Alfadog

I will swap you a set of PRISTINE Skyline C110 seats for your uncomfortable black buckets with shiny bits on them. These seats are very comfortable and have the added pleasure of being bouncy! No longer will your hard-as-rock suspension cause havoc on that tail bone. Only because youre a friend, though! :bunny: Seriously, though, I always thought those seats were awesome but looked like they would make it impossible to see over the bonnet, because they're so LOW. Obviously this is not the case, as they're too HIGH you say! Am I reading right? edit: Gav, I voted for stock. No other seat looks quite right, unless you can find some period-correct racing bucket seats like Alan suggested...

I have this problem!! Great fun. Can you set the timing yourself or is it just something a mechanic should do in a normal service?

Gareth is correct - it's not meant to be able to be started in gear. Youve got no problem there!

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I've also wondered how the chrome tint would look on a classic car. I think it'd look really neat, or totally pathetic. If you do mock up the al-foil windows please take apicture or two for interest's sake!

Oh yes I saw her picture alright!! And then picked up my jaw, and sighed. How come we don't get cute AUSTRALIAN Z-fanatic girls?! Some countries get all the luck...

ROFL Frankinlove13, CALM DOWN!

I think you will find this is not the case... Try to get your hands on some magazine articles about the 240Z when it came out, you may be surprised at the attitudes expressed. It was a revolutionary car - the car "nobody expected until 1980" - combining performance with reliability at a price which made it a realistic dream for anybody. The 350Z certainly did NOT define the 240Z as a classic, or a benchmark car. If you take a look at the sales figures, you will find that a seemingly large stink was made for the car. Again, check out some magazine articles, it made a BIG impact. Very true, and I think most of us here respect the 350Z for this. It's great that more people get to learn about the 240Z! But there's a difference between respect and affection. Because Nissan can (ab)use this "heritage" to make the car more appealing and improve sales? Maybe.. It's much easier to be nasty on a forum!!

I think rather than "if the 350 has a Web site dedicated to it by then", Matt meant, "if the 350 still has an active Web site dedicated to it". Only time will tell, but I think in another 30 years people will be making claims that new cars are complete rubbish and dont have ANY character, unlike the classic 350Z with those timeless looks and "no-frills" attitude!!! Everything's relative...

Wrong! The 300ZX may be heavy but it's not underpowered. Yes, I will defend anything.

Personally, yep, if they had called the 280ZX and the rest of the "fatladies" by a different name, that'd be nice. Although, it's not so much about the name, as the way Nissan advertises them, harking back on their previous success with OUR car. It's the way Nissan tries to get the best of both worlds in promoting the 350Z. Saying on one hand that it is a futuristic car made to revolutionise the sports car market, and on the other, saying it is an evolution of the timeless 240Z, with "elements of Z-ness". That marketing department sure knows how to be vague and romantic.

What I really feel? It's a ZX and they KNOW IT, the bastards!! Some people just dont understand it's not about jealousy. It's about passion! And we hold our passion so close to our hearts, that when Nissan releases something as innately different to our cars, but uses *OUR* name, it hurts. I think that's what's coming through here more than jealousy, or hatred, or a superiority-complex. edit: kinda ironic i dont have one isnt it? Oh well, "absence makes the heart grow stronger". Too right!!!!!

By the sounds of it I think we have a few masochists in here... Do you think it is odd that apparently no new car is a true sports car anymore?? Times have changed, and I suspect the meaning of the word has changed somewhat too. If Nissan had built the 350Z to be a light-weight, "gritting-your-teeth" kinda car, I doubt it would have sold as well......... and money makes the world go round, not old-school cars with "character". BTW I DONT LIKE THE 350Z AT ALL AND I WISH IT WOULD DIE AND GO TO HELL. BY NO MEANS AM I TRYING TO IMPLY ITS A CAR I WOULD LIKE TO OWN. CLASSICS FOR ME, THANKS!

The best year for a Z? 2004!!!!!

I've never seen this either... and it surely didnt come from Nissan Japan as they never sold the Z as a Datsun, OR a 260Z in Japan. Like 2ManyZs said, either someone had a bit of spare time and a CNC Mill, or they're playing silly buggers...

I voted for Datto's, because of the creativity there. Although I think it looks a bit unrealistic, and the whole car has really been changed (I thought the idea of a photoshop was to create something vaguely possible), it looks really neat with the S30 headlight scoops. I think yours is more realistic, inmate/animal, but it's a bit boring to me... and all that "vinyl" stuff on the side doesn't do it for me... Peace! edit: a couple of other mods I did which are a bit more subtle- new door mirrors, smoother ermm those things behind the seats, rear widebody. thats all!

It's the thought that counts! Happy easter!!

Yeah must have changed for the 260.. interesting, I agree with you Gavin the 240's stitching is much nicer. OK, starting to miss my Z now................... *remembering fondly the days when I used to get down there and clean out the dirt from the vinyl with a toothbrush*

Here are the links to the ones in the gallery: Original Alfadog Datto_240Z inmate

Some nice shots, and some very nice cars in there. Well done!