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...as I trawled through ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REVERSING-PARKING-SENSOR-KIT-NISSAN-300ZX-350Z-PIXO-/300497292009?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f708cae9 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/02-06-Nissan-350Z-AC-S7-Dimensional-Black-Glow-Dials-/140565597142?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20ba5ccbd6 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-200SX-300ZX-350Z-S13-S14-Gunmetal-Oil-Filler-Cap-/380348229901?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item588e85690d http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3X-SMOKED-GAUGE-BOOST-OIL-VOLT-WATER-350Z-300ZX-200SX-/400223353149?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5d2f2bb93d

Im no expert, but if you google broken alloy wheels you get images of all sorts of wheels breaking mysteriously, powdercoated or not. I do wonder, looking back at a previous post, if the wheels were already damaged and weakened before powdercoating/refurbing and a bad refurb was done.

Clearly a marketing ploy - a very small market for this car, more about raising Mini profile and getting it in the news. Can't imagine much engineering has gone into it.

I'm just a normal bloke - Michael Douglas in that context was stalking his ex-wife and clearly unhinged I wonder if anyone will park next to me at the next South East meet up...

I'm a particularly observant kinda guy

When I got mine ... almost none, now I see them daily, I thought I was exclusive!

I am in the Vantage West Building, gazing out of the window at my lovely black Zed parked in our car park down below...looking across at the ajoining car park to Worley Parsons there is a similar black Zed parked

Think I may go for an uprev soon, I was going to wait until I had invested in a new exhaust etc but as I understand it I in effect 'buy the licence' with the initial payment and then just pay for you guys time if I add mods and you adjust the uprev to suit those new mods? (I think in effect I have answered myself but am posting just to confirm it, also the info may be of use to other owners )

Now sold, can close.

It was only on in Putney from Saturday to today...so yeah limited showing so get in quick. It certainly is something else watching Grand Prix on a big screen. The first race footage shows his real entry into Formula 1 in his 6th race I think it was, driving a crappy Toleman he destroyed the field going up through the placings and closing down on Prost in the pouring rain who then waved to officials to stop the race early because of the weather which they did...it really sets the film up.

Yeah I was watching it too, Murray Walker crying as he announced Senna was dead on arrival at the hospital - I still remember the words and the emotion in his voice.

Did you take the wheels off to coat them?

Just got back from the cinema seeing Senna - if you havent already, get yourself down to the nearest one and watch it - something else it really is - amazing.

Everything about it is wrong...looks, styling, reason for existing...wrong wrong wrong.

As long as its only a honk and not followed by a tirade of abuse and expletives I am generally ok with people parping me Surbiton is a million miles away from Putney not in distance but attitude, its almost a relief to get past Robin Hood way and out of Putney on the A3.

Any links on how to do this? Quick google turned up nothing...

I think the whole driving in the city thing just finally got to me really...had been blanking it out, doing a good job, but this morning driving in I made a real effort to notice what was going on around me. Cutting in, tailgating, light jumping...totally stayed calm throughout this time.

Watched half of 'Paul' not quite as funny as I thought it would be. Had a good look at places to rent/buy in Windsor - quite looking forward to heading further out now - can't wait to get wheels turning etc.

That is a shocker... ...but yeah I know the right thing to do - as I said I just snapped. Nothing rational going on there. Daft and stupid. I am usually so laid back so just shocked at myself really. Actually just sat down chatting to the wife over dinner and we are going to accelerate moving to Windsor...we both have just had enough of London zone two and all the muppets that come with it. Should be out of London by September

Yeah I know, it was daft, especially when I saw it was this big lad who is a rower and I thought right problem time here - mind you when I go, which is very rare, I am pretty damn scary as well probably didn't help that I had my West Ham footy top on from playing footy just prior to it as well - probably thought I was some sort of hooligan!

Am calming down a bit now...thanks guys...just thought I had been a bit of a plonker and I am pretty sure I wasn't. Just that being verbally abused three times in as many minutes was just totally surreal, all because I was driving carefully Right time to settle down and watch some comedy on the box...!

Well we are planning on moving to Windsor, still a city but certainly out of London. Must be some improvement. I mean we all get stressed at others driving but keep it within the confines of our own car, when you start winding the window down to verbally abuse people that's just wrong. What is worse is that I now feel terrible I got out the car and scared that bloke!

/startrant It's Sunday, its the end of a good week - just played a bit of football and driving home. On a main road and turning left into a side road, I slow indicate etc but always take it ultra slow turning left into this turning as the side road has parked cars either side and can only fit one down at once and sometimes you get cars coming the other way at some speed - have avoided some accidents by taking it really slow - so the van driver behind me gives me some abuse because he has to wait a few seconds extra. I shrug it off and drive down the side road, no parking spaces so I am nearly at the end of it and by now have a 4x4 stuck up my backside. Then in front of me, some woman with her daughter in an Audi, she wouldnt back up though motioning me and the 4x4 to reverse about 200 yards back up the road when there was space about 10 yards behind her. In the end she relented and backed up leaving me a couple of inches spare either side of my car to get through a gap. As I squeezed through I forgot to say thank you...I was super focused on not kerbing my wheels which are worth more than her effin car...so that was it she screamed through the open window some abuse. I was quite shocked, so I stopped for about two seconds just unable to comprehend this happening twice in the space of a few minutes...then the guy behind me in mummy and daddys 4x4 leans on the horn waving his arms at me...and I snapped. Handbrake on, neutral gear, door open marched straight up to this 4x4 and told him to get out the car. I realised he was one of the 'rowing set' down at Putney Embankment, so probably a fit guy and I suddenly though god what am I doing, he locked his door and said 'you are blocking the road' to which he got an angry response then I realised he was in fact a bit of a pansy. I can't believe I got out the car. I can't believe that a woman, a mother would abuse a stranger like that in front of her daughter, I am just fed up with drivers in London who lean on horns and wave arms and shout abuse who wet themselves when confronted. These people wouldn't do it to someone if you were walking down the street, bloody morons, the sooner I move out of London the better. /endrant

Was sitting waiting to pull out onto Lower Richmond Road, you passed by and the lady in the passenger seat had a good look my shiny new wheels!

I kept seeing that on ebay and it certainly got my attention, looks great value...