Any Interesting Z Purchase Stories/Outcomes?
 

My Z purchase saved my sanity, and most likely my marriage.

Had a Z32 for 6 years, loved it. Had a few cars between then and now, none a 2-seater. Started the serious "kids" talk with my husband. We were leaning yes. I thought about it for a while, and quickly decided to buy a Z. :tup:

Now he's stuck with the "family" car... let's just say he came home with a baby bird.

Z = marriage saver :driving:

Glad the Z was able to help you out. Mine is the opposite.. I would call it the relationship wrecker because I cant stop spending all my money on it. Lol

Not there quite yet... So far everything has snuck under the radar ;)

Glad your car has helped your marriage!

My interesting story is that when I purchased my car I was actually looking at an older (2010 vs my 12)model with double the mileage priced 1k more.

Long story short, I saw the newer one, was in better condition, more well kept, less swirls and just felt all round perfect. I found out it was a distress sale for your exact opposite reason... well I guess the same reason for your hubby... he needed a 'family' sedan... ahahhaa oh well atleast through my ESP he knows that it's being taken care of.

edit: I paid a bit more than 2k less than what the original car I was looking at. I have seen cars in that same price range now and none were in the same condition with clean carfax/reports.

Nothing crazy but I have little Z purchase story. I scheduled a test drive to go take a look at a 2011 PG Base w/Sport at a local Nissan dealer. Car was in my price range and had the options I wanted. As I start a walk-around of the car, I notice a really bad dent/bend in the passenger side door. Not just a little ding, but the door was visibly bent. Told them I will not buy the car as is and we need to discuss getting this fixed. So with my phone ringing off the hook the next day as they try to get me to come back, I decided to take another look at Autotrader. Low and behold a really nice GM 2012 that I've been staring at for the past 2 months, but never considered cause it was listed too high suddenly has it's list price reduced by about 4k. I immediately call them up, schedule a test drive, and that same day I was cruising home in my Z.

So happy I waited as I got a 2012 with way lower miles than I was expecting, in a color I really liked, and an extended 5 year warranty thrown in as well.

i'm a firm believer of destiny, so with that said... i was browsing auto trader for a 370z/ Evo/ STI. i saw some nismo's that were for sale and every time i called they were sold. same would go for the Evo's and STI's... at the time i was driving a rsx-s and i was going to sell that car in order to have some money to put down and pay of my tsx. so as im browsing i come upon a 2013 base sport package and the price was just right. this was about on a tuesday and i call the dealership and set up to come see it friday as it's 2 hours from me. that same day i put my rsx-s up for sale. Tuesday finishes and no calls, Wednesday comes and no calls. Thursday i get a call from a potential buyer and he sees the car and said he would like to sleep on it. Friday comes around and he (the buyer) calls me and said that he would want to buy the car. so after work i sell him the rsx-s and drive 2 hours to pick up the Z :happydance: now if i didn't sell the rsx-s i wouldn't have been able to buy the Z and continue paying for the tsx as well. so i believe it was in my destiny to buy it haha. 7 months later i still enjoy it.

For some reason the dealer that I bought from couldn't unload my 40th. They sold it for 23k; not sure what prices around the states go for, but at the time it was least expensive Z34 of any year/mileage for sale in a 200 mile radius.

I had my 350Z at the point and time when my wife wanted a new car. So we shopped the Hyundai Elantra, Honda Civic, and the Nissan Sentra and everything was fine until she picked the Sentra. While we were up there at Nissan buying her car I saw the 13 gun metal Z with an auto there that caught my eye. Walked over too it and drooled then walked away. I asked the salesman that we were working with if my credit could pull a Z for me and I was told "yea probably so" and my wife was giving me that look not to buy it. So I pouted a bit and let it go. My wife told me to get a truck that was cheaper if I wanted something new so I went shopping and picked up a 2012 Ford F150 STX single cab on the cheap.
A few weeks after I purchased my truck our friendly salesman called me and was asking when I was going to come up there and trade in my 350Z on that new 370Z I was slobbering over. I told him he missed by a month and I already traded it for the truck. He told me to bring it by and they would appraise it and give me a good deal on it. Now Im thinking ok low ball time in which they did. I said no thank you but I did tell them if they payed me what I payed for the truck I would buy the Z. After about a week my salesman calls me again and asks me if I wanted that Z and I said yes but my offer stands. He said he would talk with his manager and let me know. I get the call back and was told no they couldnt do it. I told him I understood and thank you. Two days later I get another call from my salesman and he tried to counter my offer I made and I told him no again and I am not budging. He said he would call me back and let me know. A few hours later I get a call and was told to come on down and pick up my Z.
They paid me what I paid for the truck minus TT&L and a little negative equity from my 350Z.

I guess they were really desperate selling this car but hey I'm happy!

If you happen to look at my avatar that is the Ford I traded in for my Z

Our Z purchase was for my wife originally. Then she got a new job and a commute with lots of traffic. So I've been driving the Z as my DD for about 2.5 years now. She started the "kids" talk recently, and I told her if she wanted kids she would have to drive a minivan. That got her :mad: lol

Well Im past that point with kids but I did have to give up my motorcycle for my 370. That was the negotiation I had to do with my wife to get the :tup:

Oh, and remind Mrs. JAR that she is buying my car next summer. :tup:
It's still in the garage under the cover!

I stumbled upon my Z by pure luck... hadn't been looking for at least a few months. Basically, the RMV messed up on the title and registration for my 2013 Murano (they marked it down as a Rogue :shakes head:) and was heading back to the dealership to have them investigate it since we didn't know if the RMV messed up or the RMV runner had. Once I pulled into the dealership, the pearl white Nismo was parked in the first spot in front of the dealership. It caught my eye and I just had to look. After feeling the paint was smooth, the interior was pristine, and the tires had about 6-7k worth of wear (which matched the mileage - so it wasn't beat on) I decided to take down the VIN and run it. Perfectly clean, 1 owner from Poughkeepsie, NY who drove to New Hampshire to trade it for a C7 'Vette. One of the guys at my local dealership knew someone up there and that's how it ended up down here in Massachusetts. Apparently they had just gotten it in that day.

A few days later I decided I at least wanted to test drive it to see if I liked how it drove. After that, it was a done deal. Bought the Z, sold my Murano to my parents, and sold my 02 Xterra on Craigslist just to be able to call it my own.

I had ups and downs when I leased my Z. After I took the car home, I got a call a week later saying the dealership made a mistake on my lease paperwork and needed to come back in to re-sign ppw. Went in and found out the car was actually an unwind car, meaning someone else had "bought" the car and took it home for two days. They didn't get approved for financing, so had to give the car back. It only had 50 miles on it. So the ppw had to say used car, not new. I got them to lower the purchase price since it was "used" and got them to include the maint gold plan for life of the lease. Went home happy, until get another call a few days later saying the F&I guy got the ppw messed up again. Went back, signed again (after verifying no changes were made) and got them to include Ester oil with my maint plan for my troubles. Got home and read over the contract again, and noticed that my residual amount had dropped from 22k to 19k Not sure how that happened as the numbers or lease payments hadn't changed (was not due to the lowered purchase price from before), but I just might buy the car at lease end now! Ups and downs!

A little weird but when i got my z some dealership people were freaking because the car i traded in had 370 as the last 3 numbers of the vin. I had that car almost 7 years and never noticed. My z and i have been besties since that twist of fate.

I bought my first Z (a 1971 240Z) back in 1982. That's interesting, to me.

I won my 6MT 370Z by racing for pinks while driving an auto 5.0 :stirthepot: :ughdance:

I had a similar experience. I was in the market for a 40th for about 2 months, looked at one in LA that was really beat up. One popped up on cars.com in AZ for a price that seemed low, car was in great shape, clean car fax, so I flew from OC to AZ bought the car and drove 5 hours home. I don't think dealerships look at 40th Anniversary's any differently than a regular 2010.

A little over two years ago, I was driving an 8th gen. Civic Si. I had always wanted a Z car, and one day I was standing outside my local watering hole, smoking a cigarette with my buddy, and there was a black 370 parked on the street. It looked gorgeous at that moment...just sitting there.

Of course, I wouldn't shut up about it. My buddy finally said to me "why don't you just buy one already?" Of course, my mind started trying to come up with any excuse as to why I shouldn't, and for once...it couldn't come up with anything.

Exactly a week later, I drove home from Jersey in my beautiful, silver, low mileage '09 Z.

So the Z bug has hit home hard. My husband is trading his Juke in for a black cherry (? I think) sport/touring. We agreed that having 2 amazing sports cars was the way to go. You only yolo once :roflpuke2:

My story crosses about two years. My wife and I were at the dealership buying a '12 Altima. Hanging around, I picked up the flyer for the Z. Off handed I asked if I could test drive one. The sales guy said sure. :eek: So out we went and I was reminded of why I loved sports cars and powerful cars. This had both in one package ... again ... :eek: Thus began the two year haranging of the wife. Around January, this year, I noticed that a dealer had a new '14, midnight blue, sport touring for a very reasonable price. Showed it to the the wife and she just looked at me. That car sat on the lot through January and February. In March I showed the wife again. Her comment?...! Let's go look at it. :eek: again. So we did. It was on the showroom floor. I said that's the one. The cool think is that on the way up she let me know that she had been overpaying on the Altima loan so the last payment was the March payment. Went and arranged a sweet loan and by Friday that Z was mine. :driving:

my wife didnt know i had a new z in the garage for a while... :D

(we park our dd's outside).

I can see this... she walks in 'KENNY BOO Where did that 30k in our account go?'

'check the garage hun'

was more like my kid opening his big mouth... :ugh:

I was looking at a new 14' Nismo earlier this year. I knew the dealer where I used to worked as a tech had one and it had been on the lot for a while. I saw it every time I was there buying parts for my older Z or our 2 Maxima's. I bought my used 2008 Maxima back in 2012 with 44k miles on it. I was right at 90K miles on it 2 years later. It was time to make a move or drive the Maxima in the ground. Talked with the wife about it. Do what you want. So I went to look at it. Drove the car and like it. They were not willing to budge on the price and I was not happy about it. Tried to put me in a Sport model and I told them Hell no. Nismo or nothing. Got home later that afternoon and talked with the wife about it. I was ticked. She says, "Why don't you try to find a nice used one." That's not a bad idea. Got on Autotrader and found one exactly like I wanted. MB, rearview mirror camera, illuminated kick panels, etc. Funny thing was it was 2 blocks down the steet at the Ford dealer. Called them on Saturday and they still had it. Said I would be by Monday to look at it. Worked out the price, and I drove it home same day. Funny thing is I drive it to the same Dealer where they would not cut me a deal every time I get parts. Even honked at the sales guy not 2 weeks after telling them that they were crazy. " Told ya I was gonna get a Nismo." He got a chuckle out of it.

Horrible experience at the dealer.

Long story short

Myself and the sales manager who we can call dipsh!t, made an agreement that I will come back in a week to finalize the deal we agreed on and I'll take the car off the lot. Time comes, I test drive the car and everything seems fine, we're off to sign my life away. The manager goes back on the deal and says he won't give me the car for the price we discussed and that if I were to have purchase the car that same day, I would have gotten the deal.

I'm fuming and call him out on his BS and said "that's not what we had arranged. We agreed on the deal and shook hands as well. I don't know where you're from but when two parties shake hands, the deal is locked". He said no again and walked away. I told the salesperson that I'm leaving and good luck selling the car. He stopped me and asked what would they need to do to sell me the car. I demanded the deal we spoke about and said I'd be willing to drive the car off the lot today. They caved in and gave me the car but omg what a horrible experience.

My gf advised me not go to their since that's where she bought her Z as well and they treated her like ****. Worse dealer....ever

We have a similar dealership here in town. The only way they survive is by selling cars. The best thing to do is post horrible reviews, word of mouth to family/friends, anything to take business away. Either they will straighten up or fold. Businesses that run like this don't deserve our hard-earned money.

I was shopping for my first sports car earlier this year. I had it narrowed down to three cars. Test drove the Mustang Tuesday, the Evo on Wednesday and the Z on Thursday. I enjoyed all three and the decision was tough. The next day, they revealed the new Nismo at Z-days. I felt like it was a sign, so I decided to wait and pick up one of those.

Got my Nismo on 09/15/14. Very happy I decided to wait!

Long term z owner, I had a 70' 240, couple of 280s and then in 09 I had to have a 370, totaled the first 6m and then replaced it with a 7AT, traded that for a Lexus GS350 F sport, decided that wasn't enough sport so I'm keeping the F sport for DD and just purchased a 2015 Nismo Tech this past weekend. Drove 3 hours just to see it and I couldn't leave without it. Slow rainy day at the dealership added up to me driving it home. Now the funny part is that we spent about 4 hours at the dealership and had a great time. I know, not the normal car trading experience, but isn't buying a special car suppose to be enjoyable. For once, in this case it really was.

Congratson your new nismos gentlemen. I'm jealous!i think the new nismos look great!

Hope it never happens, but if it came down to the Z or my Ducati, there would be a NISMO for sale.:crying:

If/when my wife and I decide to have kids I'm still keeping the bike. I'm just not looking forward to the conversation where I have to explain to a 16-year-old boy why I'm allowed to have a crazy fast bike and he's not.:rofl2:

Drove 5 hours to get my car this weekend. I was extremely nervous but the guy said he was going to take care of me. When I got there car was washed, paper work was ready and left within an hour.

I wasn't even looking to buy a Z originally. I was looking for Evos/WRXs and my buddy said he'd help me look for something. A day later he sends me a pic of the Z and I fell in love. It was mine within two weeks

My story: Last year I was in the final stages of fully restoring/building a 1995 Mustang that had been my only car since I turned 16 back in 2000. I had a full Eibach suspension, Flowmaster 44s, custom paint, rims, Steeda shifter, etc. In my basement was a Ford 8.8 rear end with 3.73 gears, Steeda diff housing, J&M tube control arms, and braided lines. On a stand was a 302 newly bored 0.030 over and ready for SCAT forged 331 stroker internals and a Trick Flow kit that included heads, intake manifolds, cam, and timing set. My goal was 400 naturally aspirated RWHP.

Then winter happened and coming home from work one day turned into an icy, slippery, steel signpost disaster. Somehow I escaped uninjured, but my beloved Mustang was annihilated.

To start I had my heart set on a 2011+ Coyote 5.0. After driving a Scion FR-S (gutless) and Camaro SS (overweight, ugly and poor handling) I went to Hagerstown Nissan to drive a 370 and see what all the fuss was about. Only problem was, they didn't have one. Pathetic! So after finding a gunmetal gray 6MT 5.0 at a Chevrolet lot of all places, I was ready to pull the trigger until my wife said "let's look at Mustangs at the Ford dealership first." Ironically enough they didn't have anything I wanted (gunmetal gray or black, 6MT, leather, 3.73, Brembo) but there was a black 2009 370 NISMO that was a trade-in. I asked to drive it, and the rest is history.;)

I was shopping my Frontier around to some Mitsu dealerships looking to get an EVO X, and with the market for them the way it is, they wouldn't budge on price or their shitty trade offers.

I moved on to try and snag a leftover 13' F150 Ecoboost, but they were also wayyyy more than I wanted to pay. So I said F*** it, I'll keep the Fronty, and took it in for service at my local stealership (dealer A). While I was waiting for my truck to finish I ended up talking with the guy I bought my truck from about a midnight blue 370 on the lot. He ended up "persuading:rolleyes:" me to take it for a spin with him since he was bored. I loved it and got serious and asked a price. It was what I wanted the EVO for, and a hair less even. But after just deciding to keep my truck, I said no.

Fast forward a couple of weeks at the other Nissan dealer across town (Dealer B) and I see a Gun Metallic Base 6mt sitting on the lot. I proceeded to ask them about their price. I ended up getting a quote and trade offer from deealer B, and took it back to Dealer A. I ended up doing this at each dealership 2 or 3 times, each time getting them to beat each other and make more money on my truck offer. I ended up buying after Dealer A sent me a text with their rock bottom offer (while I was sitting at dealer B). I showed the the salesman, and he sighed, and said I'll see what I can do. I ended up signing shortly after, and ended up around 26.5 +TTL for my base 14'. The funny thing is the same person owns both dealerships, but because they wanted to make a buck, they fought for my business.

TL;DR: EVOs and F150s are 'spenive, dealers fight for my business, I win.


Sorry about the 'Stang, but it sounds like you've moved on nicely lol.

Dealership stories - How'd you get the car?
 

I tried digging around for a post on this but most are not updated and back from 2010-2012. I'm still a bit new here and never posted intro so this is my story. Fail or Win, you decide.
While no car, I had to borrow my girlfriend's rsx to drive to work.

My parents wanted to buy me a 370z and so I've been looking around California San Jose area for one. I wanted Magnetic Black. I'm more of a night person, and nothing beats a Magnetic Black 370z at night, especially on a rainy day (orgasm).

My mom flew over from kansas (School in Cali, don't live with parents) to take me car shopping. We had the idea of 2014 Base 7AT. (My friends who let me drift their honda civic stick says im gifted at driving stick since i just flew by first time driving after watching some instruction videos. Thing is, I can't bare living next couple years in traffic with a stick. God bless 7AT.) @ $29000. Capitol Nissan started it off at 32,000 and told us the lowest they could do was 31,000 which they would have to order since they didn't have black. They kept trying to sell me a 2012 touring model for $34000.

I got convinced and my mom and I decided we can do $32000 for the touring but the dealer wouldn't budge. (Probably still sitting in parking lot rotting.)

We left. Went to stevens creek dealer. They said they can do $29,800. We got excited. Back and forth between the two I let them auction for my buy. I told them other dealer is offering 29,500. Ended with Capitol Nissan standing at 29,200. Steven Creek at $29,000. I tried to get Capitol at $29,000 but they wouldn't and in addition insulted me for calling me lowball ect also mentioned if I can get the 370z for 29k, he'll personally sell me the gtr which he was pointing at, for 40k.

Fast forward. I went to stevens to get the $29,000 deal. Turns out the guy who made a deal with me for 29000 "Is on vacation now" and called off the deal.

I was left with no car, no deal for couple months.

Fast forward again couple months. July now, couple days till my birthday.
Was a work, got a phonecall from my dad and told me to take the remaining day off and go home to receive a package.

I came home, and there it is. 2014 Magnetic Black 370z so shiny, it blinded me. I took the keys from the deliver guy, signed off paper then looked around the car... a spoiler? wtf? Called my mom I told her i wanted Base with no add ons (I didn't want additional stuff because I didn't want to pay too much. I'm happy with just a base model).

She explains she ordered and got a deal with a Kansas dealer for $29000 but they had to place an order. After the car came it turns out that the dealer made a mistake and ordered a sports model instead. My mom refused the car and they would have to pay fees to ship it back so they gave the car to my mom, a sports packaged z, for $29000.

And that is how I ended up with a sports package. :happydance:

Then couple months later, I got into a hit and run. (I have a post on this somewhere on the forums).

Glad to see you got a smokin deal on the car. Sh**y about the hit and run. Here's a thread for Ya.
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...-outcomes.html

Any Interesting Z Purchase Stories/Outcomes?
 

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2012



Awesomely momentous year. :excited:



Celebrated my 50th birthday ::icon17:



Graduated summa cum laude from college (same year as my 23 year old daughter). :eek:



Fell in love....With the first Z I had ever seen in person (after months of research). :yum:



Allowed hubby to do the talkin' while I :happydance: in the bathroom hallway :icon17: :happydance:



The rest is history... I love Harry.

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Yeah. Learned to Deal with it. and just save for an amuse rear bumper whenever i get the money. I'm trying to find a profession guy to pop the dent out but people quoting like 300. lol

Funny my story is almost the same. Low mileage good priced 40th in Florida so I flew out and drove her 2300 miles home. Came with performance upgrades as well. Couldn't be happier and got it for thousands less than anything local