One of the last times I drove my Niz (been in storage since Xmas) I had a guy in a 93-97 Trans Am pull up next to me while on the Freeway. Of course he was trying to get me to run but I just sorta shook my head no. He actually nodded and gave me a thumbs up and sped off... At least I think it was a thumbs up, lol.

My wife has 2 dream cars: Red SL63 AMG or PW Nismo 370z. Can't afford the first one, but the later works like a charm even @ $100k less. Happy wife, haaaaaapppppyyyy husband :)

:happydance: but my new sparco seats feel better then the nismo seats.....in the canyon :ughdance: not recommended for DD....

I've been approached several times in the past week by people saying how much they like the car. At the turnpike toll, at a red light, in a parking lot.

Even the chief of police in my area tells me all the time how much he loves my car, and he is VERY picky with cars. I got pulled over the other week, so he just gave me a sweet radar detector yesterday that will pick up all signals used in my area. He told me he doesn't want to hear about me getting any more tickets lol :happydance:

Cleaned!

Lemers the Last I checked you didn't own a Nismo Soooo

STAY OUT!!!

Thanks

I'll add that as I went through this thread, the BS and taunting went both directions. We are all Z drivers, and bashing of any model won't end well.
If you don't like Zs (of any kind), there are plenty of other forums for you.

Thanks guys! :D

Let me get this straight... A cop (the chief) gave you a radar detector?????
My wife is from PA, and she always says the police there are way easier going than the boy scouts that run radar here in Wisconsin. But a free radar detector... really? Come on. If it's true, me and my Z are moving there.

Very cool. One time i got locked out of my car, a cop pulls up & offers to give me a ride in his Hemi Charger. He floored it around every corner & then I told him to pull my Mom over when we saw her driving! kind of neat experience

Can I ask what detector he gave you :D

The Valentine One I believe it is? I've known him since I was just a kid though so he looks out for me

i get attention with my nismo but not nearly as much as with my old car MG midget 1975
people would say cute car instead even take pictures

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My wife picked up my Nismo a month before I get home from this deployment, and she has taken it upon herself to enjoy it as much as possible before I get home and drive her around in it. Every time she takes it out, she talks about how people stare it, or talk about it. Said she was at the gym working out the other day and no less than three different occasions did she overhear someone talking about it in the parking lot. When she stopped to get gas, two guys came out to look and take pics. Another time a guy asked if she was going to take it to a car show, because it looked like it belonged there already.

I think dollar for dollar, the Nismo Z is one of the most showiest or exotic looking cars you can get. We just moved down from Cedar Rapids Iowa, to Kansas City MO. Much bigger city, but while I was home on leave only saw the rare 350, even rarer 370 and not a single Nismo. So I'm not surprised it gets looks. Likewise, I'm not shocked at how surprised she is about all the attention. Back in Cedar Rapids, I had a heavily modified 350Z; full Ings N-Spec, Carbon fiber hood and spoiler, etc. It took me some time to get used to the stares, and the random road challenges also. I did love it though and eventually I mostly tuned it out.

Absolutely can't wait to go through all that again once I get home.

After having it for 4 months, here are some of my experiences:

-I had a younger guy on route 202 highway beeping his horn and yelled out nice car or something.
-Some young kid at the shop rite yelled out "oh my god look at that sexy *** car" and proceeded to go on about it
-When i go to visit my old college friend in Harrisburg, his brother and girlfriend insisted on getting a ride in it, while parked out on the street my friends girlfriend said neighbors were out taking pictures of it
-Two diff times at Cars & Coffee West Chester people wanted to ride it
-If I'm rolling by a group of young kids you'll usually hear "i want that car"
-Get back to it in a parking lot not unusual to have someone snapping a pic of it
-Pull into the wawa almost everytime some person mentions the car either to me or to their friend
-Cant go to Sunoco without having to talk to someone about cars for 20 min, i actually try to get gas really late so i don't get attention, lol
-people confuse it with a porsche very often. At work, when we all go for lunch, and shop clears out, i get tons of stares, and comments like "what do ya got there a damn porsche"
-Attention comes from guys 95% of the time, with females, rarely to never noticing it
-People at work mention it "I got your papers - and by the way - i love the nismo" stuff like that
-One of the engineering managers followed me outside at the end of the day and asked to be driven across the parking lot he was very exited, we ended up going on the road and nailing it a few times
-"Thats a hot whip" from the "cool" kids or something like that they yell it out
-The usual cell phone pics at car shows, kids finger printing it all up

I went to Firestone the other day to get an alignment done. All the techs came by while my Z was on the lift to take a look at it.

Last month when I drove from Cali to Texas had somebody in a truck pull out his phone to take a pic while I was getting onto I-10 outside LA. First time I've seen someone take a picture of it while I was driving, lol.