Parking sensors

[edb49]

Can anyone recommend a roaming auto-electrics place to fit parking sensors to the GTR? It's so massive, I'm scared to park the thing!

[okgo]

You could try 001 mobile in hersham, we use them for a lot of our cars here.

01932 253 001

[NWVT]

isnt it an optional extra/ accesorie you can have fitted by the dealer.

[edb49]

Yeah, it is a dealer-fit option but that involves 2 hours driving and 4 hours waiting there for them to fit them. Oh, and £499!

[john_r]

I've decided to go with the dealer fit option, may be a bit expensive but it will be covered under the Nissan warranty that way. I don't want anyone other than Nissan fecking about with the electrics when under warranty!

[edb49]

John, what dealer are you getting yours from? Sat-Nav or not?

[john_r]

Middlehurst, no Sat Nav - Tom Tom is far better than any in car system, portable and 'PH friendly'.

Spending my VAT saving on the Middlehurst sports exhaust, parking sensors and delivery pack.

[edb49]

Excellent

I've got a Y-pipe and Accessport on order, so the car should be good for 550bhp soon.

Now I've had some time in the seat I'm really appreciating how good the car is. It is so easy to drive fast, it communicates the limits to you really well.

[john_r]

edb49 said:

Excellent

I've got a Y-pipe and Accessport on order, so the car should be good for 550bhp soon.

Now I've had some time in the seat I'm really appreciating how good the car is. It is so easy to drive fast, it communicates the limits to you really well.

Any tips on insurance - Elephant are by far the cheapest at the moment, although I may try and multi-car the GTR and RS6 with Swiftcover...

[angryS3owner]

john_r said:

although I may try and multi-car the GTR and RS6 with Swiftcover...

Good move, well done, you know you NEED both

[edb49]

john_r said:

Any tips on insurance - Elephant are by far the cheapest at the moment, although I may try and multi-car the GTR and RS6 with Swiftcover...

I'm insured with Admiral on a multi-car policy, I pay £1520 in total.

Critical details of the policy are:

- My wife and I are both insured (and both 26yrs)
- 7yrs NCB on the Nissan, 1yr NCB on the BMW
- £5000 excess
- SDP with commuting/light business use for me on both cars
- Nissan has a tracker

I didn't know Swiftcover do multi-car, I'll have to check them out come renewal as I remember them being v. cheap on a previous car.

[Sods Law]

edb49 said:

- £5000 excess

How much excess.....

[edb49]

£5350 if you include the compulsory bits... best way to get cheap insurance

[john_r]

edb49 said:

£5350 if you include the compulsory bits... best way to get cheap insurance

Holy st, some days it's good to be over 35!

[identti]

edb49 said:

£5350 if you include the compulsory bits... best way to get cheap insurance

And I thought I paid a lot for insurance!

[edb49]

identti said:

edb49 said:

£5350 if you include the compulsory bits... best way to get cheap insurance

And I thought I paid a lot for insurance!

The insurance itself is £1520, about £760 for each of two performance cars. I think it's pretty good considering ages etc. It's only the excess that is scary...

[pete]

If anyone is after multi-car insurance I would recommend Sunninghill insurance brokers, now part of the Jelf group. I've got a Chaucer Family Fleet policy with them, costing £1400 for a Tuscan, BMW 335 and a mk1 MX5. Two drivers, both BMW and MX5 covered for class 1 business use with excesses less than £500, and the Tuscan is covered for track use. NCB on the individual cars isn't much of a factor on the price, but your accident history is.

Pete

p.s. Ed - your parking problem appears to be solved. The GTR is so bloody big and scary looking that no-one wants to park near it

[edb49]

pete said:

p.s. Ed - your parking problem appears to be solved. The GTR is so bloody big and scary looking that no-one wants to park near it

Yeah... I noticed that this morning. Some scoundrel with a black 335d touring was parked uncomfortably close tho

[funwithrevs]

I do love that about my kit car. Fully comp is £295 quid. Not bad for 18K worth of lunacy

[john_r]

Just been speaking with Chris at Middlehurst; GTR just come in for a new rear bumper after the owner backed into a post... 600 quid plus fit and paint! I think £400 for a parking sensor kit is a bargain!