StephenL

I suspect this will be the option. Although I will spend the time shopping wisely as I have naught but time.

Do you often have it in pieces? :( Turns out Footman James won't touch me until I am 25 (which isn't a big deal as that like... 5 months) but still irksome, I am also getting the feeling that a lot of classic insurers are similar. Boo.

POSTS GALORE! I was only away 3 days D: This thread has pretty much cemented for me, the belief that a 300ZX would not be a bad thing. Having read the posts regarding the insurance, the option of having it as a second car definitely seems to be the right choice but whether or not it is financially viable - we shall see! Thank you for the welcomes and the advice :) @N300TT - CL was the first place I complained about his influence on my spending habits haha. @OSTY1 - not too far from me then, I also live on Anglesey! Although nowhere near as North as Valley,.

Z32Bolt - as a matter of habit, I always spend times on forums. It's the best place to learn about anything! I have had a look round and there really is everything. I would trust a sub 1k 300ZX as far as I could push it, it's just one of those cars that you'd never expect to find in those brackets. I didn't know about the classic insurance though! That has certainly skewed things in its favour. Can you suggest any good insurers? (I have no points or crashes to my name, so insurance is always rather kind, in that respect). One thing I am curious about, that could probably be sorted without its own thread is the throttle response on the ZX. I found my friends n/a a bit lethargic when it came to the loud pedal. I figured that without any turbo chargers or anything, the reponse would be immediate as it opened but it did seem like it was sticking a bit. It could very well just be that he has a sticky throttle but I wondered if lethargic throttles was just how it is? Between the N/A and TT, it will require thinking about. I have always stood by the motto 'it's easier to turbo a manual than to manual a turbo' (having built a couple of manual Lexus Soarers, it is indeed true haha) and as I have seen, Manual Turbo 300ZX's are pretty thin on the ground. I suspect, when the time comes, I may buy from the forum as at least I know it's a cherished car :) Thanks for the welcomes!

Has yet to be purchased... sad times on that front. I originally fell in love with the 300ZX when I was about 7 and then completely put them out of my mind until I rediscovered them at 18 but by that point they were way too expensive and I was far too young to have one and yet again... I forgot about them. Two weeks ago my best friend bought a non turbo manual, unbeknownst to me. So everything changed when I pulled up at his house to see; That childhood dream in the flesh. For a little while, I hoped it wouldn't be as good as I was thinking it would be. I figured that considering its size and bulk that it would be vague, sluggish and I wouldn't like something about the interior. So I was given the keys and told to just take it out. Which I did and that ruined everything. Because now I really, really, really want one :angry: The 300zx was everything I hoped it would be, I want one more than I have ever wanted anything and I suspect that before I am 25 (this November) there will be one in my life. So I am here to trawl through the forum, make new friends and discover all there is about the car I fell in love 17 years ago.