RE: SOTW: Nissan 300ZX
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It's a very heavy car, about 1700 kilos I think, so not really got the grunt to peel the skin off a rice pudding, I had a high power Turbo about ten years ago, at the time it was a good fast, fun car. by modern standards the electronics weren't that complicated, just a very low level of integration, so there were boxes everywhere.
Adrian W said:
It's a very heavy car, about 1700 kilos I think, so not really got the grunt to peel the skin off a rice pudding, I had a high power Turbo about ten years ago, at the time it was a good fast, fun car. by modern standards the electronics weren't that complicated, just a very low level of integration, so there were boxes everywhere.
It's a £1k shed. What sort of performance are you truly expecting. I'm sorry but I seriously struggle to see how anything sub 8 sec 0-60mph is truly slow when compared to the vast majority of cars on the roads today.G524 said:
''We also reckon somebody punctilious enough to bother about a spot of speeling, punctuation and grammar''
Please tell me 'speeling' was deliberate... It was? Am I German? A bit, yeah.
I know we're more than capable of our own spelling errors on PH, but you may rest reassured that this one was a (bad) joke and thus deliberate Please tell me 'speeling' was deliberate... It was? Am I German? A bit, yeah.
I agree on the standard of ads. I just sold my Ignis Sport through here, the ad was very lengthy and included every service mile and date, a detailed list of bad points and left absolutely nothing out. It kept my 'sold at first viewing' percentage at 100%, potential buyers would never have never had any nasty surprises when they show up, so everything goes smoothly (I also clean the car before a viewing).
When looking to buy a car if there is virtually no meaningful description I never bother to phone them, I don't understand why anyone going to the effort of selling a car would be so lazy about it.
When looking to buy a car if there is virtually no meaningful description I never bother to phone them, I don't understand why anyone going to the effort of selling a car would be so lazy about it.
This gets the thumbs up from me!
I agree with many points made above though- at this price there could be a lot ready to go wrong, but you'd get your money back breaking or it becomes a project car.
I don't think the exterior looks *that* dated- relatively minor mods help a lot like de-oranging all the indicators, and there are some tasteful body kits as well.
The interior looks great in leather but horrible in Jap-spec tweed. I think the dash is good- functional and driver-focused.
Used to have a TT myself- not a huge amount went wrong really but it got to the point where if I hung on to it any longer it would become a real investment improving interior, brakes, suspension and respray... I had neither the time or the money to do it justice :'-(
If I was doing it again, I'd go to www.300zx.co.uk and buy one where all the important stuff has already been sorted out :-)
I agree with many points made above though- at this price there could be a lot ready to go wrong, but you'd get your money back breaking or it becomes a project car.
I don't think the exterior looks *that* dated- relatively minor mods help a lot like de-oranging all the indicators, and there are some tasteful body kits as well.
The interior looks great in leather but horrible in Jap-spec tweed. I think the dash is good- functional and driver-focused.
Used to have a TT myself- not a huge amount went wrong really but it got to the point where if I hung on to it any longer it would become a real investment improving interior, brakes, suspension and respray... I had neither the time or the money to do it justice :'-(
If I was doing it again, I'd go to www.300zx.co.uk and buy one where all the important stuff has already been sorted out :-)
you amaze me 
angusc43 said:
I really like it. The styling is evidently marmite - but to me it still looks bang up to date. And I like the low, wide, swoopy stance.
I used to really fancy a 300ZX when I was running my 200SX's. Then I met my wife and she explained in very clear tones that the future of fast cars in this particular household would be German. Or words to that effect. :-)
Does she wash behind your ears and foreskin too? I used to really fancy a 300ZX when I was running my 200SX's. Then I met my wife and she explained in very clear tones that the future of fast cars in this particular household would be German. Or words to that effect. :-)
There is something unique to car ads that encourages horrific spelling and presentation, often all in massive block capitals and in odd colours. I wonder if it's deliberate in the hope they'll go viral.
I like the 300ZX, they drive well and the TT is quite quick, they are spectacularly unreliable and expensive to keep on the road so would never go near one.
I like the 300ZX, they drive well and the TT is quite quick, they are spectacularly unreliable and expensive to keep on the road so would never go near one.
Again, a bunch of geezers who limit themselves to driving FWD euro-boxes or crude British cars that can be fixed with a knife and fork complaining about Japanese cars and how apparently expensive and unreliable they are.
Buy a neglected car, it can be expensive to fix, buy one that has been looked after and driven right and it will work out cheaper in the long run and probably will last longer than a Ford Puma or a Jaguar.
Buy a neglected car, it can be expensive to fix, buy one that has been looked after and driven right and it will work out cheaper in the long run and probably will last longer than a Ford Puma or a Jaguar.
Edited by Anh on Friday 13th May 12:55
Anh said:
Again, a bunch of geezers who limit themselves to driving FWD euro-boxes or crude British cars that can be fixed with a knife and fork complaining about Japanese cars and how apparently expensive and unreliable they are.
Buy a neglected car, it can be expensive to fix, buy one that has been looked after and driven right and it will work out cheaper in the long run and probably will last longer than a Ford Puma or a Jaguar.
I'm not sure I quite agree with that. I don't know about the Puma, but Jaguars of this age are nigh-on unbreakable mechanically.Buy a neglected car, it can be expensive to fix, buy one that has been looked after and driven right and it will work out cheaper in the long run and probably will last longer than a Ford Puma or a Jaguar.
That said, I like these. I think they are attractive and have a certain charisma to them. All in, a good SOTW.
At least it's never going to be as much of a money pit as an equivalent £1k Mitsubishi GTO!
Another close competitor will be the 200sx from the same stable. Probably a little quicker and a fair bit cheaper to maintain.
It's a shame the z32 never came with the RB20det that some models of the z31 came with
Another close competitor will be the 200sx from the same stable. Probably a little quicker and a fair bit cheaper to maintain.
It's a shame the z32 never came with the RB20det that some models of the z31 came with
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