What did you do with your Z today IV

Nismo89 · 07-28-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Morning guys. Was supposed to get up early and my oil changed but now I'm just feeling lazy. Might just linger around the house all day.

same here ( Minus the Oil Change) lol, Watch the Olympics!

TheGreatOne · 07-28-2012, 11:47 AM

No Z action today but tomorrow got a club cruise through some twisties in the mountains and then off to a Time Attack/Lapping night.
So I will prep the car tonight and figure out a great GoPro location...finally get to use this thing lol

Oh, wife upgraded and got this thing. We realized the 3 series is not all that big and our 8 month old is a big boy lol.

X5 with M Package 19 wheels (I convinced her on the wheels) She is loving it and feels like a "gangsta".

Davey · 07-28-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

We only have a few around here but man are they fun! Visit sometime.

You have to really work for it, here. I drive almost 20 miles to get to a short stretch of barely-used smooth road with a few low-speed tight corners. Or, there's always the city's racetrack - I465; plenty of ramps. But always populated. Not a great idea.

I was in Austin a few years back. The south side on the way to Fredericksburg looked sort of interesting. Made me wish I had my Z, at least. Also drove up on the NW side near some lake if I recall correctly, lots of hills. But the houses back in there all had driveways you'd need a 4wd to get into.

kenchan · 07-28-2012, 12:52 PM

good morning everyone!

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Hi Mr.kenchan

yes, another good $$$ making day, Saturday and Sunday will be better $$$ making days, then one more week and I'll be back enjoying semi-retirement

sounds good, mr.gale!

huh, semi-retirement also sounds good. hahaha.

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Buy a microphone?

LOL!

i ordered up new spacers for my G, so i will put the funds towards that.

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Originally Posted by alcheng

I was driving on a 50kmh tonight when heading home.... the road was clear since it was around 1am something and the street is within the industrial area.

I know it's 130am and almost zero traffic, but to run a red in this insane style... WTF WTF......

I am proud of myself.... even though I don't drive a $150k porsche... I drive with class...

And no matter that sh!t-head is covered with brand name products or expensive cars... his sh!t disclosed..

Hope seeing him crash his porsche or get a huge ticket one day.....

mr.alcheng- good to hear you did not feed the troll!

im sure he will crash some day or wet his pants in front of everyone or something stupid.

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Originally Posted by onzedge

It's Saturday here in Battle Lake and I am drinking in both my first cup of coffee and the sunrise over the lake. Stupid Mother Nature is not cooperating with me. In the backyard yesterday were two bald eagles hunting at the lakeside -- no more than 50 or 60 feet away. Like the spazz that I can be, I ran in the house and grabbed my camera just in time to see them disappearing into the distance.

Anyway, have a great Saturday everyone!!! I miss my Z's and Juke. My rental car is a Chevy Malibu and if any of you wonder why GM got itself into the mess it was/is in, then go drive a Malibu and your questions will be answered.

hahaha!!! gmorning, mr.onzedge!

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Morning guys. Was supposed to get up early and my oil changed but now I'm just feeling lazy. Might just linger around the house all day.

hey there pint.

yah, i need to do my G's brake fluid change and ive been kinda putting it off for a while... like almost 2months.

i will do it when the spacers arrive next week sometime... maybe probably

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

No Z action today but tomorrow got a club cruise through some twisties in the mountains and then off to a Time Attack/Lapping night.
So I will prep the car tonight and figure out a great GoPro location...finally get to use this thing lol

Oh, wife upgraded and got this thing. We realized the 3 series is not all that big and our 8 month old is a big boy lol.

X5 with M Package 19 wheels (I convinced her on the wheels) She is loving it and feels like a "gangsta".

looking good, mr. TGO!

congrats to you and your wifey.

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Originally Posted by Davey

You have to really work for it, here. I drive almost 20 miles to get to a short stretch of barely-used smooth road with a few low-speed tight corners. Or, there's always the city's racetrack - I465; plenty of ramps. But always populated. Not a great idea.

I was in Austin a few years back. The south side on the way to Fredericksburg looked sort of interesting. Made me wish I had my Z, at least. Also drove up on the NW side near some lake if I recall correctly, lots of hills. But the houses back in there all had driveways you'd need a 4wd to get into.

davey- in my area it's the same thing. it's mostly straight and a very few areas with a little twisties. but it's okay, the car sounds great and love the dynamics so i still enjoy it. oh, and MT is a must in these boring roads.

kenchan · 07-28-2012, 12:54 PM

motored my Z this am and was a decent drive. i was pretty tired to begin with and some folks were driving like idiots so that wasn't real nice.

but there's this one section i really enjoy driving and that part was no traffic and smooth.

also tested out my olympus mic's new setup. not bad, will play with it more tomorrow.

spot QD'ed afterwards.

some stupid little dog came running and barking at me from behind so that was annoying. was going to kick it but the owner had him on a leash. she didnt say sorry or anything. just ignored and walked away.

stupid dog owner.

planning to hook up with my buddy with the xB later on today to see his car.

Pintsize725 · 07-28-2012, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Davey

You have to really work for it, here. I drive almost 20 miles to get to a short stretch of barely-used smooth road with a few low-speed tight corners. Or, there's always the city's racetrack - I465; plenty of ramps. But always populated. Not a great idea.

I was in Austin a few years back. The south side on the way to Fredericksburg looked sort of interesting. Made me wish I had my Z, at least. Also drove up on the NW side near some lake if I recall correctly, lots of hills. But the houses back in there all had driveways you'd need a 4wd to get into.

The Fredericksburg route is kind of boring to me and FULL of cattle guards.

Lime Creek is on that NW side as well as 1431. Both great roads.

Lately I've been enjoying the new toll road 130. 80 mph speed limit and if you know the road well, you can easily get away with a lot more. New section they are opening up down south will be 85 mph.

Nismo89 · 07-28-2012, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

I was driving on a 50kmh tonight when heading home.... the road was clear since it was around 1am something and the street is within the industrial area.

Anyway, I was cruising at 60ish and I saw someone coming up quickly

, I switched to the right lane and we both approached to a red light.

A Porsche, Carrera S cabrio, two fat dude, not young, playing some shitty reggae out loud

and to make it worse... I can smell alcohol even from 4 ft away.....

Green light and we both took off, I cruise at 60ish again at 6th

, but I can hear the douchebag in that porsche wanna race cos he was prolly staying at 3rd and yanking the gas....

I slow down even more thus I was behind him on the same lane cos I have to make a left at the up coming intersection.

About 6 cars length to the intersection and the light was turning red..... I can see that douchebag floor the gas and run the red....

When he ran across the intersection, the light's been red for about 3 sec....

I stop at the red, and I saw that douchebag stopped at the next red light.. yup... he ran the first but the second one was also red....

Then... that selfish animal.... stop at that light for about 8 sec.... ran the red

WTF......

I know it's 130am and almost zero traffic, but to run a red in this insane style... WTF WTF......

I am proud of myself.... even though I don't drive a $150k porsche... I drive with class...

And no matter that sh!t-head is covered with brand name products or expensive cars... his sh!t disclosed..

Hope seeing him crash his porsche or get a huge ticket one day.....

goes to show you.....you can buy cars...your can buy anything your heart desires, however, you cant buy class. you cant buy smarts.

a driver makes the car...the d-Bag just dropped the value of that 150k down drastically by his drving. and made YOU the better Driver

TheGreatOne · 07-28-2012, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

spot QD'ed afterwards.

some stupid little dog came running and barking at me from behind so that was annoying. was going to kick it but the owner had him on a leash. she didnt say sorry or anything. just ignored and walked away.

stupid dog owner.

planning to hook up with my buddy with the xB later on today to see his car.

lol, that takes me back to that audio file that was popular like 10 years ago..."You kicked my dog"

Super Tanooki · 07-28-2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TerribleONE

is it a tick or a rattle..? are you running stock exhaust?

It's a tick. It sounds like some sort of spinning mechanism inside the gauge cluster isn't sitting right. If I get over 4000rpm it seems to put whatever it is out of whack, the ticking starts, and it won't stop until I dip back down to 2000rpm. It's been doing it since my car was stock, so I know it's none of my parts.

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Originally Posted by kenchan

watever it is, that sounds annoying.

hope you get a replacement soon, tanooki.

Yeah thanks man. I have a friend who's a master tech at Nissan so I'm sure he'll sort it all out for me.

Isamu · 07-28-2012, 04:00 PM

got a new puppy... so no z action then... but holy balls... found a nice road to really enjoy the smoothness of the turbo!

alcheng · 07-28-2012, 05:06 PM

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

Hope everyone is having a Great Weekend, especially those whio are having a getaway!!

The TPMS warning light popped up yesterday when I was heading home, stopped by a gas station and found the driver side rear only have 24 psi

Get it back to 34psi, brought it to my mechanic this morning and... found another nail...

no biggy, 15 mins they plug the puncture and

Meanwhile I saw the package of my CBE

duh.....

I got no luck on puncture this year.... this is the 3rd time I have puncture, and all these 3 times are on the driver side rear...

WTH...??

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

No Z action today but tomorrow got a club cruise through some twisties in the mountains and then off to a Time Attack/Lapping night.
So I will prep the car tonight and figure out a great GoPro location...finally get to use this thing lol

Oh, wife upgraded and got this thing. We realized the 3 series is not all that big and our 8 month old is a big boy lol.

X5 with M Package 19 wheels (I convinced her on the wheels) She is loving it and feels like a "gangsta".

Have fun on the Club Cruise!!

on the X5 TGO!! You got a badass baby car there... don't forget to put a "Baby in Car" sticker to have the 45hp boost

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Originally Posted by kenchan

good morning everyone!

mr.alcheng- good to hear you did not feed the troll!

im sure he will crash some day or wet his pants in front of everyone or something stupid.

Mr.kenchan... yes bud, some idiots just like to do things to disgrace themselves...

Wish we can have iggy-list on real road....

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Originally Posted by kenchan

spot QD'ed afterwards.

some stupid little dog came running and barking at me from behind so that was annoying. was going to kick it but the owner had him on a leash. she didnt say sorry or anything. just ignored and walked away.

stupid dog owner.

planning to hook up with my buddy with the xB later on today to see his car.

BTW, is the stupid dog owner young or hot???

Good Luck on the xB bud!!

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Originally Posted by Nismo89

goes to show you.....you can buy cars...your can buy anything your heart desires, however, you cant buy class. you cant buy smarts.

a driver makes the car...the d-Bag just dropped the value of that 150k down drastically by his drving. and made YOU the better Driver

kenchan · 07-28-2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

lol, that takes me back to that audio file that was popular like 10 years ago..."You kicked my dog"

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Originally Posted by Super Tanooki

It's a tick. It sounds like some sort of spinning mechanism inside the gauge cluster isn't sitting right. If I get over 4000rpm it seems to put whatever it is out of whack, the ticking starts, and it won't stop until I dip back down to 2000rpm. It's been doing it since my car was stock, so I know it's none of my parts.

Yeah thanks man. I have a friend who's a master tech at Nissan so I'm sure he'll sort it all out for me.

yah, that definitely sounds like a bad tach. should be a easy swap either just the tach module or the entire cluster.

talking of repairs, i decided to fix my driver seat bottom today for the popping/slight movement TSB. mine was like this from day one and lately it's gotten a tad worse from wear.

no parts really needed (unless you want to replace the starwashers) and you dont even need to take the SRS harness off; i did the entire repair while seat inside the car.

TSB:2009 nissan 370z: Seat popping noise/slight movement from front right seat corner

i did the door side first while the seat was still mounted to the floor.

the center console side of the seat, i took the seat off the floor, turned it so i had clear access to the starwasher on that side, and pounded the stock washer in further using my impact socket+ adapter.

no more popping noise or slight movement of the seat bottom.

onzedge · 07-28-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Isamu

got a new puppy... so no z action then... but holy balls... found a nice road to really enjoy the smoothness of the turbo!

What kind of puppy did you get?

Davey · 07-28-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

The Fredericksburg route is kind of boring to me and FULL of cattle guards.

Lime Creek is on that NW side as well as 1431. Both great roads.

Lately I've been enjoying the new toll road 130. 80 mph speed limit and if you know the road well, you can easily get away with a lot more. New section they are opening up down south will be 85 mph.

OK I had to look this up on Google Maps now. I don't remember what road we were on on the NW side. Isn't that terrible then, that 290/291 actually was exciting by comparison to around me?

But it's just so flat around here they don't have to wind the roads around big chunks of rock or anything, unfortunately. Gotta head toward Ohio or south for that.

kenchan · 07-28-2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

Hope everyone is having a Great Weekend, especially those whio are having a getaway!!

The TPMS warning light popped up yesterday when I was heading home, stopped by a gas station and found the driver side rear only have 24 psi

Get it back to 34psi, brought it to my mechanic this morning and... found another nail...

no biggy, 15 mins they plug the puncture and

Meanwhile I saw the package of my CBE

duh.....

I got no luck on puncture this year.... this is the 3rd time I have puncture, and all these 3 times are on the driver side rear...

WTH...??

Mr.kenchan... yes bud, some idiots just like to do things to disgrace themselves...

Wish we can have iggy-list on real road....

BTW, is the stupid dog owner young or hot???

Good Luck on the xB bud!!

hi mr.alcheng- sorry to hear about the nail puncture.

ive not had a puncture but i did find a short screw stuck in my G's S04 a few weeks ago.

but it did not penetrate through so i lucked out. but yah, i would've just plugged it and forgotten about it.

the dog owner was not hot at all. she wasn't fat or anything but just middle aged white woman racist type.

you know, the ones that dont talk to asians cause they pre-determine we dont know how to speak english.

next time i see her, i will tell her dogs make good stew.

yah, i was suppose to meet up with the guy today but he said he suddenly got called in to work this late am and not done. he's a IT guy so i know how that goes.. so maybe next week. im not in a huge rush to get a xB....lol

07-28-2012, 11:47 AM	#5522 (permalink)
TheGreatOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Age: 46 Posts: 1,980 Drives: E60 BMW M5 Rep Power: 21	No Z action today but tomorrow got a club cruise through some twisties in the mountains and then off to a Time Attack/Lapping night. So I will prep the car tonight and figure out a great GoPro location...finally get to use this thing lol Oh, wife upgraded and got this thing. We realized the 3 series is not all that big and our 8 month old is a big boy lol. X5 with M Package 19 wheels (I convinced her on the wheels) She is loving it and feels like a "gangsta". __________________ 2017 SUBARU STI 2008 E60 M5 - SOLD 2010 40th Anniversary 370Z - SOLD (and missing her)

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07-28-2012, 12:54 PM	#5525 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	motored my Z this am and was a decent drive. i was pretty tired to begin with and some folks were driving like idiots so that wasn't real nice. but there's this one section i really enjoy driving and that part was no traffic and smooth. also tested out my olympus mic's new setup. not bad, will play with it more tomorrow. spot QD'ed afterwards. some stupid little dog came running and barking at me from behind so that was annoying. was going to kick it but the owner had him on a leash. she didnt say sorry or anything. just ignored and walked away. stupid dog owner. planning to hook up with my buddy with the xB later on today to see his car.