hey can anybody help, im planning on getting my 1st zed and of the month, just wanted general buying advice and useful info realy. got about 3000/3500 to spend! what can i expect for that amount of cash? any information will be much appreciated cheers!:dance:

be sure to check out the 300zx.co.uk buying guide here

cheers joel

Welcome to the nut house buddy.

 

Have a look in the buyers section at cars on this forum is your best bet as most of the cars in there have been well looked after.

 

Best advice I can give is to take your time and not go for the firat one you see, unless it is mint of course.

 

You might get a cheap car but it may cost you lots of money.

 

It might even be worth getting paul at SWZ, he's down your way, to have a look at it for you.

 

Good luck with the hunt.

 

Darrell

welcome

Exciting times!!!!

 

Just dont let the cash burn a hole in your pocket and buy the first one you see as has been said, take your time and look at loads, thats the only way you will find out a good one from bad. Welcome to the club!!!

Hey, were abouts do you live in bristol mate? And welcome to the club :)

Welcome, do take everyones advice and dont buy the first one you see it will be worth the effort if you take your time to look and get a good one. Hope to see you at one of our SW meets when you do buy one:D

Make sure its Manual ;)

Welcome to the club..

I bought the first one I saw....................................

 

It's all about timing.

Best advise I can give you is: make sure you have a contingency fund available (to the tune of £1k~£1.5k). That is, on top of the purchase price and insurance cost. These cars have a habit of throwing costly wobblies ...

 

Other than that, once you have found the car you like have it serviced straight away (60K service, incl. timing belt and fluid/filter service). There are likely to be a number of additional parts that need changing (ie, oxygen sensors, etc). Get the car hooked up to a ConZult (preferably before you buy it) to run a full engine diagnostic. If possible, and the vendor allows you to do so, have a compression test and leak-down test done - this will indicate the general condition of the engine's internal state.

 

At your budget I should expect you to find an early (ie 90-93) example that requires some work (be it engine and/or body).

 

There are a few for sale on here at the moment so don't forget to look in the Cars for Sale section.

 

HTH

 

Dan

Kingswood u?

hey, were abouts do you live in bristol mate? And welcome to the club :)

 

kingswood u?

Thanks for all the info chaps hope to see you all soon at ne of your meets1

kingswood u?

 

I live in kingswood too lol. Were abouts??? If you want someone to come out and have a look at zeds with you i dont mind :)

Well speedwell realy, but yeah that would be great if u dont mind looking at some with me,much appreciated! P.s dont suppose no sum1 called max nailer?

Hello, welcome and good luck with the Zed hunt.

Well speedwell realy, but yeah that would be great if u dont mind looking at some with me,much appreciated! P.s dont suppose no sum1 called max nailer?

 

Well i live in syston common so you are only just up the road. And no i dont know that name

Well i live in syston common so you are only just up the road. And no i dont know that name

 

SYSTON COMMON Bit posh:shock:.i thought you lived in kingswood:tongue:

Make sure its Manual ;)

 

I find that harsh.... I've a TT auto and have great fun with it...:)

 

It's slower by a nats chuff to 62, but quicker to 100 (not that I ever speed of course :-))

 

If it's a track car...Manual ALL THE WAY.... on the open road (or should I say stuck in traffic) auto is far simpler and easier to live with imho. This manual/auto rivalry is getting old...they are all 300zx at the end of the day and as long as the flag keeps flying for the old girl, I'm a happy man.

 

So in an auto, you can't dump the clutch and generate a 40ft eleven on the tarmac, but the price of these tyres...I wouldn't want to. :rofl:

I think some of the folk at Silverstone wouldn't like to admit they were blitzed by an Auto................

 

 

syston common bit posh:shock:.i thought you lived in kingswood:tongue:

 

rather fine lookin zed you have there yewcheck, whereabouts in bristol u from?

rather fine lookin zed you have there yewcheck, whereabouts in bristol u from?

 

Well thank you.........Staple Hill bud, not to far away;)

Have u had ur zed 4 long? I aint ever seen about and im sure it doesnt go un-noticed lol

I think some of the folk at Silverstone wouldn't like to admit they were blitzed by an Auto................

 

 

 

loving the number plate, and whats with the 80's boyband star in the sig pic??