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I see what you mean. Maybe bronze on red car would look quite nice. Poss better than silver.

To actually answer the question (I know this breaks forum rules), it depends. My silver S1 JDM TT 2+2 = silver decal My blue S3 JDM NA 2+2 = no decal at all My sonic silver S6 VS JDM NA 2+2 = black decal JDM 1999 brochure shows 2 with silver decal You pays yer money and takes yer choice. BTW, nothing wrong with the honourable name "Fairlady". Not only Audrey Hepburn (not my type but very stylish) but also:

Done, AndrewG, thanks.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/may/15/madbid-discount-auction-website-most-complained-company

All 36 pages... well it would have been but it's 14MB and too big for the forum upload. Anyone got somewhere I can upload it to?

Ta da http://s95014253.onlinehome.us/63104/13701.html

If anyone thinks Christopher Lee is really dead, they haven't seen enough of his films... PS apparently, he was Ian Fleming's preference for Dr No.

One of the signs of a proper pub is that the gents is outside :D http://twobrewerswindsor.co.uk/ cheers all.

Cheers chaps - pub lunch organised by the better half so that's me sorted for the day :pint:

Excellent day for a birthday :)

apart from the dreadful music, fashion and politics :D :thumbup1: just check out the description: Australian car, genuine 50th Anniv, not messed around, not your everyday Z31. Hope it finds a genuine collector to appreciate it.

Well, they're incompetent. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?173400-Titanium-key&highlight=key+cut Mine were done by Timpsons without a problem.

And for those who don't know: titanium = original black = spare but opens everything like the titanium red = valet = door locks and ignition only http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?products_id=21 difference between black and red http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?150218-Titanium-loveliness-from-Aruba&p=1513199&viewfull=1#post1513199 http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?150218-Titanium-loveliness-from-Aruba&p=1513221&viewfull=1#post1513221

You can check your SORN status here https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla

Just what we needed: a clear, independent and understandable summary of the different transport polices that we have to choose between on Thursday. http://sniffpetrol.com/general-election-2015-those-transport-policies-in-full/#.VUiGCLl0xhF (Sorry, Gary, no input from Norn Iron as yet.)

Should be closer to home http://www.300zx-twinturbo.com/ in fact I saw lymon on here yesterday, from memory (hi Eric).

That's a bit of a bargain. Hope the new owner puts the front wheels on the right sides :)

Right click, Save picture as (stuck it on the desktop), Preview, use rotate icon to get it round the other way up, back to forum and upload pic. That's for Windoze anyway. Cheers. Better get back to work now....

Mike Feeney http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?38-MJP-Eastern-auto can supply Brembos or OEM front and rear for TT or NA. (Early NAs were different but soon changed to same as TT). Here's mine as fitted last week: I measured them and they are indeed 280mm dia. Also 30mm thick. (Front OEM calipers - drop in replacement Brembo disks)

They're km, actually, but still, one of the benefits of Z as daily driver is you get to enjoy it every day :D

Quite understandable but you can have fun with an auto as well. Thruxton with the blue NA Auto:

You can use the auto stick shift if you want to control the gears. Interesting article on our autoboxes here: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/nissan-automatic-transmissions.html Jatco is a spin off of Nissan and a bit of Mitsubishi and makes loads of 'boxes so any competent auto box works should be able to cope. TT auto is 4R03 NA auto is RE4R01A US parts http://www.makcotransmissionparts.com/RE4R01A.html and link to exploded diag http://www.makcotransmissionparts.com/mm5/graphics/Catalog-pdf/RE4R01A.pdf Even a UK Jatco source http://www.sussexautos.co.uk/jatco.php who can service Remanufactured boxes from US http://www.certifiedtransmission.com/nissan/300zx/ in stock (guess shipping would be a lot). *crossing fingers* I have done over 110,000 miles in 2 autos and not had a box problem. Change the fluids and follow maintenance and don't abuse. If there is a problem (and I hope there isn't) then I'm fairly confident of finding someone competent to fix. And if I were into upgrading, I'd be tempted to look further into some of those "you can upgrade your auto transmission" tips in that article to get the box to handle whatever was being done to the engine. A few years back, Maciej sold a "Shift At Will" kit to add paddle shift to autos http://www.ess-racing.com/ but his site hasn't been updated in a while. http://tech.aus300zx.com/saw/saw.htm

Sometimes it seems that the first thing anyone does to an auto is stuff a manual box from a breaker of unknown parentage in it (and, of course, parts like that are coming from an impeccably maintained donor car). So why would anyone keep an auto - and an NA one at that? Well, let me start by saying my favourite 300 is a TT Manual. But with a London daily commute, the petrol consumption was expensive and the heat under the bonnet in everyday's traffic jam A40/Hanger Lane nightmare wasn't doing the loom, hoses etc any favours. Plus a damaged left knee was finding the same traffic jams a bitch. Mr F had some words of wisdom along the lines of "there's less to go wrong with an NA" and he's right: not just no turbos and all that plumbing but no HICAS. And some empty space where the turbos / plumbing go on a TT helps keep it a little cooler under bonnet. And, fingers crossed, touch wood (always necessary with a Z) he's been proven right. Now on my 2nd NA Auto, it's clearly a balance that suits me. Even as an auto, 24.5mpg on a usual 50 mile daily in/out of London traffic hell commute. My TT was getting 20/22 on the same grind. It's quick if you use the flappy thing under your right foot and the power switch helps as well. But mostly every day driving doesn't need it and it's quite happy to burble around at legal town speeds and is very civilised. I've had to do several 400 mile day trips (Exmoor and back) and that just underlines the Z's competence as a Grand Tourer coupe (which was part of the original design concept anyway). I once had a few days in a TT Auto and loved it. Give it some right foot on an empty road, wait just a bit for the revs to build and ye gods - warp drive, just hang on for grim death and no need to let go of the wheel to change gears (just as well) as the horizon (and next ditch/tree) snaps towards you. Great fun. The NA Auto is a tad less extreme and, for me, means I get the fun of empty road, floor it and enjoy the ride more often. There's not quite so much "hang on for grim death" and a bit more of "feel the revs build, listen to the noise, enjoy the rush" and a little less white knuckle - so I get to do it more. The NA Z is just as much a Z32 as the others - but it is a distinct flavour. Slightly less hairy chested, slightly more subtle and well worth a second glance.

A benefit of proper maintenance - thanks, Ben and Eurospec - another year, another MOT. Look at all those advisories :D Plus shiny new front Brembos for less than half the price of Nissan. So what with that and the new cambelt, tensioners and whatnot, I think I mght be stuck with the old girl for a few thousand more miles yet. The joy of stock!

Changed a bulb! It may not be much but at least I did it myself. Have to rely on real people like Eurospec to do the cambelt, disk change and MOT.