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Her budget isnt much to be honest. £1500 is the top i believe, she can get away with doing monthly direct debit insurance. It is quite a small amount in terms of Zs, I have warned her, but she still wants one! - - - Updated - - - Ive just seen the blue one on ebay has gone now, i guess someone made the £1000 offer :(

My wife has decided she cant live without a 300zx in her life. Her Ford Fiesta has failed its MOT because of rust and she now thinks its time to upgrade. I feel that a NA model would be best as she has been used to a 1.3 4 banger, so its quite a step up to a V6, let alone a TT. She hasnt got much money and after search the net ive come up with 2 that are within her budget (including repairs) but i need some advice: 1) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161738586857?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT How hard is it to change a clutch yourself? I've been quoted £300-400 for a clutch change. Is the paint on the bonnet easy to touch up? 2) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201375112201?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I know its difficult to tell from the pictures and people wont want to commit to telling me to buy, but how bad is the rust on this car? Is it too far gone? Thanks in advance!

Ive been watching the Tamiya one for a while now, but its 1/24. I collect 1/18 cars of everything I've owned or driven. Its really hard to find a 1/18 scale 300zx though :(

That's my ideal 3 car garage... You also have them in Reg number order... "G" "H" "J"

I do like a good German accent :lol:

I haven't been on this forum that long yet, but I have found a few things: 1) Some people have an NA z for commuting to work and have a TT locked in the garage for the one sunny day we have in this country. Your NA is spectacular, but I think its hard to sell as no-one will want to use it daily. Beaulieu might be interested? 2) Its been said, but most people on here have a Z already and most of us are now broke(!) so cant afford another one... 3) TTs are the most desirable (im still saving for one, see above point!), manual TTs even more so. I think (as been mentioned) pistonheads and classic car sites are the way forwards as ebay is just full of people looking for "something for nothing" or "oops sorry my son bid by accident..." As for a name, you want something that shows professionalism, honesty, good deals, etc... "JDMheaven" "ClassicImports" "JapanesePowerHouse" "Nihon Imports" (thats "Japan" in Japanese) I would choose something that doesnt limit you to one car and i would stay away from "Imports R us" JapanesePorn" "JapAuctions" "CheapJapCarsNow" "SellYourGoldHere" (sorry got carried away with that one!) My friend and I flip the occasional car, mostly Peugeot 406 coupes, Ford Probes, Toyota Supra, Mitsubishi FTO etc and one car can fly off the shelves within hours and others can sit around for months. It really is down to the right person at the right time. I hope this helps and if it doesn't please send abuse in a stamped, addressed envelope to: "Im a useless idiot who knows nothing", 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ. :lol:

Ill give it a watch to see what its like, but i really cant stand Chris evans. However he is a proper car nut...

That is so vile my cat just ran away and hid under the bed... Its like the love child between a Audi TT and a Chrysler Neon...

The problem with concept cars if they make them look awesome, cool and futuristic etc. But they never make them because at the end of the day the accountants (who actually run car companies) think its too much of a risk and they end up building something safer... Off the top of my head, the only decent looking concepts that actually got made were: Audi TT Nissan GT-R BMW i8 thingy Jaguar new one (FK i think) And maybe the newer GT-40 Aston Martin: Please make this and stop our motorways being filled with cars that all look the same....I followed a car yesterday that was so generic, if you took off the badge you could have put any other badge on and sold it.... turns out it was a Peugeot rant mode> soapbox>

Im going to be honest here: I never like the 350Z (or 370Z) when they first came out, I felt they looks too bulky/chunky. However I think they have matured into a very nice future classic! Infact (im going out on a limb here...) I think the newer Celica is the same. Ugly when it first came out, now its matured into a nice sports car. I think it was ahead of the game in the "Design cars with triangles to make them look cool" game. Its just a shame they didnt do a mad 320BHP GT4 version... phoenix, I think yours looks excellent in that colour and I'm going to have to drive to Haywards Heath to have a nose around it! P.S dont let anyone tell you its a renault :lol::lol:

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Why would someone say that to a propected buyer?! Apple: Did you know that all of our operating systems crash now and we have more bugs and viruses than windows? Buyer: errrr....?! Apple: That will be £3999.99 please Madness.

That was cool. shake of the head was great. I would love to do that to my dad! Spa was the latest track challenge on Gran Turismo Academy. I ended up 4.2sec off the leader (although that made me 13,654th place in the world:no:)

This would cut down on commute time:

Ive never wanted £3000 so much... well... call it £4000 so I could change that spoiler and the alloys and make it manual!

Im on holiday for the next two weeks, so im free any time

pun intended? :lol:

I live in East Sussex, would be interested, but I work shifts, so would attend when i could

I would be interested, ill need to check im not on shift that weekend

I would be interested, ill need to check im not on shift that weekend

Im looking for another key for my ZX. When I bought it it only had the black key that seems to work in the drivers door, boot and ignition. doesnt seem to work in the passengers door or glovebox. (passengers door could be just need a spray of WD40 or something) Anyway i saw this on ebay and wondered if its any good: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120577218870?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I then dug through some old threads and came across these: https://conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=15467 https://conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=8817 My question is; is it worth buying the blank set from concept Z or just go for the replacement blank from down under? I have a friend who actually lives near Concept Z in Phoenix and could buy the keys and ship them to me as a "gift" so might work out cheaper in shipping and import duty...

My friend lives in hailsham and he regularly gets people spitting, pissing on his cars, chewing gum stuck to them, knife in the tyres, wing mirror bent/pulled off etc. ive come to the conclusion that people are a**eholes in this country. we dont respect others things and couldnt care less about things except ourselves and our new iphone/ipad/tv/etc... I got called a very bad set of words yesterday because our bus fares went up by 10p. It wasnt even me that raised the prices! and its 10p for heavensake, its not that much.... 50p a week if you keep buying day tickets... Sorry rant over, i feel better now :thumbup1:

I just vomited in my mouth...

I couldnt care less who is gay or straight or black or yellow or white, christian, muslim or atheist.... At the end of the day, cut us in half we are all the same. No one is better than anyone else and the sooner we learn that as a species, the sooner we can crack on with our lives and sort this mess we call a planet out!