Hey all
A few months back now i went looking for a 350, and found one i liked in Market Drayton at a garage called NWS. It was an import that hadn’t been sva’d etc but I figured I could wait for that so after some dealing I gave a deposit and drove back home.
Week after week excuses came as to why it wasn’t ready to collect, but being a trusting person and with it being the car I really wanted I let him off and gave him the benefit of the doubt. Now after 2 ½ months I finally picked her up. You can imagine the joy of driving her after 2 ½ months of waiting but this joy was short lived. The day after I got it i was driving with my mate and it began to cut out and I was sat on a bypass with a car unable to start. After having the RAC out 3 times that night I managed to get it going and took it to Nissan to be looked at. Turned out to be the battery but they also found that the driveshaft needed replacing as it had some play in it.
The car came with 6 month warranty so I wasn’t too worried and managed to get it back to the garage to be fixed. Nearly a week later and they tell me it isn’t the driveshaft it’s the spare wheel knocking about……….WTF? I asked if they would fix it and they basically said “well I’d rather give you your money back as I can sell it as it isâ€. To me that says ahhh you caught me (thanks entirely to this forum by the way, good work ) but someone else will come along at some point. Im actually quite relived as for a while now I have been thinking there are better models out there for less.
After some heated discussions I got my money back and the money it cost me for Nissan to check it over, but still without a Z and now need to find another one. Heartbroken isn’t the word, only had 4 days in it and loved every second!!!!
This guy now has 2 350’s on his forecourt, my advice…………….RUN THE **** AWAY!!!
Again tho, I never would of got this far if it wasn’t for all the info on this forum, helped me realise that I had made a HUGE mistake, so thanks all and on goes the hunt for another one in my price range!!