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I have owned both cars. a 2005 350Z and Numerous 300zx models The 350z was great fun to drive, really nippy and had a better sense of stability in the rain. Being a smaller wheelbase the manoeuvering was also better in my opinion, but for all out power and speed and exhilaration you can't beet a 300zx. Also the cockpit on the 350 is a little to snug for my liking. The 300 gives a certain thrill just sitting behind the wheel even if you are not going anywhere, and if you are then its magic. Just enough controls and switches and real feel of belonging. Just my humble opinion though

I am truly Gutted for Tony but so glad he is OK. Looking at the pics it is a wonder he came out unscathed. Having only got the car from me just over a month ago, I know how much he really liked the colour and the outstanding condition it was in. The main thing is that Tony is OK. The car although hard to replace, can be replaced. Lets hope the insurance company play ball.

Ok James, Enjoy the car

Hi James, This is the low mileage car that I imported and sold to Dave. You have a really clean and lovely car there. Did Dave give you the import docs and the Japanese export certificate? If not I can get you a copy if you want them, Garry

Absolutely Brilliant Lee, Congratulations

You have all read the issues surrounding the importation of the white 300ZX for Steve Li (KnightRacer). I can now report that we have finally reached an agreement in private. Steve and I now wish to put this situation behind us and move on. - - - Updated - - - Admin can you please close this thread.

This has recently arrived in from Japan. Took some pictures and realised afterwards I had the camera set to where the picture comes out black and white with one selected colour depicted. I must have had yellow as the colour. The rain has prevented me from retaking the pictures, but these have come out superbly i would say. The car Is silver so not too bad. Looks great in Black and White, what do you think? I will get some colour pics up when the weather allows. No Rust, Low Mileage 45k, and with great recent service history over the last 10 years

Hi all I am looking for a wing Mirror that has the motor inside. The connector has five wires so is not heated. Doesn't matter what colour or condition of the shell as I won't be using the case. The pictures are of the inside of my broken one (snapped when something in my garage fell on it) but it shows what I need Anyone have one please PM me Thanks

Gary, thank you for saying that, and you can rest assured that under no circumstances will I ever offer to obtain a car for someone else again. I am trying to work something out with Steve, but thats between me and him, and not for this forum Probably best to close this thread now I think

Quite simply Simon the answer to your question is that neither Steve nor I saw what you saw. Do you seriously think that I would allow Steve to go ahead with a car that neither of us was happy with? Steve understood about the interior ans as I had previously stated was ok with it because he had new seats he was going to put into the car, and was going to get someone to redo the steering wheel I believe. The black paint was discussed and again I have said previously that I was going to have it painted white for him.

Joel I understand what you are saying completely, but to me its not the same at all. Situation one is I select a car that I would like to bid on. I bid , I win and have the car shipped. I pay for everything to be done in order to have the car ready for sale. In short everything is my decision from start to finish Situation 2 . someone comes to me and says can you help me get a car. I say yes and show them what is available based on what they are looking for. I get them all of the information that they need in order to be able to make a decision. They make the decision, based on what they see and read. They are choosing the car and therefore I am not going to make a profit off them because I am just helping show them whats available, and I am doing that because I want the person to get the car as cheaply as possible. Now if I had said yes I will buy the car, I will have it all done ready for sale but it will cost you more because I will add a profit onto it for the outlay and the time taken before I see my money back, that would be the same as situation one, and you would be absolutely correct, but this is different. There was nothing wrong with the process of this transaction whatsoever. Everything done exactly as I said it would be done, and everything had gone smoothly up to the point when we both saw the car. I feel terrible for Steve, he is a good guy and did not deserve to have this happen to him, and I have been thinking of something I can do to help him out, and I have today emailed him with an idea, but this has nothing to do with anyone else on this forum, just he and I I also want to point out that I am not hiding away from this issue like a certain trader who refused to participate when he was being accused of things. I stand up and I am here and if everyone wants to take pot shots at me then fine!! Joel you are a great ambassador for this club and I respect you , but I wish you would try to see both sides. Sorry for rambling

The only reason I am listed as a trader here on the forum is because when I first got a couple of these over in 2015 I was told that if I wanted to use the forum as a vehicle of the cars then I should become a trader on the forum as it wouldn't be fair to other traders. I was told this by a couple of members of the committee. I was not too keen to do it, as I hadn't actually sold any at that point, but was allowed to list two cars and then re-evaluate the situation at a later stage. Two members, one on the committee also mentioned the use of the word Official Importer for the club, so in the end I decided to do it so that I didn't break the rules and it sounded good to be able to say that. I have had 15 of them over 3 years so that average out at 5 per year, hardly what a dealer would need in order to make a successful business venture . Actually 3 of them are here and not sold as yet so thats only 12 sold in 3 years and two of them were requests that have gone badly. So the actual number of sales in 3 years where I have personally bought cars number just 10

Joel, you would have to let Steven answer that. All I can say is that we both had the same information about the car. The description and the pictures. For example when the car arrived and the MOT was being done, the coolant leak was found. This was not on the auction sheet at all, so neither of us knew about it, but it still had to be done and Steven was prepared to pay for it to be fixed, so is that understanding there is risk involved?

Steven contacted me and told me to tell them to immediately stop work on what they were doing, which I did. I don't know how far they had got with anything, and he arranged for the collection of the car the next day

I agree that the condition was underdescribed or certainly not explicit enough, and therein lies the entire problem. Buying any car from an auction is a risk, and generally the cars come through as described and in excellent condition. Even the cars that I have bought have had issues that had to be fixed. One of them for example cost me £2000 to correct and I made a loss on it when it was sold. As for the garage I use I will make a statement about that later. Thanks for your input