Arkwright

Can anyone tell me if the service stamps in the warranty book have to be by an authorised Nissan dealer in order for the warranty to be valid or is any garage permitted and does it need to say 'carried out to nissan standard or anything like that if an ordinary garage is ok?

apparently independent witnesses have confirmed that Ronaldos car only received a slight clip but it rolled over at least 10 times.

The better your brakes are, the quicker you'll be able to go. is this true?

If the mods don't mind me advertising I have some 350Z models for sale in the Z Club Shop. They are Jada option D 1/24 scale die cast. The only colour I have atm is black with chrome wheels and Veilside bodykit. I do not have a picture of this particular one but there is a gold and black one pictured in the shop which is the same style. cost is £17.76 by paypal. (incl p+p etc) Payee is; shop@zclub.net. I only have 3 at present but pick them up from my supplier as and when he gets them in. I am in his hands as to what becomes available. Best to pm me first to see what I've got. As you will see other models of Z are available. These come in a display box. the car is approx 8" long and 2.5" high. opening doors bonnet & boot detailed engine bay & boot racing seats & full harness belts.

and from me too. Best wishes to everyone

no wurriz plenty more available when you sell out!

you cheeky bugger:teeth: the above also available from the ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER. £2 each by paypal vendor is shop@zclub.net or pm. (The shield type as pictured)

I know what you mean Martin. My 260 is a heap but keeps on passing the mot and it's real fun to drive. Whilst I enjoy my 350 it's not the same pleasure that I get out of the 260.

240Z 1975-78 260Z 2000 to present 300zx TT 2006-2008 350z roadster atm

We all drive a high performance car, but are we all high performance drivers? Watch the video by all means. I was a traffic cop for over 20 years and I've seen plenty of the real thing. By all means read Roadcraft and make sure it's the latest edition but better than that, when someone asks you what you want for Xmas ask them to enroll you in the local institute of advanced motorists. Take a course and see how to drive properly and more safely. You will learn a lot that you thought you knew but most of all you will enjoy it.

The tax disc holders have been received from the printers and will be posted out tomorrow to all who have paid. If you have not paid yet please get your fingers out and I will post off as soon as paypal received. I have a few left over so if you would like some please let me know asap and I’ll reserve until paypal received

Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photo card driving licences expire Thousands of motorists are at risk of being fined up to £1,000 because they are unwittingly driving without a valid licence. They risk prosecution after failing to spot the extremely small print on their photo card licence which says it automatically expires after 10 years and has to be renewed - even though drivers are licensed to drive until the age of 70. The fiasco has come to light a decade after the first batch of photo licences was issued in July 1998, just as the they start to expire. Motoring organisations blamed the Government for the fiasco and said 'most' drivers believed their licences were for life. Enlarge A mock-up driving licence from 1998 when the photo cards were launched shows the imminent expiry date as item '4b' They said officials had failed to publicise sufficiently the fact that new-style licences - unlike the old paper ones - expire after a set period and have to be renewed. To rub salt into wounds, drivers will have to a pay £17.50 to renew their card - a charge which critics have condemned as a 'stealth tax' and which will earn the Treasury an estimated £437million over 25 years. Official DVLA figures reveal that while 16,136 expired this summer, so far only 11,566 drivers have renewed, leaving 4,570 outstanding. With another 300,000 photo card licences due to expire over the coming year, experts fear the number of invalid licences will soar, putting thousands more drivers in breach of the law and at risk of a fine. At the heart of the confusion is the small print on the tiny credit-card-size photo licence, which is used in conjunction with the paper version. Just below the driver name on the front of the photo card licence is a series of dates and details - each one numbered. Number 4b features a date in tiny writing, but no explicit explanation as to what it means. The date's significance is only explained if the driver turns over the card and reads the key on the back which states that '4b' means 'licence valid to'. Even more confusingly, an adjacent table on the rear of the card sets out how long the driver is registered to hold a licence - that is until his or her 70th birthday. A total of 25million new-style licences have been issued but - motoring experts say - drivers were never sufficiently warned they would expire after 10 years. Motorists who fail to renew their licences in time are allowed to continue driving. But the DVLA says they could be charged with 'failing to surrender their licence', an offence carrying a £1,000 fine. AA president, Edmund King said: 'It is not generally known that photo card licences expire: there appears to be a lack of information that people will have to renew these licences. 'People think they have already paid them for once over and that is it. 'It will come as a surprise to motorists and a shock that they have to pay an extra £17.50.' The AA called on the Government to use the annual £450million from traffic enforcement fines to offset the renewal charge. Before photo card licences were introduced, old-style paper licences were valid until the age of 70. 'Many motorists still believe this to be the case with the new ones.' Driving instructor Tony Carter, of Canterbury, said: 'It's outrageous; everybody thinks their driving licence is for life. 'Why - when you have already paid £50 for your photo card licence - should you pay the Government an extra £17.50 every 10 years? 'It's another stealth tax. Drivers will be very annoyed.' Today the DVLA said the date of expiry was carried on the new-style licences, even though the AA says this is 'not clear'. The Agency was unable to say whether motorists were told the licences would expire when they were first issued. It said it was issuing postal reminders to drivers whose photograph was due to expire, to get the renewal message across. But a spokesman admitted this was the limit of the DVLA's publicity. Experts say many drivers will slip through the net because DVLA records are inaccurate and many motorists have changed address, making it impossible to trace them. A DVLA spokesman said: 'Previous experience has shown that wide-scale publicity is less effective and can generate enquiries and concerns from those not affected. Instead, DVLA focussed on targeted publicity to ensure that we got the message to the right person at the right time.' The Driving Standards Agency is allowing L-test candidates with out-of-date photo card licences to sit their driving tests as long as they provide a valid passport. This concession will end in January next year, raising the prospect that some L-test candidates will be turned away. The DVLA said no one had so far been charged with failing to surrender a licence.

Hi Lisa

If this is any help this company, (300zx owners) in Plymouth have attended Zed Fest and Z008 and tinted club members cars. They will probably be there again in '09 for the more northerly members. http://www.mastertint.t83.net/ Give them a try we had good reports.

the only one I have is in the link on martinmacs 7th post on this thread.

I have these for sale in the Z Club Shop. Follow Martinmacs link or go to www.zclub.net select club shop from the drop down menu headed open area. I hope to be ordering them this week so please be quick. Only £2 each via paypal. You can even join up while you're there and get access to the top rate online Mag.

doubtfull about the southern meets, I'm from Notts and was just passing through that day.

Hi, I've been popping over from the Z Club occasionally to keep an eye on you and invite you to Zed Fest every year. Also visited the last meeting at Thurrock as I was passing with a new 'toy' ! I have now gone the whole hog and purchased an 06 350ZGT roadster so I will probably be here more often. Look forward to meeting a lot more of you all in the future.

On a Z subject – if you go www.nissanpress.co.uk you can see the first official images of the next generation - 370Z. Released today at 11.00

sorry I was later than expected martinmac but at least I made it with my 'new baby'. tee hee.

Thanks to all who attended and great pics Chesterfield. If you didn't come then hopefully you'll get another chance next year, same location, dates to be confirmed.

come on Jonathan you can walk it each day from your house you could come friday night, stagger home and catch the bus Saturday, we don't bite new boys

sorry for anyone who was going to attend. due to the awful weather we have cancelled this event. apparently billing is waterlogged. hope to see you all at JAE We are planning Zed Fest this year to be at a new location near Nottingham in September. further details will follow.

I have received the first printing and these will be posted out tomorrow. Line 4 now reads, 'I WAS IN THE PARADE OF 167 Z CARS' I can still take orders for these plaques, details of how to order are above.

sorry Chris try this (not being derogatory about your pooter skills) go to www.paypal.co.uk login click send money recipient is shop@zclub.net - enter amount - continue next page- in message box enter Silverstone plaque - send money. I'm not much good on the pooter but i think that workz.