haha this is dead on, I would def miss the Z when I saw them, as for looks I love the car....

I would replace it with either a lightly used e90 335xi or Audi S4, or possibly a 06-08 STI. I agree completely about the sti not being a "mature" car but in white/black with a nice drop and some nice wheels it can become some what classy....

If I did get rid of it, I would want to graduate to 4 doors and AWD if possible... I have a 97 subary legacy for winter driving but it would be nice to find a certified used vehicle I can drive year round..

In all honestly if I had to make my mind up right now I would be keeping the Z .

I don't know know if I feel all that "mature" in my car...was one of the reasons I wanted to move to something more grown up. Also, call me a sinner, but I really want a fast dual clutch gearbox in my next car. I done rowing for now.

i want a DBS or v12 vantage, then ill feel all "grown" up!! :)

haha. shut up jnuts.

ill take one of those too :icon17:

and ill be single and living out of it... ... a 1700 dollar car payment and about $250 in gas a week.... live would be good though...

Im pretty sure they will be done with the car tomorrow...

I am going to absolutely baby and do EXACTLY what it says in the manual for break in... not that i romped it last time, but I was a little hard on it by 700-800 miles... but a new engine should of been good to go by than. I should set up a go pro hd in my car and record the first 1200 miles just for proof if this were to happen again, lol...

as long as the tech doesnt beat it...hummmmm

haha . Well I made the call today... there was a "delay" and my cars still sitting in the lot with the OG motor in it, tech is off tomorrow. so it looks like I will be rocking this Juke until tues-wednesday....

i should throw a boost contoller on this thing, disconnect the mid pipe, and bring it to the track tomorrow haha . that would be funny

That would be epic haha, I vote to do it but videos are a must. :)

You guys are hilarious. I didn't mean for it to sound like the Z is a very very mature "grown up" car. I was saying compared to the evo's/sti's it is. I had an S4 and it was nice. Just don't get the V8 model get the bi-turbo.

cars still at Nissan, i am now sick of this Juke ... the Juke is actually shorter than a 350z , pretty tiny...

not a word from them either, they told me it would be ready this past Friday .... :(

Get a used M3!
:D

^ Yeah! Its heavier and slower!

picked the car up today around 2pm. Drove about 4 miles and the damn thing was misfiring and shaking at idle... back to nissan it went... now I have an altima... my neighbors keep asking me if I have a new car ...

who knows...

hopefully its back tomorrow

Wow. Thats awful to hear. Sometimes I hate the dealerships...

Damn dude. Hope they get it worked out.

yea me too, i got in it and actualy was happy... drove 60 feet and it misfired, pretended like it didnt happen, and two seconds later the car was shaking like crazy at idle...

talked to them later they said it had random mult misfires and vvel code that was thrown... this is making my decision even easier red...
Reds car may be fitted with most of the shyt from my car before we know it, haha...

also I refunded your money for the fog light , Its still sitting in the Zs hatch, saw it today than forgot to take if off when I brought the car back... so ill pm you to see if you still want it, and if you do, you can just pay me after you recieve it... and itll be your chance to make me wait 2-3 weeks haha...

IF I do go the route of ditching the Z we can def do the meet up thing, VA is a decent drive but if you are willing to swap your stock wheels for the volks I will go half way or something... do the yankees play Baltimore or boston, away , any time soon ? lol


I forgot I had the nismo seats when I got in today, I had a wtf momment, I had the seats in for 1 day before the car went in, it was pretty funny...


If the car isnt back tomorrow, I am calling Nissan USA and trying to swinagle a payment out of them or something.. as my car has now been in the shop for 7 weeks in the last year.

damn... that sucks. i hope this all works out, chuck!

thanks dude, this car is driving me crazy lately...

No worries on the fog light man. Just give me a holler whenever you have it back. I guess if I'm driving up, there may not be much point in shipping it anyways :rofl2:

I hope they figure out whatever is going on. I can't imagine how much of a PITA it has been without the car....I think I might go check my oil levels right now.

please do... and report back!

very sad to read all about the issues, hopefully it will work out for you

Got the car back today. Everything seems perfect.

Big thanks to Smithtown Nissan as they were very cooperative and supplied the loaners and warrantied my car With Zero resistance.

They had to reset something with VVEL. The hold up was with another car before my car. When it got in it was a 2-3 day job With the hiccup. They had drove it 2.5 miles before they gave it back and it was all good , I
Can say I am happy and realized how much I missed driving her and just looking at her. Haha

For now, she's not going anywhere. Too much into the car to give up right now!

Glad you got it back and are happy with it, even though I wanted those rims :rofl2:

Dude sweet!!

Yay! He's keeping it! Now come to ZDayz.

Congrats, glad to see your keeping the car.

Oh thats good to hear... i hate quiters :)

Haha. Z dayz hmm. Maybe...

Dooo itttt!

Picked up sport brakes today from toxik. Big thanks to him for a great deal.

On the other hand the cars been back at Nissan. It misfired again, they pulled the tune off and in 75 more miles it hasn't duplicated the problem. Very confusing to everyone, techs, me, performance place, etc...

So tunes going back on and they're gonna test drive it some more. The service advisor has been awesome and we've built a good relationship, they are doing everything to get it right. He takes it home at night with a scan tool just in case. I have a maxima loaner and they're taking as much time as they need to know it's fixed when I get it back...

Couldn't really ask for anything else with the situation at hand. I'm glad performance motorsports and the dealer work together. Its been a big help and everything's been covered.

I need some better luck though.

:shakes head:

Hoping for the best Chuck, sucks to hear all of this

Thanks. Time will pass and all will be well.... Hopefully. Haha

well have had the car back for a few days and all seems well... took a few pics today with my iphone but the car was filthy... while it was in there I had the sport package brakes added...

so now i have the diff, aero kit, and brakes.. but no rev match... its a 4/5 sport package now, lol



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Parked next to another nice car at the gym... love our cars rear... looks nice next to the M
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one of these days I will get her nice and detailed and find a nice spot to take some good pictures... rolling ones too... the wheels look so much better rolling now with "proper" brakes behind them... these wheels really exposed my base brakes which forced me to get these ( such a bummer , haha ) .....

loooks awesome chuck! i'm jealous!

Thanks man!! I have 1149 on new motor. About to check the oil. Moment of suspense. Haha

I love your car man. The brakes really help complete it.

I didn't realize how aggressive the rear offsets are, that is a nice bit of poke there... Fingers crossed for your oil check!

I'm crossing my fingers for you, Chuck.

my '05 350Z had an oil consumption problem too :shakes head: :(

hope you're enjoying the BBK chuck :tup: