The Corvette is American sports car legend....The ZR1 , Wow , nice choice!

Well, it looks like this deal won't happen. I got a call from the dealership yesterday afternoon. The salesman seemed to think that I was not really interested because I had not called them back. I explained to him the difference of opinion on the price and told him that if they were willing to move, that we could still talk. He told me that they really had no room to move because of this car's very limited availability. I agreed, but also told him that the profit margin was great enough that they did have some room to move on price. He disagreed.

So that's where it stands. The 370 is safe. I even started the car (for the first time in two and a half months) and turned it around in the garage to begin work on a few new part install mods.

Only 3 more months of winter!! WooHoo!!

i think the zr1 is only desirable if you are into ultra fast driving.

for its price, i would rather get one Shelby GT500 and one Corvette Grand Sport.
or
one Audi R8 (because it looks more like a supercar) :)

Our dollar is high and will probably go higher in the next few months. Maybe a trip south of the border is in order and get a very low mile 2010 used ZR1. You will probably save thousands. Warranty would be a big concern for a car like that if purchased in the US.

Well as far as I'm concerned, the deal is dead. I wouldn't buy anything out of the USA for this kind of money (especially used). The ZR1 will be a very rare car. My window for placing and confirming (very important) one of these is around the second week of February.

Really, the dealer and I are not that far apart. Just under $6k. The profit on this car "can" take this kind of a hit (IMO). But the dealer won't deal. So, I'm keeping the 370. The car is up on stands and I'll begin the further mods very soon. And come early to mid April, she should be tearing up the roads again.

:rolleyes::hello::tup::p

Well thats good and bad the deal turned out like what. What mods r u adding the the Z? Another 7 weeks until i get back in my Z....cant wait.

Install of the Stillen grounding kit, some weight savings mods, install of the new wheels, removal of the blockheater, and some engine bay clean-up (re-mount of a relay box and removal of the two air filter "covers", etc., etc..).

You know.... WIP:tiphat:

Ah, nice. I cant wait for the summer, not sure if ill have everything done but right now i have the parts at home, just needs to be install for my nitrous kit, alarm, subs/amp. I wanna get a body kit or a lip kit, get the car fully painted since i got quite abit of damage. But i need to put some stuff on hold because im thinking about popping the question to my gf.

Cant wait to see your car 6MT when u got it done.

Thank you. I'll post some pics after I get the wheels on. Enjoy the Olympics!

If you've got the need for speed wouldn't a twin turbo setup satisfy that urge and you can keep the quality of the Nissan interior, etc....

unless u plan on building the engine up and going all out, TT is useless...the cost is to much, for a person in canada to get the parts, labour to install and all that it will cost around $16,000....16k to hit 400~ hp....i can hit that with bolts on a nitrous for under 5k

It cost 16k (USD) here in the states also, but it will get you 400-600 on the stock engine, just depends on how well you want to play it safe.

Not me Baby! (Eddie Murphy voice)

Well I'm glad you decided to stay in the 370Z fold :tup:

Nitrous is like a disposable camera and FI is like a digital SLR. Nitrous is for every now and then - I want boost all the time. Besides street light racing has little intrest for me IMHO...

You can easily get a reliable 550HP from these engines TT and turn key installed for about $15K.