NWZ

Enjoy the summer in your new toy!

By the way, if you do go and look at the Rav4's and it has a spare fixed to the boot dont be put off that the door only opens 1/2 way which makes it awkward in getting stuff in the boot. There's a mod that you can install which extends the opening and let's you open the door fully. Hard to explain but's it's on the forums.

Had a Kuga as a hire car last year - I was looking forward to driving it as I liked the looks, but then hated the drive - very wallowy. If your buying from a dealer ask if you can put dogs in boot try for size etc, if not then walk away.

Rav4 3rd edition - look at 56 plate onwards. My Mrs has one - it's absolutely fantastic. Ours is petrol, 30mpg not bad but it's a brilliant all rounder, bomb proof and fantastic in the snow! Flown through MOT's 3 years on the run now. Perfect for our dog in the boot, you'll easily get 2 medium size dogs in there. Rear seats drop down and great for skip runs. They see to be holding their price as well. It'll be a sad day when we move on from it as Mrs keeps hinting for an Evoque. Looks better than an estate as well and you'll stay Japanese.

I can't even here the other person when i'm driving let alone worry about them hearing me! The sound level vs the noise instead is crap.

That's correct guys, I did a 250 mile drive yesterday and part way I swapped my modded cassettes with my originals and put it this way with the originals there is no intake noise - just like OEM but with the modded cassettes that's a different story - WOW...I'm so impressed, the best cheapest mod by a million zillion miles. Now when booting it over 3.5k revs it sounds epic. I'll try and take a close up pic of what's been done this week.

Yeah they're the ones I bought. I've got my original cassettes so I can play about and see if they make any difference with the openings

Done the penny install, well 2 x 1p's in each one - works a treat! job done...

Well I've got mixed opinions on the K&N drop in filters, mine came with them and to be honest they make no difference. You have to oil them as well which personally I'm not a fan of. I just managed to source a pair of the cassettes which have been cut out to let more air in, they also came with nearly new 500mile HKS green filters, so a quick 1 minute job of dropping in the new cassettes with the HKS. Took car for a drive today and it sounds awesome when giving it beans really meaty and loud over 4k, reminds me of my old K&N CAI on my 350z but without the £500 price tag. I'll probably get flamed for heat soak etc but cant see it being any worse than the cone filters and let's face it I'm quids in. I'm going to test my K&N's as well and see what they sound like with the cut out cassettes. I've also got a long drive on Sunday so will see if any performance issues. I've also read up on head soak and there seems to be a lot of talk about it affecting turbos more than n/a but I'm a novice when it comes to these things. I also read about the metal pipes from the induction creating additional heat soak as opposed to staying with the oem plastic. But the guy who sold me the cassettes had them in his 370z nismo without any issues. A great mod and I'm surprised there hasn't been more talk on it.

Nobody tried the penny fix instead of removing the weight NVH doodah? Mine is playing up and wondering whether to try the 1p fix first.

Nice - would be good to see what you think compare to 350 soon!

Tried PM'ing you mate but says inbox is full

I'll take them if still available.

Brilliant Video Andy, thanks for your time & effort last weekend.

A couple of mine:

Well having owned both I stand by my word

What do you actually think about the wet weather handling? I think the 370z is definitely more planted in the wet than the 350z even with stock Bridgestones on.

Same as the 350z I'm afraid, needs some cloud9 and carpet adhesive. Fitting it is easy, I've had my boot out for my reversing camera. I'm thinking of doing mine this time around as it is a tad noisy.

Tesco Pet insurance have been great for my Rough Collie who's had a couple of problems. They always pay out as well. PITA pet insurance though as when something goes wrong its classed as Pre existing condition and difficult to change provider.

Epic - better than the original meets. Thanks for coming to my playground.... Who else agrees the evo triangle is over-rated, too many ditches for my liking. Took a lovely drive from Denbigh to the Horshoe pass some fantastic twisties there. Photos & dash cams to follow!

Yeah come guys pics - get us whetting our appetite!

Welcome Dude! See you on Sunday...

Just stopped raining so hopefully that's it! Forecast looks dry so fingers crossed. See you on Sunday.

I agree I wouldn't disable the ESP either until you get it fixed! I remember my old 350z was a bit twitchy when the tyres were on 3mm especially Falken FK452 - not a fan of them TBH and wouldn't use them again. And yes, ESP brakes the car, depending on which tyre is slipping is where the brake is applied. From what I remembered, the ESP on the 350z is sensitive, I remember mine coming on sometimes when taking the long sweeping slip lane from the M6 -> M56 at 70mph, that's a bit of an experience I can tell you! Process of elimination this one is, could be tyres, what about the alignment if you've got uneven wear?

Cant wait tbh, it's been 6 years since my last 350z-uk meet! See y'all on Sunday...