Gio

As the old proverb has it: You can kiss a nun once You can kiss a nun twice But you musn't get into the habit!

hahahahaha ROFL - TGIF!

Did you pay by credit card? If so, http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16061 If not, contact your Trading Standards office http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk Wild Turkey and TopLess advice is also top notch. HTH & Good Luck - Gio

I had a thought - checked with Trading Standards http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk and apparently this even applies to goods and services bought from foreign countries - as long as your credit card company is UK. So if you had work carried out abroad or bought something from (say) Japan over the internet and it goes wrong due to Breach of Contract, you can get your money back from the credit card co. The point about the credit card and the dodgy company being equally and severally liable is that if dodgyco does a runner leaving you hundreds of squids down, the credit card company must reimburse you. Cheers - Gio

Sounds as if we'll soon be listening to yet more "oooohh"s :D

http://www.mjpauto.com will know

hahahahaha LOL

Can't volunteer myself as I am an engineering incompetent but if you have a look at this thread http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15948 you might want to come along and chat about Zeds and meet some of us. Cheers - Gio

Wallingford - hmmmm. Is the Coach and Horses still open? Hic - Gio

Good points Stuart - I did a bit of law back in the '80s based on the Sale of Goods Act. I think this has now been superceded by various Consumer Protection Acts but don't ask me - ask a lawyer! (Or Trading Standards - they're free!) I believe that the cover for buying products is as you say. The reason I posted is that I thought services were covered as well. So when a workshop did crap work on my ZX, I wrote to the credit card people in November and called them up many times. The upshot is that they eventually started to say that it was nothing to do with them and call someone else. After hours of this runaround, it was the Trading Standards people who told me that the credit card was telling porkies. Their liability is nothing to do with insurance or chargeback or the million of things they tried to fob me off with. They are liable under the Consumer Credit Act when there is a breach of contract. I am told that they try to hide this - which is what happened to me - so I thought I would flag it up. We all need all the help we can get! :D Cheers - Gio

Reading some posts - or just living in the 21st Century - sometimes it seems that every business there is is trying to rip us off. But I just found out that there are official people whose job it is to help us out. They're called Trading Standards and to find your local one just look at http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/ I'm having a barney with a third-party who did some work on my ZX. They're saying it's someone else's fault. So I called my Trading Standards people and they told me what to do. There is such a thing as "Breach of Contract". Many things can cause this - one of which is "failing to use reasonable care and skill". And - if you pay with a credit card - the credit card company is as liable as the company who screwed up. For finer points on this, don't ask me. I'm no lawyer. But if you have a problem, call your Trading Standards people. It helps to have written and photographic evidence. Take pics before and after and tell your supplier in writing what you want. HTH - Gio

First off - never get anything on credit you can't afford. It'll all end in tears - so don't. But if you have paid over £100 for something with your credit card (not debit card or charge card), then you have a comeback if it goes wrong. Under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, the credit card company is "equally and severally liable" if there is a breach of contract on a sale. For example if you pay over £100 for mechanical work on your motor and there is a breach of contract (late delivery, departure from agreed work, not reaching agreed specs etc), the credit card company is just as liable as the company who let you down. So if the company won't cough up, the credit card has to. But they won't tell you this. If you have such a problem - call your local Trading Standards people. HTH - Gio

Greetings, fellow carbon-based bipeds, if any of you who are coming to the Essex meet this Sunday have one of the ZCentre's OEM look-alike spoilers fitted, can you let me know. I've seen these fitted really well (e.g. Jeff TT's) but would like to do a side-by-side comparison. TIA - Gio

Plus a nice silver one in up near Heathrow (but with a spiritual home in the car park of the Victoria Arms in Binfield.) And I spotted a black one outside Bagshot, a pearl one with a script-y numberplate in Slough, a white one in Slough and another silver one who seems to have disappeared recently. Cheers - Gio

Probably because no-one reported it. (There's a "report to a moderator" link over on the right.) On a wider issue, the forum is / has been going through a change from free to paid for. Some think that everything is allowable cos the internet should be about free speech. Some think that everyone needs to sign up to be a Buddha before they can post. The truth is probably somewhere inbetween. It is difficult for us moderators to decide what is allowable without reactions from members. The risk is that we start to impose our own standards on others which is not what this forum is for. If you want to kick off a debate on an other thread about what you think should / should not be "acceptable behaviour" that might be helpful. But there will be wild over-reactions so wear a thick skin. Cheers - Gio

Manual here: http://www.300zx-twinturbo.com/cgi-bin/manual.cgi It's got bits on body incl the doors. Cheers - Gio

Low posts cos of new forum - drop Craig an e-mail and / or a fiver and he can reset. BTW - hope your cheap insurance lets you change your mind and keep the Z..... Cheers - Gio

Bonnggg!

As a fully paid up Grauniad reader, I take great exception to that clipping from the right wing fascist rag. It's so wrong - I would never drink a Chilean chardonnay. Their Carbernet Sauvignon is a much better wine.

FFS is that wierd or what? Have a look at http://www.beyondsl.net and then remember my e-mail is gio@beyondsl.net Who the hell's nicked my name?!

Try also http://www.zclub.net UK based but cover all models of Z/ZX. Why not think about a 240Z - sports car cool without excessive performance (at least as standard). And just to clarify, although the car you're talking about (the yellow pic) is called a 300ZX, it is not the 300ZX that this forum covers. The early one (yours) is a Z31 and the later ones (the ones you call "nice" - thank you very much ;) )are Z32s. Anhow check out the posts on http://www.zclub.net - there's lots of info there split by model. Cheers - Gio

aaaaaaaaaarghhhhh :D :D :D

hahahahaha Or, as we used to say in the bike racing days "the throttle works both ways" :)

No arguments there, young Turbo-me-lad. Fingers crossed for all the professionals being sent there and the non-professionals who don't have much of a choice. Cheers - Gio

Bridgestone S-03s fitted on rear 225s (J-spec) (your 245s are UK and hence bigger). Delivered, fitted and balanced, home (or office) service from ALS Tyres £190.35 inc VAT for the pair. i.e. £95 each. Sorry I don't have the price he quoted me for a pair of 245s but if you wanted a price call him on 07714 327488. Bracknell based so either a) he won't travel too far or b) he'll do anything to get out of it! :) From memory, it might have been cheaper than £114. Cheers - Gio