RichardS

Yup - what Alan said....^^^ :rofl:

At the Transport Museum - see this thread matey.... http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?174817-The-300zx-co-uk-25th-anniversary-of-the-Z32-celebration-event And as you're local, you have no excuse...:wink: Richard:cool:

LOL - so true Si...... .....Especially the latter bit for "some" people who Lexx indirectly referred to earlier; for very good reason I might add....!!!

Nice one matey - I look forward to seeing you (and your Z) there!! Richard:thumbup:

I liked the Monaro when they were current and thought of buying one then.... Fortunately I didn't as it would have depreciated to buggery in a short while. They do, however, look a bargain now for what you get. Would I buy one now? No, probably not. If I wanted to satisfy my V8 craving, it would have to be a decent Porsche 928 s4 or GT/GTS. Richard:cool:

That's because your DoB is not included in your profile Alex..... How would we know mate....:wink:

Ditto..... .....Do you think you'll have it ready for JAE this year mate..... Or will Graham get his car sprayed before yours is finally ready....:biggrin:

Seconded.....:thumbup:

Seems to make sense.... ..... The one that gets me most though, is the happy birthday section. When someone gets a birthday wish thread, I do find it a bit rude that people have visited the page but cannot be bothered to add their own good wishes to it. If you don't want to post on it, don't visit - you know who's birthday it is from the thread title!!! Although I do accept that the majority of people (especially those under 40) probably visit the forum via their smart phone at various points during the day - and posting is not always easy via that medium....:wink: Richard:cool:

Welcome to the club mate - and that's a fine looking Z you have purchased!! Richard:thumbup:

Hi Chris, You're right - you have not received a membership reminder........ Because your membership is not due to expire until August 10th!!! But so long as your profile is kept up to date with your latest e-mail address, the forum software should automatically generate one - we cannot possibly send out manual reminders to everyone and have to rely on the V-Bulletin facility to do it for us...:wink: Lee was indeed updating the classified sections earlier as the new "for sale" system just was not working - we thought members would prefer it if we switched back to the old system for the time being as it was much more user friendly. Especially for more (ahem) long standing members...:sailor: Good to see you back though mate - and I never did get that PM from you regarding your facebook message. Feel free to contact me on here when you're ready!! Richard:thumbup:

Another valid point there too..... We only cater for a single marque of which there are an increasingly fewer number on the road; hence fewer members. Also we have several members who have been around for 10 years plus and (ahem) getting older themselves; so spending time at a PC is perhaps less appealing. Same goes for meets - we have a (potential) large turnout for the 25th bash in Coventry but JAE will probably yield around 30-ish cars. And look at the very low take up on here for Japfest - Steve Burns put in so much effort to attract interest here but it did not happen! There are 1000s of Z33s on the road - and traffic on the Mercedes forum (when I care to look) is immense; but that caters for every model and age of Merc, car or van, so there are many thousands of members! And let's not forget, the prophecy is self fulfilling - as posts dwindle, there is nothing new to look at or respond to, so posts dwindle..... And so on!! Which is why we are always open to suggestions and ideas - we have to keep things fresh to stimulate interest; but not move so far away from what we do best, that we drive away the more long standing members who like things as they always were....:sailor: Richard:cool:

Yes, yes and yes.... It's funny how interest in this (and no doubt other car-related forums) does indeed go in cycles.... Richard:cool:

LOL - but yeah; when Gaz said....:thumbup:

Yes - I believe they are very good..... .....Although I'm not sure I'd warrant the extra cost for normal road use..:wink:

Yup - that's the fella....:wink:

Agreed - go for it Lance!! Richard:thumbup:

Great news Bob..... ....And thread now closed for you mate!! Richard:thumbup:

Indeed - never use Google searches to "suggest" such important web pages; as they are well used/abused by scammers. Instead just make sure you always type in the proper web address - or click the link from DVLA's home page! Richard:cool:

Many happy returns mate - have a great day!! Richard:happybday:

Agreed - for normal road use the Brembo pads off Ebay are perfect! Brembo quality for pennies effectively. Mintex pads can be had off there for the same sort of price too - and they are just as good.... Richard:cool:

Maybe Greg - but I have nothing against change, providing it's for the better..... What's bothering me about it, is the sheer time the process is currently taking - if having everything done at Swansea speeded up the process so that it was all done on some state of the art computer system in a matter of 1-2 days; fair enough. But nothing has improved since last summer when all the local offices closed - and Swansea is STILL taking the thick end of a month to process a reg plate assignment!! They should have their act together by now. I would like to collect my new car - but cannot as the previous owner's paperwork is not back from DVLA; the dealer would like me to collect it so they can have their money from me (and the space on their forecourt for another car); and I want to secure my own retention document so that my old car can be safely sold (and I can have my money back in the bank). And even then it's not over - I will be collecting the new car with its "normal" 'plate; so I'll have to wait whilst DVLA pisses about for another month, when I send off the paperwork to assign my private reg to the new car.....:mad: There is no need for the process to be so protracted nowadays.....!! And if anyone here works for the DVLA, please do see if there is anything you can do to move my paperwork along a bit.... I'll be most grateful:wink:

Possibly - although if you fail to tell the DVLA you have sold the vehicle, then you will remain liable for the RFL.... So I guess there is some truth in it; and it would encourage people to keep DVLA promptly informed of any changes. But despite the enforcement of new regulations, roadside number plate recognition cameras and the ability to keep everything in live "real time" at DVLA, they STILL seem to be making a right hash of personalised reg transfers at the moment.... In the old days, you could walk into the local VRO and do it over the counter in less than an hour.... .....Then you had to post or deliver everything to the local office and wait a week.... Now? Well, since the local offices have closed, everything goes to Swansea and they take bloody weeks to do it. So much for progress...:nono: There is absolutely no reason why it cannot be done on their vast, sophisticated computers in a day or two. Instead, I have to put my 'plate on retention - and wait weeks for the documents to come back before I can sell my car. And the new car I am buying must remain in some far corner of the dealership until the documents come back from DVLA, where the previous owner is retaining their own personal 'plate:mad: I want my new car NOW - but cannot see why DVLA is taking so much time to execute a relatively simple task. Like everything else since technology has improved, many simple processes now take days rather than hours - WHY???? Or am I just impatient:wink: Richard:clover:

Whilst we all know that there will no longer be the requirement to display a tax disc from 1/10/14, I have only just read that the road tax does not remain with the vehicle when you sell it.... .....Once you notify DVLA, you get an automatic refund of the unused duty and the new owner then has to re-purchase their own RFL...!! I suppose it does make sense to do it that way:wink:

My thoughts too.... ....I assume there must be a relay as well; probably something simple like that! Richard:cool: