Hi people,

I just downloaded this from the BBC website. Cost me 3quid, but I thought that a wider audience would appreciate reading this. I havn't read it yet at the time of writting this msg so dont know what it says.

 

 

the link did not work so check it out in my rides section.

It's not an image, so http://www.300zx.co.uk/rides/rock_star/nissan_300_zx.pdf will do ...

 

Interesting, who in their right mind would want the others anyway and I think I recognise the Z there, belongs to someone here I think.

'the turbo's need replacing at 54,000 miles' - I'd better get that loooked at then, becuase mine weren't!!!

I have original turbos on and my cars done over 150,000 miles.

 

lol!!

 

Wonder where they got that info from?

 

Oh, and the closing comment - why would anyone think you were a drug dealer?

And how does a Fiat get more points on street cred!!??

Just read it, yeah sure I'm a drug dealer! NOT FFS!. I also didn't like that fact of mentioning that the zed has a 'cheesy' image?.

The auto 2 sec slower!?!, I dont think so, oops that sound like another auto/manual slang!.

We all know that the manual is going to be slightly quicker but not by much. I've seen a 0-60 time of just over 6sec for my standard auto TT but I didn't do the test properly. I reckon I could get that down to sub 6 sec.

Tony

Who wants some drugs ?

intersting what they say about manual v auto

The 300 is cheesy and has no street cred.

 

Obviosuly I'd better go and get the Fiat or VW Corrado now.

 

Also the VW is as quick as the 300zx down any road, my cheque book is open and ready.

 

Oh no wait a minute, a BMW 318 has the same street cred as a 300... choices, choices... where's my credit card...

 

Who wrote this wonderful master piece, I've never seen something so acurate. Oh wait! yes I did, it's hanging on a roll next to the toilet!

haha! not a dealer, but once when I was in Newcastle, a friend was diving into her old folks house to pick something up, the local scallies went about telling me how they'd nick my car if I wasn't sat in it.

One of them asked if I was the landlord of the road?!?!

And the last question was 'is it quicker than a (volvo) T5'!?!?

 

Dodgy as f*ck area!

 

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'I hope I die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather and not like his

passengers....'

Sub Super Car !! My **** ...

 

Kills a Testarossa !! Was that a sub super car ?

I always associated BMW's with drug dealers, not Z's! There are a damn site more dealers around than Z's, and they all seem to have BM's or Mercs. Just shows what a bunch of cardigan wearing f*ckwits write/read that mag.

Mind you, didn't Chris Goffey present for Top Gear? Now there is a boring polo-neck/cardigan/sandle wearing **** if ever I saw one!

As for 'cheesy image', I always notice jaws dropping and fingers pointing whenever I go past a crossing, or a bus stop. When did anyone ever do that to a BMW 3, VW, MR2 or Fiat!

x-biker, I know what you mean when you mention the jaw dropping etc.. I notice that down here people physically stop and watch you drive by ( with jaw dropped to the deck ).

 

I was stopped at a set of lights one morning with a mk4 Supra TT behind me(too many of them around here!), anyway 2 bits of office totty walking along on their way to work were looking at my zed and smiling... matey in supra wasn't even looked at and I think that pi55ed him off judging by the look on his face!.

 

"Potential owners will require a wallet the size of their cojones".

 

Blimey - so mine should be £0.42p service cost per year?

 

And where does this leave the beauteous Ajay, then?

No-one has pointed out yet that the Z in the article was owned by none other than our own Steve E.

 

The article was a short time before he tried to park his car on a lamp post.

 

Of course it also explains the drug dealer comments !!!!

 

Hi Steve - long time no hear !

 

Dave

They did have a "drug dealer" image in the US when new, but not over here

Apparently they were the most hijacked and stolen import car in the States!

300ZX TT's were judged to be better than Chevy Corvettes by US car magazines FFS !!

Hardly sub-super car territory.

 

Parker's car buying guide (not interent-the book) says it's a would-be super car FFS !!

 

Wonder which car has the record for fastest front-engined rear-wheel drive now ?!! Now THAT car would be a supercar !!!!!!!!!

I agree, Nelson me old **** -sparrer (sorry, TopLess),

[edit - hahahaha the good old cockney phrase **** -sparrer just got ****ed by the anti-swear. Blimey, where'e Dick van Dyke when you need 'im?]

 

1) Motor Trend said (back in 1990 just after it awarded the Z Import car of the year) "dollar for dollar, the 300ZX is the best damn sports car in the world".

 

2) Fastest front engined rear wheel car in thw world? Record set in 1991. Same tuner has tried to re-take the record several times since? Most recently with a 1200ps Soop. Couldn't break it.

 

Wonder what they used to set the record (which still stands)?

 

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have you guessed what it is yet?

http://www.junauto.co.jp/democar/jb-z32/index.html?en

 

I love these cars, don't you?

 

[This message has been edited by Gio (edited 08-09-2002).]