135i or 370z

holen1ne

I have the same problem. For me, the comparison goes like this

370Z
Pros
Sports car look and feel
Price
More cheaply modified in every way.
Cons
2 seater
Not a BMW (I know this is stupid, but I just have a place in my heart for german engineering)

BMW
Pros
4 seats
Comfort
Driving (just felt more in tune shifting this car over the Z)
maintenance
Cons
Price (at that price I think it should perform like the m1 not an STI, EVO, and Z)
Its kinda fugly unless you go with the M1 (which you can't get)

11Thumper

Wow, almost two years to the date. Can't say I've never done that before though. lol

gurneyeagle

You have to ask this question first - can I really live with just two seats?

That answer, more than any other, will determine your choice. It doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but it is.

I've been out of school 30 years now, and have gone full circle car-wise. The wife and I went through a string of RX-7's and other sporty coupes just prior to little gurney arriving. That's when life as we knew it stopped.

SUV's, an Odyssey (probably one of he best vehicles I've ever owned - the shame), and four door cars ruled the day. Eventually a crack in the heavens opened, and two door coupes were acceptable and somewhat practical - Acura CL Type S and G37S.

Now that the little fella is away at college, and the wife is happy with her MDX, I pulled the trigger on my Z. I can't describe how the memories of my RX-7's are flashing back.

Point to this fillibuster is knowing what you need along with what you want. One may trump the other, but eventually it all comes back to the same place. It's the "circle of life".

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2011 Nismo#91

PapoZalsa

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Zaggeron

Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

poster opens old thread -- responders laugh and make joke posts

poster opens new thread on same subject as old thread: responders admonish poster for not using the search function and the end of the world gets just a little bit closer ...

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gurneyeagle

Yeah, good point.

A little patience from the "old guys" is appreciated. Maybe what us "new guys" need to do is resurrect an old thread with the first comment stating "after having searched the site, I came upon this thread.............."

I realize most guys are poking fun, but one of the points of this site is to share information.

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didymus

I thought the point was making fun of posters and BMW drivers?

shadoquad

It depends. I mean, the internet's a place where we take our lumps.

There's also context. Sometimes a thread has been done to death and a guy asks the same question that's already been answered a thousand times. Sometimes a guy necros a thread just to post a useless bump to see if people will think the thread was new.

Either way, if you've got thin skin, no forum is going to suit your needs.

It's information plus goofing off.

Zaggeron

+ conversations. Right? Sometimes we want more than just the facts we can find by researching a thread. Sometimes people just want to start/continue a conversation about a popular topic. It's no coincidence that people reopen or start new threads regarding topics that have been thrashed around for a long time ... they are popular topics of discussion no matter how jaded the "old-timers" feel about the subject.

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shadoquad

Conversations, sure, but when it's a thread that people know will end in a huge flame war, experienced users try and head that off before it gets bad. Or when it's some ridiculous topic that's been covered ad nauseum, maybe just message a user from the old thread and get their take, rather than necro'ing a 2-yr-old thread?

You can hate older users as much as you like, but if you necro a thread or spawn a retread of another thread, you'll take some friendly ribbing for it. It's the price of doing business. Internetz is not srs bsns, and no one's going out of their way to offend anyone. It's playful. If you can't handle that, then I don't know what to tell you.

gurneyeagle

Does that mean you won't answer my question whether it's okay to burn regular gas in my Z and save the $0.25/per gallon on a car driven 7,000 miles a year?

You guys are tough!

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Vaughanabe13

The Z is truly a head turner. The 135i is a head turner for different reasons. That thing is ugly as sin.

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370zgal

I have to agree the Z is a super looking car! I knew I had to have a Z after seeing pictures of it. I do not think the 135 is ugly, just not my cup of tea styling wise. I do not know what BMW is thinking about lately from a styling prospective? BMW could have sold a lot more of them if the styling was just a bit nicer. It really is a nice car though. It drives great. It will put a lot of smiles on your face when behind the wheel. Probably not as trouble free as a Japanese brand though. A friend has one and it does seem to have some teething issues with the mechanics? BMW has taken care of every issue when there was one and will do so for the first 4 years.

DJ-of-E

Well, BMW is just like Porsche, they want to keep the "signature" look so that not only are you buying the brand name, you immediately know just booking at the car itself that it's a BMW and not a Lexus. I mean, it's already bad by GF can't tell the difference between my Z and a Porsche in the parking lot.

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