2013 Nissan 370z GT
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daemon

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40,092 posts

226 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Bit of a shuffling around in the Daemon household and my wifes 2012 z4 and my 2012 Golf have gone, to be replaced by this....



March 2013, 9K miles, 3.7 litre.

Has all the toys - xenons, reversing cam, sat nav, leather heated, / alcantara seats, cruise, etc, etc.

Have to say, very impressed. Very very fast car, handles superbly, and whilst you know theres a big engine in there, it doesnt make the car nose heavy.

Induction kit will probably be the first mod, then funds permitting, an upgraded cat back exhaust. Both these seem to release more of a meaty v6 note from the engine.


MattHall91

1,275 posts

153 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Great car!

Always liked these and you don't see many. Never driven one but I get the impression they are a significant step forward from the 350Z.

Keep us updated smile

joncon

1,515 posts

252 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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I had a go in the auto with paddleshift , auto blip on downshifts ...awesome car...drove it back to back with a v8 vantage...
not a lot between them

daemon

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226 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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joncon said:
I had a go in the auto with paddleshift , auto blip on downshifts ...awesome car...drove it back to back with a v8 vantage...
not a lot between them
This one is a manual but it does the autoblips too on both the down and upshifts. It learns and predicts whether you're going to go down or up a gear depending on how you're otherwise driving. Its very impressive.

The engine note is quite muted (having said that i've a 2.8VR6 Caddy with induction kit and custom exhaust so anything is going to sound muted) but it does get more throaty with revs.


liner33

10,861 posts

231 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Nice to see you are enjoying it.

Looks nice

daemon

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Tuesday 5th May 2015
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liner33 said:
Nice to see you are enjoying it.

Looks nice
Having a wail of a time with it. Very fast, great handling, all the toys. Very enjoyable.

Was checking out the fuel situation here in Northern Ireland. Shell V Power is unavailable, Tescos 99RON is unavailable, in fact the only "decent" (and i use the term lightly) high RON fuel is BP Ultimate @ 97RON.

Would you be adding an octane booster such as the one Millers do to get the rating up?

liner33

10,861 posts

231 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Probably be ok with 97 to be honest I doubt you will feel a difference.

I drove mine the other week with very old fuel and it was pretty flat but as soon as I filled with Vpower it was back to normal

My octane booster of choice is this one and i keep a bottle in the boot incase i need to fill with 95

http://lucasoil.com/products/fuel-treatments/lucas...

cerb4.5lee

44,253 posts

209 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Love these and you don't see very many about, good choice and enjoy it.

Granfondo

12,241 posts

235 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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daemon said:
Bit of a shuffling around in the Daemon household and my wifes 2012 z4 and my 2012 Golf have gone, to be replaced by this....



March 2013, 9K miles, 3.7 litre.

Has all the toys - xenons, reversing cam, sat nav, leather heated, / alcantara seats, cruise, etc, etc.

Have to say, very impressed. Very very fast car, handles superbly, and whilst you know theres a big engine in there, it doesnt make the car nose heavy.

Induction kit will probably be the first mod, then funds permitting, an upgraded cat back exhaust. Both these seem to release more of a meaty v6 note from the engine.
Has the penny finally dropped on PCP? wink

daemon

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40,092 posts

226 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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Granfondo said:
daemon said:
Bit of a shuffling around in the Daemon household and my wifes 2012 z4 and my 2012 Golf have gone, to be replaced by this....



March 2013, 9K miles, 3.7 litre.

Has all the toys - xenons, reversing cam, sat nav, leather heated, / alcantara seats, cruise, etc, etc.

Have to say, very impressed. Very very fast car, handles superbly, and whilst you know theres a big engine in there, it doesnt make the car nose heavy.

Induction kit will probably be the first mod, then funds permitting, an upgraded cat back exhaust. Both these seem to release more of a meaty v6 note from the engine.
Has the penny finally dropped on PCP? wink
As i've always said - and would always advocate to others, we look for the car we want, then look at the best way to finance it whether that be cash, PCP, personal loan, lease or HP , bearing in mind the timeframe we are likely to keep it.

A PCP deal wasnt the best option on this one.

Had it been a new car we were looking at, a PCP deal may well have suited best but at the price we got this for a new one was nonsensical.


Edited by daemon on Saturday 30th May 13:58