nickz32

Due to the suprisingly good attendance, considering the poor weather and short notice, and after lengthy talks with the land lord (Christian) whilst consuming LOTS of beer,there will now be a monthly Jap meet at the Phoenix Inn on the FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. So, onto the details: 3rd February from 4pm The Phoenix Inn London Road Phoenix Green Hartley Wintney Hampshire RG27 8RT Here is a link to the pubs web site, which has got a map to help with those not local to the area. http://www.phoenixinn.co.uk/index.html The pub has a long standing tradition of holding car club meets, ranging from the Model T owners club to the Holden Owners Club. Its kiddy friendly, and serves outstanding food. Any questions, dont hesitate to post on here, and I hope to see you there Nick

Let us know when your all sorted fella, Ill pop down and say Hi

good to hear it fella

Just been browsing theyre site, and found a thread by hot300zx, which has got a link to a japanese 300zx site for parts. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.z32-zone.com/z32_mainte_menu/z32_dressup_menu.htm Theyre alot of good little bits on here, maybe usefull for some nick

Athene, when youve got 5 minutes spare when your not herding your goats, can you MSN me, just want to run something past you Nick

just done a compairson with the 300 and a GTR, as expected, the 300 requires considerably less horse power across the range to achive the same speeds

Cool, will be good to see you again bud. Im in the process of sorting another meet at the Phoenix again, ill post it up when ive got dates sorted Nick

They look like Skyline GTR front seats.... Do they fit easily into the zed, and are they electric like the zed???

I think the leather/alcantara mix is the one to have! Leather on the outside of the seat (bolsters etc) and alcantara for the inners. Would love to be able to have the cash to go the whole hog on a retrim! would finish any car off soooooo nicely!

Shame im not in the market, Nige's is a nice example. Whats wrong with the MR2? Ill give you a bell close to the time fella, will be good to catch up

Yes mate, im making an effort with this one as it falls on one of my days off for a change! Why's nige selling up?

I know how its feels, when i had the first of my 205 GTi's i was driving through aldershot on the way home from a mates in the early hours of the morning. Was traveling at a sensible speed, came up to a roundabout, all was well, and as i exited the r'bout onto the dual carrigeway the back end went out REALLY quickly with no warning, did a complete 360 spin and kept going in the direction i was heading. all i could say was something along the lines of "WTF happened then????" i was completely confused for about half an hour. Must have hit deisel or something. Was an interesting experience to say the least. I span the zed a few times messing about on roundabouts, and it wasnt a shock cos i was kinda expecting it, but when it happens when youve done nothing to provoke loosing stability in a car, it doesnt half mess your head up!

Thanks for all the kind words people. To be honest i was expecting to get slated for going down the whole compensation route. If this whole saga doesnt improve my patience, then i dont know what will! Cheers again Nick

Peeps, Ive noticed a distinct lack of notices letting people know when the reading jap meets are taking place, so i thought id take it upon myself to give everyone loads of notice for the next one. Same location as per usual: Jnc 11 M4 and head towards Reading Town Centre along the A33. It is located on the same Retail Park as B&Q, in front of Reading Madjeski Football Stadium Starts at 6:00 - 6:30 till around 9:00. Feedback from mates who go seem to think its back up to its former glory. Lets make the zed presence known Nick

Ive been really bored today, what can i say!

Yes mate, as far as im aware. Ive got my FireBlade and a daily driver both insured with them

Yeah and his arse was doing this O o O o O o O o O at about 7,000rpm

Cheers guys. Its just so bloody frustrating when you get your hopes up, only for them to be shot down in flames.

Alright fella, try Keith Michaels mate, theyve always been the best for me, very competative. http://www.keithmichaels.co.uk/ Hope all is well Nick

:hurl: why did i think it would be alright to keep eating my bacon sarnie while watching that???

Cheers poppet

I just want to start off by saying, that i know the whole compensation culture thing is a very hot topic for some, and some people will probably disagree with the morals of the subject. But at the end of the day its a decision ive made and im happy with. If you want to slate the whole compensation culture thing, fine i got no problem with that especially when it comes down to the sort of people who fake whiplash to get a bit of cash, but lets not make this personal shall we. Im not writing this in order to seek sympathy, purely to express the disappointment of not being able to get a zed for the foreseeable future. Long and short of it is that i had a nasty accident a few years ago where i ended up with a serious knee injury that will require reconstructive surgery of the joint and ligaments/tendons surrounding it, which is penned in for the next few months. At the time I had a reasonable sum of money, which i had saved up, that i had reserved for a new car. Because Jodie had to look after me 24/7 for the first 3 or 4 months of the rehab process, she took a career break of sorts to look after me, and the money that i had saved up was used to keep a roof above our head and food in the fridge (something im sure all of us would do given the scenario). For me this was a big dissappointment as i was really looking forward to getting another car after the dissapointment of my first zed. But hey, i bit the bullet and used the money to pay bills, as anyone would. Anyway, legal advice was recommended, which i took, and civil action proceedings began. That was 2 years ago. Had a small consultation with my solicitor a week or so ago, in which i was told the claim had been filed, but it would take around another 9 months for the civil action to be completed. For Fooks Sake!. all i want is the money back that i worked my arse off for... Oh well theres sweet FA i can to speed that up. So i thought id do a small remortgage and use a tiny amount of the equity in the house.... Nope. Key workers duely stopped that from happening as im not close enought to the end of my current mortgage contract. Arse....again! So once again im about as close to zed ownership as Britney is to her kids.... Fooking miles away. bugger.

Or you could go one step further and ceramic coat them :D

Is that before or after we slit their throats and stick them in a frying pan?