Stephanie

Bit of background, bought the car on 51K miles in 2016, predominately been used for motorway driving, just clocked over 100K miles last week, then 3 days ago as I’m driving along in 6th gear on a national speed limit road, it starts slipping, took it down to 5th still slipping but not slipping as much, managed to get it home in 3rd at low speed, limited slipping in 3rd gear. By the time I made the 4 mile journey home both 5th & 6th gear were completely gone and just revving when in them. But no major noises, crunching, clunking nothing. So I came to the conclusion it needs a new clutch, fair wear & tear, just hit over 100K miles, I thought annoying, but fair play. Booked in the local garage (one I could just about drive it to 2 miles down the road from my house). They’ve fitted a new clutch, phone me up and say “All done ready to go, we just need payment. Oh and btw 6th gear isn’t working, but other than that it’s all good”. They think it’s a gear box issue, but I can’t understand how it was working absolutely fine last week, no noises, clunks nothing and had given no signs whatsoever of any gearbox issues. 6th gear was a dream. Now the new clutch is fitted and now all of a sudden 6th gear doesn’t engage at all and it just revs… I’m hoping it’s just linkage, not put back in the right place. Easily rectified by a mechanic who knows their way around these cars… The car is 18yrs old, over 100K miles, had I known there was a gear box issue or 6th gear would be completely gone I definitely wouldn’t have got the clutch done and would have probably sold it. I now find myself in a bit of a tricky situation! Obviously I want to pay the garage for their time & parts for fitting the new clutch, no dramas. But I feel a bit robbed because the car is 99% useless to me without 6th gear, as 99% of my driving is motorways commuting for work or driving to see distant friends & family. Is there anyway they could have caused this whilst fitting / testing the clutch ? Or is it just a freak situation that gearbox 6th gear has gone whilst in their possession ? Or is it more than likely the linkage ? It’s been left that the mechanic has said he will have another look at it to see what’s the problem, and if it is gear box he’ll come back with gear box prices… (but my gut is he’s already tried everything and just can’t work it out). Obviously given the age & mileage of the car, I will very unlikely be forking out even more money in the thousands for a new gear box… Any advice / insights welcome, I’d be grateful for any input and if you know of any 350z specialists in Hampshire that I could take it to, please do recommend! I’m hoping to square up with this local garage, then take it to a specialist to (hopefully) just sort the linkage out and get 6th gear sorted. Many thanks, Stephanie

Apologies guys, I’ve had to remove myself from the list. It’s my Birthday weekend and I’ve just found out apparently something has already been organised as a surprise! 🙈 So sorry to drop out last minute Payco! I know the BTS work involved in puting these events together! But it looks like almost a full house, enjoy everyone x 1) Payco - Datsun 510 SSS. Reg WWU 276J 2) KBAD - 350z . Reg J44SUS 3) nismoandy- 350z - WP06FNX 4) Nino - 370z - Reg. SK12 XZZ 5) Olly350z - 370z Nismo - GM16 JBX 6) Andy_Muxlow - 350Z - Reg. A20MUX 7) andy james. 350z reg AJ07 ZZZ 😎Humpy - 370z N12 SRA 9) Richn370 - 370Z CX59OKP 10) ColDel - vx220 - VK05XEU 11) davey83 - 350z - GT05ZED 12) pintopete58 350z GA53SOZ 13) Charlie Boy - 350z - AK56BYT 14) 💥Zippypooz - 350z - N44SSN💥 15) hotrain69 - 350z - NA07YTU 16) JohnI - 370Z Nismo - PA04YCO 17) Loadmaster - 370Z Nismo - RK67 DZZ 18) Pinoy-R- 350z - YT55NNO 19) Jamie350z - 350z - CW54NUX 20) 21) MatthewThain - Ginge 350Z GT - FA53 FZZ 22) Jamie_T350z - 350Z GT - UK04 ZED 23) Slipstream - 370z Nismo - GX65BOH 24) Lewis Schwier - 370z Nismo - V6 LXD 25) Shezza - 350z - B9 MAS 26) prodrive11 - 350z - YL05XPD 27) Sebastian - 350z - PR02 SEB 28) Shane - 370z Nismo - V6 XSK 29) ZaneDylan - 350z - G2 DYH 30) sk08rad - 370z Nismo - sk08rad 31) hmale4yu - 370z Nismo Mk2 - NN18 SMO 32) Jinshim - 370z - N16 YUL 33) tauvp - 350z -t4 uvp 34) AmyZed FA51 AMY 35) George1996 - 350z - CK06ACK 36) Linds -PJ07 LXZ

1) Payco - Datsun 510 SSS. Reg WWU 276J 2) KBAD - 350z . Reg J44SUS 3) nismoandy- 350z - WP06FNX 4) Nino - 370z - Reg. SK12 XZZ 5) Olly350z - 370z Nismo - GM16 JBX 6) Andy_Muxlow - 350Z - Reg. A20MUX 7) andy james. 350z reg AJ07 ZZZ 😎Humpy - 370z N12 SRA 9) Richn370 - 370Z CX59OKP 10) ColDel - vx220 - VK05XEU 11) davey83 - 350z - GT05ZED 12) pintopete58 350z GA53SOZ 13) Charlie Boy - 350z - AK56BYT 14) 💥Zippypooz - 350z - N44SSN💥 15) hotrain69 - 350z - NA07YTU 16) JohnI - 370Z Nismo - PA04YCO 17) Loadmaster - 370Z Nismo - RK67 DZZ 18) Pinoy-R- 350z - YT55NNO 19) Paul K - 350Z roadster - K50PTK 20) Stephanie -Grey 350z V6 SYA

Count me in! My Birthday weekend too

Damn it! Just got to get my ticket and website saying they’ve reached full capacity! Snooze you loose -my fault entirely. Gutted! Hope it’s a good one chaps

Oooh exciting! Where is everyone coming from? Chances of meeting up beforehand to convoy in together ?

Order all received! Very pleased Very good value for money and always a pleasure to do business with. Really finishes off the Zed nicely. Take care all!

It’s the small details that make all the difference! Thankyou Asad! So much cheaper than other places and super fast delivery too! Highly recommend if you’re wanting any 350z or 370z emblem badges. Smooth efficient service. Very pleased!

Hi @Asad, Do you sell these gloss black ‘Z’ badges for the 370z at all? If so what is the price for the front delivered? Many thanks!

So sad, completely gutted. This is always such a good day, one of my favourite annual shows

1) Payco - KSSS DAT - Datsun SSS Coupe 2) andy James - AJ07ZZZ 350z 3) zippypooz - N44SSN 350z 4) Darkside - DK 5IDE Z Rocketbunny 350z 5) Rs2oo - V6XXK 350Z Roadster 6) Jamie_T350z - UK04 ZED 350z 7) MatthewThain - FA53 FZZ 350Z GT 8) Seb PR02 SEB - JDM 350Z 9) Panman - P44 AAN - 350z 10) GranTurismoEra OIG 3702- 370Z 11) CalvinPomfret - CA11 VNO - 370Z Nismo 12) Stephanie - V6 SYA 350z 13) Olly350z - KD53 DGZ 14) Flashback - HJ54TBZ - 350Z 15) Matthew Etty -PE08 MRE -350z

1. andy james 2. Humpy 3. CalvinPomfret 4. Stephanie

Yay! Been waiting for this one Looking forward to it again. Thanks for organising Andy. 1. Andy James 2. Stephanie 3. 4.

1) Payco - Datsun 510 SSS Coupe - PAID 2) RS200 - Toyota Supra - PAID 3) Rick - Ford Focus ST - PAID 4) Zippypooz - Gunmetal 350Z - PAID 5) Darkside - Rocket bunny - 350z - PAID 6) Paul K - 350z Roadster - PAID 7) Coldel - VX220 Turbo Roadster Targa Top - PAID 8) Panman - 350z - Paid 9) MatthewThain - 350z - paid 10) Jamie_T350z - 350z - PAID 11) Gary Jarman - Toyota Supra MK4 PAID 12) Lauren Jarman - Toyota Mk5 PAID 13) Rudling8 - 350z - PAID 14) Olly350z - 350Z 15) Stephanie -Gunmetal 350z -PAID Gary & Loz!

Nice one Andy! All your hard work and efforts are certainly appreciated Thankyou! No doubt you’ll do a grand job as always !