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Unless I'm missing something, the basic model is $57k , a basic 370Z is $28k or so . Nice motor though. Pete

Welcome along . Pete

It's a Hindu name for a male. Perez is a fairly common surname in France and Hispanic countries, stands for "son of Pedro" Pete

Welcome along . I'm just "completing" my list after 6 and a half years . Pete

I've certainly noticed that we're getting loads of members who are buying a Zed and within a few months are selling them, yes, they are relatively cheap to buy and have above average reliability but can be expensive if they go wrong. I had a healthy budget when I bought mine getting on for 7 years ago and I certainly did consider other cars. In the end though it was down to a TT or a 350Z but my dealing with the Audi dealer in Chester was pretty negative, long waiting list, baffling range of options, nothing off for cash and in general I took a dislike to the couldn't care less if I bought one or not from the salesman. I should also add that my wife had a brand new TT back in 2002 which had numerous electrical problems. So, I bought a Zed, got a pretty decent trade in and haven't regretted it for a minute. In fact, I liked it so much I bought my wife one . Pete

Welcome to the forum. Pearl White's are very rare . Pete

You'll get a fixed penalty notice once the police get your paperwork. £60, 3 points, costs only incur if you decide to go to court. Pete

Pretty sure they're aftermarket rather than an option. Pete

Probably, around here they only offer awareness courses for 10-12 mph over the limit. Pete

tough little blighters to look after then, kittens ? Well, they can be very destructive and their toilet habits can leave a little to be desired at times . Pete

After a few weeks reflection we decided to adopt a couple of kittens from a local sanctuary. These are lifted from the sanctuaries web page but they should be with us in a couple of weeks . Pete

I can see this is getting serious now and yeah, I like it . Pete

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Does your plate start with 'OV' by any chance? There's a glut of Zeds (inc mine) starting with OV (Oxford registered) for some reason. My plate is OVxxOWU (xx=numbers) and there's a fellow forum member on here who lives within a couple of miles of me who is the same year and everything else on the plate but ZU so only a letter or so out. And we're no where near Oxford. S. U.K's largest Nissan dealership is in Oxford. I'd hazard a guess that they had easier access to The 350 in the early years when Zed's were hard to get hold of? Pete

Different systems I'm afraid. Pete

Geral Nabarro a Conservative MP owned NAB1 through to NAB 5 back in the early 70's. A rather colourful and controversial character he was brought down in a similar fashion to Chris Huhne when he claimed his secretary was driving his car the wrong way round a roundabout when in fact he was. Suffered 2 strokes during his trail and died shortly after aged 58. Pete

They collect them I guess, much in the way they used to collect Pogs . Pete

That was my first thought actually, although they have grown on me (slightly). The problem as I see it is that Sunset is a nice warm colour and it doesn't match a cold shade of blue. Pete

Cheers Jonny, Caroline parks up in the council park by the Co-op, not that far away from where you park so it could have been the same gang anyway I've actually got a fistful of plastic caps so I'll be O.K until the locking caps arrive. Pete

Thanks guys . Pete

Backwards entry it with proof it was deliberate and ill pay the tyre bill Wide rears are no problem, I had the MR2 transitioning on the lockstops at Anglesey a little while ago, and you cant drift an MR2 No handbrake on the Zed might make it a bit tricky mind you. I am DEFINITELY going to try and drift it though, rude not to As for speed comparisons, check this out: O.K, my original estimate, er, guess was obviously a bit out for the GT cars . Pete

Someone has nicked Caroline's shiny dust caps so they need to be replaced. I'm looking at these to replace them, only a fiver but what's the quality like.? Any other decent locking ones to consider? Pretty sure they were whizzed from her workplace . http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-350z-350-Z-300ZX-370z-Tyre-Valve-Dust-Caps-/140623836738?pt=UK_Cars_parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyres_trims_Valve_Caps_ET&hash=item20bdd57642 Thanks, Pete

I don't know how they now but under the system they had in use in the 70's they used to allocate dealers registration numbers in blocks so it was fairly common to see the next number plate to yours. I think it must be much more random these days. Pete

It's actually illegal in 11 States and there are laws to restrict usage in nearly all the others. With 30,000 road deaths a year, compared to the 2,000 we have here I wouldn't take any report on road safety that comes out of The States seriously, they put peoples rights way above road safety, thus seat belt laws are not enforced and crash hats aren't compulsory in many States. Pete

The only thing I see new is this. The word "rather" would indicate to me that at least some of these were already offenses, so just bringing things into line with other fixed penalty ticketing. £100 fine for using a mobile won't deter that many people but at least its a step in the right direction. Pete