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James Doughton
ALSC Newbie
Username: Jiimy
Post Number: 15
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:49 am: | 
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Been a member for about 8 months, and i thought it would be a good time 2 upload some pic's.
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James Doughton
ALSC Newbie
Username: Jiimy
Post Number: 16
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:49 am: |
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pictures @ KIAMA. |
Damien Smith
ALSC Moderator
Username: Damien
Post Number: 331
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:13 am: |
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That's a clean looking example you have there James. |
James Doughton
ALSC Newbie
Username: Jiimy
Post Number: 17
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 6:48 pm: |
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do people here like 300zx??? |
Tim Eacott
ALSC Junkie
Username: Timme
Post Number: 353
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:03 pm: |
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Nice car, crappy motor |
Simon Triantafillou
ALSC Junkie
Username: Soarer
Post Number: 112
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:46 am: |
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So old... and looks like a pancake on wheels (the ZX I'm referring to).
Good to see another local on here tho. I'm from the Gong. |
James Doughton
ALSC Newbie
Username: Jiimy
Post Number: 18
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 9:39 am: |
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Hay simon im moving back to the gong from kiama this week.Soarer's will be everywhere. |
Callum Finch
ALSC Junkie
Username: Sigeneat
Post Number: 207
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 9:44 am: |
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I was planning on getting a 300zx before i even knew Soarers existed. I am a fan of the angled and flat front look, like a wedge.
*shrug* |
Mustafa Akgul
ALSC Junkie
Username: Muzzy
Post Number: 285
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 10:05 pm: |
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Simon Triantafillou quoted on August 14 - 12:46 am:So old... and looks like a pancake on wheels (the ZX I'm referring to).
hahaha ha.. |
John Jantzen
ALSC Regular
Username: Taslex
Post Number: 24
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 2:12 pm: |
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I owned a 300zx from 2000 - 2005. I thought it was the best Zed car Nissan ever built (I've owned all except the 350z - which I hate, even if I could afford one!) , but the specs of the Aus model (which mine was) were quite basic compared to almost any other GT.
They go well, except they are a bit light in the rear and aren't particularly roomy or economical. They are starting to show their age in some ways, notably the plastic electrical connectors, which are getting brittle and unreliable in most of them. High underbonnet temperatures don't help, either. Working on a 300zx is frustrating - no space to do anything, and some hoses inaccessible without removing the gearbox. I had nothing go wrong with mine, but I lived in fear of a hose blowing, the heater core failing (VERY common) or the cam belt breaking (the VG30DE is an interference engine.) General service access is good - very intelligent placement of filters and drain plugs, for example.
I reckon they are still quite a dramatic looking car, being so low and with the headlight treatment not unlike the Ford GT40, but most people are over them now as you see them so often.
Unfortunately they have become so cheap they tend to get into the hands of people who rice them up with all sorts of twisted plastic bolt on rubbish, winding up looking worse than a Hyundai FX coupe!
I sold mine just after buying my UZZ31 - this better suited my purposes. I'm not going to say outright that the UZZ31 is the better car - they really aren't the same sort of product as the 300zx is a GT car which pretends to be a sports car and winds up compromised in both roles. The UZZ31 is a no-compromise GT car with little sporting pretention, but which can get you from A to B in great style, efficiency and comfort at any chosen speed.
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James Doughton
ALSC Newbie
Username: Jiimy
Post Number: 19
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:25 pm: |
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I agree with you John. |
Don Bagnall
ALSC Junkie
Username: Baggs
Post Number: 248
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 7:26 pm: |
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Well said John, and I concur  |
