Nick350z

Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?? Honestly - despite it not being everyone's cup of tea in the looks department - it's a lovely car to drive, especially now I've got rid of the runflats :-)

Lovely - thanks Ross - hope you guys are all well. I'll definitely be in contact when the time comes for servicing/repairs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404946/Subaru-owner-s-anger-garage-staff-pothole-video.html If you do get one don't take it there (owner and link from Cliosport.net)

To be honest the fuel never really bothered me - the BMW isn't much better (depending on how it's driven of course)! Yeah whoever gets the Z will hopefully look after it - I'll be keeping an eye out on here if a potential owner comes looking for any information :-)

Yes - it's not the nicest thing to hold. It's far too chunky - not sure what they were thinking with that - or the 'different' looks...;-) - but as you say the engine is a beauty and pulls very hard through the gears.

Haha! No it's cool - everyone's different. To be fair it looks better in the flesh - but you're right - it's absolutely no looker like the Z is! However, it is stuffed full of toys and gadgets - which is something I like, handles well and is very rapid so it ticks a lot of boxes for me. Stupidly fat steering wheel on it though...

Haha! No not quite - at first she was going 'I prefer the other one' but she's warmed to it now. But then she's very unimpressed with cars anyway so it was always going to be a tough sell! I just wanted something a bit more premium really and I've always liked the look of these ones. I'll miss the Z though and hopefully it'll end up with someone who looks after it. Actually I need to find out if Japex service other cars beyond the Japanese ones - after going there a few times I don't really want to go anywhere else.

Well, the dealer I left it with are called Prestige Direct based in Hertfordshire and have put it up for sale on their website, so if anyone is thinking of buying her I'll be more than happy to fill them in on any info they might need. She's been, and still is, a great car but I just wanted something a bit more refined and stealthy. One thing I have noticed straight away between the 2 - the Z has a far superior steering feel to it in terms of feedback.

Part exchanged the old girl a few days back for my first German automobile...... 130i LE Msport - it's a very different drive to the Z in just about every sense of the word.

For some reason I imagined that in the style of a Michael Bay slow-motion revolving shot. I don't suppose everything was exploding around you as well was it?

I was there a few weeks back on a huge road trip - saw loads of Zeds all over the place. We were in SanFran for a few days - where did you stay? We were in Hotel Nikko. Did you have anything nice to drive? I had this little beauty: Very different to a Zed but I loved it and loved the roads over there as well.

I've had my Cobra non-resonated for 2 years now - very happy with it and it still makes me smile - it sounds awesome!

I think the owner has been watching Embarrasing Bodies a bit too much and thought 'I'll have a bit of that!'

I'm all for individuality but that thing looks like it's caught some kind of STI. In fact judging by all the scoops, vents and wings it has acquired, it probably has spent a night with a dodgy STi.

Oh yes.