TheRealNips

Poor show, Im very upset! Was hoping you would see the new car! ?

Another bump to see if anyone wants to join us! @arthur@AndrewG@ianl Everyone welcome!

On the list of things to do ?

So during a few days away, the car landed at Jims for a full service, timing belt change, gearbox flush and refill and a few other jobs that Jim very kindly completed! I was very happy and impressed with Jim's service and will definitely be using him again. I just hope my wife and I didn't annoy him too much with all the chatting! When picking up the car, Jim showed me the old bits and pieces that had been taken off, it turns out that the old timing belt was actually the original factory fitted belt from 1989! It still said Nissan on it and had the old "hamburger" logo, the spark plugs were factory fitted as well. To my untrained eye, Jim jump in here if needed, they didn't look old or well used other than being 32 years old! I am glad it's got a fresh belt and bit on it now though! The car drives wonderfully now, gear changed are super smooth and I can actually stretch its legs a little ? All in all, a wonderful service experience with a car clean, two cups of tea, two cans of San Pellegrino and many bits of help and advice added in for free! Thank Jim! 1) Moments before setting off 2) Engine porn Short entry this time, with few pictures i'm afraid....Ill try harder next time!

Damn, there was no warning that the tickets were limited? I wont be going now, didnt manage to buy a ticket... ?

Thank you Andrew!

Quick bump to make people see this!

Thanks Gaz!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Ian!

Happy Birthday!

Looking good! Last picture: i thought why has he take a selfie of the roof and phone....then it clicked....?

Anyone interested?

Once again I want to organise a meet and drive! The route would be Folkestone in Kent to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. The route takes in some A roads and B roads. The route is 72 miles and should take around 2.5 hours with a short stop at Dungeness. Ashdown Forest is very nice and great for a picnic, walks and photos. We will meet at the Harbour Arm car park in folkestone at 10:00 with the aim to get away by 10:30. We will follow the coast line west to Dungeness Nuclear Power station. Then turn inland at Rye and cut across the Kent/Sussex weald to the Ashdown Forest. Let me know if you are able to come! Folkestone CT20 1QH to Four Counties Car Park.pdf

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday!

So no one made it to this one, but my father and I in my car and my fathers friend in his TVR had a good day! Started out at Cheddar for a cup of coffee, then drove through the gorge. There are concrete blocks in the car parks now to stop donuts, but nothing on the road to stop enjoyment. The route was great and only got stuck at one junction in a queue. Seaton was packed, so we tried Beer, but that was packed too, so in the end we went to The Sun Inn just outside Dorchester for lunch. Only managed to get two photos of the trip as I was driving! Ill plan one for June soon!

Looking like a lovely day for it, hopefully see some people today?

View Advert AVS Model5 Twinspoke | 18x9J 35 | 18" Rims | Goodyear 245/40R18 Tyres | Runflat AVS Model5 Twinspoke 18" 18x9J 35 These came on a Nissan 300zx I bought a few years ago. The previous owner had them painted three separate colours to help him decide which he would prefer on the car. When I took ownership, I never painted them as I used stock wheels on the car. Two wheels are in silver (bottom left + bottom right), Bronze/Gold (top right) and Bronze/Gold with black on inside of the wheels (top left). They are in good condition, however one centre cap is missing. The tyres are Goodyear 245/40R18 runflat tyres with lots of tread left. Collection only from Eastbourne Advertiser TheRealNips Date 27/05/21 Price £500.00 Category Parts - For Sale

@Stephen on here was selling one I believe

Detective Andrew for the win!

Yes, I was just trying to show tyres in those sizes are available.

225/50R16 = https://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s302p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_16_inch_R16_inch_-_225_50_16_225_50R16 245/45R16 = https://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s345p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_16_inch_R16_inch_-_245_45_16_245_45R16 https://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s3988p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_16_inch_R16_inch_-_245_45_16_245_45R16_OE_Porsche 245 are harder to find and more expensive and only the Porsche boxter uses that size now. Having said that, Toyo are a good soft compound make and £91 isn't bad for a tyre. Mine are still going after 5 years and 6000 miles, plenty left on them too!

Over the weekend, after my shift, The engineers at work put my car up in the air to have a look underneath, we were all impressed with how it looked. I then took it home to give it a clean and a first layer of polish. I tried to get some of the scratches and marks out left by the car cover which worked to a certain extent, but will need more work and/or a professional. 1) Up we go! 2) Boot floor and fuel tank 3) Rear subframe 4) Under engine, looking back 5) Rear seats 6) Front of car, still needs a bit more cleaning 7) Dust.....noooooo! 8 ) Installed my usb cable for charging phone. It extends and retracts into air vents 9) The seats are not too bad, one 1" cut on the passenger seat just out of shot 10) I love all the japanese stickers everywhere! 11) After first polish 12) There are a couple of marks on the bumper from a touch up pen 13) Fuel flap is a struggle to open, having to gently slip my debit card iin to open it at the moment. Not sure how to fix that yet! 14) I like the original deal sticker on the bumper 15) This will need replacing before it soaks up too much water and starts rotting the bootlid 16) Difficult to tell, but some of those marks are from the car cover, not sun glare 17) More marks 18) Faint black marks from car cover, hard to see in picture, but can see in real All in all, I love it. A bit of work here and there and this will come up nice! Drove my wifes Audi TT to work yesterday and stalled it as not used to using a clutch anymore!