TheRealNips

So, after a lot of saving, planning, packing, cleaning, polishing and waxing (the car and wife! :lol:) we are all ready to go! Lets hope she makes the 2300 miles Ive got planned!

Done

"Some find the aggressive 'bottom-feeder' looks slightly odd, but they have dated well." "The twin-turbocharged engine is a muscly, if somewhat characterless unit," "The 'T-bar' targa roof is easy to remove, but is quite heavy," Why would you say things like that? Surely you would be trying to sell the pants off this?

Lovely and sunny down here in the sunniest place in Britain... :D

Fair point! but you understand what I mean...

I used to mock cars for being "hairdresser cars", "girl cars" or "men who love musicals cars". However I owed a series 1 MX5 for a year and only sold it because it was rusting away. It was a 1.6L and was great fun. You could drive everywhere with your foot flat to the floor, go sideways when you wanted but you always knew you wouldnt end up in a coffin. I miss my MX5 and wish I had never sold it as it was a cheap car, throw the roof off and go for a play, And it did 40MPG! I used to mock the Audi TT for the same reasons, then I drove my wifes 1.8 turbo quattro thing. Its quick, really quick. Quicker than my (NA) Zed. Its 4WD so it can be thrown into a roundabout at 50 and come out the other side in a 4 wheel drift with you safely still attached to it! The styling on the later models look better, but im actually looking around for one myself now. I think my key point here is this: Dont mock a car until YOU have actually driven it yourself. And even then I dont mean around the block. I mean driven it for a while, across all types of traffic, roads, animals and times of day. I can mock Peugeot 106s for being crap because i had one for a year, I can mock the series 1 vectra V6 because I owned one of them, I can even mock a 1993 ford fiesta popular 1.3L! People are too quick to mock these days and their only experience is because their mate once stood next to someone who owned one. Oh and JeffTT I support you for correcting English, its a hard habit to stop. I was an English teacher in China for 10 years and I still accidentally correct peoples English now (almost always under my breath these days....!)

I took abuse yesterday for blocking the road in my bus. It was a one way street with a bus stop and 8 taxis had parked on the bus stop outside their office leaving me no room. So I had to stop in the middle of the road to load. Car driver was beeping, passenger got out, came on the bus, shouted at me and then spat at me. Luckily the security screen got in the way. CCTV is being sent to police as spitting is a form of assault apparently.... Madness

My friend and father will be at the Tescos meet, but they wont be in the Zs so I guess will park elsewhere. My father will be in the MX5 and my mate will be in something very rare and special!

My friend and I will be working our way along the M27 for the Tescos meet. I think we are leaving about 5.30am as he is bringing something very rare and special but its not quick!

"If it a'int broke, dont fix it" :lol: I hope it gets sorted though! Nothing worse than looking at a broken Z :(

what time will the meet at Tescos be? If they are opening the back gate at 8am, are we meeting at Tescos earlier?

Are we still meeting at the Tescos? In an earlier post, there was mention of having to display a club exhibitor pass, is that still true? If so, where do we get them?

So i made an account with Beaulieu, then a button appeared on the simply japanese main page that said buy tickets. A short while later: :punk::thumbup::drool::lol::clap::dance::hyper:

no tickets or anything

That takes me to a page that says "Error, your shopping basket is empty"

Trying to log on and buy my £10 ticket like last year, am I being dumb? I can seem to work out how to do it!

I was going to be turning up in a fully-repaired red TT codenamed The Red Devil, however as that plan has failed, ill be there in my black NA (which is slowly turning red due to paint loss!). My wife might be coming, not sure yet. My friend will be joining us like last year too!

Avid(!) readers of my build thread will know that I have had to give up saving my TT due to too much rust and not enough money. Therefore I'm having to break the poor thing :crying: Ill be keeping everything for a manual conversion (Gearbox, clutch etc) as my next plan is to import a clean one from Japan as I never want to see corrosion again...even just the word sends me into hysterics and I need a paperbag :lol: All money raised from selling parts will be sent to the "Tom needs a 300zx TT from Japan Charity". Its a good cause as I'm sure you will agree and I hope we can raise a lot! Condition of parts change depending on what they are. Some are good, Some are ok, Some will need work, others will go straight in the bin if no-one wants them. Ill be listing them on ebay soon too, but will give everyone here first chance. Some parts are already off the car (busy day on Friday and Saturday!) Normal dib rules apply, first to post gets first dibs, no arguments please! List of Parts: 1) TT Radiator 2) Bootlid Centre Trim (no Hooks) 3) Boot Trim Centre (no Screws) 4) Boot carpet (looks ok, just needs a good scrub) 5) Indicator Stalk (Spares as it works, but when flashing high beam, didnt always return to dipped beam and had to be flashed again. Didnt bother me while in use) 6) Boot Trim Corners 7) Lower Front Brace Arm 8) Centre Console Lid (Ideal for a re-trim idea) 9) Ashtray 10) Clock (Was working when removed from car 4 months ago, been on shelf since. Cant test it) 11) Hazard Switch (working, removed yesterday) 12) Nose Panel (Indented Nissan badge, love this, but has to go) 13) Front Corner Fake(?) indicators smoked-ish (They look like the indicators on my NA import, but they have blanks over where the bulb holder would go.) 14) Front Indicators 16) Front and back Seats (not bad, drivers isnt great. Ideal for a re-trim idea) 17) Drivers door (paint is good, mirror a bit faded, mirror electrics work, window motor (or wiring) doesnt work. 18) O/S (Drivers) Wing (Will need a repaint) 19) Front bumper (Need fixing and repaint) 20) Back bumper (I think one of the bolt holes for attaching it has been torn and the "Yuk Fu" will need to come off, but is ok) - - - Updated - - - Saved

Ive messaged him as a inquiry raising these areas of concerns... see how I get answered... :lol:

I think that he knows that hes going to be in trouble with this impending police investigation and the BBC wanted him off TG before he besmirched it. Also he was getting a lot of negative press and feedback (from me :lol:) and lastly as someone said, Matt LeBlanc wanted him gone and he was getting a lot of good feedback. It should be Matt, Chris harris and Rory together. Sabine as a guest, not full presenter, as she is one amazing driver.... not to mention hot too :lol:

Completely agree. Please do carry on with soap boxing, infact ill find you a permenant spot! :thumbup:

My thought exactly. Have you started packing to return yet? :lol:

Signed. As a petition with over 100000 signatures didnt bring back Clarkson, I cant see this working... Nice idea though

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Well, sad news im afraid. After working hard for the past few months, we reached a point of no return. Hidden rust at a point that only an expert could solve with many many pounds of money. I have though long and hard over this for the past couple of weeks and have decided to stop all work and give up. I feel bad that I have given up on the old girl, im also embarrased that I choose to ignore quite a few peoples advice as I was blinded by ambition and nievity! :lol: I have learnt alot about welding, repairs and what Nissans look like inside however (not to mention how much of an a**e rust is). At the moment, I do see this as a huge failure with a hint of a silver lining, but im hoping the pain wont linger! Atleast the wife is now happy as ill be at home more, all be it sulking... I think I will break it up and try to gain some of what the car owes me back. Ill keep some of the parts for my black nissan, but ill start a breaking thread at some point soon for people if they need anything.