Daily driver?

Crash · 11-15-2009, 10:42 PM

Why have a bad-arse car if you're not going to drive it? Then you're just hurting yourself seeing it sit. Drive it like you want to. It's just a car in the end, anyway.

kdo2milger · 11-15-2009, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRFAN

Does everyone use their Z as a daily car? I am thinking of getting a cheap second car to burn around in just to keep the K's down.

Suggestions?

I can't help looking at S13 and 180sx drift pigs.

i bought mine as a daily driver...

i bought it to drive it...

GTRFAN · 11-16-2009, 12:46 AM

Thanks for all of the comments...

I guess I should have been more specific and not just mentioned the Kms. Basically I have a need for a larger car with storage sometimes and I was hoping to get a second car that would do that and also keep the Ks down as a bonus.

Don't get me wrong, I drive the Z everywhere and love it. I only want a second car for practicality reasons sometimes.

So I can't belive people don't have second/spouse cars? What about when you go to the hardware store to buy stuff that simple wont fit into the Z? I do a bit of that sort of work around the house so thats where my question came from.

Gee · 11-16-2009, 01:05 AM

Yeah, I know where u r coming from GTRFAN. Its a valid point - who wants to load up their Z with pavers, bark mulch, that extra long box with the new whipper snipper you have been dying/forced (sorry missus!) to get for the garden.

On the other hand thats one of the strengths of the hatch - it looks cool and can pop open to take that crap (within limits). I have to say that the space in the hatch of the Z is less than what I am used to.

It was amazing what you could stuff into the cargo bay of the Ford Shopping Trolley or even the old RX 7, given that they are both pretty small cars.

A lot of my friends who have an interest in sportscars have a differrent car for toting stuff and to enable the ferrying of the kids around and so forth.

Be realistic - a Z is not a family car unless you decide not to have kids, even then its a pain when u need to ferry friends around.

I hope to build a car port out the back to hold a big run-around car, look a cheap Magna or any number of drones is good for that...just for what you speak of, not as a general daily drive..

Otherwise tell them to deliver...

Gee · 11-16-2009, 01:19 AM

kdo2milger - your ride looks nice in red. love your cat w/machine gun avatar...it kills me ;-)

370Zsteve · 11-16-2009, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRFAN

So I can't belive people don't have second/spouse cars? What about when you go to the hardware store to buy stuff that simple wont fit into the Z? I do a bit of that sort of work around the house so thats where my question came from.

Don't you see, posters here have taken out a 2nd mortgage to pay for track mods. jk jk

My current fleet:

1997 Ford Expedition 4WD - 145k miles on the odo (for those hardware store runs as well as small furniture delivery for the wifey's biz) as well as New England snow days.

1996 Toyota Camry - 70k miles on the odo (for trips to NYC, park on the street yo, as well as a station car, daily driver and beater)

1999 Mercedes ML320 - 135k on the odo

2009 370Z on the way

Plus two motorcycles with a combined 40k on the odos..........damn I drive a lot.

standrewsx · 11-16-2009, 09:56 PM

I'm not driving my girlfriends 97 Barina no matter how much I want to keep the kms down

11-15-2009, 10:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
Crash A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,853 Drives: 02 Corvette Z06 Rep Power: 589	Why have a bad-arse car if you're not going to drive it? Then you're just hurting yourself seeing it sit. Drive it like you want to. It's just a car in the end, anyway. __________________ 2002 Corvette Z06 - Totaled 2003 Corvette Z06 50th Anniversary

11-16-2009, 12:46 AM	#18 (permalink)
GTRFAN Track Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 586 Drives: 370z Titanium 6MT Rep Power: 17	Thanks for all of the comments... I guess I should have been more specific and not just mentioned the Kms. Basically I have a need for a larger car with storage sometimes and I was hoping to get a second car that would do that and also keep the Ks down as a bonus. Don't get me wrong, I drive the Z everywhere and love it. I only want a second car for practicality reasons sometimes. So I can't belive people don't have second/spouse cars? What about when you go to the hardware store to buy stuff that simple wont fit into the Z? I do a bit of that sort of work around the house so thats where my question came from. __________________ My Zed

11-16-2009, 01:05 AM	#19 (permalink)
Gee Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Coast NSW Aust. Posts: 71 Drives: 09 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 15	Yeah, I know where u r coming from GTRFAN. Its a valid point - who wants to load up their Z with pavers, bark mulch, that extra long box with the new whipper snipper you have been dying/forced (sorry missus!) to get for the garden. On the other hand thats one of the strengths of the hatch - it looks cool and can pop open to take that crap (within limits). I have to say that the space in the hatch of the Z is less than what I am used to. It was amazing what you could stuff into the cargo bay of the Ford Shopping Trolley or even the old RX 7, given that they are both pretty small cars. A lot of my friends who have an interest in sportscars have a differrent car for toting stuff and to enable the ferrying of the kids around and so forth. Be realistic - a Z is not a family car unless you decide not to have kids, even then its a pain when u need to ferry friends around. I hope to build a car port out the back to hold a big run-around car, look a cheap Magna or any number of drones is good for that...just for what you speak of, not as a general daily drive.. Otherwise tell them to deliver... __________________ "...'cause the only decent things that come in 2 litres are milk & orange juice"

11-16-2009, 01:19 AM	#20 (permalink)
Gee Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Coast NSW Aust. Posts: 71 Drives: 09 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 15	kdo2milger - your ride looks nice in red. love your cat w/machine gun avatar...it kills me ;-) __________________ "...'cause the only decent things that come in 2 litres are milk & orange juice"

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11-16-2009, 09:56 PM	#22 (permalink)
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