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Guilty. Although the 75% of posts over the 2 years were pure gold
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Hi and welcome to the sale of my UK 350Z GT. Firstly I am truly gutted to be letting this car go. I've had it almost 2 years now and absolutely loved it. She has never let me down apart from a flat battery once due to leaving the boot ajar... The reason for selling is that I do a 10 mile each way commute to work, therefore rarely get a chance to warm it up and drive it like it's meant to be driven, the rev needle spends 95% of it's life below 3K. I bought it local from an enthusiast, who after sounding him out via a colleague who also lives next door to him, vouched that he's a complete petrolhead and a sound guy. Like myself he was using it as a daily and was after something more practical. As much as I love it, I'm getting a bit tired of the 2 seats. Put it this way, I was forced to drive my girlfriends Clio 1.4 Dynamique for to a meal the other night as 3 lads were going and I was designated driver...
Technical Details:
53 Plate UK GT Model (Rays, Brembo's, Heated Leather, Cruise Control etc)
Roughly 71K Miles (just under at the moment)
MOT until March 16
6 Speed Manual
It's all un-messed with bar the Scorpion exhaust fit by the previous owner and K&N panel filter so plenty of room for tailoring if you wish or just keep standard. Always run on premium fuel and sat on Hankook Ventus V12 Evo's all round (2 good / 1 ok / 1 will need looking at after a few more K)
Interior is in good condition with some wear to the drivers seat but no rips.
Car drives really well and pulls through the gears nice and strong as it should, only ever let rip once thoroughly warmed up and only very occasionally. All buttons and dials work. 2 keys, V5 and all history present.
Service History and Work Carried Out:
No major work undertaken on the car, only maintenance. I'm assuming it's on the original clutch as I can't find a receipt. No worries from there. I thought it would need doing when I purchased the car but it's held strong and some forum members have seen 100K+ from the original.
Services (Nissan)
22-06-04 – 9268
23-12-04 – 21776
26-08-06 – 36384
09-06-08 – 43135
23-04-09 – 45850
21-04-10 – 49542
04-05-11 – 52666
11-05-12 – 56102
22-05-13 – 59668
My Ownership (all receipts present)
14-04-14 – New Battery
17-05-14 – 63701 (Oil & Filter)
13-10-14 – 66263 (Nissan Coolant / NKG Iridium Spark Plugs / Gates Belts)
06-06-15 – 70060 (Oil & Filter / Oil Pressure Sensor / Drivers Window Motor)
Bad Bits:
I want to be open and honest to avoid wasting both potential buyers time and also my own, I'm being very critical of the car as I do not want to mislead anyone...
Bodywork wise, as the car is my daily and 12 years old now, the bodywork is showing signs of age. There is slight corrosion on the offside arches pictured. There's also a few scratches from various car pack knocks etc and also the stone chips on the bumper, however having said that, the car does come up very nice with a wash and wax and the majority of it is really nice, although please don't expect a show car. I would be addressing the rust if I was keeping it.
Revs can be a bit fussy when starting from warm, I believe this to be the throttle body needing cleaning. I did do this earlier in the year but then was unable to do the peddle dance re-learn because I am useless. I just live with it and give it a tiny amount of gas after it fires up but sure it will be easy enough to sort.
Standard Zed gearbox is a bit cumbersome from cold in low gears (I believe they all are), absolutely fine once going.
Please PM me with any questions and I'll be happy to answer. PX possible with straight swaps or money your way depending on what it is. Must be 'interesting' and have 5 seats and a boot.
Happy for any RAC / AA inspection and to take people out in it. Although you can come to view, you cannot come to rag the granny out of it down the lanes which I've had before, fortunately with sheds.
Car is located Ulverston, Cumbria and after £6200. Happy to provide my number via PM if you wish to ask anymore questions.
I decided to turn down £5K already as a part exchange on a Range Rover Sport to a local garage so please no insulting offers. I'm in no massive hurry to sell as I haven't set my heart on anything and really like the Zed. Advertising on here first as you lot are a friendly bunch and to try and avoid the eBay muppet brigade.
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After something more practical than the Zed and not really thought of these. Been looking at M3's etc but reckon this could be a good shout. I'd imagine they're fairly inexpensive to run with parts etc and with a bit of tuning would be fairly rapid with an easier delivery than the Zed?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/focus-st-270-bhp-/191615887126?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c9d326716
May have to go have a look at this at some point in the week.
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TDI North in Warrington seems to be the place up North. No personal experience of them but I'm sure many people on here will be along to vouch.
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In regards to the 'battery rental' on the Leaf, you have to take the total cost into consideration. My 'battery rental' on the Leaf is £70/month, but the rest of the car is £108/month - bare in mind my Sky bill is £60/month a total cost of £208/month to run a brand new car is cheap which ever way you look at it.
Very cheap. However, you can get a Picanto/Up!/500/Aygo/Micra for the same £108 a month, which then leaves you £80 a month (£70 for the battery and £10 for electric) to buy fuel for it. Assuming they're for local use and no long trips, I reckon financially you could still be better off not going for the EV option.
How does the insurance compare with an ICE car? Genuine question, I've no idea.
This, although in 10 years time if they're mass producing some kind of "standard fit" batteries, I would probably consider an electric car. Although now it just isn't financially viable or practical for me personally.
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Get onto the A65 towards the Lake District in the middle of the night. Perfect road for giving your new toy a (sensible) hoon.
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It was an absolutely horrendous crash, surprised how long he fought for. Great young driver that would have gone onto better things and such a loss to the sport.
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Whatever, give me a car that has ludicrous in its name any day, thats awesome
Fiat Cinquecento Ludicrous Edition?
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Great result, just shows what a spineless idiot the guy is though. First taking it out on your car and then sending his wife round with a letter instead of having some balls and apologising face to face himself.
And yes, getting the police involved now is the worst idea I've ever heard. I'd just stay out of his way and park further down the street if needs be.
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I'm not sure sure about these electric cars yet. Had a look at the Nissan Leaf out of curiosity, as their advertised "2p per mile" sounded like a very good idea for my uneventful commute. What they don't tell you is the battery lease is around £60 per month (not sure if that's still the case) plus then whatever gets lumped onto your electric bill from charging. Apparently the economy in winter is pretty bad too.
So some fag packet maths... Say I do my 20mile round trip per day @ an average of 4p per mile, I'm spending £60 on a battery and £16 on electric so a total of £76 a month.
Any 2.0 diesel engine or small petrol would only drink about £40-50 per month in fuel. Therefore unless you're doing a hell of a lot of miles to get the value from the battery lease, I can't really see the point.
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If you're planning on selling the car on here, a quick search from any potential buyer and they find you're fitting s**t parts on your car, it doesn't look very good?
From what I've heard, they'll last exactly that, a few K.
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This is an R35 powered 350Z? Are there any videos of this thing?
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Nice black 370Z was knocking about on Emmerdale a few moths back too. Although the owner got into some financial difficulties with some sinister blokes and therefore had to sell it. Mrs also has the controller in our house....
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Almost bought a 300 a few years back, mate put me off as apparently they're a pig to work on?
Think I've only ever seen about 2 in the flesh. Might be a good investment. The 200SX prices have gone through the roof in the past few years...
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Ha. Owned 3 Golf's in the past. 2 VR6's and a shed of a TDI. Not a fan of them really, they were cheap. Didn't grow the mushroom barnet though!
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On the way home from having an Uprev done last Monday I was able to keep up with an F-Type jaguar, even from acceleration. He clearly knew I was behind him and was giving it the beans. He started weaving in and out of traffic which at that point I backed off.
His car probably cost 60k more than mine and is probably thinking the same as you.
Although he is driving probably the nicest looking modern car on the road at the moment and we're in reasonably priced Japanese coupes
I agree they are gorgeous cars, but, I bet he was gutted he couldnt get away from a "reasonably priced japanese coupe" In his 60k Jaguar
I suppose, personally I'd just be cruising around in my F Type giving zero percent about what's around me, purely for the fact that I was sat in an F Type.
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Absolutely gutted I got rid of this. Had it standard and sold to a guy who's got about 290bhp out of it now.
Had one of these myself. Loved it.
Also had the S12 Sylvia which was my first turbo car - sooo much lag, handled like a pig, but is the car I remember most.
Yep. Have a classic mini too and I'd say the S13 put as much of a smile on my face...
Must... resist...
Seriously though, they look like minters.
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On the way home from having an Uprev done last Monday I was able to keep up with an F-Type jaguar, even from acceleration. He clearly knew I was behind him and was giving it the beans. He started weaving in and out of traffic which at that point I backed off.
His car probably cost 60k more than mine and is probably thinking the same as you.
Although he is driving probably the nicest looking modern car on the road at the moment and we're in reasonably priced Japanese coupes
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I must live in a totally different area! I don't have any of these experiences on the road... I'm usually just stuck in traffic or stuck behind a Honda Jazz doing 30 in a 40
Very similar, even the M badged cars etc round here (South Lake District) seem to be fairly responsible.
Big VDub scene round here. When you do see someone acting daft it's usually a spotty faced muppet in a Lupo GTI or Ibiza R? (whatever they are).
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There will be someone wanting a loud exhaust, get it on the for sale board and the vultures will swoop.
I have a Scorpion system. Nice and quiet around town but a nice sound when you get your foot down.
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Earlier in the year I did the evo triangle with some friends. We all had different cars. e36 328, 325d, m3, e90 320d civic type r and a near 400 BHP Mitsubishi 3000gt. on the motorway above 80 the 350z the M3 and the Mitsi where miles ahead but as soon as we got of and onto the twisty stuff we could not get away from the 325d (140 bhp if that) on a B road power doesn't make difference its all about who is most committed and willing to push the hardest.
I'd have expected a 325D (with a remap I suppose) to keep up with a Zed on the motorway and for you to lose him on the twisty stuff. Zed seems to be no match for these Bimmers and Audi's nowadays.
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71K and still going. Thought when I bought it 2yrs ago the bite point was a bit high, so budgeted for a replacement. No signs of needing it yet though.
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Isn't it the Astra VXR that surprises the hell out of the Zed community?
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Also running Y pipe back Scorpion. Have a straight through single box on my classic Mini which is ridiculously loud. Nice compromise as others have said... Quiet around town at low revs but a nice tone, not too "dirty" like some others I hear, when you give it the beans.
350Z - 53 Silver UK GT - 71K - South Cumbria - £6200
in Zeds For Sale
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Yep, happy for AA / RAC / Forum member inspection.
Would it have been you in a black 350 I saw on Barrow Island / Walney roundabout a few weeks ago?
Not many Zeds round here. There's a black one always parked up in Ulverston and an ginger one around Barrow driven by a guy who drives everywhere like he stole it.