx mechanically rebuilt now. just needs some welding and a paint. not long now. Will prob jus drive that this summer and get something/project for the winter. Still wouldnt mind seein what your zx's can do :)

we're having a meet at falkirk football stadium a week on thursday!