Janus

Ok cool, what's the meet up time? Its only 10 mins from us

Hi from another newbie! Had my Z 4 days now :wub:

We can def make it - but can I just ask what happens on these meets? Been to couple of cruises starting at Teesside Park, was all rather boyed up corsas doing donuts etc, not my scene at all! Do we just hang out, talk cars?

Sooty Hunt here, sounds like rhyming slang!!! lmao

Looks flippin mint!

Sure, will do, pm me and we'll pop over

I have a 4 year old daughter to my ex, and I speak with the boot on the other foot, because he does the absolute bare minimum with our daughter, has only just started contributing financially to her upbringing despite us splitting 2.5 years ago, and when he does have our daughter he usually lets his mam take care of her. Anyway, I would agree with what the others have said, which is that, if you can get the time off work, do, because I think its great that you do spend time with your kids and enjoy the time you have with them. Might be an appropriate time for you to discuss with your ex about being flexible tho and pointing out to her that it should be a quid pro quo arrangement and that you would appreciate her taking a more flexible approach to access times etc. Its sad when dads don't wanna spend time with their kids - I can't understand why my ex wants to have the bare minimum contact with our girl. Fortunately my boyfriend is really good with her and pretty hands on and she loves him to bits. hope you sort it Jane

What's the rolling road day Jan? I'd love to get my z on a rolling road, find out what she's pushing out at the moment - would make it a starting point for any future engine mods! J

Cheers Dave, very helpful Ps, sorry for the noob type questions

Cheers Dave, very helpful

As gorgeous as she is, I have discovered a couple of niggly issues. I seem to have managed to blow both headlight bulbs whilst trying to work out how to put on full beam last night - bit of a worry that there's an underlying electrical fault. Every time I brake, there is a red light that comes on the dash saying "lights". This might be entirely normal for a Z or it could be related to the above issue. Marc checked the fuses for me and they looked ok but we'll change them anyway, and fit new headlight bulbs. Are there generally many electrical issues with a Z? There is a 5p piece size bit of pearl lacquer missing off the roof - so the yellow paint underneath is bare. I won't be driving her in the wet if possible and she is garaged but I would want to get that sorted asap. Anyone with a pearl yellow Z on here who can advise re this? Someone else noticed the roof strips were silver - it seems someone has picked off the black stuff to reveal the chrome underneath so that will need sorting too - again, not sure where to get this done. The bodywork on the whole is really good for an 18 year old car, tiny scratches, dings but not even the tiniest amount of rust which is fab. The ICE - nice Sony X-Plod stereo but the standard speakers are dire and the rear ones don't appear to work at all. All sounds rather tinny and lacking in chunky bass (I like to feel my music from the inside lol) Air-con - definitely needs re-gassing. Can this be done by a local air con specialist or is it more complex than this? I know the gas in my MR2 was obsolete and getting it regassed was an expensive business (I just used the T top on it but as the Z is a slicky, I gets a bit warm in there!!) Er, I think thats it for now! cheers Jane

Damn it, can't view the pics from work as the site is blocked - will look tonight when I'm home - glad you got it sorted tho Jane

Have you already tried Flory's in town? They're usually pretty good....

Ah, in which case you almost certainly will, she's hard to miss lol! And we drive out by Salty and Redcar fairly often

Yes, picked it up from Leeds on Tuesday but she's in Teesside now so don't think there's much chance you'll see her locally to you! But thanks, she is a really lovely car - just not enough hours in the day to play with her at the moment!!

I'd like to come, what sort of time? We'll be coming from Middlesbrough

AHEM! Each to their own and all that :tt2:

http://www.totb.co.uk/events/ Only to view, not to take part - I quite fancy it! Jane

Bloody phillistines!!! I think its a lush colour! Cheers re the wheels, I think they're mint too

I'm up for that

I love the colour, its so lary lol. Also love the wheel :wub:

Cool, sounds good, when are you getting it sprayed? Aerial extends no prob, haven't really found any issues with the car yet, apart from the air con prob needs regassing. Re the pics, get a photo bucket account for free, upload your pics and then copy and paste the img code into your post and the pics appear!

Wondered what the hell that was - why the hell was it there in the first place?! Can I just put it in the dustbin?

We're in Marton!Any pics of yours?

Few more pics :blushing: Thanks for all your comments, een for a good drive out in her today, wow! She is AWESOME.....hope this feeling doesn't wear off any time soon!