www.figaroownersclub.co.uk April 2010 Newsletter
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Club Statistics
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The Latest Numbers from our Database Members: 2,115Forum Members: 361Unique Web Visits: 69,580Geographic Coverage: 56 Countries
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Our website is packed with useful information and facts.
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Figaro Clothing & Gift Store
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The Figaro Store is run by the Figaro Owners Club.
Packed to the roof with great a Figaro Clothing Range and Gift Ideas from funky T-shirt designs to stylish clocks and much more. Happy Shopping!
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Greetings!
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Happy Easter from your Club Yippee its bank holiday time! After what's felt like the longest winter in history the clocks finally went forward last weekend and the days now seem longer. Its now time to get your Figaro out of the garage and give it some serious one-to-one love and attention.
Dad you've missed a bit! | Last Sunday (after raiding Halfords) Daniel and I spent a couple of hours armed with dozens of dusters, car wax, chrome polish and the like, applying and polishing 'Figgy'. She looked stunning.
In the afternoon bang on time the sun came out, we dropped the roof for some serious cruising (trying to avoid potholes!) around our little village. It was just what the doctor ordered!
Can we just say a big "thank you" to all our new and existing members who donated to the club last month. As Tesco say 'Every Penny Counts' and it really does help to oil the wheels. You can make your donation by Clicking here
Welcome to our New Members For those newbie's to the club then a big hug and welcome. We really are a friendly bunch so please feel free to contribute, we would love to hear from you Read more.
Next Month We will be featuring FIG10 along with the usual forum updates, news and more...
Hope you enjoy the Newsletter catch you all next month, bye for now :)
Kevin Fagan Figaro Owners Club Founder Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.figaroownersclub.co.uk Forum: www.figaroownersclub.proboards.com
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Car of the Month ~ April 2010
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Not for the faint hearted this Figaro will certainly get you noticed | Congratulations to Jennifer Rothwell and Tilly which is one crazy Figaro! The club understands that Tilly was hurt in an accident recently and is currently convalescing in 'Figaro Hospital' trying to get better for Fig10. I for one cannot wait to see her in the flesh so please Get Well Soon.
Jennifer takes up the story " This is Tilly. My first ever car. I have loved Figaro's for many a year now and had always intended on purchasing an emerald one as soon as I had passed my test. I would sit searching the internet in my spare time just looking at all of the fantastic options"
Checkout Full Story, and more Pictures Click here
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Attend FIG10 and collect your FREE Members Badge!
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Help promote the club and wear your badge with pride! | We are delighted to announce that the club will be giving out FREE Members Badges at
FIG10. So when you arrive please don't forget to pop along to our
stand and collect your badge!
This will also be great
opportunity to meet me the team and have a good chinwag
Register to attend FIG10
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Can you Help Gary?
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We have been contacted by one of our members who is looking to locate any photos or information on the
first prototype Figaro's from 1989, Gary has only been able to find one
picture so far, more of a artist impression really. He noticed a few low
resolution ones on Brian's site ( Garages / 11 ) and understands quite a
few of these prototype cars were made ... wonder how many ?.
Is this the original artist impression? | The video below shows the car I'm
wanting pictures of ... you will see smaller bonnet, no front wing /
valance joint lines below headlights, different bumpers front and back,
no spare wheel hatch, a smaller boot lid, different number plate plinth
and no petrol flap on near side quarter panel. The badge we have on our
Fig's is also on the back on this car. Study the toggle switches and
clocks on the dash too, also slightly different to our cars, I wonder if
any of these survive ? and how much one would be worth today .... 25
grand ?. Surely Nissan will have one at least in their Museum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKPqyjLuSJc
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see the prototype Figaro driving, see the short extract on this video I
posted a short while ago below, the prototype starts at 0:52secs. If you
look very closely on the video the rear lights are very slightly
different ( not as deeply dished ) and it looks as though the central
rear brake light we have in the rear window is boot mounted although
much slimmer. I can see why the smaller bonnet and boot lid were
replaced for what we have on our Figaro's, it is obvious to see access
to the engine etc would have been much more restricted if left as the
prototype was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjYK-cjASE
Any
help would be appreciated, I'm making digital print drawings of the
Figaro and would like to do myself a set of the prototype ones also.
Please post any messages on our forum thread many thanks Gary ~ Member - Post Now
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Cafe Figaro - Opening Near You?
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We spotted this image on Google and wondered where this is in the world? Maybe its the latest new coffee chain? If so we're hoping it may end up replacing Starbucks!
Just imagine going for a 'Figaro Latte' in your local high street along with all those parked Figaro's...
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Haynes Village 100 Event ~ June 27th 2010
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Fancy a day out on Sunday 27th June with a group of other Figaro Owners? The club has been invited to attend the Classic
Vehicle Event.
They are trying to show
100 years of motoring. Full details, gallery of past events, pics, event
history, entry details and entry forms are to be found on the web
site below.
Lets do the Nissan Figaro proud and attend "The more the merrier"
Why not post your detail on our forum to arrange who is going along with meeting places and times? Click here
Full Details are on the Web Site www.thehaynesvillage100.org.uk
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Personalised Number Plates
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The club has been contacted by Speedy Reg who claim to provide Figaro themed number plates for your car.
Speedy
Registrations has grown from having one sales person to its present day,
headed by the office manager Alanda. The Sales Staff team are, Jayne,
Isobel, Marty, Craig, Jenny and Lilian in accounts plus our two
Directors Des and Brigitte.
Speedy Registrations also hold the coveted industry
internationally recognised Government backed quality management systems
standard, ISO 9001:2000. As a result we place customer care and after
sales to the forefront of our company principles.
For our creditability we are members of CNDA, MIRAD, FSB and RMI. For further information visit SpeedyReg web site Click here
Our forum has had over 90 posts regarding Personised Number plates ~ Click here
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News from the Dealers
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We have been contacted by our dealers this Month regarding some changes and new services.
New Figaro Parts Shop The Figaro Shop' has changed its email address. It is now [email protected] which is
where this message has come from. Toby is also proud to announce 'Figaro Parts Shop' a new online shop. You can purchase parts
and accessories and also book in fitting and servicing at your preferred
date using the site.
Jap Cars and Parts have moved Brian tells us that they have just moved to a new site and are sending out flyers to all their customers, New address is: St Lawrence Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1AR, Tel: 0191 2659207.
If you are a dealer please let us know about any news you have. If you tell us we can then tell our members! Contact Us
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Daphne's been a haunting in Northumberland ~ Member Story
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Member Paul Posted this on our forum on the 29th March 2010
"Was away last week ghost hunting and stone hunting in Northumberland. Once again stayed at Chillingham Castle , about the 6th
time we've been there and this time we stayed in the most haunted room
in the castle had a good feeling though when i walked in and had the most relaxed stay
at the castle since we first started going- ghost must have welcomed
us.
Fantastic stay and walked so much finding megalith sites and sheep
and our new friend the Shetland Pony"
Read all about Paul's fantastic weekend Click here
Send in your Story and Pictures Click here
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Attending FIG10? Smile your on Camera!
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FIG10 have arranged for a professional photographer to take pictures of all cars entering the event. Eddie is an event photographer working alongside the events dept at the Heritage, www.sandsimaging.com and will also take random shots through the day, possibly overhead etc. should you want specific shots he will oblige.
Eddie will print on the day to a very high standard and will also supply to the organisers any shots they would like for the web or press, free of charge
We may choose the best shot for the Month of May in next years 2011 Calender?
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Club New Clothing and Gifts Range
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�14 - Club Golf T-Shirt | With FIG10 and FIGFEST2010 just around the corner. We thought it would be a great idea to create a range of branded clothing for our members to promote and show off the club!
Clothing Range ~ Starts at �12.50 56 Sweatshirts, T-Shirts, Hoodies, Golf and Scoop Neck Shirts. Gifts Range ~ Starts at �4 Bumper Stickers, Hats, Tote, Messenger, Gym and Beach Bags. Clocks, Mugs and more...
Take a tour of our New Range Click here
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News from the Forum
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Ordering Spare Keys?
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Mould between roof linings
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Handbrake Bang?
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My local Nissan dealer claims that Nissan UK doesn't hold
key codes for imported cars i.e. Figaro's. There's a 4 digit code on my
master key, can I get a spare cut from that? He says that there's a key
code behind the door card but I'm loathed to remove it, in-case it gets
damaged. Lornabear
You can order a replacement key cut from your 4-digit
number from GJNORTHALL. toolbar23
Need help or Got a question? Join our Forum Now
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Hi, after keeping my Figaro under cover for the winter, I
have found mould on the inside of the outer layer of its roof. I'd like
to clean it but access is difficult without taking the roof apart. Does
anyone have experience of this problem and successfully cleaned it
away? Cheers Megan
The roof skin void on most convertibles goes moldy from
condensation. Originally there was a sort of plastic film on the back of
the roof fabric to keep the cotton backing clean / dry - you may have
noticed flakes of this in the void. Its better to get to the void via
the edges with the roof partially folded back. If you wanted to expose
the full surface then you'd need to unbolt the front header bar and
drill out the rivets in the webbing - the roof can then be draped over
the back of the car. A solution of bio washing powder will help to clean
but it's difficult to get the black stains out of the cotton backing of
the roof fabric. gjnorthall
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Does your handbrake go bang when you release it and try
to pull away. Had this yesterday (and several other occasions) and it
is more than likely that your rear brake cylinders are leaking into the
brake drum. The shoes stick to the drum due to the leaking fluid, when
you take the handbrake off it's the shoes that bang as they release from
the brake drum. bbob
A symptom of this is low brake fluid in the
reservoir, constantly having to top up fluid between servicing and poor
braking. Brake cylinders and shoes are fairly cheap but can be a bit
awkward to change, easy if you can remember which way they came apart.
You will need to replace the brake cylinder and shoes as the shoes will
be impregnated with brake fluid, you will also need to clean out the
brake drums with brake cleaner to get rid of all the old fluid washing
around in there. You will need to bleed the brakes as there will be air
in the pipes from when you removed the brake cylinders.
Brakes
should not be messed around with for obvious reasons and if your not
sure of what you are doing take it to a garage. bbob
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Updated Garage Listings
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For those of you who have yet to take the plunge and purchase your Figaro we have news of our revised listings and location map. We have ditched our old database which required users to enter county locations to search for Garages in favour of a more 'Visual Map' of the UK which shows more clearly the location of each Garage.
Garages also have Postal, Phone, Email and Web Info and links. Click here
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Don't forget to take Your Pictures for the clubs 'FIGARO' 2011 Calendar
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Get Snapping We are looking
for you to help us create this great Calendar so get clicking and submit
pictures. Don't forget we are looking for your Figaro with a really
stunning background (not parked outside your house!) Deadline for submission is 31st October 2010.
Each month the Calendar will feature a spectacular photo of a Figaro with a stunning backdrop from places around the world! The picture will be captioned with the cars name/location/photographer's name, and will have a perforation so the photos can be easily removed for framing. Submit Your Pictures Now Photographic TipsWe have put together a useful collection of tips to help you take that really special picture of your Figaro. Click here
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We need your contributions!
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Can we remind all our members that THIS IS YOUR CLUB and everyone is welcome to contribute in any way you feel. Why not... We appreciate all contributions large and small so don't be shy get involved!
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Save 15% on your Figaro Car Insurance
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The Figaro Owners Club has joined forces with Classic Line Insurance to create Figaro Insurance Services. This service is exclusive to members of the Figaro Owners Club only and could save you hundreds of pounds on your Figaro Car Insurance!
We have negotiated a volume discount rate which means you can enjoy 15% off an already very competitive price!
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About the people behind the Figaro Owners Club
My son Daniel had always wanted a Figaro and after saving for years (plus a small contribution from his mum and dad!) he brought an Emerald Green one in May 2008. That was it - I was hooked too! Even now we spend many a happy weekend polishing her in the garage. We just love all that chrome...
Kevin & Daniel Fagan (Figaro Owners Club Founders)
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