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How so? A large number of owners always throws up a red flag for me. Maybe I'm being over suspicious but I'd ask myself why has it changed hands so often? Is there a problem, has one (or more) of the previous owners abused it? Pete

Interesting, I've seen many, many 350's advertised as Nismo's but at first glance this does indeed look like the genuine thing! Pete

First thing I'd look at is the number of owners rather than the mileage. That one has had just 2 so I'd always have that over a 60k car with 6 previous owners. That said, any car with 100k on the clock carries a certain amount of risk. Pete

I followed an R8 and a 911 on my way back from last years Wales run. As we passed through Llangollen the R8 turned 10 times as many heads as the 911, even people who looked like they had no interest in cars gaped at it. Pete

Oh my, that looks . Pete

Impressive . Pete

Yes, I support Guide Dogs for the blind (my mum lost her sight) and Cerebra for over 20 years (close friend had a child with Cerebral Palsy). Pete

My son in law delivers brand new cars for Bentley, a couple of weeks ago he delivered one for Paris Hilton with a diamond encrusted interior. Took it to the docks somewhere on the East Coast on the back of a transporter. Pete

That's odd, Caroline's 2008 Zed has a disk dated 2006 . Pete

Yes, you'll damage them if you over torque them, the limited space to get your socket in and the fact that the nuts are quite small makes them tricky to remove. I had write off 3 nuts and one of them had to be removed by a garage. I now put mine on at 100 and have removed them a couple of times without damage. Pete

Jeez, my eyesight is getting really bad, I thought it was a grey tabby cat . Pete

Caroline has a polished set of these on her roadster, it's a bit of a pain to clean under the steps but most wheels have their awkward spots. One good thing about them though is that you can clean the inner rims without taking the wheels off. Pete

Spotted today in Manchester . Pete

If the company is so concerned about its image they should provide you with a car. The company I worked for had a number of pool cars for customer visits. Pete

On the A494 this morning heading into Cheshire spotted a Silver 350Z with what looked very much like the GTR bumper that's being discussed here http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/82841-what-do-you-think/ Reg was ML53*** and the bumper stood out as it was black. Also spotted an old style GTR in blue heading into Wales a couple of minutes earlier. Pete

One of the best "build" threads I've read on here . Pete

Yes, the previous owners of Caroline's Zed had obviously not been bothered about where it was parked, it had about 5 small dings in each door which I asked them to fix. They did fix them before we picked it up as well as a couple of other paint issues but it seems to be a general policy of dealers that they won't fix minor blemishes unless you ask them to . Pete

I only fill mine up if I'm travelling any distance and £30 usually lasts me a few weeks like you I see little point in carrying all that extra weight. Pete

Not in there, but Caroline's roaster would come up right near the top if you used the google search "350Z Axis Penta" (but it is no longer there for some reason) Pete Refined my search to "350Z Penta" and both of our Zeds came up .

I'm on several flight paths here. Every day I get EasyJets to and from Liverpool, I'm guessing 500-800 feet (I can easily read the EasyJet logo) but sometimes even lower, quite often get woken up in the middle of the night... lots of Flights coming and going to Manchester as well. Most interesting though is The Beluga that flies in and out of Hawarden to pick up wings from the aerospace factory, they are pretty low as the airport is just 5 miles down the road. There's also traffic in the form of low flying fighter jets from RAF Valley plus a lot of high level flights from London to Ireland and beyond. Pete

The other thing that gets me is the cost. Just looking at the prices £170 seems to be the cheapest for Silverstone this year plus an eye watering £65 for camping. Fist time I went it was a fiver to get in on race day, 50p to get into the paddock area on final practice day and camping was £1 for the 3 days. Including petrol, a couple of drinks and a few burgers the whole thing cost me less than £15 and I was earning around £30 a week back then. Hmm, I'll see if I can find any of the photos I took and scan them in. Pete

Welcome along . Pete

I've followed F1 since the 60's but when I took a closer interest in 1972 there were just 12 rounds, 8 in Europe and 4 flyaway races. It used to be the case that you could hire an F1 car for a specific race, for example Dave Charlton a British born South African would hire a Lotus 72 and just run a couple of races or you could build a Cosworth kit car, for example Trojan, Token, Lyncar, Ensign etc and simply enter the championship....those were the days. You could turn up at Silverstone on the Thursday before the GP and watch the cars being unloaded and in some cases see the drivers close up, not any more. It's true that F1 is big business these days, more professional, fitter drivers, highly developed cars but is the racing any better? Well, IMHO it's nowhere near as good as it was in the 70's or even the 80's when they just got in the cars and raced the full distance without resorting to tyre changes and employing tactical geniuses. Of course F1 was more of a niche sport back in 1972, the first event I attended at Brands Hatch had the most beautiful weather you could imagine and a race day crowd of around 35,000. Yes, I still follow F1 but I no longer stay up all night or set my alarm, I just record the early morning races and watch them when I get up. Pete

. Actually, you're right, they don't show up that well on some Zeds, take mine for example Look bigger on darker models like Black or Midnight Blue. Pete

It was a lot better than I expected, not exactly close racing up front but 4 or 5 closely matched teams in the midfield and some exciting new talent on display. Not the best GP I've ever seen but far from being the worst. Pete