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After reading some of the stories, I guess I can be quite blessed that I haven't personally had this issue. I don't really do a lot of motorway miles though.

Cause if you're over 25, you can get classic insurance on cars 20 years and older. Sometimes you need to be 28+ and the car can be 15 years old, it varies from company to company.

In my N15 Almera, unplugging the battery, pressing the brake light (until they stopped working) and waiting 10 min used to do it. I'm sure with the Z32 ECU you'd be able to do something fancy with it.

Maybe it just needs an ECU reset. If it's been used to struggle to breathe, then it won't really know that you have fitted a new air filter until it's been run for a little while. It's worth a try for nothing.

You have to wait over a week for an MOT? :| My works take bookings same day generally lol.

Without Brake light - 26590-49P00 With Brake light - 26590-30P15

They've been around for a few years but quite stealthily. They've been asking Nissan dealerships to start selling the cars, a lot of which have refused due to the clientele that Nissan offers in comparison to Infiniti. In Japan they're still branded Nissan though, it's a similar situation that Datsun had back in the day.

He can't get classic insurance due to his age though.

The light you get on the dash afaik

Annex A: Changes and Additional RfRs from 01 January 2012 Abbreviations and Definitions 1. Amended definitions for DGW and ULW 2. New definitions for a Coach and MAM (Maximum Authorised Mass) Introduction - How to use this Manual 1. Item 5 - Guidance on assessing inappropriate repairs or modifications. 2. Item 9 - Updated information on Sepcial Notices and Manual amendments Section 1 - Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment 1. New RfR for registration plate lamp(s) and the front and rear position lamps not illuminating with a single operation of the switch. Also includes end outline marker lamps on Class 5 vehicles where applicable. 2. Amended RfRs for all lamps, other than headlamps, where less than 50% of the light sources are illuminating. 3. Amended RfRs to include lamps with products on the light lens or source which adversely reduce the visibility of the lamp, or in the case of headlamps, their ability to illuminate the road ahead. 4. New note about front position lamps with a blue tint. 5. Amended RfR to include a stop lamp not working when any service brake is applied. 6. Amended RfR to clarify that a direction indicator must have over 50% obscurity before it should fail. 7. New RfRs for hazard warning lamps not fitted or inoperative. 8. Amended RfR for headlamp aim. 9. Section 1.8 on headlamp aim now includes Methods of Inspection Section 2 - Steering and Suspension 1. New RfRs for any steering and suspension ball joint dust cover failing to prevent the ingress of dirt etc. 2. New RfRs for any inappropriate repair or modification to steering linkage, power steering or suspension components. 3. Additional RfR for a steering lock stop missing where it is fitted as standard. 4. New RfR for a significant oil leak from a steering box. 5. Additional power steering RfRs for: low fluid level (where visible); pipes and hoses in poor condition or fouling, as well as misaligned or fouling components on external power steering systems. 6. A change to the criteria for assessing coil springs in that if a spring is broken at an extreme end, where it locates on the spring mount, it will not necessarily fail (See Section 2.4.C). There is also clarification that the check is a visual inspection. 7. The checks previously at Section 2.4.G.1 and 2 have been merged. 8. Checks of drive shafts now also include the condition of all coupling gaiters and any drive shaft support bearings 9. Amended RfR relating to suspension wishbone bearings (2.5.B.1a). Section 3 - Brakes 1. New RfR for a parking brake control missing or insecure, (excluding electronic parking brake controls that are not testable until April - see Annex B). 2. New RfRs for inappropriate repair or modification to a parking or service brake control as well as all mechanical brake components. 3. New RfRs for ABS systems: Any ABS component obviously missing or excessively damaged. Wiring excessively damaged. Any ABS component inappropriately repaired or modified. 4. New RfRs for a brake cable, rod or clevis joint insecure and a slack adjuster incorrectly installed or defective under mechanical braking components. 5. There has been some rearrangement of Section 3.6 so that sub-section 'A' applies to all braking systems and includes leaks, inappropriate repairs or modifications, as well as the security, condition and operation of all braking system components. 6. Checks of load sensing valves have been extended to include operation of the valve itself rather than just the linkage. 7. Dust covers on air brake actuators become testable and must be checked for presence, security and condition. 8. New RfRs for decelerometer parking brake checks if the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line. 9. Class 5 brake performance now needs to be calculated against the Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) rather than the DGW. Section 4 - Tyres 1. Specific mention of a failure for a tyre marked 'not for highway use' or similar. Section 5 - Seat Belts and Supplementary Restraint Systems (SRS) 1. New definition of 'Coach' 2. Table for seat belt requirements simplified. 3. Information about lifting folding seats to be check seat belts. 4. RfRs for cut and damaged seat belts has been combined. Section 6 - Vehicle Structure, Body and General Items 1. Definition of what constitutes as a 'body' in relation to body condition checks. 2. The driver's seat adjustment mechanism is now testable and the seat must be able to be adjusted forward and backwards and secured in the selected position. 3. New RfR for any passenger door unable to be opened from outside the vehicle using the relevant control. 4. Door hinges, catches and pillars can now be rejected if they are missing, insecure or deteriorated to the extend that a door cannot be readily opened or closed. 5. Amended information regarding some aspects of registration plates. 6. Vehicle Identification Numbers can now be rejected if they are incomplete. 7. New requirement to remove access panels, unless this requires the use of tools or specialist equipment, to facilitate the inspection of towbar components. 8. A towbar assembly can now be rejected for any inappropriate repair or modification. 9. Amended RfRs for Class 5 glazing to include rejection for a window, screen or partition missing. Section 7 - Exhaust, Fuel and Emissions 1. Exhaust system checks amended and RfRs removed, for a part of the exhaust system missing or excessively deteriorated. 2. New RfR where a catalytic converters are not fitted to vehicles subject to a full cat test. 3. For Class 5 vehicles, there is now a check to ensure that the exhaust tailpipe is not positioned so that the fumes are likely to enter the driver's or passenger area. 4. New RfR for excessive chafing or damage to fuel pipes and hoses. 5. The presence of a leak on gas powered vehicles must now be confirmed with the use of a leak detection product. 6. Diesel engine vehicles with a dual exhaust system fitted must now have the smoke assessed from both tailpipes and the readings averaged. 7. Addition of 1.5m(-1) smoke limit for vehicles first used on or after 1 July 2008. 8. Information about the action necessary when a vehicle cannot be revved to maximum RPM and also where the DSM cannot record a smoke reading. Section 8 - Driver's View of the Road 1. Testers are now permitted to remove items from the driver's view that would lead to rejection at their own discretion. Section 9 - Tricycle and Quadricycle Testing 1. New information about the operation of hazard warning lamps. 2. New RfRs for handlebars or fork yokes excessively deformed or inappropriately repaired or modified. 3. New RfRs for a service brake control missing or its mounting retaining or locking device missing or insecure. 4. New information about various types of parking brake control. Annex B: List of New Testable Components Headlamp levelling and cleaning devices when fitted for HID or LED headlamps Main beam 'tell-tale' Battery (including batteries for electric or hybrid vehicles) Electrical wiring and connectors Trailer electrical socket security and damage Operation of 13-pin trailer electrical sockets using an approved trailer socket tester Operation of the steering lock (where fitted) including that malfunction warning is not displayed for an electronic steering lock Electronic power steering malfunction warning indicator indicating a fault Electronic parking brake control and malfunction indicator lamp Electronic Stability Control (ESC) components, including the switch (if fitted) and malfunction warning Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated or inoperative Tyre PRessure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) SRS componenents including airbags, seat belt pre-tensioners, seat belt load limiters and SRS malfunction warning lamp Engine mountings Speedometer Indirect vision devices (where they replace obligatory mirrors) For Class 5 vehicles, there are also the following new components: Electronic Braking System warning device Entrance/exit steps and doors Door remote and emergency controls Door open warning devices Stairs Emergency exit signs, windows and 'break glass' hammers

Super Advan's are lovely wheels :p

I went direct to Nissan on these. I wrote the part numbers down at work, but I've since thrown the piece of paper away. There is someone who works in a Nissan parts department, maybe he will be nice enough to get them for you :)

Head gasket?

If I can get a non damaged (scabby paint) twin turbo for £750, this has to be a joke :D

I think the '07 came with a 2.3 engine, which isn't the same as the Focus that uses the 5 pot 2.5T

Quoted from another website; Continuity of towbar 13 pin electrical socket Inappropriate towbar repairs or modifications Gas leak detection spray to confirm the existence of a leak Rear passenger doors opening All door hinges, catches and pillars Catalytic converter missing Inappropriate brake system repairs or modifications Defective ABS or ESC components Battery and wiring Power steering oil level Damaged or corroded power steering pipes or hose Engine mountings Front and rear lights single operation Main beam warning light Illumination of malfunction indicator (MIL) for electronic power steering, electronic stability control, electronic park brake control, brake fluid warning lamp, tyre pressure monitoring system and air bag / pre - tensioner Driver's seat adjustment Speedometer Headlamp cleaning and self - levelling if high density discharge (HID) lamps are fitted Products on the lens that reduce light output Steering joint dust covers Inappropriate steering repairs or modifications Steering lock stops Steering box oil leakage Inappropriate suspension repairs or modifications Drive shaft support bearings and coupling gaiters At present these are still proposed changes therefore they are subject to change i was originaly quizing him about the HID's but there doesnt seem to be anything about them other than checking if the headlamp washers and self leveling work which as far as i know just requires fitment to cars registered after 2006/7.

It comes as just a flat bit of plastic otherwise I think.

Well, I should have mentioned the one I got had the high level stop light in. Without it, it's like £44.70 + VAT.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4103/photo0095wt.jpg I didn't take it off though, I bought it that way :p The strip across the rear is £120 + VAT though!

Same as above :(

I'll have a pop down if I get my new turbo's fitted. It will be a couple of weeks before it's sorted though! :(

Across the water in South Shields :) We need more activity in this region though!

I was always told to keep wiggling fingers and toes, and to rock back and forth on the balls of your feet when I was in the cadets :) Hope he gets better soon though!

Be aware that these MAY fail an MOT as of 1st Jan 2012. There are updates to come regarding the new changes, but as soon as I know, I'll pass the word on ;)