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OldGuy 12-31-2009 01:48 PM

Are You Seeing 370's Out There? I'm not...
 
Writing from vacation on Florida's Gulf Coast. We drove from Pittsburgh to Marco Island FL (not in our Z) and throughout the whole trip and during my stay here, I've had my eyes open for Z-spotting. However, over 1300 miles and two weeks of driving through 7 states, I've seen only 3 370Z's, including here in warm and upscale southeast Florida. One was driven by a grouchy graybeard who grunted when I complemented him. The others were a beautiful PG and a very nice silver one I saw in Georgia and S. Carolina, respectively. I'm kind of surprised and also sort of feeling like a member of a special club!

theDreamer 12-31-2009 01:50 PM

Just a little over 10,000 370z cars sold so far, spread that out and they can be rare to find. I see one usually once a week, but that is about it in Houston here.

Horseface 12-31-2009 01:58 PM

I've still only seen 2 of them out on the street here in LA.

But, I've seen 3 of these:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog..../04/alfa8c.jpg

And they've only made around 500 of them.

:confused:

370Zsteve 12-31-2009 02:00 PM

I'm convinced I have the only 370Z in the state of CT :tiphat: and I love it.

kannibul 12-31-2009 02:03 PM

I know of 1 other (than mine) that's black, and there's a blue z that's floating around, but I haven't seen in months.

That's it...that said, I know the dealership is selling them - they sold the 4 remaining of the 5 that were there when I bought mine, just a few months later.

m4a1mustang 12-31-2009 02:10 PM

I see them on the daily. 4-5 during the weekdays and if I'm out on the weekends I usually see one running around.

darkROAM_1 12-31-2009 02:44 PM

In DFW there are supposedly tons of em but I might see one every other week or so. I think sometime next year or so they will start popping up in more places. Granted I live in the ghetto and it's all about bigger cars or trucks. Oh and mustangs or camaros or vettes (beat to crap C5' that look like total recoveries).

Heck, it's more common to see a used Porsche or newer Infiniti than see a Z of any kind in my area.

phantom21 12-31-2009 03:34 PM

PG in SC, could have been me an OG, you see; you dang Yankee. :) :stirthepot:

I will not eat green eggs and ham.

Red370 12-31-2009 03:49 PM

I was the only red 370 around for 6 freakin months, then the other day, I was driving in the mall parking lot and seen one, made me wanna punch an elderly woman square in the jaw.

RCZ 12-31-2009 03:50 PM

I saw 5 Ferrari Californias in an hour today, 5! I've seen a few 370z'z, but they are still very rare by Miami standards.

PapoZalsa 12-31-2009 03:56 PM

I drove from VA to Florida roundtrip and didn't see a single 370Z in I-95 or in the Jacksonville area. But saw plenty of 350Zs.

However, I bet that they are not going to be driving them in the Winter and for Holidays trip. Wait for Spring and Summer you will see a few of them.

Minicobra1 12-31-2009 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 350541)
I see them on the daily. 4-5 during the weekdays and if I'm out on the weekends I usually see one running around.

Wow, that is pretty amazing for out there, I'm in LA/Orange County (So Cal) and I maybe see 1 a week, if that. I'm driving about 1200 miles a month on average.
I do see a lot of 350Z's and I sometimes mistake a few of them with a body kit and wheels for 370's, same with older Nismo's. But honestly, 1 a week if I'm lucky.

m4a1mustang 12-31-2009 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 350616)
Wow, that is pretty amazing for out there, I'm in LA/Orange County (So Cal) and I maybe see 1 a week, if that. I'm driving about 1200 miles a month on average.
I do see a lot of 350Z's and I sometimes mistake a few of them with a body kit and wheels for 370's, same with older Nismo's. But honestly, 1 a week if I'm lucky.

Northern VA is pretty loaded. I can probably count 15-20 late-model 911s a day. We've got our exotics, too. Lots of Ferrari/Lambo in the McLean area. :hello:

370Zsteve 12-31-2009 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 350596)
I saw 5 Ferrari Californias in an hour today, 5! I've seen a few 370z'z, but they are still very rare by Miami standards.

LOL sounds like Greenwich, CT, where I counted 3 Porsches, 8 Mercedes, 3 Jaguars, 1 Aston Martin, 1 Ferrari, and 6 BMWs in one block the other day.

Nope, no 370Zs in CT but mine :icon17:

Urbanracer 12-31-2009 05:16 PM

I've seen about three in the last 8 months. There are alot of 350's around.

VCuomo 12-31-2009 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minicobra1 (Post 350616)
Wow, that is pretty amazing for out there, I'm in LA/Orange County (So Cal) and I maybe see 1 a week, if that. I'm driving about 1200 miles a month on average.
I do see a lot of 350Z's and I sometimes mistake a few of them with a body kit and wheels for 370's, same with older Nismo's. But honestly, 1 a week if I'm lucky.

I'm in So Cal too, and I rarely see another 370Z - I see more 350Zs by far than I do 370Zs.

gnarf 12-31-2009 05:45 PM

370z? what's that? was that from the movie, Avatar?

jokes aside, last month i saw 4...its the end of December and I haven't seen any :(

Jordan777er 12-31-2009 05:50 PM

I've only ever seen one on the road, but both dealerships in my city are full of them. I guess no one in north Louisiana wants a Z.

StLRedrider 12-31-2009 06:22 PM

besides on a z cruise, i have only seen 3 since they came out. i think it's great!!!!!

DaveyG 12-31-2009 06:54 PM

I've only seen one white 370z here in Buffalo, NY all year.

One_Quick_Z 12-31-2009 06:59 PM

There are about 9 370Z's in the Midwest by Chicago, and I have the only White Touring Ha I love it!!! But I have only seen 3 different ones on the Road... The only reason I know there are about 9 in the area is I called around to all of the Dealerships and thats the total # that was in the area.


DAN

FricFrac 12-31-2009 07:18 PM

I've only ever seen three live ones ever. There are four in town and two up Island. In all my time driving around (and I drive around a lot in the summer) that's it - three. Of course being so rare the 370Z gets gawked at ALL the time. Its crazy....

Ztoon 12-31-2009 07:21 PM

You know how, when you by a..... say a VW beetle, then suddenly it seems everyone has one?
Well, I've never seen another 370 in our town of 75,000 all year, then the other day I pull into my buildings underground, there's another 370Z....same color.... three spaces from me.

BrianMSmith 12-31-2009 08:44 PM

I used to see a lot of 350Zs, so many I considered not buying a 370Z thinking there'd be 3 or 4 at every stop light, but due to the weak economy (actually just the economy correcting itself after unsustainable growth to support debt spending) and the majority of people being very poor financial managers, combined with the banks getting back to rational loan policies, and I doubt we'll see many 370Zs on the road for a good many years..

370Zsteve 12-31-2009 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianMSmith (Post 351023)
I used to see a lot of 350Zs, so many I considered not buying a 370Z thinking there'd be 3 or 4 at every stop light, but due to the weak economy (actually just the economy correcting itself after unsustainable growth to support debt spending) and the majority of people being very poor financial managers, combined with the banks getting back to rational loan policies, and I doubt we'll see many 370Zs on the road for a good many years..

:icon14:

fullmonty 12-31-2009 09:00 PM

Since I started noticing Zs sometime in August I have seen only ever seen 1 on the road. This was when I was first thinking about getting one, the driver was a real nice guy, PG Touring/Sport with Nav. I have seen signifigantly more Astons, Bentleys, Maseratis, you name it in the past week than I have seen Zs. I really do feel like I'm in an exclusive club. Even more so when someone in a car that costs 4x's the amount mine does stops and looks at it in a parking lot.

OldGuy 12-31-2009 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianMSmith (Post 351023)
I used to see a lot of 350Zs, so many I considered not buying a 370Z thinking there'd be 3 or 4 at every stop light, but due to the weak economy (actually just the economy correcting itself after unsustainable growth to support debt spending) and the majority of people being very poor financial managers, combined with the banks getting back to rational loan policies, and I doubt we'll see many 370Zs on the road for a good many years..

Well spoken...

Jordan777er 01-01-2010 03:34 AM

So I saw another Z tonight. My friend's friend got a new Magnetic Black Z...kinda sucked to be blocked in a driveway by the car of your dreams lol.

nizz23sd 01-01-2010 04:01 AM

i see one every day inside my garage!!! beautiful!!

AK370Z 01-01-2010 04:11 AM

Saw one yesterday. PG with sports. We were crossing each other about 40 MPH. I flashed my headlights. That caught him/her totally off guard. He/she hit the turn signal first by accident and as he/she was passing me flashed the headlights. Couldn't see the driver due to tint. At least I got a flash back this time. Usually I get nothing when I wave/flash headlights :icon14:

Zsteve 01-01-2010 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianMSmith (Post 351023)
I used to see a lot of 350Zs, so many I considered not buying a 370Z thinking there'd be 3 or 4 at every stop light, but due to the weak economy (actually just the economy correcting itself after unsustainable growth to support debt spending) and the majority of people being very poor financial managers, combined with the banks getting back to rational loan policies, and I doubt we'll see many 370Zs on the road for a good many years..

This is what I was kinda hinting to in another thread about how hard it was to buy nice cars back in the day. Many people in the last decade or so got in over their heads on cars and houses so now banks are being more strict.

Ive only seen about 3 or 4 other 370s but a **** load 350s. The 350s are almost as common here as the freakin mustang, which I see about 50 a day of.

Zdom 01-01-2010 10:35 AM

In central VA I don't see any 370's except when I drive by the dealer's place. I have seen maybe 2, 350's. But that seems understandable because when viewing the Mid-Atlantic section of the forum, there only seems to be members in a 2-3 hour radius of me, either Northern VA or VA Beach areas.

Pheonix 01-01-2010 12:28 PM

Only a handful here in Memphis. I've seen one other base Black as opposed to my Sport Black, one Sport Blue, one White (a few times, the driver must live in my area) and one PG. I do not see them with any frequency at all, but the driver of the Blue (370zproject) here on these forums was pretty damn cool. Haven't seen any of the other drivers to have a chat with.

m4a1mustang 01-01-2010 12:55 PM

I estimate that there are at least four others within a two-three mile radius of me. A yellow sport lives in my complex, another yellow lives nearby. There's a white one maybe 2 miles from me, a blue one, and then a black one I see all the time so I assume he is close too.

Been seeing a silver nismo a lot lately so that could be another.

I also see a white, pg, and silver one very often near my office.

m4a1mustang 01-01-2010 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianMSmith (Post 351023)
I used to see a lot of 350Zs, so many I considered not buying a 370Z thinking there'd be 3 or 4 at every stop light, but due to the weak economy (actually just the economy correcting itself after unsustainable growth to support debt spending) and the majority of people being very poor financial managers, combined with the banks getting back to rational loan policies, and I doubt we'll see many 370Zs on the road for a good many years..

Doubtful. I think by the end of next year 370s will be almost as common as 350s in my area. On any given weekend I see a minimun of 20 per day. They are almost as common as Mustangs.

StLRedrider 01-01-2010 02:59 PM

20 Z's, damn. i haven't seen but 3 since last february

Goolsbymd 01-01-2010 03:05 PM

I drove across the US from Norfolk, VA to San Diego, CA and did not see one 370Z. A lot of 350s.

Montez 01-01-2010 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkROAM_1 (Post 350561)
In DFW there are supposedly tons of em but I might see one every other week or so. I think sometime next year or so they will start popping up in more places. Granted I live in the ghetto and it's all about bigger cars or trucks. Oh and mustangs or camaros or vettes (beat to crap C5' that look like total recoveries).

Heck, it's more common to see a used Porsche or newer Infiniti than see a Z of any kind in my area.

The cliff has some nice areas, where in the cliff are you. There are lots of them but they are probably mainly on the North Side. I live Plano and work in Lewisville and up in these parts I see them quite frequently besides mine.

Slade 01-01-2010 04:40 PM

I've only seen one on the street, a black one owned by my cousin. I live in a town that has a population of 60,000 though, I guess I'd have to go to Houston before I start seeing a lot of 370s. I see a ton of 350s though.

Minicobra1 01-01-2010 04:45 PM

I know this is old, but I figured I'd post it anyway.

I was trying to search for some type of sales figures for North America by state or region, but could not find anything. Would be cool to have something like that.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...E02/904149995#


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