Russ_T

Can you remind us where the files were please? I can't remember, WinXP Windows-System32-err? Cheers and keep up the hard work!

LOL about the Gixxer, tbh I can't really imagine the future of motorbikes, every year the new best thing is out which supposidly makes the rest shit again, although of course they are still phenomenal. Whats the GSXR1000 replacement gonna be like??????

Bit of a while back now but are any of you the driver of the 300ZX that followed me in my red 306 and what I think from the lights was an old Porsche down the A303, through Yeovil and then Dorchester direction, actually you overtook and lost me coming out of Yeovil. Car looked fairly standard and had the arse out on every corner :D Was about 2-3 weeks ago now... just remembered to ask ;)

Hello :) Thanks for reporting back, one question is when you say the Z has performance over the Bimmer how so and at what speeds/situations? Off the line? I doubt it, rolling from 50 maybe? Is it like a lot of things, maybe the M3 makes the speed more effortless or less scary :D and so seems slower? I don't wanna come up against an M3, try it on because you said better performance and then be embarrased :D

He tells a good story too, to me it looked like he was lying every other sentence, like a little kid tells stories. Don't know what to make of it.

I'm starting to wonder if I really want a 300zx, seems when you buy one you look for arguments and like to fight :)

OMG that car is *almost* perfect. Do you know any more about it or have a shot from the front please? Cheers! Another reason to buy a 2+0... :rolleyes: Not looking forward to it, I bet the insurance is like £500 more.

It's like a playground *sigh*

http://www.autotrader.co.uk just search for a 300zx and stick in manual in the keywords, there are about 12 in the country at the moment :)

Heed these peoples advice, I'm 19 and about to step up to a 300zx and to be honest it's probably not a wise decision, I intend to get in some track days and have done some skid pan work but I wouldn't say I was a good driver. My first two years have been in a 1.8 306 and that is probably a much more forgiving car! I've bombed around in Golf GTis and 3.0 Senators and the 306 so far has been the kindest to me. Guaranteed you will cock up at some point and thank **** I was in my 306 and not the Senator. I just hope I stay ok in the Z, I'm quite mellow now. As for going on your dads insurance, bad move imho. You crash, chances are you won't get a decent pay out and NCB is the best thing ever, just 2 yrs NCB took my premium from £1500 to £700 and this year it'll be about £300. Worth doing. Good luck and take it easy, oh and don't race a Nova, ever, just relax knowing you could make him look silly, Novas are dangerous :D

Hi :) Yeah that's what I thought :) I'll figure out some info on it and post on the Z club board :) Cheers

Hey call me sad again and it'll be a Russ only thread! Hang on, how sad would that be? :rolleyes: :P :) Found a 2+0 that sounded good, but its £6.7k :( Bugger me!

I think I heard something? Like someone else trying to post? No I didn't...

Well I made a decision and 2+2 it is. Cheaper for me, I get to remove the back seats and fit in my choooons and still retain a boot :) The main reason is oneday I will try out the top speed and I'm gonna need all the stability I can get. After I have it looking pretty I will then get onto traction control, uprating brakes, suspension, bla bla oh and fitting a little switch like the us version to stiffen the rear suspension. Then I can play boost :D Cheers

Ooh ooh before you sleep. Thanks for you help and advice, mucho appreciated. One thing, when did series 2 come in? I will try to aim for after this date. Thanks v much oh and grey, hmm it's not black but it's close :)

Ok well although I wasn't really worried too much you have put my mind at rest. I just photshopped the car I love without the aluminium rear wing and it looks just as good, just different, so I might skip the rear wing :) Oh I want one now! I want to clean it and fiddle with it. Gotta go try and take my mind off things. I wanna start asking questions about wheel sizes, fitaments, tyre choices etc etc but it seems a little pointless at the moment :rolleyes: I wish it were monday tomorrow! (mad I know) so I could ring the insurance man. I think I would be happy with a 2+2 actually, I can take out the rear seats and put some more sound system in :D Although I think its 200kg heavier and thats hard to reduce from somewhere else. Gotta be a manual tho, no matter how much traffic I'm in nowadays. Plenty of time for autos when I have my Bentley :P Cheers

Well I'm off to play Natural Selection now (online game), here's my autotrader link, http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_search.asp?modelexact=1&make=NISSAN&min_pr=&postcode=ta6+6tj&source=0&model=300+ZX&max_pr=5000&sort=3&variant=&mileage=&miles=1500&photo=1&keywords=manual&agerange=&max_records=50&search.x=21&search.y=13 hope it will work for you guys, this is just anything under 5k thats manual in the country. The black one at the top looks nice, but £3.5k, surely something wrong with it or 300k on the clock. Cheers all

Hmm I'm for and against a t-bar, yes nice in summer and if I wanna do a fast and the furious jump from the car to a lorry I can but it might also mean leaks and I wonder how good things are when you crash or if the body will flex any more? Hmm Was the t-bar an optional extra? Cheers

That was it! I remembered why I went against a 3000gt now, loss through transmission. :) Yeah I LOVE this car http://www.zcentre.co.uk/gallery/photos/046l.jpg And the wing really does make the car, I think it might be the last thing I do because if I like it without BRILLIANT, and it'll probably make the car slightly slower too. And yes it screams towny roy bacer and there are some really nasty cheap ones glued on old cavaliers and novas but oh well :) Cheers

Hi, Oh no my mechanic skills go no where near engines :) I'm just not thick and can do the obvious bits :) I meant if I bought this front corner Z I could probably do most of the fixing myself and then take it somewhere to get it finished :) I hope it's black! Yes I was typing a reply as you were :D

Hi, Oh yes gonna leave the performance mods for a long while! I think it might scare me enough standard :) Gonna make it look pretty first and get my sound installed and trimmed, thats enough to keep me broke for the next few years as is. Luckily any mod so long as it doesn't make it faster is free on my insurance :D I'm not sure the company likes imports tho so I will have to see. Like you said tho that £1k might be an excellent deal, I will find out. And the RAC man idea is a good call, although a few hundred is pricey, might try for an experience mechanic and Z person first, although I suppose the RAC bit does give you a come back if it is crabbing when you fix it. Man I'm itching to do something :) Have been eyeing up Mitsu 3000gts too but I think the 300zx is maybe the better of the two, £££ wise especially, but theres something about a giant rear wing on it that makes me want one where as a standard 300zx isn't totally my bag standard. Hmmm Cheers

Hey cheers for that :) Your car looks v clean! I really want a black car, and I do like the looks of the 2+2 as much as the 2+0 but "apparently" (opens doors for LOTS of flaming) the straight 2 seater is a little quicker, which it is I bet, noticeably, probably not. Anyway I fancied a straight 2 seater, but I'm not totally set on it. You can find a lot of examples for 3k - 5k and I'm a pretty handy mechanic so fixing things and messing around isn't a problem so if I can find a £3k car with a couple niggles I can solve, or maybe in need of new parts I will change anyway then I'm up for that. Man I'm excited, my first quick car. First RWD car too so I'm gonna try to get some track days sorted. Bye bye 306, so long :D Cheers

Thats ok, I know you were not having a go but tonight my fury at poor drivers is bubbling. I would love to have had chance to ask both drivers WHY I had upset and then put them straight on whats safe, whats not and how if they aren't confident driving they shouldn't be on the road :mad: Anyway :) Well probably around £5k. I was told I could get an import for that 2+0 but I need to get insurance quotes on it first. I would prefer a UK car but when for the money you can get an example with just 40k on the clock :) I really want a good base car for hotting up and some subtle mods. Interior needs to be mint along with the engine hopefully. I HATE leaks too, lots of trouble with my pug :) I will be changing wheels, bumpers, sound system etc so those parts aren't an issue, that's why I wondered if this damaged car maybe a good deal, after all bumper will be changed and prolly intercoolers eventually so the £4k saved would go a long way. Cheers

I don't really get that, what annoys me are people who overtake at like 1mph more than what your doing or what they're overtaking. And don't get me started on motorway overtaking, people who sit in the middle lane, people who in the 3rd lane only barely overtake. People really cannot drive :) People who brake when a car comes from the opposite direction, and people who don't understand roundabouts and cut me up, that really gets on my tits. And people who tailgate! That's the worst.

Ok well :) One I would never overtake just to make up one car space, what's the point. I only overtake in safe places to make progress, if your doing 80 I won't overtake to make a point. I'm quite sensible :) I wouldn't speed in a 30 or 40mph zone either. Also I don't drive dangerously. Nothing more annoying than someone taking up your safety space between you and the car infront. Also before I overtake I'm not on the persons arse, you can't see to overtake that way :D