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Unfortunatly there are a few where people have just been so unlucky with thier car, thinking I have been one of the luckist. Dispite what people say these are great cars, which have lasted over 10 years and will need lots of TLC to make the next 10 years, but they will make it and make it well. Stuart

Its a very strange area as the 300ZX is said to be the first Supercar to come out of Japan. Do you count the Porsche 911 as a Supercar? But the 300ZX will out perform it.

At the bottom of page where you post there is a part that says Attach File and a browse button. Click browse and select the file. You can only do 1 per post. Stuart

I would go for the manual because I love the blue on the Z.

Super car is light weight sacrifising comfort for praticality Grand Tourer high power but sacrifises weight and thus performance for practicallity and comfort. As for the Testarossa v Countash. I would have a Countash, I dont really rate Ferrari's they are common as much, sorry to say. I have seen maybe 5 or 6 Lamborghini in my whole life, while I have seen at least 5 Testarossa's well over 20 Ferrari 360 to name but a few. But looking at Lamborghini prices, you can get a Diablo for just over £50,000 which is nearly a 1/4 of what it cost originally and a Countash for £36,000 which is over a 1/4 of its originall price, and these are high desirable Italian Supercars. I would also agree with the Aston Martin V12 or Vanquish being a GT. It weighs over 2 tonnes for god sake. ;) Stuart

Yes but there you are compairing a what originally cost £30,000 Japanese production line made car, against a £180,000 hand built Italian car. And even look at the old Countash. That is ugly as hell and the preformance it not that much, if any, better than the ZX. Stuart

Its because they cost so much to run and Nissan are not well known for sports cars. Most people know of the Supra and Toyota are better known for making sports cars, with Celica series, MR2 series, Supra series and others which I cant think off, but all makes are well known. Mitsubish has more of a pedagree with sports cars, Lancer Evo series, Starion, GTO, FTO and even the Galant which also came out in a turbo version. What as Nissan got? The Z series where most people think they stopped that by the 70's and most dont know the 300ZX existed. Pulsar, which is a Turbo Sunny, not many around and have a bad reputation of being a boy racer car. Skyline, not that known outside Japan and out side of car fans. Ask an every day person about a Skyline and they would never heard of it. As a person about a Celica or MR-2 and they know what you mean. Ask them about a FTO and they know what you mean. But ask the average Jo who makes a Skyline, ZX or Pulsar and they would most probably not know. When people go out to look for a fast car, they dont think of 300ZX cos they may not know about it, so prices are lower to entice people to buying them. Also the market is now saturated with imports. So really the price of ZX are so cheap in the UK is because the Imports are cheap. In the US a TT will still go for $14,000 to $25,000. I read one post of some one importing a 2+2 TT (Very rare in the US) from Japan for and it cost him less than $8,000 and they where gobsmacked, but didnt like the idea of right hand drive. I think Nissan have cut off thier own nose in the UK. These powerful cars are here, but they are not advertiesed, so no knows of them. In the US there where about 8 different adverts for the 300ZX, the where 0 in the UK. I have seen 4 or so different ones for the 350Z, and I bet none are shown over here. When I was looking for a new car, I looked at the 200SX and I know that there was a Nissan 300 something and nothing else. Stuart

The Oil sender is a straight swap and dont use the stock one but keep hold of it for when you get T-Peice for it that will fit, there is no real need for the stock one. I wanted both on but the T-Piece was too long. The water temp, the one on the left with the yellow clip is for the ECU. I tried putting it to that and the car wouldnt start and when it did start ran like a bag of poo. The one on the right is purely the dash, and mine has been reading perfectly with my water gauge connected to this. Of course I have nothing to verify it with but its reading normal operational temperatures. If you need any help send me an email and I will give you my phone number if you want

The ones at work are forever overheating. Could that be the problem?

Hmmmm, this may answer the reason why I get a small puddle of water in my exhaust tips. :( Does it sound like my head gasket is going? But I can understand 1 going then the other. I get a puddle of water in both, which implies both sides are going which is very strange. Stuart

Interesting that I noticed your MPG went up after you got new O2 sensors, and it wasnt for just 1 or 2 trips, everything after the sensors has a higer MPG. Stuart

The last time I went on a long drive and took notice of when MPG I did with the fillup drive and fill up method, I got 27mpg, and that was driving round Wales to the rally, where it was 70mph motorway, and then lots of hard acceleration over taking slower cars, like escorts, focus's and subarus ;), along the twisty roads. And all that includes a maximum speed of 115mph in de-wales. All in all it really surprised me, as most of my journies are usually small ones where I get about 16mpg. Stuart

I get 16-18 round town, 25 motorway doing 80ish 28 motorway doing 70ish Never tied to stay at 60mph to see what MPG I get. I get tempted to floor it too easliy. Stuart

When I first start up it disapears, but the smoke that occurs after driving for a while lingers around. I only really noticed it when the wind was coming from behind and all the smoke blew to the front of the car. Stuart

No probs.

I just had a look in the FAQ, and white smoke when you start up is condensation and should go by the time the engine reaches 80-90C. But my engine hardly ever gets that temp. It also says after 10-15 mins it could be the Fuel Pressure Regulator Diaphragm, which sounds about right cos my car always smells of petrol. Stuart

My car has been standing for about a week now and I have been expecting plumes of blue smoke to come out, but nothing, just white. Ever since I had my Z when I pull off I always get a small puff of white smoke and thats in, nothing else. I just thought that it was only moisture in the exhaust coming out. Now I still get the puff of white smoke when I pull off, but I have noticed it appearing when I am sitting in traffic. What could that be. Its not blue/purple/grey, its white. Any suggestions? Stuart

I have seen 3 Z's on there, Silver one, may be you, yellow one but its not the stock yellow, and a black one. Stuart

Best to right click SaveAs here. Its the 12mb version. Pain for dailups but worth the extra few meg for the sound quality and vid size. Stuart

I will up load it and post the link for you.

What colour is you Z? I have seen a few Z's going too and from Manchester on the A580. Stuart

Im with you James

I feel sorry for the wife too. She going to have to cope with having a broken spine while alone in the house.

Are you sure its an uprated oil cooler? The UK ones have one but the Jap ones dont, or its in another location. I had a K&N filter for my Z but it was designed for the US Z which doesnt have an oil cooler in the way and didnt fit. Stuart

If you can get a train to Wigan I could give you a lift down, but it depends on what time you are talking as I am busy at 3 O'Clock till about 5-6. Stuart