Who here parks their nismo outside?

roplusbee

When at home, my NISMO is in the garage. Unfortunately, I am in GA (TDY) and have to park outside most of the time. I do get some garage time at my friends house, but not that often.

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Ty Weezy

I would not drive my nismo in the snow and I also park in a garage. I would say go with the nismo if you want it since the issues you talk about will affect both cars pretty evenly. But if you are a big fan of a soft comfortable ride, the nismo won't be your best option with crappy roads. The ride in a nismo is noticeably harsher compared to a sport package or regular z.

Cell

Yea I am going to get the nismo. I believe I am picking it up this Saturday.

I will either drive my mom's car all winter or pick up a beater.

daleks

The best first mod is a DD.

roplusbee

True, but I am sure you guys have gone for a ride or driven acar that is a lot more harsh than a NISMO Z. I was surprised at how comfy it was compaired to my S13.

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Cell

Have any of you guys driven over a speed bump yet? If you have did you guys make it? or did you guys have to drive in from an angle?

Joseph B

I live in an apartment, with a garage , but lots of speed bumps. the tallest one is maybe I don't know 4", something like that, it's big. The Nismo has no problem going over it. I have never just driven straight over it though. Usually go at a slight angle, it's natural to me, I have always driven low cars, the Nismo is hardly low compared to what I normally have.

fuct

your right. my lowered IS300 dragged its belly everywhere. the nismo feels like a 4X4!

Nismoracer

I park my nismo outside. Figure where ever I go its going to be outside anyways. Would luv to put it in the garage would help having to clean it so much but significant other won't let me.

Shamu

I bought my Nismo as cheap throw away commuter car that I can put lots of miles on. My Porsche gets the garage. Nismo sits outside and gets 100 mile a day commute so I can keep the miles off my nice cars.

Nismoracer

Wow your Nismo is your DD. Your beater. Your everyday goto car.

mick

haha. i don't think it would function well as a DD because it requires an oil change every 3k miles. if he drives 100 miles a day, he would need to change oil every month . also the tires would need to be replaced very often at that rate. I got a DD car that most people here don't care for but the manufacturer says it doesn't need an oil change until 10k miles, and the tires that it uses don't wear out as fast as the ones on the 370z nismo.

Shamu

Im not your typical commuter. My last commuter car was a 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 GT with RE11 tires. Just sold it with nearly 100,000 miles. I usually get about 15K out of soft street tires. Usually go through two sets a year. Oil changes about once every two months.

But I do kid about the Porsche getting better treatment. I dont have a garage. Porsche sits on a trailer with a cover over it. For Nismo I will just use lots of wax and keep the car clean.

mick

in late august i got a 2010 vw new beetle for daily commute and a month later my boss told me in 2011 the office would be relocated to a site that was 30 miles away. the total one-way driving distance from home to work would be about 50 miles luckily, the management decided to provide transportation for everybody from the old office to the new office: i would drive to the old office, park my car there, and then take the bus to the new office. had they not provided transportation, i would have been in the same situation that you are in.