Happy Bunny - new 350Z finally arrived!
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I bade a sad farewell to my 06 350Z roadster today 
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However my shiney new 350Z 313GT Coupe arrived to take it's place
Don't be waving at any Blue Roadsters in the E.Herts area anymore lest they think you're a little doolally....instead wave at me in my Silver 58 plate...driving like a girl 'cos I'm frightened to get it dirty....
.However my shiney new 350Z 313GT Coupe arrived to take it's place
Don't be waving at any Blue Roadsters in the E.Herts area anymore lest they think you're a little doolally....instead wave at me in my Silver 58 plate...driving like a girl 'cos I'm frightened to get it dirty....
I do intend to buy a 370Z in 18 months - and I had originaly wanted to talk to the dealer about that car when I first went in - but my head was turned by run-out 350s and the deals on offer. My Roadster needed changing (it was 2.5 years old on a 3 year lease) so I had to have something now-ish. The deal they offered was rather good - I paid £20.5K for a brand-spanking 06 313 GT Coupe - with extras which had listed at £32.7K! I'm surprised at how different it feels to my 06 car...
Me dealer seems to think a delay to June/July is likely for the 370. he tells me all the 350Zs left in the system have now found homes - bar the odd one or two.
I had mine on a 3 year PCP, and chopped it 3 months early - I had about £1K 'negative equity' due to the recent step change in car RVs, but I managed to roll that into the deal I've done on a new one - my monthly payments are lower, and I didn't have to throw any equity into the deal -primarily due to the rather low price paid....
I had mine on a 3 year PCP, and chopped it 3 months early - I had about £1K 'negative equity' due to the recent step change in car RVs, but I managed to roll that into the deal I've done on a new one - my monthly payments are lower, and I didn't have to throw any equity into the deal -primarily due to the rather low price paid....
Pictures will follow when I can keep it clean long enough and it's not raining - so probably some time in June! The roads round where I live (rural) are covered in muck from tractors, etc and there are no kerbs on the vast majority of roads, so a 100 yard drive is enough to cover it in cack!
Chris, I expect most used cars - 350Z included, to continue falling in price so they should be available sooner than you might have thought!
Would encourage you to buy - great cars which perform way beyond their market value (new and used!)...
Chris, I expect most used cars - 350Z included, to continue falling in price so they should be available sooner than you might have thought!
Would encourage you to buy - great cars which perform way beyond their market value (new and used!)...
Hmmn - not so sure Jon - the advent of the new higher VED rates, the arrival of the 370, and the release of the cheap 2009 350s (just paid £20.5K for my new 09 GT Coupe)will likley drive further downwards movement in RVs. Unfortunately! Sincerely hope I'm wrong and you're right though!
They have performed well in the market place comparatively speaking versus similar cars out there....and that probably won't change.
They have performed well in the market place comparatively speaking versus similar cars out there....and that probably won't change.
Martin, that would be great mate - especially if you'ld clean it first! 
Seriously though, this weekend I'll get a chance to wash it and supposedly it's not going to rain round here for once, so piccies to follow.. on both forums.
I may however wait until Monday when it's going back to the dealer as the interior air fan is making a noise akin to those old wooden rattles that footy fans used to carry in the 50's...
Seriously though, this weekend I'll get a chance to wash it and supposedly it's not going to rain round here for once, so piccies to follow.. on both forums.I may however wait until Monday when it's going back to the dealer as the interior air fan is making a noise akin to those old wooden rattles that footy fans used to carry in the 50's...
That would have been my house mate - only 350 in the village - I was in The Bull on Saturday - what time were you in?
Strangely Ant McParlin (he of And and Dec) and his lass Georgie Dodds (Sky Sports presenter) were also in there - her parents live in the village...
I was out front when a Blue Elise came by - followed closely by a sports bike - that you?
Strangely Ant McParlin (he of And and Dec) and his lass Georgie Dodds (Sky Sports presenter) were also in there - her parents live in the village...
I was out front when a Blue Elise came by - followed closely by a sports bike - that you?
Well, it's been two weeks only and a lovely lady drove into my lovely new car - right after a wash and wax - this morning. Knackered the wing and the front bumper and grill. To give her her due she did stop, pull over, and come and find me to tell me she had done it (it was parked outside the village shop at the time - where I was getting my Sunday papers). She's admitted liability so should be fixed quickly...
But I am no longer a happy bunny...
But I am no longer a happy bunny...
eastlmark said:
mmm, think I saw your car today....house all of, what 50 metres from the village shop maybe...and yet you took it to get the Sunday papers....
Yup, had been up to Waitrose in Stortford to get a few bits and bobs, and then needed the paps, was thinking that I would go and see a mate at the bottom of the village to see if he needed a lift as we were all meeting up for few beers In The Bull, so parked up at the shop on the way there...Gassing Station | Herts, Beds, Bucks & Cambs | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff