New V35 Owner (to Be)

[MSKYO]

Hi all, I've been a member here for quite while but haven't really contributed much - mainly because I don't currently own a V35! Long story short I've loved these cars for a few years now and 18 months ago was a nasty pre-purchase inspection suprise away from buying a 2005 350GT premium pack sedan (full black leather etc.). Fortunately the inspection saved me some serious dough and oened my eyes to some real shiftiness.

18 months and a Honda Accord Euro later (brilliant car, just no guts), I decided to give into my urges and have put a deposit down on a 2003 premium pack coupe with a sunroof and what looks to be a DVD stacker in the boot. I have a pre-purhcase inspection scheduled for next week and I've got my fingers crossed that goes well. The dealer has said hey will fix any shortcomings identified by the inspection. All things going well I should have the car 2nd week of October (Has to be delivered from NSW to Melbourne)

Anyway a couple of questions - Chris Rogers is obviously the man with the know how on the electrical/multimedia side of things, so I was wondering Chris, when will you be in Melbourne next? I'm looking at a sat nav install (Garmin GVN53 to factory screen), cruise control and ipod adaptor install. I would normally do the ipod adaptor myself but these cars look particularly complex to remove the dash panels especially for the untrained.

Alternatively can anyone recommend anybody in Melbourne who has experience with these cars for the ipod adaptor and sat nav install?

Thanks in advance. Can't wait to finally own one of these

[Easy Tiger]

Just out of interest what was the shiftiness and potential dough eating on the '05?

[MSKYO]

Just out of interest what was the shiftiness and potential dough eating on the '05?

Seller claimed the car was mint, had never been in an accident and had done 20,000kms. The inspection report showed a lot of dodgily repaired panel work and the general wear and tear on the vehicle was much more than you would expect for a vehicle which had supposedly done only 20,000kms, even if servicing had been neglected. The vehicle inspector told me he didn't believe the odometer reading was genuine. I've worked out that this particular seller seems to sell a lot of V35's under different names. You can pick his ads.

Edited September 23, 2009 by MSKYO

[xscape237]

Welcome.

Well done on avoiding the dodgy example. Let me guess - it was in Sydney?

[danny_tq]

was this dealer located in Camperdown by any chance?

[BIGGERDave]

Hail "The King". AKA Chris Rogers, he'll probly know someone down here who could do it for you if he doesnt decide to visit. Hence he'll probly read this later on tonight.

He's reading this right now, "Hi chris"

Lol, but seriously he knows everything electricle about this car there is to know (as you said), so as said, he'll know someone down here in melbs.

If ya want the Stock Nav system to work it wont, forget it, guys have been trying to get it working in Aus for literally years. You probly know this already, but if you dont, if you want nav you'll have to go aftermarket, chris rogers does that aswell. For memory its like a flick switch, turnig it into nav mode (I apologize if wrong).

We just need another Chris Vistit to melbs, 2 votes so far.

Edited September 24, 2009 by BIGGERDave

[Chris Rogers]

buy me a ticket - easy. car gets done in boronia. I do not come down on my own accord (if I do NO ONE knows about it.) someone always flys me in.

this is how they work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGyiOfF2z8s

Edited September 24, 2009 by Chris Rogers

[MSKYO]

Thanks for the replies. Anyone want to share the cost of bringing Chris down? BIGGERDave maybe?

xscape237 and danny_tq: Affirmative to both your questions...